Abstract:
The present invention relates to a zearalenone-inducible promoter originated from Gibberella zeae, recombinant vectors comprising the promoters, methods of producing proteins and detecting plants contaminated with zearalenone. The promoter of the present invention can be used for studying essential genes in fungus, characterizing the mechanism of self/nonself recognition in G. zeae, engineering of plant systems to generate plants that can recognize a G. zeae attack and detecting ZEA contamination as a biosensor.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A zearalenone-inducible protein expression vector containing zearalenone-inducible promoter is provided to overexpress target genes and to detect zearalenone-polluted crops. CONSTITUTION: A recombinant vector has a base sequence of sequence number 1 and contains zearalenone-inducible promoter. The recombinant vector additionally contains a gene sequence encoding a target protein which is operatively linked to the inducible promoter. The target protein is a reporter protein. A method for preparing the proteins comprises: a step of culturing a recombinant microorganism in a medium containing zearalenone; a step of expressing the target gene; and a step of isolating proteins.