Journal
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 110, Issue -, Pages 22-28Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.12.006
Keywords
Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast transformation; Cytochrome P450; Diterpenoids; Thylakoid membrane
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Funding
- European Union [317184]
- VILLUM Center of Excellence Plant Plasticity
- Plant Power: Light-Driven Synthesis of Complex Terpenoids Using Cytochrome P450s - Danish Council for Strategic Research, Programme Commission on Strategic Growth Technologies [12-131834]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/I007660/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Villum Fonden [00007523] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/I007660/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has potential as a cell factory for the production of recombinant proteins and other compounds, but mainstream adoption has been hindered by a scarcity of genetic tools and a need to identify products that can be generated in a cost-effective manner. A promising strategy is to use algal chloroplasts as a site for synthesis of high value bioactive compounds such as diterpenoids since these are derived from metabolic building blocks that occur naturally within the organelle. However, synthesis of these complex plant metabolites requires the introduction of membrane-associated enzymes including cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s). Here, we show that a gene (CYP79A1) encoding a model P450 can be introduced into the C reinhardtii chloroplast genome using a simple transformation system. The gene is stably expressed and the P450 is efficiently targeted into chloroplast membranes by means of its endogenous N-terminal anchor domain, where it is active and accounts for 0.4% of total cell protein. These results provide proof of concept for the introduction of diterpenoid synthesis pathways into the chloroplast of C. reinhardtii. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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