期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
卷 31, 期 1, 页码 269-279出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-018-1510-6
关键词
Nannochloropsis; Synthetic biology; Biofuels; Heterologous expression; Inducible promoter; Nitrate reductase
资金
- Natural Environment Research Council
- SPITFIRE DTP
- BBSRC [BB/P019331/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The marine microalgal species Nannochloropsis gaditana has emerged as a model organism for research into algal-derived biofuels due to its ability to produce large amounts of lipids. In addition, this species has biotechnological potential owing to its ease of transformation and availability of a sequenced and annotated genome. The ability to control expression of transgenes in an inducible manner is an important requirement for many genetic engineering approaches and as such, inducible promoters are an important component of the molecular toolkit for a host organism. We designed an expression vector containing a similar to 1.3kb region upstream of the endogenous nitrate reductase gene of N. gaditana and demonstrated this is capable of promoting the expression of a heterologous enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) reporter. In the presence of ammonium, expression of the eGFP reporter was undetectable; however, in the presence of nitrate, eGFP expression is induced. In addition, we demonstrated how altering the nitrogen source of the growth media can be used to precisely control expression. We have shown that the nitrate reductase promoter can be used as a powerful molecular tool for heterologous protein expression in N. gaditana, further contributing to the development of this species as a candidate strain for biotechnology.
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