Strong expression of peroxisomal malate synthase genes from n-alkane-utilizable yeast Candida tropicalis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Murai, T [1 ]
Atomi, H [1 ]
Ueda, M [1 ]
Tanaka, A [1 ]
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[1] KYOTO UNIV,FAC ENGN,DEPT SYNTHET CHEM & BIOL CHEM,LAB APPL BIOL CHEM,SAKYO KU,KYOTO 60601,JAPAN
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malate synthase; peroxisome; Candida tropicalis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; promoter;
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10.1016/0922-338X(96)83121-7
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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Expression of the genes encoding several peroxisomal enzymes of the n-alkane-utilizable yeast Candida tropicalis has been examined in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to find out a novel and foreign promoter functional in S. cerevisiae. Among these genes, two malate synthase genes, as web as the isocitrate lyase gene, were strongly expressed in acetate-grown cells of S. cerevisiae. The amounts of the recombinant malate synthases expressed in S. cerevisiae were as much as 30% of the total amount of soluble proteins in the cells. These results showed that the upstream regions (1.1 kbp for the MS-1 gene and 0.8 kbp for the MS-2 gene) of the malate synthase genes [UPR-MSs] from C. tropicalis contained strong promoters functional in S. cerevisiae and that the construction of novel gene expression systems-using UPR-MSs might be possible.
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