Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters (한국미생물·생명공학회지)

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Construction of a Lactococcal Shuttle/Expression Vector Containing a $\beta$-Galactosidase Gene as a Screening Marker

선별마커로써 $\beta$-Galactosidase 유전자를 포함한 Lactococcus용 셔틀/발현 벡터 제조

  • Han Tae Un (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jeong Do-Won (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Cho San Ho (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee Jong-Hoon (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Chung Dae Kyun (Department of Genetic Engineering, KyungHee University) ;
  • Lee Hyong Joo (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
  • 한태운 (서울대학교 농생명공학부) ;
  • 정도원 (서울대학교 농생명공학부) ;
  • 조산호 (서울대학교 농생명공학부) ;
  • 이종훈 (경기대학교 식품생물공학과) ;
  • 정대균 (경희대학교 유전공학과) ;
  • 이형주 (서울대학교 농생명공학부)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

A new lactococcal shuttle/expression vector for lactococci, pWgal13T, was constructed using a $\beta$-galactosi-dase gene (lacZ) from Lacfococcus lactis ssp. lactis ATCC 7962 as a screening marker. The pWgal 13T was introduced into Escherichia coli DH5a and L. lactis MG1363, and was easily detected by the formation of blue colonies on a medium containing X-gal without any false transformants. Also, the quantitatively lacZ activity of pWgal13T was measured in L. lactis ssp. cremoris MG1363, and was found to be four times higher than that of L. lactis ssp. lactis ATCC7962 grown on a medium containing glucose, which shows that the lacZ gene of pWgal13T can be used for the efficient screening of L. lactis on general media. The pWgal13T was equipped with a lactococcal replicon of pWV01 from L. lactis Wg2, the new promoter P13C from L. lactis ssp. cremoris LM0230, multiple cloning sites, and a terminator for the expression of a relevant gene. The vee-tor pWgal13T was used for the expression of the EGFP gene in E. coli and L. lactis. These results show that the lactococcal expression/shuttle vector constructed in the present study can be used for the production of foreign proteins in E. coli and L. lactis.

선별마커로써 Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis ATCC 7962 유래의 $\beta$-galactosidase 유전자를 포함하는 Lactococcus용 셔틀/발현 벡터 pWgall3T를 제조하여 Escherichia coli DH5$\alpha$와 고. Lactis MG1363내로 도입하였다. 이들 형질 전환체들은 X-gal을 포함하는 배지에서 파란색의 표현형을 보임으로써 쉽게 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, L. lactis MG1363 형질전환체로부터 $\beta$-galactosidase 활성을 측정한 결과 기존에 $\beta$-galactosidase를 활성을 지닌 L. lactis ATCC 7962에 비해 glucose를 포함하는 M17배지에서 4배정도 높은 활성을 보임으로써 선별마커로써의 효율성을 나타내었다. pWgal13T는 $\beta$-galactosidase 유전자 외에 L. lactis Wg2유래의 replicon과 외래 유전자의 발현을 위한 L. lactis ssp. cremoris LM0230의 promoter P13C, terminator를 포함하고 있다. 이 벡터의 이용가능성을 확인하기 위하여 외래 유전자 EGFP유전자를 P13C 아래에 삽입하여 E. coli와 L. iactis에서 발현을 확인하였다. 이 연구에서 제조된 Lactococcus용 발현 벡터 pWgal13T는 E. coli와 L. lactis에서 외래 유용 유전자를 생산을 위해 이용 할 수 있을 것이다.

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