JP2000125859A - Novel selected marker gene and transformed system of rhizomucor pusillus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a DNA that encodes orotidine-5'-1-phosphate decarboxylase having a specific amino acid sequence and is useful for preparation of a transformation system for Rhizomucor filamentous fungi. SOLUTION: This gene codes for a protein that has (A) an amino acid sequence represented by the formula, or (B) the amino acid sequence represented by formula (A) where one or a plurality of amino acids are substituted, deleted, inserted or added, or further added in the reverse direction and encodes the protein having orotidine-5'-1-phosphate decarboxylase activity. A filamentous fungus in Rhizomucor pusillus is transformed with a recombinant vector including this gene and cultured in a culture medium to produce the objective protein.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to orotidine-5'-1
Phosphate decarboxylase (OMP decarboxylase)
For the gene encoding The present invention also provides a recombinant vector containing the gene as a marker gene, a filamentous fungus-shaped transformant belonging to the genus Rhizomucor transformed with the recombinant vector, and a protein using the transformant, particularly It relates to a method for producing rennin. Mucor rennin is industrially useful as a curdling enzyme used in cheese production.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is known that filamentous fungi of the genus Rhizomucor and the like secrete a large amount of useful proteins outside the cells, including various enzymes that degrade starch, proteins, lipids, cellulose, and the like. For a long time, these enzymes have been industrially used as producing bacteria. In recent years, the protein secretory ability of such a filamentous fungus has attracted attention, and by introducing a foreign gene encoding an industrially useful protein into the filamentous fungal cells by genetic engineering techniques, heterologous proteins can be transformed into bacterial cells. Attempts have been made to so-called molecular breeding of strains that create strains that secrete and produce outside.

However, unlike bacteria such as Escherichia coli and yeasts, almost no autonomously replicating plasmids are known in filamentous fungi, and plasmids and techniques capable of transforming filamentous fungi differ from species to species. I have. Furthermore, since many filamentous fungi are multinucleated cells such as spores and mycelia, it is difficult to isolate transformed cells.
Despite the high utility value of filamentous fungi, the development of transformation techniques as a technique for molecular breeding has been delayed.

On the other hand, Rhizomucor pusillus (former name: Mucor-
Pucils (Mucor pusillus) has been discovered as a producer of an alternative enzyme to calf rennet used as a milk-clotting enzyme in cheese production. At present, mucor rennets produced by Rhizomucor Psillus and Rhizomucor miehei have become a significant part of the milk-clotting enzymes. The milk-clotting enzyme protein in mucor rennet is an acidic protease, which is called mucor rennin, mucor pepsin, or lysomcol pepsin, but is referred to as mucor rennin in the present specification.

[0005] As described above, many filamentous fungi of the genus Rhizomucor such as Rhizomucor psilus have long been used for foods, such as bacteria producing milk-clotting enzymes, and the safety of the bacteria themselves has been widely recognized. I have. On the other hand, among filamentous fungi, certain bacteria secrete proteases with strong non-specific proteolytic activity outside the cells, and the problem is that the produced heterologous proteins are degraded by their own proteases. occured. In contrast, Rhizomucor pusillus is known to have low nonspecific proteolytic activity in extracellular proteins.

[0006] For the above reasons, it can be said that Rhizomucor pusillus is an excellent strain as a host for the production of heterologous useful proteins. Examples of transformation of filamentous fungi include Aspergillus nidulans, which is important for basic molecular biology research [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA,
81, 1470 (1984)], Neurospora Classa [Mol.
Cel. Biol., 4, 117 (1984)], Aspergillus oryzae important in the fermentation industry and industrial enzyme production [Argc. Biol. Ch.
em., 51, 323 (1987)], Trichoderma Risei [Gen
e, 61, 155 (1987)], and zygomycetes such as Rhizopus Niveus [Curr. Genet., 19, 221 (1991)] and Mucor
Circineroides [Carlsberg Res. Commun., 49, 691
(1984)].

Generally, in order to introduce a vector such as a plasmid into a host cell for expression, it is necessary to incorporate a selectable marker capable of identifying only the transformed strain into the plasmid. As the method, (i) complementary amino acid or nucleic acid requirement, (ii) as a positive selection marker,
Utilizing a resistance gene against an antibiotic or the like. However, with regard to (ii), it is generally said that zygotes are more resistant to drugs than ascomycetes and the like, and the background becomes higher when selecting transformants. For the selection of clear transformants, (i)
Is preferred.

[0008] In the method (i), it is necessary to obtain in advance a mutant strain that requires amino acids or nucleic acids and a gene that complements the mutation. In general, it is more difficult to obtain an auxotrophic mutant of a filamentous fungus than a bacterium or a yeast. In particular, in zygomycetes, there is no partition wall in the hypha and the spore-spores are multinucleated, so that it is more difficult to obtain them.

Examples of auxotrophic transformation markers that have been reported to date include argB, an arginine synthesis system,
LeuA of leucine synthesis system, trpC of tryptophan synthesis system,
A pyrimidine synthesis system, such as pyrG, is mentioned. Some of these marker genes can complement auxotrophic mutations across species, but the transformation frequency during transformation is extremely low or is inserted in multiple copies on host stains. For that reason, it is more preferable to clone the host's own gene and use it as a marker gene.

[0010] Until now, in Mucor sircineroides, which is closely related to Rhizomucor psilus, a plasmid complementing the leucine-requiring mutation has been obtained, and the gene on the plasmid is replaced with isopropylmalate in the leucine biosynthesis system. It has been shown to encode isomerase [Gene, 84, 335 (1989)].

[0011] However, as described above, Rhizomucor psilus is industrially useful as a host for secreting and producing heterologous proteins outside the cells by genetic engineering techniques and as a lactic acid-enzyme-producing bacterium. At present, no transformation system has been established, that is, no nucleic acid-requiring mutant strain and a plasmid that complements the nucleic acid-requiring mutation have been obtained.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a transformation system for Rhizomucor filamentous fungi, in particular Rhizomucor psilus, that is, a selectable marker gene capable of identifying only a transformed strain, and a vector comprising the gene. An object of the present invention is to provide a transformation vector inserted into DNA, and a recombinant vector containing the gene and a gene encoding a protein.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a filamentous fungus of the genus Rhizomucor transformed with the above-mentioned recombinant vector, and a method for producing a protein by culturing the filamentous fungus in a medium.

[0014]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have conducted intensive studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, have found that orotidine can function as a selection marker gene for a uracil-requiring mutant.
A gene encoding -5'-1 phosphate decarboxylase (hereinafter, also referred to as "OMP decarboxylase") is newly cloned from Rhizomucor pusillus, and a plasmid for the cloning is used for the trait for Rhizomucor psilus. The conversion system was successfully established, and the present invention was completed.

That is, the present invention is as follows. (1) DNA encoding a protein shown in the following (A) or (B). (A) A gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing. (B) the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing, comprising an amino acid sequence containing one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions, additions, or inversions;
A protein having decarboxylase activity.

(2) DNA shown in the following (a) or (b)
The gene according to claim 1, which is (A) Among the base sequences described in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing, at least base numbers 840 to 1019 and 1090 to 16
DNA comprising a base sequence consisting of 98. (B) At least base numbers 840 to 1019 and 1090 to 16 in the base sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing.
DNA which hybridizes with a base sequence consisting of No. 98 under stringent conditions and encodes a protein having OMP decarboxylase activity.

(3) A recombinant vector containing the gene of (1). (4) The recombinant vector according to (3), further comprising a gene encoding a target protein. (5) The recombinant vector according to (4), wherein the target protein is mucol rennin. (6) A transformant of a filamentous fungus belonging to the genus Rhizomucor transformed with the recombinant vector of (4). (7) Rhizomucor belongs to the genus Rhizomucor.
The transformant according to (6), which is a psyllus.

(8) A method for producing a protein, comprising culturing the transformant of (6) in a medium, accumulating a target protein in the culture, and collecting the protein from the culture.

In the present invention, the term "OMP decarboxylase activity" refers to an activity of releasing a carboxyl group from orotidine-5'-1 phosphate and catalyzing a reaction for producing uridine-5'-1 phosphate. .

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

<1> Isolation of a Gene Encoding OMP Decarboxylase of Rhizomucor Psillus (1) Acquisition of a Uracil-requiring Strain of Rhizomucor Psillus The gene encoding OMP decarboxylase is a chromosomal DNA library of Rhizomucor psilus. Alternatively, PCR using a primer prepared from a cDNA library based on the sequence of a known highly conserved region of the OMP decarboxylase gene (polymerase chain reaction: p
olymerase chain reaction, White, TJ et al., Tre
nds Genet., 5, 185 (1989)) or the PCR
By hybridization using the product as a probe,
Can be isolated. In addition, the gene encoding OMP decarboxylase was transformed into a uracil-auxotrophic mutant of Rhizomucor-pusillus with a chromosomal DNA library of Rhizomucor-pusillus or a cDNA library using an expression vector, and the uracil-auxotrophy was complemented. It can also be obtained by selecting a transformant and recovering recombinant DNA from the transformant.

[0022] The fact that the obtained DNA fragment encodes OMP decarboxylase can be confirmed by expressing the DNA fragment in an appropriate host and examining that the expression product exhibits OMP decarboxylase activity. .

For obtaining a uracil-auxotrophic mutant of Rhizomucor pusillus, see Mol. Gen. Genet. 197, 345-3.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sacch
aromyces cerevisiae) can be obtained by improving the method for obtaining an amino acid-requiring mutant. That is, spores of Rhizomucor psilus are subjected to mutation treatment using UV or the like so that the survival rate becomes several percent, and the resulting spores are cultured in a medium containing uracil and 5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA). 5-FOA is an orotic acid analog, 5-fluorouridine-1, a pyrimidine analog that is lethal by orotidine-5'-1 phosphate phosphoribosyltransferase and orotidine-5'-1 phosphate decarboxylase (OMP decarboxylase). Converted to phosphoric acid (5-fluoro-UMP). Therefore, a strain capable of growing on a medium containing uracil and 5-FOA is considered to be a uracil-auxotrophic mutant lacking one of these two enzyme activities.

(2) Isolation and Identification of Selectable Marker Gene (i) Obtaining OMP Decarboxylase Gene of Rhizomucor Psillus In cloning the gene encoding OMP decarboxylase of uracil biosynthesis system from Rhizomucor psilus, OMP of Mucor Sircineroides
The decarboxylase gene, pyrG [Gene, 116 (1),
59-67 (1992)], pyr4, a Rhizopus Niveus OMP decarboxylase gene [Curr. Genet., 27 (5), 4
72-478 (1995)], and O of Neurospora Classa
The MP decarboxylase gene, pyr4 [Gene, 43 (1-
2), 51-58 (1986)], a sequence selected from the highly conserved amino acid sequence among the three genes (FIG. 1),
For example, PCR is performed using oligonucleotides having the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4 of the Sequence Listing as primers and chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor psilus as a template to obtain a part of the OMP decarboxylase gene of Rhizomucor psilus.

Using this as a probe, colony hybridization or plaque hybridization is performed on a chromosomal DNA library of Rhizomucor psilus to obtain the entire OMP decarboxylase gene of Rhizomucor psilus. In order to obtain the full length gene, Southern hybridization is performed on the chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor psilus previously digested with various restriction enzymes, and a restriction band in which a single band is detected is used for preparing a library. Is preferred.

(Ii) Rhizomucor Psillus chromosome DN
Preparation of A library Chromosome DN containing a gene encoding OMP decarboxylase of uracil biosynthesis system from Rhizomucor pusillus
As a method for extracting A, any known method can be used. Examples include Nucl. Acids. Res., 14, 6
(1986).

At that time, Rhizomucor Psyllus,
IFO45 available from Fermentation Research Institute (IFO)
78 shares, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima Universi
When using Rhizomucor psilus, for example, HUT1186 available from ty, Hiroshima, Japan can be used, for example, YPD liquid medium [1% Yeast extract, 2% Bac
to peptone (above, manufactured by Difco), 2% glucose] (pH 4.5)
Can be used.

The obtained chromosomal DNA is digested with an appropriate restriction enzyme, for example, PstI, and cut with an appropriate vector, for example, pUC.
19 BAP (bacterial alkaline phosphatase) treated P
After ligation to the stI cleavage site using DNA ligase, Escherichia coli is transformed, whereby a chromosomal DNA library can be prepared.

As the vector that can be used, any vector can be used as long as it is a vector that is autonomously replicable in Escherichia coli and has a selectable marker.
18, pUC118, pUC119, pBR322 and the like.

The following is an example of conditions for treatment with restriction enzymes, BAP, and DNA ligase. Treatment with restriction enzymes of DNA, in the case of PstI, 10mM MgCl ₂ / 50mM Tris-HCl buffer
(pH 7.5) / 100 mM NaCl / 1 mM dithiothreitol.

Cleavage of pUC19 is carried out by using 10 ng of PstI in the above reaction solution at 37 ° C. for 1 hour using 10 units of PstI. BAP
Treatment was performed in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 9.0) / 1 mM MgCl ₂
The cells are treated with 1 unit of alkaline phosphatase of Escherichia coli C75 at 65 ° C for 1 hour.

The ligation of the chromosomal DNA fragment and pUC19 is, 66 mM Tris-HCl buffer _{(pH7.6) /6.6mM MgCl 2/0} .
Performed in 350 mM T4 DNA ligase in 1 mM ATP / 10 mM dithiothreitol.

(Iii) Selection of a clone carrying a gene encoding OMP decarboxylase From the plasmids obtained as described above, a vector plasmid containing a gene fragment encoding OMP decarboxylase is selected from microorganisms, For example, a transformant obtained by introducing the above plasmid into Escherichia coli may be selected by an appropriate means.

As a selection method, a colony of Escherichia coli holding the prepared library is transferred to a membrane, and a part of the OMP decarboxylase gene of Rhizomucor psilus obtained by PCR in (1) is used as a probe. Colony hybridization is performed according to the conditions under which a signal was detected by Southern hybridization to the performed chromosomal DNA.
Thus, a transformant having a plasmid in which the gene encoding OMP decarboxylase has been incorporated into the vector plasmid pUC19 can be obtained.

In the examples described below, the plasmid obtained as described above was named pRPPyr4. pRPPyr4
Is a plasmid obtained by inserting a 3.4 kb PstI fragment (OMP decarboxylase gene) derived from the Rhizomucor-pusillus chromosome into the vector plasmid pUC19.

(Iv) Analysis of the Isolated DNA Fragment (Selection Marker Gene) The DNA fragment (pRPPyr4
Then, a base sequence of about 3.4 kb insert fragment) is created in a deletion series using, for example, exonuclease.
Determined by the dideoxy method. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned fragment in pRPPyr4 and the amino acid sequence that can be encoded by this nucleotide sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing. Only this amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.

OMP of Rhizomucor Psilus
Since there is no report as a decarboxylase gene,
The gene having the determined gene sequence is novel.
OMP decarboxylase gene of the present invention, as long as the activity of the encoded OMP decarboxylase is not impaired,
Substitution, deletion, insertion, addition of one or more amino acids,
Or an OMP containing one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions, additions, or inversions at one or more inversions
It may encode decarboxylase.
Here, the term “plurality” varies depending on the position and type of the amino acid residue in the three-dimensional structure of the protein.
0, preferably 2 to 20, more preferably 2 to 1
There are zero.

DNA encoding a protein substantially identical to the above-described OMP decarboxylase can be obtained by substituting, deleting, inserting, adding, or reversing amino acid residues at a specific site by, for example, site-directed mutagenesis. It is obtained by modifying the nucleotide sequence to include the position. The modified DNA as described above can also be obtained by a conventionally known mutation treatment. In addition, substitutions, deletions, insertions, additions, inversions, and the like of bases as described above include individual differences in microorganisms having OMP decarboxylase, naturally occurring mutations such as those based on differences in species and genera. included.

[0039] DNA having the above mutation is expressed in appropriate cells, and the OMP decarboxylase activity of the expression product is examined, whereby DNA encoding a protein substantially identical to OMP decarboxylase can be obtained. In addition, from DNA encoding the mutated OMP decarboxylase or cells carrying the same, for example, the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1
OMP decarboxylase can also be synthesized by isolating a DNA that hybridizes with a DNA having a nucleotide sequence consisting of 40 to 1019 and 1090 to 1698 under a stringent condition and that encodes a protein having OMP decarboxylase activity. DNA encoding substantially the same protein is obtained. The term "stringent conditions" as used herein refers to conditions under which a so-called specific hybrid is formed and a non-specific hybrid is not formed. Although it is difficult to quantify these conditions clearly, for example, DNAs having high homology, for example, 8
DN having homology of 0% or more, preferably 90% or more
A hybridizes with each other and has lower homology
Conditions under which A does not hybridize are listed.

<2> Construction of Recombinant Vector A vector for transforming a Rhizomucor filamentous fungus is obtained by converting the above-obtained selectable marker gene into a vector containing a gene encoding a protein to be expressed (a target protein). It can be constructed by linking.

The filamentous fungi of the genus Rhizomucor to which the recombinant vector of the present invention is applied include Rhizomucor pusillus, Rhizomucor miehei and the like.

When the gene encoding the target protein contains a promoter that functions in a filamentous fungus of the genus Rhizomucor, such as a gene of the same species as the host, it can be used by inserting it directly into a vector. On the other hand, in the case of a heterologous gene or a gene of the same kind that does not contain a promoter, it is usually necessary to connect a promoter that functions in the host filamentous fungus upstream of the coding region of the target protein.

Examples of promoters that function in Rhizomucor psilus include genes for glycolytic enzymes such as 3-phosphoglycerate kinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and enoenolase, and amino acid synthesis systems such as ornithine carbamoyltransferase and tryptophan synthase. Enzyme genes, α-amylase, glucoamylase, protease, lipase, cellulase, acetamidase and other hydrolase genes, or nitrate reductase, orotidine-
Examples include promoters of genes for oxidoreductases such as 5'-phosphate dehydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase. The above-mentioned genes are not particularly limited as long as they function in the Rhizomucor genus fungi, but generally, those derived from Rhizomucor genus fungi are used, and preferably, the promoter of the mucorrennin-producing gene of Rhizomucor psilus is used.

The protein that can be inserted into a vector and expressed is not particularly limited, but homologous proteins include mucorrennin, and heterologous proteins include calf-derived chymosin, a milk-clotting enzyme, proteases derived from other animals and microorganisms, and amylase. , Cellulase, lipase and the like.

As a vector, a vector DNA is prepared by using a bacterium such as Escherichia coli prior to transformation of a bacterium belonging to the genus Rhizomucor, to ligate the vector DNA and the inserted DNA, or to prepare a recombinant DNA. It is preferable to use a vector capable of autonomous replication in a microorganism cell such as Escherichia coli. Although a plasmid vector capable of autonomous replication is not known in Rhizomucor psilus, a circular or linear recombinant vector is introduced into cells, and chromosomal DN
A can be transformed by causing homologous recombination with A. As a target sequence for homologous recombination, if the gene encoding the target protein is a homologous gene or a heterologous gene, the gene can be the target sequence if the homology is high. The marker gene can also be a target sequence when the OMP decarboxylase gene of the uracil-requiring host is not deficient. Furthermore, a sequence homologous to another target sequence that is likely to cause homologous recombination may be inserted into the vector.

Specifically, a plasmid that causes Rhizomucor pusillus to express mucorrennin is, for example, a fragment obtained by BamHI digestion of pMPP described below, and a plasmid obtained by digesting BamH of pRPPyr4.
PMPP, which can be constructed by ligating to the I digestion site, is based on the upstream and downstream sequences of the mucorrennin-producing gene described in [Nucl. Acids Res., 14, 19 (1986) 7557-7568]. Primers (including BamHI site)
Using PCR, PCR was performed on the chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor pusillus, and the resulting amplified fragment was digested with BamHI, and pU
This is a plasmid constructed by ligating to the BamHI digestion site of C19.

When the present invention is applied to mucor rennin, a low heat-resistant mutant enzyme having a performance closer to calf chymosin is known as mucol rennin (US Pat. No. 5,332,668; −103669
No.) and wild-type enzyme genes. DN encoding low thermostable mutant mucorrennin
A transformants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae harboring plasmids JS52, JS53 and JS525 containing A were transferred to FERM P-12511, FERM P-12514, and FERM P-12513 by the Institute of Biotechnology and Industrial Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, respectively. Deposited under the accession number and transferred to an international deposit under the Budapest Treaty, respectively, FERM BP-3898, FERM BP-3890, FERM
It has been deposited under accession number BP-3899, and the mucorrennin gene can be obtained from these deposited strains. Mutant mucorrennin encoded by these DNAs is the amino acid residue at position 101 and 1 in the wild-type enzyme.
The amino acid residue at position 86 is Ala and Gly, respectively, whereas the amino acid residue at position 101 is Thr in JS52.
In JS53, the 186th amino acid residue is in Asp,
In JS525, the 101st amino acid residue is Thr, 18
The sixth amino acid residue has been replaced by Asp, respectively. Also, since the base sequence of the mucor rennin gene has been disclosed (US Pat. No. 5,332,668;
No. 3669), the entire coding region can be isolated from the chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor psilus by PCR using a primer having a nucleotide sequence adjacent to the coding region.

<3> Transformant of Rhizomucor filamentous fungi Using the recombinant vector obtained as described above, <1>
As a method for transforming a mutant strain deficient in OMP decarboxylase of the uracil biosynthesis system established in>, a method generally used in filamentous fungi can be used. For example, a recombinant vector carrying a marker gene is added to cells protoplasted by a cell wall degrading enzyme, and protoplast fusion is caused in the presence of calcium chloride and polyethylene glycol to produce a vector D.
The NA is incorporated into the cells. Specifically, Mol. Gen. Ge used in Phycomyces plaques lianus
The method described in Net., 212, 120 (1988) can be modified and used.

<4> Method for Producing Protein The target protein can be produced by culturing the above transformant in a medium and expressing the gene for the target protein in the recombinant vector. When the target protein is a secretory protein, the expression product accumulates in the medium. When the target protein is not secreted, the expressed protein accumulates in the host cell.

The culture of the transformant is not particularly limited, and a medium usually used for Rhizomucor filamentous fungi, for example, YPD
The cells may be cultured in a medium (1% yeast extract, 2% bacto peptone, 2% glucose). Culture conditions vary depending on the host strain to be used, but for example, shaking culture at 37 ° C.

When the promoter used to express the gene of the target protein is inducible, the gene is expressed under induction conditions at an appropriate time during culture. By culturing in a medium containing no uracil prior to culturing, it is possible to suppress the appearance of strains in which the target protein gene and the target protein gene have dropped out of the chromosomal DNA by homologous recombination.

The target protein may be collected from the culture medium or the cells in the same manner as the collection of a protein of a normal filamentous fungus. The target protein can be purified by solvent precipitation, salting out, ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration chromatography, affinity chromatography and the like in the same manner as a normal protein.

[0053]

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples, but these examples do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

[0054]

[Example 1] Obtaining a mutant strain that requires uracil for growth In a Rhizomucor pucillus 1116 strain (an asparagine-linked sugar chain-added mutant strain) isolated using the high activity of secreted mucorrennin as an index, it is produced during the breeding process. The Rhizomucor Psillus 1116R3 strain (having the sugar chain addition mutant trait) that grew well on the minimal medium was grown on a potato dextrose agar medium (Difco) and incubated at 37 ° C for 3 days.
The mixture was incubated for 7 days to form spores. In addition, the strain of Rhizomucor pusillus is not limited to 1116R3 strain, and any strain can be used.

The above spores were spread using a spreader to several ml.
The suspension was suspended in a 0.01% polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooliate solution (Tween # 80) (manufactured by Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.), and the suspension was filtered through a 3G1 glass filter to count the number of spores. Spore counts was diluted with 0.01% polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate solution to a 10 ^8/10 ml, was irradiated with UV with stirring dispensed into petri dishes each 10 ml, the mortality was 99%. The spores after UV irradiation were spread on YNB agar medium containing uracil at a final concentration of 250 μg / ml and 5-FOA at a final concentration of 1.2 mg / ml at 37 ° C. From a well-grown 5-FOA-resistant colony, strain on a YNB agar medium containing uracil at a final concentration of 250 μg / ml and a YNB agar medium containing no nucleic acid, and a strain that can grow only on a YNB agar medium containing uracil is similarly used. Three subcultures were performed to stabilize the mutation and to select a uracil auxotrophic mutant.

According to the method described above, 18 uracil-requiring mutants were obtained from Rhizomucor pusillus 1116R3,
The strain names were 1116U1-1116U18, respectively.

[0057]

Example 2 Cloning of OMP Carboxylase Gene <1> Preparation of Probe for Hybridization Portion where nucleotide sequence is highly conserved among known OMP decarboxylase genes of Mucor sircineroides, Rhizopus Niveus and Neurospora crassa Using the oligonucleotide having the nucleotide sequence selected from (FIG. 1) as a primer, PCR was carried out on the chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor pusillus.

As an upstream primer, F1; 5′-CCCGGATCCTTTGAAGATCGYAAATTTGCTGATATYGG-3 ′
(SEQ ID NO: 3) R1 as downstream primer; 5'-CCCGGATCCAGGKGTTCTGTAYTGYTGACCCAAWCCATC-3 '
(SEQ ID NO: 4) was produced by request of Espec Oligo Service Co., Ltd.

The PCR was performed using Expand ^{TM high} fidelity PCR system.
m (Boehringer Mannheim) using a thermal cycler (DNA amplification device). The composition of the reaction solution and the reaction conditions are as follows.

[Reaction solution composition] H ₂ O 78.0 μl (10 ×) Reaction buffer 10.0 μl dNTPs mixture (dATP, dGTP, dCTP, TTP, 2.5 mM each) 8.0 μl Upstream primer F1 100 μM 1.0 μl Downstream primer R1 100 μM 1.0 μl Rhizomucor Psillus chromosomal DNA 0.5mg / ml ^1.0μl Expand ^{TM high} fidelity PCR system Enzyme mix ^1.0μl

[Reaction conditions] The conditions of the polymerase chain reaction are as follows.

The reaction was carried out in 25 cycles at 94 ° C. for 1.0 minute, 55 ° C. for 0.5 minute and 72 ° C. for 1.0 minute.
Incubated for 5 minutes.

The reaction solution was subjected to 1.5% agarose electrophoresis, and the amplified DNA fragment of about 400 bp was isolated and purified from the gel. This DNA fragment was digested with the restriction enzyme BamHI (Takara Shuzo).
Hereinafter, all the restriction enzymes were treated with Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.), cloned into pUC19 also treated with the same restriction enzymes, and pRP400
I got The nucleotide sequence of the cloned gene fragment was analyzed by an automatic fluorescent DNA sequencer (model 400L LICOR) by the dideoxynucleoside method using a thermosequenase fluorescently labeled primer cycle sequencing kit (manufactured by Amersham). The gene sequence of about 400 bp revealed a very high homology with the partial sequence of the known OMP decarboxylase gene of Mucor sircineroides, Rhizopus Niveus and Neurospora crassa. It was determined to be part of the OMP decarboxylase gene of Rhizomucor pusillus.

Next, the OMP of the above-mentioned Rhizomucor psilus
Rhizomucor-Psillus chromosomal DNA Southern hybridization was performed using about 400 bp of the decarboxylase gene as a probe.

The chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor pusillus IFO4578 strain was obtained by a known method [Nucl. Acids Res., 14, 19 (198)
6) Extract with 7557-7568] and digest with various restriction enzymes, then 0.8%
Electrophoresis was performed on an agarose gel, and the DNA fragment in the gel was transferred to the membrane according to the protocol attached to a nylon membrane filter HybondN ⁺ manufactured by Amersham.

The pRP400 obtained as described above was replaced with the restriction enzyme Ba
After digestion with mHI and electrophoresis on a 1% agarose gel, a fragment of about 400 bp containing the structural gene of OMP decarboxylase was isolated and purified. Next, this fragment was digested with BcaBEST ^™ random primer DNA labeling kit (Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.)
-Radiolabel with ³² P dCTP (Amersham),
Using this as a probe, Southern hybridization was carried out according to the protocol of Amersham.

As a result, the hybridization was
At 50 ° C. in the presence of 50% formamide, a strong signal was detected on the film under the condition that washing of the membrane after hybridization was performed at 0.1 × SSC at room temperature.
Furthermore, one signal was detected at about 3.4 kb in the chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor pusillus digested with the restriction enzyme PstI.

<2> Rhizomucor Psillus chromosome DN
Preparation of A Library and Colony Hybridization 10 Chromosomal DNA of Rhizomucor Psillus IFO4578
μg was reacted with 30 U of the restriction enzyme PstI at 37 ° C. for 12 hours. After the reaction, the mixture was electrophoresed on a 0.8% agarose gel, and the D
The NA band was isolated and purified using GeneClean III kit (manufactured by BIO101). A part of the obtained DNA fragment was mixed with 100 ng of pUC19 digested with the restriction enzyme PstI, and T4DN
A ligation reaction was performed using A ligase (manufactured by Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.) according to the attached protocol. Perform a ligation reaction at 16 ° C for 12 hours.
JM109 competent cell (Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.)
Transformation was carried out according to the attached protocol, and exogenous D on pUC19 plasmid on LB agar medium supplemented with ampicillin.
About 1000 transformants having NA inserts were obtained. This was used as a sublibrary of Rhizomucor Psillus chromosomal DNA.

Next, the Rhizomucor-Psillus chromosome DN
Approximately 1,000 E. coli colonies, which are the sublibrary of A, were arranged and inoculated on several LB agar mediums supplemented with several ampicillins, one strain at a time, and cultured at 37 ° C. for 12 hours to form colonies. The colonies were transferred to an agar medium on a nylon membrane filter Hybond N ⁺ (manufactured by Amersham) according to the attached protocol to transfer the cells, lyse the cells on the membrane, and fix the DNA.

The colony hybridization was performed under the following conditions. The DNA-immobilized membrane was treated with a hybridization solution (6 × SSC / 5 × Denhardt's solution / 0.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate / 50% formamide / 0.0%).
First, prehybridization was performed at 42 ° C. for 2 hours with 1 M EDTA / 1 mg salmon sperm DNA). Thereafter, an approximately 400 bp fragment of the restriction enzyme BamHI digestion of the previously radiolabeled pRP400 was added to the hybridization solution as a probe (5). ~
Hybridization was carried out at 37 ° C. for 12 hours. After the reaction, first wash in 2 × SSC / 0.1% SDS solution
Perform for 1 hour at room temperature, followed by 0.1 × SSC / 0.1% SDS solution
Performed for 1 hour at room temperature. Then, when autoradiography was performed using an X-ray film,
Strong signals were detected. One colony strain corresponding to those signals was picked up from the master plate, and 200 ml of LB liquid medium [1% Tryptone / 0.5% Bactop
eptone (manufactured by Difco) /0.5% NaCl], the plasmid DNA was recovered by an alkaline method, purified by cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation, and TE buffer [10%] was added to a concentration of 1 μg / μl.
mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 8.0) / 1 mM EDTA].
This plasmid was named pRPPyr4 and used as a selectable marker gene in the following transformation experiments of mutants lacking OMP decarboxylase in the uracil biosynthesis system.

<3> Transformation of Rhizomucor psilus with plasmid pRPPyr4 One of the 1116U17 strains 1116U1 to 1116U18, which is a mutant lacking OMP decarboxylase in the uracil biosynthesis system
The strain was cultured on a koji agar medium [10% koji extract (pH 5.3), 2% agar] containing 400 µg / ml uracil at 37 ° C for 4 days to form spores. From these plates, 0.01%
Several ml of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooliate solution
The spores were dispersed using a spreader, the hypha was removed with a 3G1 glass filter, and the number of spores was counted. 3 × 10 ⁸ spores from the spore suspension
50 ml of YPD liquid medium containing 00 μg / ml uracil [1% Yeast
extract / 2% Bact peptone (manufactured by Difco) / 2% glucose
(pH 4.5)] and cultured with shaking at 37 ° C. for 18 to 19 hours. At this time, a part of the culture solution was sampled, the growth of the bacteria was observed under a microscope, and it was confirmed that the spores had completed swelling (expansion) and that the germination of mycelia occurred almost simultaneously for all the spores in the culture. It is necessary to confirm. It has been found that the unsynchronized germination and growth of mycelium causes a decrease in the yield of transformable protoplasts during subsequent production of protoplasts. In order to obtain cells suitable for preparing transformable protoplasts, maintaining the culture temperature and adjusting the culture time were extremely important.

The rest of the culture was centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 5 minutes, and the young hyphae immediately after budding were collected. Add 10 ml of 0.5 M
The suspension was again suspended in a sorbitol solution, and centrifugation and washing were repeated twice. The washed cells were centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 5 minutes and suspended in 5 ml of a protoplast buffer [0.5 M sorbitol / 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.7)].

To this suspension, a lytic enzyme solution [5 mg / ml Novozyme 234 (Novo Nordisk) / 3 mg / ml kinase (Sigma), dissolved in the same protoplast buffer solution
/ 3 mg / ml chitosanase (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.)], and gently shaken at 30 ° C for 2 to 3 hours until most of the spores became protoplasts. 1200 rp of this reaction solution
centrifuge for 5 minutes, and precipitate with 20 ml of 0.5 M sorbitol solution.
After washing 2 times, and centrifuged 1200 rpm, 5 min, the transformation buffer [0.5M sorbitol · 25 mM CaCl _2/10 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.6)], protoplast concentration becomes 1 × 10 ⁷ / ml To make a protoplast solution.

One ml of the protoplast solution was ice-cooled and cloned by colony hybridization.
After adding 20 μl of a plasmid solution of pRPPyr4 (1 μg / μl) or 10 μl of the same concentration of pUC19 plasmid as a control and mixing,
It was left still on ice for 5 minutes. Further add 1.0 ml of PEG solution [4
0% PEG 3350 (Sigma) / 25mM CaCl ₂ / 10mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.6)] was added after mixing, and left at room temperature for 30 minutes.

After adding and mixing 10 ml of the transformation buffer to this solution, the mixture was centrifuged at 1200 rpm for 5 minutes, washed with 10 ml of the transformation buffer, and resuspended in 2 ml of the same buffer. Each 200 ml of this suspension was placed on a plate composed of YNB medium (pH 4.6) containing 20 ml of 2% agar and 0.5 M sorbitol, and further 1% agar and 0.5 M sorbitol that had been previously kept at 48 ° C. 3 ml of a YNB medium (pH 4.6) containing the mixture was overlaid, mixed and solidified.

When this plate was incubated at 37 ° C. for about 4 days, a sample obtained by adding the pRPPyr4 plasmid to the protoplast of the 1116U17 strain showed several sectors on the plate, but growth was observed in the sample added with the pUC19 plasmid. Did not. The 7116 strains in the sector that appeared by adding pRPPyr4 to 1116U17 strain were subcultured on YNB agar medium (pH 4.5), spores were suspended in 20% glycerol, and these were transferred to plasmid pRP.
Pyr4 transformants were stored frozen at -80 ° C.

Further, the 7 transformants obtained from 1116U17 were subcultured on a potato dextrose agar medium without selection pressure, and monospore separation was repeated.
Although growth was observed on the YNB agar medium, the trait was stably retained even after four single-spore separations. Next, pRPPyr4 plasmid DNA, which was presumed to be inserted into the chromosomal DNA of the 1116U17 transformant of pRP1, was detected by Southern hybridization. The 7116 transformants of 1116U17 strain by pRPPyr4 and the parent strain 1116R3 strain, and the 1116U17 strain before transformation were prepared by a known method [Nucl. Acids Res., 1
4, 19 (1986) 7557-7568], and the DNA was digested with the restriction enzyme SacI. This was electrophoresed on a 1.0% agarose gel, and a nylon membrane filter H was used.
Transfer according to the protocol attached to ybondN ⁺ (manufactured by Amersham), and use BcaBEST ^™ random primer D
Α- ³² PdC using NA Labeling Kit (Takara Shuzo)
Southern hybridization was performed on the immobilized chromosomal DNA using the pUC19 plasmid radiolabeled with TP (manufactured by Amersham) as a probe.

As a result, a band of about 2.6 kb corresponding to the full length of the pUC19 plasmid hybridized with the DNA probe used was detected in all of the five transformants, whereas the parent strains 1116R3 and 1116U17 were detected. Was not detected. These results indicate that in the transformants, the plasmid pRPPyr4 was introduced, resulting in pRPPyr4
Shows that the gene contained in the uracil biosynthesis system compensated for the deficiency of OMP decarboxylase in the uracil biosynthesis system, and the gene was able to grow in a medium containing no nucleic acid. In addition, since no transformant can be obtained with the pUC19 plasmid, none of the products of the gene encoded by pUC19 itself can complement the mutation of the host mutant, and pUC1
This shows that the gene in the gene fragment cloned in 9 is involved in complementation of the mutation.

<4> Approximately 3.4 contained in the pRPPyr4 plasmid
Determination of the entire nucleotide sequence of the kb gene fragment pRPPyr4 (FIG. 2) was digested with the following restriction enzymes and electrophoresed on a 1% agarose gel. From this, a band having the following size was recovered and subcloned into plasmid pUC19 digested with the same restriction enzymes as the recovered fragment.

PstI, EcoRI; two fragments of about 1.9 and 1.5 kb (designated as plasmids pEP1 and pEP2) PstI and BglII; three fragments of about 1.0, 1.7 and 0.7 kb (designated as plasmids pBP1, pBB2 and pBP2, respectively) )

Five types of plasmids obtained by subcloning the above five fragments in total were extracted by an alkaline method.

Using these fragments as templates, a polymerase reaction was carried out using a thermosequenase fluorescence-labeled primer cycle sequencing kit (manufactured by Amersham) according to the protocol attached to the kit.
The gene sequence was analyzed using a sequencer (model 400L LICOR). As a result, the entire base sequence of the PstI fragment containing the 3403 bp OMP decarboxylase gene was determined (SEQ ID NO: 1). From this nucleotide sequence, this gene was found to be a novel gene.

When the base sequence and amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 were searched for homology with a known OMP decarboxylase gene, the region corresponding to the probe was found to be Rhizopus niveus [Curr. Genet., 19 ,
221 (1991)] and 79.94% in the nucleotide sequence of pyrG, 92.18% in the amino acid sequence, and Mucor sircineroides [Carlsb
erg Res. Commun., 49, 691 (1984)], with a homology of 79.7% in the nucleotide sequence and 89.8% in the amino acid sequence. In addition, for the entire coding region, 72.9% in the base sequence and 72.9% in the amino acid sequence of pyrG of Rhizopus niveus.
9.9%, base sequence with mucor sircineroides pyr4
74.1%, 82.2% in amino acid sequence, 53.1% in base sequence and 45.6% in amino acid sequence with pyr4 of Neurospora crassa [Mol. Cel. Biol., 4, 117 (1984)], respectively. (See FIG. 1).

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Example 3 Acquisition of Mucorrennin Productivity-Enhancing Strain of Rhizomucor Psillus <1> Transformation of Rhizomucor Psillus 1116U17 with the Mucorrennin Gene The mucorenrenin gene already cloned into Rhizomucor psilus was newly introduced. In addition, rennin productivity-enhancing strains were obtained by gene administration effects.

First, the mucorrenin gene of Rhizomucor psilus was transformed from Rhizomucor psilus strain F27 into
A primer having the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6 (Bam
HI site (including HI site), the amplified product was digested with restriction enzyme BamHI, and electrophoresed on a 1.0% agarose gel to isolate and purify an approximately 1.9 kb fragment containing the mucorrennin gene. This fragment was cloned into pUC19 which had been digested with the restriction enzyme BamHI and treated with alkaline phosphatase, and used as pMPP. Next, pMPP was digested with BamHI enzyme, electrophoresed on a 1.0% agarose gel, an approximately 1.9 kb fragment was isolated and purified, and the fragment was treated with a restriction enzyme BamHI.
It was mixed with RPPyr4 and ligated using T4 DNA ligase (Takara Shuzo) to obtain plasmid pMP4 (FIG. 3).

Using this pMP4, Rhizomucor pusillus 1116U17 strain was transformed by the method described above. Five transformants (RM1, RM2, RM3, RM4, RM) grown on the selection medium
5) is arbitrarily selected, and each is subcultured on YNB agar medium (pH 4.5) to separate single spores, and then spores are collected.
D medium [1% Yeast Extract / 2% Bacto Peptone / 2% glucose] was inoculated and cultured in a shaking incubator at 37 ° C. for 3 days. In addition, the parent strain 1116R3 and pR
The 1116U17 strain (TP5) transformed with PPyr4 was also cultured under the same conditions.

After the cultivation, the cells and the culture solution were separated by filtration, the culture solution in an amount inversely proportional to the dry cell weight was subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the fractionated protein was transferred to a nitrocellulose filter. Western blotting was performed with serum of rabbit anti-rhizomucor-psirsum mucorrennin. As a result of the analysis, in two of the five pMP4 transformants, the amount of the protein reacting with the antibody was determined by the signal intensity of the band from the parent strain 1116R3 or pR4.
It was found that the amount of mucorrennin produced was 7 to 8 times higher than that of the PPyr4 transformant (FIG. 4).

<2> Measurement of the milk-clotting activity of mucorrennin produced by a strain with enhanced mucorrennin productivity of Rhizomucor psilus 10 ml YPD medium (1% yeast extract / 2% bacto peptone / 2
% Glucose) was transformed with pMP4.
Approximately 10 ⁵ spores of one of the 1116R3 strains (RM1) were inoculated to 37
Shaking culture was performed at ℃. From 1 day to 5 days of culture, remove the cells by centrifugation and 0.45μm of filtration, as it is 100μl the culture medium or Centricon ^TM 10, (500P
The activity was measured using 100 μl of a solution 10-fold concentrated in (K). The activity value was expressed in terms of the number of units per 1 ml of YPD. One unit is the amount of enzyme required to coagulate 1 ml of a skim milk solution (10 mM CaCl ₂ , 12% skim milk) at 35 ° C. for 40 minutes. Similarly, the enzyme activity of the parent strain 1116R3 was measured. Table 1 shows the results.

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[Table 1] Table 1 培養 Cultivation days 1 2 3 4 5 ──────── ───────────────────── 1116R3 strain 0 0 0 0.4 1.0 0 0 0 0.9 1.2 Milking activity 0 2.1 2.8 ─────────── ─────────── [units / ml] RM1 strain 0 4.4 11.4 18.2 19.7 0 6.6 11.9 20.0 19.8 16.9 25.8 20.5 ─────────────────── ──────────

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Industrial Applicability According to the present invention, there are provided a gene encoding a novel OMP decarboxylase derived from Rhizomucor pusillus, and a transformation system for Rhizomucor spp. Filamentous fungi using the gene.

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[Sequence list] Sequence Listing

<110> Meito Sangyo Co., Ltd. <120> Novel selection marker gene and transformation system of Rhizomucor psilus <130> P-5933 <141> 1998-10-26 <160> 10 <170> PatentIn Ver. 2.0

<210> 1 <211> 3403 <212> DNA <213> Rhizomucor pusillus <220> <221> CDS <222> (840) .. (1019) <220> <221> CDS <222> (1090 ) .. (1698) <220> <221> intron <222> (1020) .. (1089) <400> caaattctag gtcctaacga tccacttgtg ctatctttac aaagtaagcc 240 tgtgtctatt gctgagtagt gccgttgtac taaagtgcat cacaataaaa gaatttacag 300 aatcatccaa gcattcttct aaaaggagta tcatgatgga taacgcagct aacagtgatg 360 gctcaacgag cttgaccaac tcttctcttc cctcttcagc aaggagcagt gatgtataca 420 gtttttcgat acccctgtcg cacaagtttc catctgtcag tgacggcaag agtcatctag 480 aaggtcagca tctgccttcc atcaatgagg ctatatctac aacggaactg acggatgcgt 540 tgccgccctt gacgccatct acgaaggatg aacagattgc ttcgtctaat acaaataaaa 600 tctagtttga cctatcaaca ggaaggttct actgttggtc aaaggtgttg atgcatcaga 660 cttggcgtgt ttgtaagttg ttgttaacgc att caactct tctaacaaca tatagcactt 720 agcgacctac atcgattggg aagtctgtgt gatgttgtta cacgattgtg gagcgggaat 780 acattgattc tgtcaaccac ttttttcttt ctttcgtcgc accctcttcc cccgccggt 839 atg aac act ttc aag acc tac gct gat cgc gct gca cga cat ccc aat 887 Met Asn Thr Phe Lys Thr Tyr Ala Asp Arg Ala Ala Arg His Pro Asn 1 5 10 15 ggt tgc gct aaa gct ctg ttt gag ctc atg gag cgt aag cag acg aat 935 Gly Cys Ala Lys Ala Leu Phe Glu Leu Met Glu Arg Lys Gln Thr Asn 20 25 30 ctg tct atc gct gcc gac gtg accaca aag aaa gaa ctc ctt cac att 983 Leu Ser Ile Ala Ala Asp Val Thr Thr Lys Lys Glu Leu Leu His Ile 35 40 45 gct gat gcc tgt gga cct tac atc tgc att cta aag gtcagatctc 1029 Ala Asp Ala Cys Gly Pro Tyr Ile Cy Ile Leu Lys 50 55 60 gatttgcaat aggacgagag agaaaatggg tccagctagg ctgacgcaat agttcttcag 1089 aca cac att gat atc att gat gac ttt gac gaa gac ctt gtt gcg cag 1137 Thr His Ile Asp Ile Asp Ap Ile Asp Asp Ile Asp Alp Asle Ip Asle Pg tgc gag ttg gca aag aag cac gac ttc ttg tta ttt gag gat cgc 1185 Leu Cys Glu Leu Ala Lys Lys His Asp Phe Leu Leu Phe Glu Asp Arg 80 85 90 aag ttt gcg gat atc ggc aac acg gtc aag cat cag tac gga aaa ggt 1233 Lys Phe Ala Asp Ile Gly Asn Thr Val Lys His Gln Tyr Gly Lys Gly 95 100 105 gtt tac aag atc gct tcc tgg gca cac att acg aac gcc cac acc gtg 1281 Val Tyr Lys Ile Ala Ser Trp Ala His Ile Thr Asn Ala His Thr Val 110 115 120 cct ggc gaa ggt atc atc acc gga ttg cgc gaa gtc ggt ctt cct ctc 1329 Pro Gly Glu Gly Ile Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Glu Val Gly Leu Pro Leu 125 130 135 140 ggt cga gga ctg ttg tta tta gct gaa atg tca tcc aag ggt gca ttg 1377 Gly Leg Gly Leu Leu Ala Glu Met Ser Ser Lys Gly Ala Leu 145 150 155 act aag ggc agc tac acg acc gaa tcc gtc gag atg gca cga cgt aac 1425 Thr Lys Gly Ser Tyr Thr Thr Glu Ser Val Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Asn 160 165 170 caa gac ttt gtt ttt gga ttt att gcc cag cac aag atg aac gaa aaa 1473 Gln Asp Phe Val Phe Gly Phe Ile Ala Gln His Lys Met Asn Glu Lys 175 180 185 gac gat gaa gat ttc gtt gtc atg gca cct ggt gt g gat gtc 1521 Asp Asp Glu Asp Phe Val Val Met Ala Pro Gly Val Gly Leu Asp Val 190 195 200 aag gga gat gga ctc ggt cag caa tat aga acg cct tac cag gtc att 1569 Lys Gly Asp Gly Leu Gly Gln Gln Tyr Arg Thr Pro Tyr Gln Val Ile 205 210 215 220 gtt gag tct gga tgc gat gtc att atc gtg gga cgt ggt atc tat ggc 1617 Val Glu Ser Gly Cys Asp Val Ile Ile Val Gly Arg Gly Ile Tyr Gly 225 230 235 aac ccc gac cag atc gag ttc cag gca aag cgt tac aag gaa gct gga 1665 Asn Pro Asp Gln Ile Glu Phe Gln Ala Lys Arg Tyr Lys Glu Ala Gly 240 245 250 tgg aac gcg tac ttg gaa cgt gta caa aag cat tagatcat Tct Tcat Astc A17 Leu Glu Arg Val Gln Lys His 255 260 tttgtacagc atatcatgat ttaaagagag agacgaaaca tcaagcataa aaaatgagtc 1778 atcttcataa taagtatgag tatatggtaa tttttggtaa ccttttttct ctctctttcg 1838 actttacaga gcccaatcgg cggtatatga gaagccagca aactcttctt gttccgcgct 1898 tgtcagtgca cttgctatgg gtgtgagcac tggtcgctga acagtgaatt cgtcatcaaa 1958 gttggaagta tcggctgcac ctttgacagt tggaaagaat ggaggtctca cacgcttt gc 2018 caacacatcg tcccagttta cacctttgaa gaatgcgtgt tgctttacag aggctgcacc 2078 tgtgagacgg ttgctacggt ctcgattcaa tagctacata gacagaatgt caatgcaaaa 2138 aaattgggca ttgcagcaaa cgtttcaggg ttttacctgt ttacacagtg atatagcatt 2198 ttttgacatg ttgattggat acatgacatc gtcattgagg atggcgcctg caatttcttg 2258 atcatcctca ccccaaaacg gtggctgatc tattgttagg atcgagtacg tgggtttata 2318 tatgcatata tatcttacca tgcccaacag catttgataa atcaatacgc cgaacgccca 2378 ccaatcgacc tcttggccgt actcttgatg caaaacgatt tccggggcca taaaatctgg 2438 tgtgccacaa aatgtgtttg tagtacatcc gatccacatg ttgtctttgc ataatccgta 2498 atcagccaac ttgatgtgtc cgtccttgca cagtaaaata ttgtcaagtt tcagatcacg 2558 gtaaataata cccctttggt ggaaatactc taatgcacac agtacttcac acgcgtagaa 2618 tctaaaaggc ttactgattt agcaaaatta tcagtgattc taaattgatt gaatggcggc 2678 ttactttgct cgtctctcag aaaacggttc tcgttggatg tggctcataa gatctccgcc 2738 gttgacatat tccatcacga aacaaagatg ggcgtgcgtt tggaagcaag aatgcaagtt 2798 gaccaagaag ggatgtcgtt cttgattggc agcttcgaaa acccgttttt caatgcggat 285 8 gctacgcaaa gtatatcaat accaacacaa tatccataca tgacaactcc caatcaccct 2918 tgcacatctt cgaaatcgag agctgatcgt ttcttgagaa tcttgatcgc atacacctcg 2978 ccgtcccttt ggtattgcgc aaggaggacc ttcgttgtat gtcagtatct acgttcatga 3038 cagagaacaa aggcttacat acctttccaa aattgcccct gccgagcact ttgagcagtg 3098 taaagtcttg caatccgatt ttgaaccgtc tggcttctga tgactagaaa atctacatgt 3158 caatattcgc ggtaaaagca taaattgttt gtgccaaaca cttgcttctt gagttgtggt 3218 ggaagagaca tgtgaggtgg ttgcatgatc cctatgtagt tgttcatcta tcttgacata 3278 tgcgttgaga tatgatgatt cgctggagga tgcagactct cggtgtggat gagccattgg 3338 cacatgtgga atgctttgcg ctgcggagaga gttacggaga gccaatggat caaagtattc 3398 tgcag 3403 <210> 2 <211> 263 <212> Ager Ath <Arr> Pr <A> Ter His Pro Asn 1 5 10 15 Gly Cys Ala Lys Ala Leu Phe Glu Leu Met Glu Arg Lys Gln Thr Asn 20 25 30 Leu Ser Ile Ala Ala Asp Val Thr Thr Lys Lys Glu Leu Leu His Ile 35 40 45 Ala Asp Ala Cys Gly Pro Tyr Ile Cys Ile Leu Lys Thr His Ile Asp 50 55 60 Ile Ile Asp Asp Phe Asp Glu Asp Leu Val Ala Gln Leu Cys Glu Leu 65 70 75 80 Ala Lys Lys His Asp Phe Leu Leu Phe Glu Asp Arg Lys Phe Ala Asp 85 90 95 Ile Gly Asn Thr Val Lys His Gln Tyr Gly Lys Gly Val Tyr Lys Ile 100 105 110 Ala Ser Trp Ala His Ile Thr Asn Ala His Thr Val Pro Gly Glu Gly 115 120 125 Ile Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Glu Val Gly Leu Pro Leu Gly Arg Gly Leu 130 135 140 Leu Leu Leu Ala Glu Met Ser Ser Lys Gly Ala Leu Thr Lys Gly Ser 145 150 155 160 Tyr Thr Thr Glu Ser Val Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Asn Gln Asp Phe Val 165 170 175 Phe Gly Phe Ile Ala Gln His Lys Met Asn Glu Lys Asp Asp Glu Asp 180 185 190 Phe Val Val Met Ala Pro Gly Val Gly Leu Asp Val Lys Gly Asp Gly 195 200 205 Leu Gly Gln Gln Tyr Arg Thr Pro Tyr Gln Val Ile Val Glu Ser Gly 210 215 220 Cys Asp Val Ile Ile Val Gly Arg Gly Ile Tyr Gly Asn Pro Asp Gln 225 230 235 240 Ile Glu Phe Gln Ala Lys Arg Tyr Lys Glu Ala Gly Trp Asn Ala Tyr 245 250 255 Leu Glu Arg Val Gln Lys His 260

<210> 3 <211> 38 <212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220> <223> Description of Artificial Sequence: primer for amplifying pyr4 gene <400> 3 CCCGGATCCT TTGAAGATCG YAAATTTGCT GATATYGG 38

<210> 4 <211> 39 <212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220> <223> Description of Artificial Sequence: primer for amplifying pyr4 gene <400> 4 CCCGGATCCA GGKGTTCTGT AYTGYTGACC CAAWCCATC 39

<210> 5 <211> 35 <212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220> <223> Description of Artificial Sequence: primer for amplifying Mucor rennin gene <400> 5 cccggatcca atcgggcatt gtacagcgtt ttacc 35

<210> 6 <211> 35 <212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220> <223> Description of Artificial Sequence: primer for amplifying Mucor rennin gene <400> 6 cccggatcca taccgtcagc taggtcaagc tgctt 35

<210> 7 <211> 263 <212> PRT <213> Rhizomucor pusillus <400> 7 Met Asn Thr Phe Lys Thr Tyr Ala Asp Arg Ala Ala Arg His Pro Asn 1 5 10 15 Gly Cys Ala Lys Ala Leu Phe Glu Leu Met Glu Arg Lys Gln Thr Asn 20 25 30 Leu Ser Ile Ala Ala Asp Val Thr Thr Lys Lys Glu Leu Leu His Ile 35 40 45 Ala Asp Ala Cys Gly Pro Tyr Ile Cys Ile Leu Lys Thr His Ile Asp 50 55 60 Ile Ile Asp Asp Phe Asp Glu Asp Leu Val Ala Gln Leu Cys Glu Leu 65 70 75 80 Ala Lys Lys His Asp Phe Leu Leu Phe Glu Asp Arg Lys Phe Ala Asp 85 90 95 Ile Gly Asn Thr Val Lys His Gln Tyr Gly Lys Gly Val Tyr Lys Ile 100 105 110 Ala Ser Trp Ala His Ile Thr Asn Ala His Thr Val Pro Gly Glu Gly 115 120 125 Ile Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Glu Val Gly Leu Pro Leu Gly Arg Gly Leu 130 135 140 Leu Leu Leu Ala Glu Met Ser Ser Lys Gly Ala Leu Thr Lys Gly Ser 145 150 155 160 Tyr Thr Thr Glu Ser Val Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Asn Gln Asp Phe Val 165 170 175 Phe Gly Phe Ile Ala Gln His Lys Met Asn Glu Lys Asp Asp Glu Asp 180 185 190 Phe Val Val Met A la Pro Gly Val Gly Leu Asp Val Lys Gly Asp Gly 195 200 205 Leu Gly Gln Gln Tyr Arg Thr Pro Tyr Gln Val Ile Val Glu Ser Gly 210 215 220 Cys Asp Val Ile Ile Val Gly Arg Gly Ile Tyr Gly Asn Pro Asp Gln 225 230 235 240 Ile Glu Phe Gln Ala Lys Arg Tyr Lys Glu Ala Gly Trp Asn Ala Tyr 245 250 255 Leu Glu Arg Val Gln Lys His 260

<210> 8 <211> 265 <212> PRT <213> Mucor circinelloides <400> 8 Met Asn Thr Tyr Lys Thr Tyr Ser Glu Arg Gly Gln Gln His Pro Asn 1 5 10 15 Ala Cys Ala Arg Ser Leu Phe Glu Leu Met Glu Arg Asn Glu Ser Asn 20 25 30 Leu Ser Val Ala Val Asp Val Thr Thr Lys Lys Glu Leu Leu Ser Ile 35 40 45 Ala Asp Ala Val Gly Pro Phe Val Cys Val Leu Lys Thr His Ile Asp 50 55 60 Ile Val Glu Asp Phe Asp His Asp Leu Val Ala Gln Leu Glu Gln Leu 65 70 75 80 Ala Lys Lys His Asp Phe Leu Ile Phe Glu Asp Arg Lys Phe Ala Asp 85 90 95 Ile Gly Asn Thr Val Lys His Gln Tyr Ala Asn Gly Ile Tyr Lys Ile 100 105 110 Ala Ser Trp Ser His Ile Thr Asn Ala His Thr Val Pro Gly Glu Gly 115 120 125 Ile Ile Lys Gly Leu Gly Glu Val Gly Leu Pro Leu Gly Arg Gly Leu 130 135 140 Leu Leu Leu Ala Glu Met Ser Ser Lys Gly Ala Leu Thr Lys Gly Ser 145 150 155 160 Tyr Thr Ser Glu Ser Val Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Asn Lys Asp Phe Val 165 170 175 Phe Gly Phe Ile Ala Gln His Lys Met Asn Glu His Asp Asp Glu Asp 180 185 190 Phe Val Val Met Ser Pro Gly Val Gly Leu Asp Val Lys Gly Asp Gly 195 200 205 Leu Gly Gln Gln Tyr Arg Thr Pro His Glu Val Ile Val Glu Ser Gly 210 215 220 Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile Val Gly Arg Gly Ile Tyr Gly Asn Pro Asp Gln 225 230 235 240 Val Glu Ala Gln Ala Lys Arg Tyr Arg Gln Ala Gly Trp Asp Ala Tyr 245 250 255 Leu Glu Arg Val Arg Leu His Lys Lys 260 265

<210> 9 <211> 265 <212> PRT <213> Rizopus niveus <400> 9 Met Asn Thr Tyr Lys Pro Tyr Ser Glu Arg Ala Lys Gln His Ser Asn 1 5 10 15 Ala Cys Ala Arg Ser Leu Leu Glu Leu Met Glu Arg Lys Gln Thr Asn 20 25 30 Leu Ser Val Ala Val Asp Val Thr Thr Lys Lys Glu Leu Ile Ser Ile 35 40 45 Ala Asp Ala Ile Gly Pro Tyr Ile Cys Val Leu Lys Thr His Ile Asp 50 55 60 Ile Val Glu Asp Phe Asp Ala Asp Leu Ile Gln Gln Leu Gln Glu Leu 65 70 75 80 Ala Lys Lys His Asp Phe Leu Phe Phe Glu Asp Arg Lys Phe Ala Asp 85 90 95 Ile Gly Asn Thr Val Lys His Gln Tyr Ala Asn Gly Ile Tyr Lys Ile 100 105 110 Ala Ser Trp Ser His Ile Thr Asn Ala His Thr Val Pro Gly Glu Gly 115 120 125 Ile Ile Lys Gly Leu Ala Glu Val Gly Leu Pro Leu Gly Arg Gly Leu 130 135 140 Leu Leu Leu Ala Glu Met Ser Ser Lys Gly Ala Leu Thr Lys Gly Ser 145 150 155 160 Tyr Thr Thr Asp Ser Val Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Asn Lys Asp Phe Val 165 170 175 Phe Gly Phe Ile Ala Gln Asn Lys Met Asn Gln Tyr Asp Asp Glu Asp 180 185 190 Phe Ile Val Met Ser Pr o Gly Val Gly Leu Asp Val Lys Gly Asp Gly 195 200 205 Leu Gly Gln Gln Tyr Arg Thr Pro Arg Glu Val Ile Val Glu Ser Gly 210 215 220 Ala Asp Val Ile Ile Val Gly Arg Gly Ile Tyr Gly Gln Pro Asp Lys 225 230 235 240 Leu Val Glu Gln Ala Gln Arg Tyr Arg Gln Ala Gly Trp Asp Ala Tyr 245 250 255 Leu Glu Arg Leu Ala Leu His Asn Lys 260 265

<210> 10 <211> 397 <212> PRT <213> Neurospora crassa <400> 10 Met Ser Thr Ser Gln Glu Thr Gln Pro His Trp Ser Leu Lys Gln Ser 1 5 10 15 Phe Ala Glu Arg Val Glu Ser Ser Thr His Pro Leu Thr Ser Tyr Leu 20 25 30 Phe Arg Leu Met Glu Val Lys Gln Ser Asn Leu Cys Leu Ser Ala Asp 35 40 45 Val Glu His Ala Arg Asp Leu Leu Ala Leu Ala Asp Lys Val Gly Pro 50 55 60 Ser Ile Val Val Leu Lys Thr His Tyr Asp Leu Ile Thr Gly Trp Asp 65 70 75 80 Tyr His Pro His Thr Gly Thr Gly Ala Lys Leu Ala Ala Leu Ala Arg 85 90 95 Lys His Gly Phe Leu Ile Phe Glu Asp Arg Lys Phe Val Asp Ile Gly 100 105 110 Ser Thr Val Gln Lys Gln Tyr Thr Ala Gly Thr Ala Arg Ile Val Glu 115 120 125 Trp Ala His Ile Thr Asn Ala Asp Ile His Ala Gly Glu Ala Met Val 130 135 140 Ser Ala Met Ala Gln Ala Ala Gln Lys Trp Arg Glu Arg Ile Pro Tyr 145 150 155 160 Glu Val Lys Thr Ser Val Ser Val Gly Thr Pro Val Ala Asp Gln Phe 165 170 175 Ala Asp Glu Glu Ala Glu Asp Gln Val Glu Glu Leu Arg Lys Val Val 180 185 190 Thr Arg Glu Thr S er Thr Thr Thr Lys Asp Thr Asp Gly Arg Lys Ser 195 200 205 Ser Ile Val Ser Ile Thr Thr Val Thr Thr Gln Thr Tyr Glu Pro Ala Asp 210 215 220 Ser Pro Arg Leu Val Lys Thr Ile Ser Glu Asp Asp Glu Met Val Phe 225 230 235 240 Pro Gly Ile Glu Glu Ala Pro Leu Asp Arg Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu Ala 245 250 255 Gln Met Ser Ser Lys Gly Cys Leu Met Asp Gly Lys Tyr Thr Trp Glu 260 265 270 Cys Val Lys Ala Ala Arg Lys Asn Lys Gly Phe Val Met Gly Tyr Val 275 280 285 Ala Gln Gln Asn Leu Asn Gly Ile Thr Lys Glu Ala Leu Ala Pro Ser 290 295 300 Tyr Glu Asp Gly Glu Ser Thr Thr Glu Glu Glu Ala Gln Ala Asp Asn 305 310 315 320 Phe Ile His Met Thr Pro Gly Cys Lys Leu Pro Pro Pro Gly Glu Glu 325 330 335 Ala Pro Gln Gly Asp Gly Leu Gly Gln Gln Tyr Asn Thr Pro Asp Asn 340 345 350 Leu Val Asn Ile Lys Gly Thr Asp Ile Ala Ile Val Gly Arg Gly Ile 355 360 365 Ile Thr Ala Ala Asp Pro Pro Ala Glu Ala Glu Arg Tyr Arg Arg Lys 370 375 380 Ala Trp Lys Ala Tyr Gln Asp Arg Arg Glu Arg Leu Ala 385 390 395

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a comparison of highly conserved amino acid sequences between various OMP decarboxylase genes (Mukoru sircineroides (pyrG), Rhizopus Niveus (pyr4), and Neurospora crassa (pyr4)). . “*” Indicates a common amino acid residue. The inverted characters indicate the primer design site. From the top, in the order of Rhizomucor psyllus (SEQ ID NO: 7), Mucor sircineroides (SEQ ID NO: 8), Rhizopus Niveus (SEQ ID NO: 9), and Neurospora crassa (SEQ ID NO: 10)
1 shows the amino acid sequence of OMP decarboxylase.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a plasmid pRPPyr4 containing an OMP decarboxylase gene.

FIG. 3 Plasmid pM containing mucor rennin gene
The figure which shows the structure of P4.

FIG. 4 is a photograph showing the result of western blotting showing the expression level of mucorrennin in a transformant. TP5: 1116U17 strain transformed with pRPPyr4 RM1, RM4: 2 strains of 1116U17 strain transformed with pMP4

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A DNA encoding a protein represented by the following (A) or (B): (A) A gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing. (B) the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing, comprising an amino acid sequence containing substitution, deletion, insertion, addition, or inversion of one or more amino acids, and orotidine-5'-1 phosphorus; A protein having an acid decarboxylase activity. 2. The gene according to claim 1, which is a DNA represented by the following (a) or (b): (A) Among the base sequences described in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing, at least base numbers 840 to 1019 and 1090 to 16
DNA comprising a base sequence consisting of 98. (B) At least base numbers 840 to 1019 and 1090 to 16 in the base sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing.
DNA that hybridizes with a base sequence consisting of No. 98 under stringent conditions and encodes a protein having orotidine-5'-1 phosphate decarboxylase activity
A. 3. A recombinant vector containing the gene according to claim 1. 4. The recombinant vector according to claim 3, further comprising a gene encoding a target protein. 5. The recombinant vector according to claim 4, wherein the target protein is mucor rennin. 6. A transformant of a filamentous fungus belonging to the genus Rhizomucor transformed with the recombinant vector according to claim 4. 7. The transformant according to claim 6, wherein the filamentous fungus belonging to the genus Rhizomucor is Rhizomucor psilus. 8. A method for producing a protein, comprising culturing the transformant according to claim 6 in a medium, accumulating a target protein in the culture, and collecting the protein from the culture.