WO2015099042A1 - 形質転換植物、形質転換植物を用いた糖含有滲出物の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transformed plant that has acquired excellent characteristics by introducing a predetermined gene and a method for producing a sugar-containing exudate using the transformed plant.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a method for recovering a heterologous protein encoded by a heterologous gene using a plant into which the heterologous gene has been introduced.
- exudate is collected from a plant into which a heterologous gene has been introduced so as to be expressed, and the heterologous protein is recovered from the collected exudate.
- Patent Document 1 exemplifies exudates that are exuded from plants as exudates from rhizomes and exudates via leaf drainage tissue (hydathode).
- Patent Document 2 and Non-Patent Document 1 disclose transporter proteins involved in sugar transport in plants in Arabidopsis thaliana and rice (Oryza sativa).
- the transporter proteins disclosed in Patent Document 2 and Non-Patent Document 1 are known as GLUE proteins or SWEET proteins.
- Non-Patent Document 2 describes the function of a cell membrane transporter by artificially localizing a cell membrane small molecule transporter to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and measuring the small molecule transporter activity in the ER. Confirming.
- the glucose transporters GLUTs and SGLTs are localized in the ER, and their original functions are inferred using the FRET (Forster resonance energy transfer or fluorescence resonance energy transfer) method.
- Patent Document 1 discloses recovering a heterologous protein from exudate, but does not disclose a technique for recovering sugar from exudate.
- Patent Document 2 and Non-Patent Document 1 disclose transporter proteins named SWEET involved in sugar transport and nucleic acids encoding them, these transporter proteins, nucleic acids encoding them, and exudates It does not disclose the relationship with sugar content.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a transformed plant that produces exudate containing a high concentration of sugar and a method for producing sugar using the transformed plant.
- the present invention includes the following. (1) The following amino acid sequence: (L / I / V / M / F) x (G / A) xx (I / L / V / M / F) xxxx (L / I / V / F) (A / S) (P / S) (1-3aa) (P / S / T / A) T (F / L) xx (I / V) xxxKxxxxxxxxxxPYxxx (L / I) xxxx (L / I) x (I / L / M / V / F) xY (A / S / G) (7-13aa) (I / L / V / M) (1-2aa) (I / V) Nxxxxxx (E / Q) xxYxxx (Y / F ) xx (Y / F) (A / G / S) (35-36aa) (R / Q / H)
- the transporter protein is the following protein (a) or (b): (A) a protein comprising any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 137 (b) consisting of an amino acid sequence having 90% or more identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 137, for sugar transport Proteins with transporter activity involved (4)
- the above consensus sequence has the following amino acid sequence: G (L / I / V / F / M) xGx (I / V / L) (I / V / L) (S / T) xxxxL (A / S) P (L / V / I / M) (P / S / T / A) TFxx (I
- the above consensus sequence consists of the following amino acid sequences: (A / V) xxxG (I / L / V) xGN (I / L / V) (I / L / V) S (F / L) x (V / T) xL (A / S) P (V / L / I) (P / A) TFxx (I / V) x (K / R) xK (S / T) xx ( G / S) (F / Y) (Q / S / E) SxPYxx (
- the above consensus sequence has the following amino acid sequence: (M / L / V) xx (T / K / N / S) xxxxAxxFG (L / I / V) LGN (I / L / V) (I / V) SFxVxL (S / A) P (V / I) PTFxxIxK (K / R) K (S / T) x (E / K) (G / S) (F / Y) ( Q / E) S (I / L) PYxx (A / S) LxS (
- the transformed plant or transformed plant cell according to (8), wherein the transporter protein is the following protein (a) or (b): (A) a protein comprising any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 21 (b) consisting of an amino acid sequence having 90% or more identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 21, for sugar transport A protein having a transporter activity involved (10) A flowering plant, or the transformed plant or transformed plant cell according to (1). (11) The transformed plant or transformed plant cell according to (10), wherein the flowering plant is an angiosperm. (12) The transformed plant or transformed plant cell according to (11), wherein the angiosperm is a monocotyledonous plant.
- the transformed plant or transformed plant cell according to (15), wherein the dicotyledonous plant is a cruciferous plant.
- a method for producing an exudate comprising a step of cultivating the transformed plant according to any one of (1) to (17) and collecting the exudate from the transformed plant.
- the sugar content in plant-derived exudates can be greatly improved. That is, the transformed plant according to the present invention introduces a nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in a specific sugar transport and / or enhances the expression of the protein, thereby exuding having characteristics such as a high sugar content. Product can be produced. Moreover, the method for producing exudates according to the present invention uses a transformed plant in which a nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in a specific sugar transport is introduced and / or the expression of the protein is enhanced, Exudates with high sugar content can be produced. Furthermore, since the exudates collected from the transformed plants have a high sugar content, they can be used as raw materials for producing alcohols, organic acids, alkanes, terpenoids, and the like.
- Non-Patent Document 1 Amino acid sequences of SWEET proteins belonging to clade III defined in Non-Patent Document 1 (Nature (2010) 468, 527-532) were collected from the database GenBank provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). It is the schematic of the phylogenetic tree created based on the amino acid sequence information. It is a figure which expands and shows the partial area
- FIG. 2 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-1.
- FIG. 2 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-2.
- FIG. 2 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-2.
- FIG. 4 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-3.
- FIG. 4 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-4.
- FIG. 5 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-5.
- FIG. 7 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-6.
- FIG. 1-1 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-6.
- FIG. 8 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-7.
- FIG. 9 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-8.
- FIG. 10 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-9.
- FIG. 11 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-10.
- FIG. 10 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-10.
- FIG. 11 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-11.
- FIG. 11 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of proteins included in the phylogenetic tree shown in FIG. 1-1, and is a diagram continued to the right of FIG. 2-12. It is a figure which shows the result of the multiple alignment analysis of the amino acid sequence of the SWEET protein classified into Clade III by nonpatent literature 1 (Nature (2010) 468, 527-532). It is a result of the multiple alignment analysis of the amino acid sequence of the SWEET protein classified into Clade III in Non-Patent Document 1 (Nature (2010) 468, 527-532), and is a diagram following the bottom of FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a result of multiple alignment analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana-derived SWEET protein and rice-derived SWEET protein in the clade III, and is a diagram continuing from the bottom of FIG. 4-1.
- FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a physical map of nucleic acids pZH2B_GWOx_ AtSWEET11 and pZH2B_GWOx_ AtSWEET12 prepared in Examples. In rice, it is the photograph which imaged the part which is producing the drainage liquid on the conditions described in the example.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in a specific sugar transport is introduced into a cell and / or the expression of the protein is enhanced.
- exudates with a high sugar concentration can be collected from transformed plants into which the nucleic acid has been introduced into the cells and / or the expression of the protein has been enhanced.
- the exudate means a liquid that exudes from the plant tissue to the outside, and includes, for example, a root exudate, a seed exudate, and a drainage exuded from the drainage tissue.
- wastewater in particular, a transformed plant that has introduced a nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport into the cell and / or enhanced expression of the protein should produce a wastewater with a high sugar concentration. Can do.
- nucleic acid is intended to include naturally occurring nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA, and artificial nucleic acids such as PNA (peptide nucleic acid) and nucleic acid molecules obtained by chemically modifying the base / sugar / phosphate diester moiety. is there.
- nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in sugar transport is meant to include both a gene present in the genome and a transcription product of the gene.
- sugar is a substance represented by the chemical formula of C n (H 2 O) m , including aldehydes and ketone derivatives of polyhydric alcohols, and derivatives and condensates closely related to them, including polysaccharides and oligosaccharides.
- Oligosaccharides disaccharides and monosaccharides. It may be a glycoside in which an aglycone such as alcohol, phenol, saponin or pigment is bound to the reducing group of the sugar.
- Monosaccharides may be classified as triose, tetrose, hexose, pentose, etc.
- sugars may be classified as aldoses having an aldehyde group, ketoses having a ketone group, etc. based on functional groups in the molecule.
- Sugars may be distinguished from D series and L series by the configuration of the asymmetric carbon farthest from the aldehyde group or ketone group.
- monosaccharides include glucose (glucose), fructose (fructose), galactose, mannose, xylose, xylulose, ribose, erythrose, threose, erythrulose, glyceraldehyde, dihydroxyacetone and the like.
- sucrose sucrose (sucrose / sucrose), lactose (lactose), maltose (malt sugar), trehalose, cellobiose and the like.
- Plants to which the present invention is applied include nucleic acids encoding transporter proteins involved in specific sugar transport into cells and / or contain in exudates such as wastewater by enhancing expression of the proteins.
- the amount of sugar produced is significantly improved compared to the wild type.
- the protein may be expressed throughout the cells of the plant tissue, or may be expressed in at least some of the cells of the plant tissue.
- the plant tissue is meant to include plant organs such as leaves, stems, seeds, roots and flowers.
- Introducing a nucleic acid in the present invention is synonymous with making the number of molecules of nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein per cell significantly larger than the number of molecules in the wild type.
- to enhance the expression of a transporter protein means that a transcription product or translation can be achieved by modifying the expression control region of a nucleic acid encoding the transporter protein and / or injecting the nucleic acid itself into a cell. It means improving the expression level of the product.
- nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport means the following amino acid sequence: (L / I / V / M / F) x (G / A) xx (I / L / V / M / F) xxxx (L / I / V / F) (A / S) (P / S) (1-3aa) (P / S / T / A) T ( F / L) xx (I / V) xxxKxxxxxxxxxxPYxxx (L / I) xxxx (L / I) x (I / L / M / V / F) xY (A / S / G) (7-13aa) (I / L / V / M) (1-2aa) (I / V) Nxxxxxx (E / Q) xxYxxx (Y / F) xx (Y / F) (Y / F) (G / A) xx (I
- x represents an arbitrary amino acid residue.
- the notation consisting of two numerical values connected with-and aa is a sequence consisting of any amino acid at the position, and consists of the number of amino acid residues within the range between the two numerical values. Is shown.
- the notation in which a plurality of amino acids are delimited by parentheses in parentheses indicates that the position is any one of the plurality of amino acids.
- this description method is employ
- the above amino acid sequence is the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 1 to 3 arbitrary amino acid residues, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and 7 to 13 arbitrary amino acid residues.
- Amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 any amino acid residue of I / L / V / M, 1-2 amino acid residues, amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 2-7 amino acid residues and sequence
- the amino acid sequence of No. 5 is an amino acid sequence linked in this order.
- SWEET protein derived from Arabidopsis SWEET protein derived from rice, SWEET protein derived from rice palm, SWEET protein derived from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, SWEET protein derived from Physcomitrella patens, Petunia WEhybren elegans) -derived SWEET protein and mammal-derived SWEET protein.
- SWEET which is a transporter protein involved in sugar transport, is classified into five clades I to V based on the similarity of amino acid sequences.
- SWEET involved in sugar transport disclosed in this document, Arabidopsis thaliana-derived SWEET protein, rice-derived SWEET protein, and upper corn SWEET protein and petunia SWEET protein are calculated from GenBank ID numbers and genome data Table 1 below shows the correspondence between the protein coding region Index (Index in Genome), gene name, protein name, protein abbreviation, SWEET protein clade number, and derived species.
- the above-mentioned common sequence 1 is obtained by collecting amino acid sequences of SWEET proteins belonging to clade III defined in the above-mentioned literature from the GenBank database, and based on the amino acid sequence information, a phylogenetic tree by ClustalW (FIGS. 1-1 to 1- 3) and the multiple alignment (FIGS. 2-1 to 2-15), and the amino acid sequence derived from the generated phylogenetic tree and multiple alignment. That is, the transporter protein involved in sugar transport having the common sequence 1 includes the SWEET protein classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature, and classified into any of clades I, II, IV and V in the above-mentioned literature. SWEET protein is not included.
- the above-mentioned common sequence 1 is a sequence characteristic of the SWEET protein classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature and the SWEET protein classified into clade III collected from the GenBank database, and in the above-mentioned literature, clade I, It is a sequence that is a clear distinction criterion from each of groups II, IV, and V.
- FIG. 1-1 shows an overview of the phylogenetic tree
- FIGS. 1-2 to 1-3 show enlarged partial regions of the overview shown in FIG. 1-1.
- GenBank ID and protein name etc. are not described in the overall image shown in FIG. 1-1
- the GenBank ID and protein name etc. are described in the partial region shown in FIGS. 1-2 to 1-3. Yes.
- SWEET proteins contained in these clades III for the SWEET proteins derived from Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, marsh and petunia shown in Table 1, the correspondences of GenBank ⁇ ID numbers, gene names, derived species and amino acid sequences are shown in the table below. It is shown in 2.
- SWEET proteins classified into the above-mentioned SWEET protein clade III have the above-described common sequence 1.
- the variation of amino acid residues that can be taken at a predetermined position in the common sequence 1 is as follows.
- score matrix (BLOSUM) disclosed in reference (2) as an amino acid group with a score of 0 or more, preferably a group of amino acids with a value of 1 or more.
- the following eight groups are listed as typical groups.
- Other fine groupings may be any amino acid group of 0 or more, preferably 1 or more, more preferably 2 or more amino acid groups of the score value.
- Aliphatic hydrophobic amino acid group This group is a group of amino acids having a hydrophobic hydrophobic side chain among the neutral non-polar amino acids shown in the above-mentioned reference (1), V (Val, valine), L (Leu, leucine) , I (Ile, isoleucine) and M (Met, methionine).
- V Val, valine
- L Leu, leucine
- I Ile, isoleucine
- M Metal, methionine
- FGACWP is not included in this “aliphatic hydrophobic amino acid group” for the following reasons. This is because G (Gly, glycine) and A (Ala, alanine) are less than a methyl group and have a weak nonpolar effect.
- C Cys, cysteine
- F Phenylalanine
- W Trp, tryptophan
- P Pro, proline
- ST group Group with hydroxymethylene group
- S Ser, serine
- T Thr, threonine
- Acidic amino acids This group is a group of amino acids having an acidic carboxyl group in the side chain, and is composed of D (Asp, aspartic acid) and E (Glu, glutamic acid).
- KR group This group is a group of basic amino acids and is composed of K (Lys, lysine) and R (Arg, arginine). These K and R are positively charged and have basic properties over a wide pH range. On the other hand, H (His, histidine) classified as a basic amino acid is not classified into this group because it is hardly ionized at pH 7.
- Methylene group polar group (DHN group) This group has a feature that a methylene group is bonded as a side chain to a carbon element at the ⁇ -position and has a polar group at the tip.
- Dimethylene group polar group (EKQR group) This group has a feature that a linear hydrocarbon having a dimethylene group or higher as a side chain is bonded to the ⁇ -position carbon element and has a polar group at the end.
- E Glu, glutamic acid, polar group is carboxyl group
- K Lis, lysine, polar group is amino group
- Q Gln, glutamine, polar group is amide group
- R Arg, arginine, polar group is imino group
- Aromatic (FYW Group) This group is an aromatic amino acid with a benzene nucleus in the side chain and is characterized by aromatic chemical properties. It consists of F (Phe, phenylalanine), Y (Tyr, tyrosine), W (Trp, tryptophan).
- Circular & polar (HY group) This group is an amino acid that has a cyclic structure in the side chain and also a polarity, H (H, histidine, both cyclic structure and polar group are imidazole groups), Y (Tyr, tyrosine, cyclic structure is polar with benzene nucleus The group consists of hydroxyl).
- a new protein having the same function can be obtained even if an amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a protein having a certain function is replaced with an amino acid residue belonging to the same group. It can.
- ILMV group Aliphatic hydrophobic amino acid group
- a novel protein having the same function can be obtained by replacing an isoleucine residue in the amino acid sequence of a protein having a certain function with a leucine residue.
- the amino acid sequence may be described as a consensus sequence, but even in this case, the same function can be obtained by substituting an amino acid residue belonging to the same group.
- a novel protein having the above will be obtained.
- the amino acid residue in the consensus sequence calculated therefrom is isoleucine or leucine (L / I)
- the above “1) aliphatic hydrophobic amino acid group (ILMV group)” Based on the above, it can be easily expected that a novel protein having a similar function can be obtained even when isoleucine or leucine residues are substituted with methionine or valine residues.
- the above-mentioned “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” adds a predetermined amino acid residue to the N-terminal side and the C-terminal side of the above-described common sequence 1 and can take variations of amino acids at a predetermined position.
- the amino acid sequence of common sequence 2 is as follows.
- amino acid sequence of the common sequence 2 from the N-terminal to the C-terminal, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, 7-9 arbitrary amino acid residues, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, 7-8 arbitrary
- amino acid residue, any amino acid residue of V / F / L / I / M, 18-19 amino acid residues, and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8 are amino acid sequences linked in this order. Can do.
- the common sequence 2 is an amino acid sequence common to SWEET proteins classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature. That is, the common sequence 2 includes transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from Arabidopsis thaliana classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature, transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from rice, and trans involved in sugar transport derived from rice palm.
- Each amino acid sequence of the transporter protein involved in the transport of sugars derived from the porter protein and petunia is an amino acid sequence derived from a multiple alignment prepared by analyzing with ClustalW in the same manner as described above.
- the common sequence 2 is a sequence characteristic of the SWEET protein classified as clade III in the above-mentioned document, and is a sequence that is a clear distinction standard from each group of clades I, II, IV, and V in the above-mentioned document. It is.
- FIGS. 3-1 to 3-3 The results of alignment analysis of the amino acid sequence of the SWEET protein classified as clade III in the above document using the ClustalW multiple sequence alignment program (can be used by DDBJ of the National Institute of Genetics) are shown in FIGS. (The version and various parameters used in the analysis are as described above). As shown in FIGS. 3-1 to 3-3, it can be understood that the SWEET protein classified as clade III in the above document has the above-described common sequence 2.
- the above-mentioned “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” is an amino acid that adds a predetermined amino acid residue to the N-terminal side of the above-described common sequence 2 and limits amino acid variations that can be taken at a predetermined position. It can be defined as a protein having a common sequence 3 consisting of sequences. The amino acid sequence of the common sequence 3 is as follows.
- amino acid sequence of the common sequence 3 from the N-terminal to the C-terminal, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, 3-5 arbitrary amino acid residues, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, 5-6 optional In other words, it can be said that the amino acid residue and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11 are linked in this order.
- the common sequence 3 includes the above-mentioned amino acid sequences of transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from Arabidopsis thaliana and transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from rice among the SWEET proteins classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature. Similarly, it is an amino acid sequence derived from a multiple alignment created by analysis with ClustalW. Therefore, the common sequence 3 is a sequence characteristic of transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from Arabidopsis thaliana and transporter proteins involved in rice sugar transport classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature, The sequence is a clear standard for distinction from each group of clades I, II, IV and V.
- the ClustalWalmultiple sequence alignment program (National Institute of Genetics) 4-1 to 4-2 show the results of the alignment analysis using (which can be used with DDBJ) (versions and various parameters used in the analysis are as described above).
- the transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from Arabidopsis thaliana and the transporter proteins involved in sugar transport derived from rice classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature are the same as described above. It can be seen that it has sequence 3.
- the above-mentioned “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” adds a predetermined amino acid residue to the N-terminal side and the C-terminal side of the above-described common sequence 3, and includes amino acids that can be taken at a predetermined position. It can be defined as a protein having a common sequence 4 consisting of amino acid sequences with limited variations.
- the amino acid sequence of the common sequence 4 is as follows.
- amino acid sequence of the common sequence 4 from the N-terminal to the C-terminal, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, 4-5 arbitrary amino acid residues, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, 5-6 optional amino acids
- amino acid residue and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14 are amino acid sequences linked in this order.
- the common sequence 4 is a multiple alignment prepared by analyzing each amino acid sequence of the transporter protein involved in sugar transport derived from Arabidopsis thaliana among the SWEET proteins classified as clade III in the above-mentioned literature by ClustalW as described above. Is an amino acid sequence derived from Therefore, the common sequence 4 is a sequence characteristic of a transporter protein involved in sugar transport derived from Arabidopsis thaliana classified as clade III in the above document, and each group of clades I, II, IV and V in the above document It is an arrangement that is a clear distinction criterion.
- the “nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” that can be used in the present invention has the above-described common sequence 1, 2, 3, or 4 and is a transporter protein involved in sugar transport.
- the nucleic acid is not limited to those encoding the specific SWEET proteins listed in Tables 2-5, but encodes SWEET proteins derived from biological species different from the biological species listed in Tables 2-5. Is also included.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in sugar transport that is derived from an organism whose sequence data is not stored in a database such as GenBank and has a common sequence 1, 2, 3, or 4 can also be used. .
- examples of the transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport include proteins containing the amino acid sequences shown in any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 131 as shown in Tables 2 to 5.
- the transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport is preferably a protein containing the amino acid sequence shown in any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 35 (Table 2), and any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 26
- a protein containing the amino acid sequence shown (derived from Arabidopsis thaliana or rice) is more preferred, and a protein containing the amino acid sequence shown in any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 21 (derived from Arabidopsis thaliana) is more preferred.
- transporter proteins involved in specific sugar transport include AtSWEET11 including the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, AtSWEET12 including the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18, OsSWEET14 including the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25, and amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 26 Most preferred is OsSWEET15 containing sequences.
- nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in a specific sugar transport is a nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in a sugar transport specified by a specific sequence number as described above. Any nucleic acid can be used as long as it is a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport having the above-mentioned common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- the nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport means that the protein encoded by the nucleic acid has transporter activity involved in sugar transport.
- Transporter activity involved in sugar transport refers to the transport of sugar into and out of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as described in Methods of Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2, for example, cytoplasmic localization or ER localization. Activity measured with a FRET (Forster resonance energy transfer or fluorescence resonance energy transfer) sugar sensor.
- FRET Formal fluorescence resonance energy transfer
- a transporter protein involved in a predetermined sugar transport has a common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4, or a nucleic acid encoding the protein encodes a protein having a common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4. Whether or not to do so can be easily determined by comparing the amino acid sequence of the protein or the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleic acid with the amino acid sequence shown in the common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 131 includes an amino acid sequence in which one or a plurality of amino acid sequences are deleted, substituted, added or inserted, and has a common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4, and is involved in sugar transport It may encode a protein having transporter activity.
- the plurality of amino acids for example, 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 10, more preferably 1 to 7, further preferably 1 to 5, particularly preferably 1 to 3 are used. means.
- amino acid deletion, substitution, or addition can be performed by modifying the base sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the transporter protein involved in sugar transport by a technique known in the art.
- Mutation can be introduced into a nucleotide sequence by a known method such as Kunkel method or Gapped duplex method or a method according thereto, for example, a mutation introduction kit using site-directed mutagenesis (for example, Mutant- Mutations are introduced using K, Mutant-G (both trade names, manufactured by TAKARA Bio Inc.) or the like, or using LA PCR-in-vitro Mutagenesis series kits (trade name, manufactured by TAKARA Bio Inc.).
- EMS ethyl methanesulfonic acid
- 5-bromouracil 2-aminopurine
- hydroxylamine N-methyl-N'-nitro-N nitrosoguanidine
- other carcinogenic compounds are representative.
- a method using a chemical mutagen such as that described above may be used, or a method using radiation treatment or ultraviolet treatment represented by X-rays, alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays and ion beams may be used.
- it may have a common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4 and encode a protein having a transporter activity involved in sugar transport.
- the values of similarity and identity mean values obtained by default settings using a computer program that implements a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) program and a database that stores gene sequence information.
- nucleic acid encoding a transporter protein involved in sugar transport having an amino acid sequence different from the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 131 and having the common sequence 1, 2, 3, or 4 has revealed plant genome information. If not, the nucleic acid is extracted from the target plant and identified by isolating the nucleic acid that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 15 to 131. be able to.
- stringent conditions refer to conditions under which so-called specific hybrids are formed and non-specific hybrids are not formed. For example, hybridization at 45 ° C.
- Hybridization can be performed by a conventionally known method such as the method described in J. Sambrook et al. OleMolecular lonCloning, A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1989).
- the “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” used in the present invention is defined as having a common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- the “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” that can be used in the present invention is not limited to a protein having this common sequence 1, 2, 3, or 4.
- a transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport is an amino acid in which one or a plurality of amino acid sequences are deleted, substituted, added or inserted in the amino acid sequence shown in any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 131. It may contain a sequence and encode a protein having transporter activity involved in sugar transport.
- the plurality of amino acids for example, 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 10, more preferably 1 to 7, further preferably 1 to 5, particularly preferably 1 to 3 are used. means.
- amino acid deletion, substitution, or addition can be performed by modifying the base sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the transporter protein involved in sugar transport by a technique known in the art. The method described above can be appropriately applied as a method for introducing a mutation into a base sequence.
- the similarity or identity to the amino acid sequence shown in any of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 131 is, for example, 70% or more, It may have an amino acid sequence that is preferably 80% or more, more preferably 90% or more, and most preferably 95% or more, and may encode a protein having a transporter activity involved in sugar transport.
- the similarity and identity values can be determined by the method described above.
- examples of the “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” include, for example, a protein encoded by a nucleic acid that hybridizes under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 15 to 131. Moreover, it may encode a protein having a transporter activity involved in sugar transport.
- the stringent conditions are the same as those described above.
- the plant to which the present invention is applied introduces a nucleic acid encoding a “transporter protein involved in specific sugar transport” defined as described above into cells, or enhances the expression of the protein encoded by the nucleic acid. By doing so, exudates with a high sugar concentration can be produced.
- a method for introducing a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport into a cell for example, an expression vector arranged to express a DNA encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport is introduced into the cell. Can be mentioned.
- a technique for enhancing the expression of a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport a technique for altering a transcription promoter located in the vicinity of a DNA encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport in a target plant body can be mentioned.
- a technique of introducing an expression vector arranged to express the above-described DNA encoding the transporter involved in sugar transport under the control of a promoter capable of constant expression is preferable.
- nucleic acid encoding transporter involved in specific sugar transport has a common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4 and is involved in sugar transport
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter is not limited to a nucleic acid having the same base sequence as a nucleic acid existing in nature, but may be a nucleic acid having an artificially designed base sequence, that is, an artificial gene.
- the artificial gene means a nucleic acid encoding an artificially designed amino acid sequence and having a nucleotide sequence that does not exist in nature.
- An artificial gene may encode a protein in which a part of a naturally occurring protein is modified (deletion, substitution, insertion, etc. of amino acid residues), or a chimeric protein in which naturally occurring amino acid sequences are joined together. It may be one that encodes, or one that encodes a protein whose entire sequence is uniquely designed from the N-terminal to the C-terminal.
- the artificial gene may be DNA having a base sequence encoding an amino acid sequence containing the common sequence 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- an artificial gene encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport can be designed to encode the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 132 to 137.
- the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 132 to 137 the above-mentioned common sequence is present on the N-terminal side, and a transmembrane domain is included on the C-terminal side.
- the protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 132 is called SWo1
- the protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 133 is called SWo2
- the protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 134 is called SWo3
- SEQ ID NO: A protein having the amino acid sequence shown in 135 is called SWo4
- a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 136 is called SWo5
- a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 137 is called SWo6.
- An expression vector comprises a nucleic acid having a promoter base sequence that enables constitutive expression and a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport (both a nucleic acid having a naturally occurring base sequence and an artificial gene) (The same applies hereinafter).
- Various vectors known in the art can be used as the base vector for the expression vector.
- a plasmid, phage, cosmid or the like can be used, and can be appropriately selected according to the plant cell to be introduced and the introduction method. Specific examples include pBR322, pBR325, pUC19, pUC119, pBluescript, pBluescriptSK, and pBI vectors.
- the method for introducing a vector into a plant cell is a method using Agrobacterium
- the pBI binary vector include pBIG, pBIN19, pBI101, pBI121, pBI221, and the like.
- the promoter is not particularly limited as long as it is a promoter capable of expressing a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport in a plant body, and a known promoter can be preferably used.
- promoters include cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter (CaMV35S), various actin gene promoters, various ubiquitin gene promoters, nopaline synthase gene promoter, tobacco PR1a gene promoter, tomato ribulose 1,5-diphosphate carboxylase Oxidase small subunit gene promoter, napin gene promoter, oleosin gene promoter and the like.
- cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter, actin gene promoter, or ubiquitin gene promoter can be more preferably used. When each of the above promoters is used, any nucleic acid can be strongly expressed when introduced into a plant cell.
- a promoter having a function of expressing a nucleic acid in a site-specific manner in a plant can also be used.
- any conventionally known promoter can be used. Exudate produced from plant organs and plant tissues comprising cells into which the nucleic acid has been introduced by site-specific introduction of a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport using such a promoter The sugar content contained in can be improved.
- the expression vector may further contain a nucleic acid having another segment sequence in addition to the nucleic acid encoding the promoter and the transporter involved in sugar transport.
- the nucleic acid having the other segment sequence is not particularly limited, but a nucleic acid having a terminator base sequence, a nucleic acid having a transformant selection marker base sequence, a nucleic acid having an enhancer base sequence, a base for improving translation efficiency Examples thereof include a nucleic acid having a sequence.
- the recombinant expression vector may further have a T-DNA region.
- the T-DNA region can increase the efficiency of nucleic acid introduction, particularly when Agrobacterium is used to introduce a nucleic acid having the base sequence in the recombinant expression vector into a plant cell.
- the nucleic acid having a terminator base sequence is not particularly limited as long as it has a function as a transcription termination site, and may be a known one.
- the transcription termination region (Nos terminator) of the nopaline synthase gene the transcription termination region of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (CaMV35S terminator) and the like can be preferably used.
- the Nos terminator can be more preferably used.
- nucleic acid having a transformant selection marker base sequence for example, a nucleic acid containing a drug resistance gene can be used.
- drug resistance genes include nucleic acids containing drug resistance genes for hygromycin, bleomycin, kanamycin, gentamicin, chloramphenicol and the like.
- nucleic acid having a base sequence for enhancing translation efficiency examples include a nucleic acid having an omega sequence derived from tobacco mosaic virus. By arranging the nucleic acid having this omega sequence in the untranslated region (5′UTR) upstream of the protein coding region, the expression efficiency of the nucleic acid encoding the transporter involved in the sugar transport can be increased.
- the recombinant expression vector can contain nucleic acids having various DNA segment sequences depending on the purpose.
- the method for constructing the recombinant expression vector is not particularly limited, and the nucleic acid having the promoter base sequence, the nucleic acid encoding the transporter involved in the sugar transport, and the necessity are appropriately selected as a base vector. Accordingly, the nucleic acids having the other DNA segment sequences may be introduced in a predetermined order. For example, a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in the sugar transport and a nucleic acid having a promoter base sequence (such as a nucleic acid having a terminator base sequence) may be linked and introduced into a vector.
- the method for producing the above expression vector is not particularly limited, and a conventionally known method can be used.
- Escherichia coli may be used as a host and propagated in the E. coli.
- a preferred E. coli type may be selected according to the type of vector.
- the above-described expression vector is introduced into a target plant cell by a general transformation method.
- the method (transformation method) for introducing the expression vector into the plant cell is not particularly limited, and any conventionally known method suitable for the plant cell can be used. Specifically, for example, a method using Agrobacterium or a method of directly introducing into plant cells can be used. Examples of methods using Agrobacterium include Bechtold, E., Ellis, J. and Pelletier, G. (1993) In Planta Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer by infiltration of adult Arabidopsis plants. CR Acad. Sci. Paris Sci. Vie, 316, 1194-1199.
- a method for directly introducing an expression vector into a plant cell for example, a microinjection method, an electroporation method (electroporation method), a polyethylene glycol method, a particle gun method, a protoplast fusion method, a calcium phosphate method, or the like can be used.
- a transcription unit necessary for expression of the nucleic acid encoding the target transporter for example, a nucleic acid having a promoter base sequence Or a nucleic acid containing a nucleic acid having a transcription terminator base sequence and a nucleic acid encoding a target transporter is sufficient, and a vector function is not essential.
- the nucleic acid contains only the protein coding region of the nucleic acid that encodes the transporter involved in sugar transport without a transcription unit, it integrates into the transcription unit in the host genome and expresses the gene of interest. I can do it. Further, even when not integrated into the host genome, it is sufficient that the nucleic acid encoding the transporter involved in the sugar transport is transcribed and / or translated in the cell.
- Examples of plant cells into which a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport of interest without including an expression vector is introduced such as cells of each tissue in plant organs such as flowers, leaves, and roots, Examples thereof include callus and suspension culture cells.
- the expression vector may be appropriately constructed according to the type of plant to be produced, but a general-purpose expression vector is constructed in advance and introduced into plant cells. Also good.
- the plant composed of cells to which the expression vector is introduced is not particularly limited. That is, by introducing a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in the sugar transport described above, the concentration of sugar contained in exudates such as wastewater can be improved for all plant bodies.
- the target plant is, for example, preferably a flowering plant, and more preferably an angiosperm among the flowering plants.
- target angiosperms include dicotyledonous plants and monocotyledonous plants, for example, plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae, Gramineae, Eggplant, Legume, Willowaceae (see below), but are limited to these plants. It is not something.
- Brassicaceae Arabidopsis thaliana, arabopsis lyrata, rape (Brassica rapa, Brassica napus, Brassica campestris), cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. Capitata), Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa var. Pe) chinensis), turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa), Nozawana (Brassica rapa var. lancinifolia), Komatsuna (Brassica rapa var. peruviridis), Pakchoi (Brassica rapa var.
- conchinsis (Raphanus sativus), Wasabi (Wasabia japonica), Ruberanazuna (Capsella rubella), etc.
- Rabbitaceae Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) Maple family: Acer saccharum Euphorbiaceae: Red sesame (Ricinus communis) Solanum: Nicotiana tabacum, eggplant (Solanum melongena), potato (Solaneum tuberosum), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), capsicum (Capsicum annuum), petunia hybrida, etc.
- Legumes soybean (Glycine max), pea (Pisum sativum), broad bean (Vicia faba), wisteria (Wisteria floribunda), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), Lotus japonicus, common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), azuki bean (Vigna angularis) , Acacia, Medicago truncatula, Cicer arietinum, etc.
- Asteraceae Chrysanthemum morifolium, sunflower (Helianthus annuus), etc.
- Palms oil palm (Elaeis guineensis, Elaeis oleifera), coconut (Cocos nucifera), date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), wax palm (Copernicia), etc.
- Ursiaceae Rhis succedanea, Cashew nutcrest (Anacardium occidentale), Urushi (Toxicodendron vernicifluum), mango (Mangifera indica), pistachio (Pistacia vera), etc.
- Cucurbitaceae Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), crow cucumber (Trichosanthes cucumeroides), gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. Gourda), etc. Rosaceae: Almond (Amygdalus communis), Rose (Rosa), Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Sakura (Prunus), Apple (Malus pumila var. Domestica), Peach (Prunus persica), etc. Grapes: Grapes (Vitis vinifera) Dianthus: Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus).
- Willow family Poplar (Populus trichocarpa, Populus nigra, Populus tremula) etc.
- Gramineae corn (Zea mays), rice (Oryza sativa), barley (Hordeum vulgare), wheat (Triticum aestivum), urults wheat (Triticum urartu), tarho wheat (Aegilops tauschii), Minato camoji (Brachypodium distachyon) , Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), napier grass (Pennisetum pupureum), Erianthus ravenae, Susuki (Miscanthus virgatum), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) switchgrass (Panicum), etc.
- Lily family Tulip (Tulipa), Lily (Lilium), etc.
- the nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport that can be used in the present invention can be isolated from various plants and used, but depending on the type of the target plant, It can be selected and used. That is, when the target plant cell is derived from a monocotyledonous plant, one isolated from a monocotyledonous plant can be introduced as a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport.
- nucleic acid encoding OsSWEET13 (Os12g047620001)
- nucleic acid encoding OsSWEET13 a nucleic acid encoding OsSWEET13
- nucleic acid encoding OsSWEET14 Os11t050860001
- OsSWEET15 It is preferable to introduce a nucleic acid encoding Os02t051310001.
- the amount of sugar contained in the rice exudate can be remarkably improved.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport derived from a dicotyledonous plant may be introduced.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transport from a dicotyledon Arabidopsis thaliana, a nucleic acid encoding AtSWEET11 (At3g48740) and a nucleic acid encoding AtSWEET12 (At5g23660) Is preferably introduced.
- nucleic acids encoding AtSWEET11 (At3g48740) and nucleic acids encoding AtSWEET12 (At5g23660) can significantly improve the amount of sugar contained in exudates even if the target plant is a monocotyledonous plant such as rice.
- a selection step for selecting an appropriate transformant from the plant body can be performed by a conventionally known method.
- the selection method is not particularly limited.
- the selection may be performed based on drug resistance such as hygromycin resistance, and after growing the transformant, the exudate was collected from the plant and collected.
- the sugar content in the exudate may be measured, and those having significantly improved sugar concentration compared to the wild type may be selected.
- the sugar content contained in the collected exudate may be measured qualitatively instead of quantitatively, for example, by a coloration method using a test paper that reacts with sugar and colors.
- progeny plants can be obtained from the transformed plants obtained by the transformation treatment according to a conventional method.
- progeny plants that retain the trait that the expression level of the nucleic acid encoding the transporter involved in sugar transport is significantly improved compared to the wild type, based on the amount of sugar contained in the exudate
- a stable plant line in which the amount of sugar contained in the exudate is increased can be produced.
- plant cells, seeds, fruits, strains, callus, tubers, cuttings, clumps, and other propagation materials are obtained from transformed plants and their progeny, and they are included in exudates by having the above traits based on these. It is also possible to mass-produce stable plant lines with increased sugar content.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in the specific sugar transport described above is introduced into a cell or expression of the nucleic acid is enhanced, thereby
- the sugar concentration contained in the exudate can be significantly improved.
- the sugar component contained in the exudate is meant to include monosaccharides such as glucose (glucose), galactose, mannose and fructose, and disaccharides such as sucrose, lactose and maltose.
- glucose, galactose, mannose, fructose, sucrose contained in exudates The concentration of any one or more of sugar components such as lactose and maltose can be improved.
- concentration of glucose, fructose and sucrose in the exudate can be greatly improved.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in the above-mentioned specific sugar transport is introduced into a cell, or the plant has enhanced expression of the nucleic acid.
- Is preferably cultivated under conditions that prevent transpiration of the produced wastewater.
- the cultivation conditions when cultivating the plant is a sealed space with a humidity of 80% RH or more, more preferably 90% RH or more, thereby preventing the effluent from transpiration and increasing the amount of produced effluent. be able to.
- the sugar concentration contained in the effluent of wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana is about 2.0 ⁇ M (average value, monosaccharide equivalent), whereas the above-described transporter gene involved in specific sugar transport was introduced into the cells.
- the sugar concentration in the effluent increases to about 98.5-6057.5 ⁇ M.
- transformed Arabidopsis thaliana in which a nucleic acid encoding AtSWEET12 (At5g23660) has been introduced into cells can produce a effluent containing a sugar component at a higher concentration than other transformed Arabidopsis thaliana.
- the nucleic acid encoding the transporter involved in the specific sugar transport described above is the cell In the transformed rice introduced into (1), the sugar concentration in the effluent increases to about 1074.3-185641.2 ⁇ M.
- transformed rice in which a nucleic acid encoding AtSWEET11 (At3g48740), a nucleic acid encoding OsSWEET13 (Os12g0476200), or a nucleic acid encoding SWo5 is introduced into cells has a higher sugar component than other transformed rice. Can be produced.
- the transformed rice introduced with the nucleic acid encoding OsSWEET15 (Os02g051310001) into the cell is the largest sugar in the effluent of the transformed rice introduced with the nucleic acid encoding the transporter involved in other specific sugar transport. Compared to the concentration, a effluent containing a higher concentration of sugar components can be produced, and the saccharide concentration in the effluent increases to a maximum of 450340.4 ⁇ M.
- exudates with a high sugar concentration can be collected.
- the collected exudates can be used for the fermentation production of alcohol and / or organic acids.
- the collected exudate can be used as a raw material for biorefinery.
- a nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in the above-mentioned specific sugar transport is introduced into a cell, or a wastewater collected from a plant with enhanced expression of the nucleic acid is used. It can be used as it is in a reaction system for alcoholic fermentation or organic acid fermentation, and can be used as a raw material for biorefinery.
- the wastewater collected from the plant can be used for a reaction system of alcohol fermentation or organic acid fermentation after performing a concentration treatment or a treatment of adding other carbon source or nitrogen source.
- Plasmid DNA was purified from clones in which inserted DNA was confirmed. Plasmid DNA was purified using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN, # 27106) according to the attached protocol.
- extraction and ethanol precipitation were performed.
- An equal amount of PCI was added to the reaction solution, stirred, and centrifuged at 15000 rpm for 5 minutes.
- An equal amount of chloroform was added to the recovered upper layer, and the same was centrifuged to recover the upper layer.
- Double the amount of ethanol was added to the collected upper layer, and ethanol precipitation was performed using Pellet Paint NF Co-Precipitant (Merck Bio Insight, # 70748). After drying, the obtained DNA was dissolved in 44 ⁇ l of sterilized water.
- Ligation 1.5.1 Ligation Reaction A ligation reaction was performed to insert the DNA fragment encoding the AtSWEET protein obtained in 1.3 into the pRI201AN vector obtained in 1.4. The reaction was carried out overnight at 16 ° C. using DNA Ligation Kit Ver.2.1 (Takara Bio, # 6022).
- Plasmid DNA was purified from colonies in which the inserted DNA was confirmed, and a clone into which the target DNA fragment had been inserted was obtained. Plasmid DNA was purified using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN, # 27106) according to the attached protocol. A physical map of the obtained DNA construct (AtSWEET / pRI201AN) is shown in FIG. In FIG.
- LB is the left border
- RB is the right border
- TNOS is the transcription terminator of the nopaline synthase gene NOS derived from the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- NPTII is the neomycin phosphotransferase II gene derived from Escherichia coli
- Pnos is the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Transcription promoter of nopaline synthase gene NOS derived from Ti plasmid
- THSP is transcription terminator of heat shock protein gene HSP derived from Arabidopsis thaliana
- AtSWEET is DNA encoding SWEET protein derived from Arabidopsis thaliana
- P35S is transcription of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S The promoter
- AtADH 5′-UTR represents the translation enhancer of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene ADH derived from Arabidopsis thaliana
- ColE1 ori represents the replication origin of Escherichia
- SEQ ID NOs: 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, and 173 it was designed to add an Nde I restriction enzyme recognition sequence on the start codon side and a Sac I restriction enzyme recognition sequence on the stop codon side.
- the designed DNA was chemically synthesized and inserted into the pRI201AN vector to obtain six types of DNA constructs.
- the ATG contained in the Nde I restriction enzyme recognition sequence (5′CATATG3 ′) added to the 5 ′ end was made to match the start codons of SEQ ID NOs: 168, 169, 170, 171, 172 and 173.
- Plant expression vectors prepared in 1.5, 1.6.1, and 1.6.2 were prepared by electroporation (Plant Molecular Biology Mannal, Second Edition, BG Stanton and AS Robbert, Kluwer Acdemic Publishers 1994). It was introduced into the tumefaciens C58C1 strain. Next, Agrobacterium tumefaciens into which a plant expression vector has been introduced was transformed into wild-type Arabidopsis ecotypes by the infiltration method described by Clough et al. (Steven J. Clough and Andrew F. Bent, 1998, The Plant Journal 16, 735-743). Introduced into Col-0, T1 (transformant first generation) seeds were collected.
- the collected T1 seeds are MS agar medium containing kanamycin (50 mg / L), carbenicillin (100 mg / L) and benrate wettable powder (10 mg / L: manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.). ) And aseptically seeded and cultured for about 2 weeks to select transformants.
- the selected transformant is replanted on the new MS agar medium, and after cultivation for about 1 week, it is replanted in a pot containing soil mixed with vermiculite and soil mix (Sakata Seed) in a volume ratio of 1: 1.
- T2 (transformed second generation) seeds were obtained.
- T1 seeds are seeds harvested after infection and cultivation of Agrobacterium in wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana.
- the seeds that are cultivated and harvested from T1 plants are defined as T2 seeds.
- DNA construct for rice transformation 2.1 Amplification of DNA encoding AtSWEET protein Using the DNA construct for Arabidopsis transformation prepared in 1.5.4 above (DNA encoding AtSWEET8 protein and DNA encoding AtSWEET11 protein and DNA encoding AtSWEET12 protein) as a template, PCR DNA encoding AtSWEET8 protein, DNA encoding AtSWEET11 protein, and DNA encoding AtSWEET12 protein were amplified. In order to introduce the amplified product into the pENTR / D-TOPO vector, a CACC sequence is added to the 5 ′ end.
- Plasmid DNA was purified from clones in which inserted DNA was confirmed. Plasmid DNA was purified using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN, # 27106) according to the attached protocol.
- the plasmid DNA purified in 2.4 was used as a template, and the base sequence of the DNA fragment was determined with a DNA sequencer (Beckman Coulter CEQ8000) using M13-F and M13-R primers.
- Plasmid DNA purification from positive clones Plasmid DNA was purified from clones in which inserted DNA was confirmed. Plasmid DNA was purified using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN, # 27106) according to the attached protocol.
- the DNA encoding OsSWEET13, OsSWEET14 or OsSWEET15 protein was designed to add a CACC sequence at the 5 'end for introduction into the pENTR / D-TOPO vector.
- the designed DNA was chemically synthesized and inserted into the pENTR / D-TOPO vector.
- Tables 20 and 21 show the results of measuring the sugar concentration of the Arabidopsis effluent obtained in 1.8 and the rice effluent obtained in 2.13.
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(1)以下のアミノ酸配列:(L/I/V/M/F)x(G/A)xx(I/L/V/M/F)xxxx(L/I/V/F)(A/S)(P/S)(1-3aa)(P/S/T/A)T(F/L)xx(I/V)xxxKxxxxxxxxPYxxx(L/I)xxxx(L/I)x(I/L/M/V/F)xY(A/S/G)(7-13aa)(I/L/V/M)(1-2aa)(I/V)Nxxxxxx(E/Q)xxYxxx(Y/F)xx(Y/F)(A/G/S)(35-36aa)(R/Q/H)xxxxGx(V/I/L)xxxxx(V/M/L/I/F)xxxx(A/S/T)P(L/M)x(I/V)(I/M/V/L)(2-7aa)(V/I)(V/I/M)x(T/S)x(S/N)xx(F/Y)(M/L)(P/S)(F/I/V/L)xLSxx(L/I)(T/V)xx(A/G)xxW(F/L)xYGxxxxDxx(V/I)xxPNxxGxx(F/L)(G/S)xxQ(M/I)x(L/M/I/V/F)(Y/H/F)を含む共通配列を有する、糖輸送に関与するトランスポータータンパク質をコードする核酸を導入する及び/又は当該タンパク質の発現を強化した形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(2) 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、SWEETタンパク質のアミノ酸配列に基づく分類群であるクレードI~VのうちクレードIIIに属するタンパク質であることを特徴とする(1)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(3) 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする(1)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~137のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~137のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質
(4) 上記共通配列は、以下のアミノ酸配列:G(L/I/V/F/M)xGx(I/V/L)(I/V/L)(S/T)xxxxL(A/S)P(L/V/I/M)(P/S/T/A)TFxx(I/V)x(K/R)xK(S/T)xxx(F/Y)x(S/A)xPYxx(A/S/T)LxSxxLx(L/I/M/V)(Y/F)Y(A/G)(7-9aa)(L/I)(I/V/L)(T/S)INxx(G/A)xx(I/V/M)(E/Q)xxYxxx(F/Y)(L/I/V/F)x(Y/F)Ax(K/R/N)xxxxx(T/A)(7-8aa)(V/F/L/I/M)(18-19aa)(R/Q/H)xxxxGx(I/V)xxxxx(V/I/L/M)x(V/M)F(A/V)(A/S/T)PLx(I/V)(I/M/V/L)xxV(I/V)(K/R/Q)(T/S)(K/R)S(V/A)x(F/Y)MP(F/I/L)xLS(L/F/V)xL(T/V)(L/I)xAxxW(F/L)xYG(L/F)xxxDxx(V/I)xxPNxxGxx(L/F)(G/S)xxQMx(L/V/I)(Y/F)xx(Y/F)を含むことを特徴とする(1)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(5) 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする(4)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~35のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~35のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質
(6) 上記共通配列は、以下のアミノ酸配列:(A/V)xxxG(I/L/V)xGN(I/L/V)(I/L/V)S(F/L)x(V/T)xL(A/S)P(V/L/I)(P/A)TFxx(I/V)x(K/R)xK(S/T)xx(G/S)(F/Y)(Q/S/E)SxPYxx(A/S/T)LxS(A/C/S)xLx(L/I/M)(Y/F)Y(A/G)xx(K/T)(3-5aa)(L/M/P)(L/I)(I/L/V)(T/S)INxx(G/A)xx(I/V)(E/Q)xxY(I/L)x(L/M/V/I)(F/Y)(L/I/V/F)x(Y/F)Ax(K/R)xxxxx(T/A)xx(L/M/F/V/I)(L/F/V/I)xxx(N/D)(F/V/I/L)xx(F/L)xx(I/L/V)xxxxxx(L/I/V)(5-6aa)(R/Q)xxxxGx(I/V)xxxx(S/A)(V/L/M)(C/S/A)VF(A/V)(A/S)PLx(I/V)(I/M/V)xxV(I/V)(K/R/Q)(T/S)(K/R)S(V/A)E(F/Y)MP(F/I)xLS(L/F/V)xL(T/V)(L/I)(S/N)A(V/I)xW(F/L)xYGLxx(K/N)Dxx(V/I)xxPN(V/I)xGxx(F/L)(G/S)xxQMxL(Y/F)xx(Y/F)を含むことを特徴とする(1)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(7) 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする(6)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~26のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~26のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質
(8) 上記共通配列は、以下のアミノ酸配列:(M/L/V)xx(T/K/N/S)xxxxAxxFG(L/I/V)LGN(I/L/V)(I/V)SFxVxL(S/A)P(V/I)PTFxxIxK(K/R)K(S/T)x(E/K)(G/S)(F/Y)(Q/E)S(I/L)PYxx(A/S)LxS(A/C)xLx(L/I/M)YY(A/G)xxK(4-5aa)(L/M)(L/I)(I/V)(T/S)IN(A/S/T)(F/V)(G/A)x(F/V)(I/V)(E/Q)xxY(I/L)x(L/M/I)(F/Y)(F/V/I/L)x(Y/F)Ax(K/R)xx(R/K)xx(T/A)(L/V/M)K(V/L/M/F)(L/I/V/F)xxx(N/D)(F/V/I)xx(F/L)xx(I/L)(L/I/V/F)(L/M/V)(L/V)xx(F/L)(L/I/V)(5-6aa)(R/Q)x(K/S/Q)x(L/I/V)Gx(I/V)Cxxx(S/A)(V/L)(S/C/A)VF(A/V)(A/S)PLx(I/V)(M/I/V)xxV(I/V)(K/R)T(K/R)S(V/A)E(Y/F)MPFxLS(L/F)xLT(I/L)(S/N)A(V/I)xW(L/F)xYGLx(L/I)(K/N)Dxx(V/I)A(L/F/I/M)PN(V/I)(L/I/V)Gxx(L/F)GxxQM(I/V)L(Y/F)(V/L/I/M)(V/L/I/M)(Y/F)(K/R/Q)を含むことを特徴とする(1)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(9) 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする(8)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~21のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~21のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質
(10) 顕花植物であることを特徴とする(1)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(11) 上記顕花植物が被子植物であることを特徴とする(10)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(12) 上記被子植物が単子葉植物であることを特徴とする(11)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(13) 上記単子葉植物がイネ科植物であることを特徴とする(12)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(14) 上記イネ科植物がOryza属植物であることを特徴とする(13)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(15) 上記被子植物が双子葉植物であることを特徴とする(11)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(16) 上記双子葉植物がアブラナ科植物であることを特徴とする(15)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(17) 上記アブラナ科植物がArabidopsis属植物であることを特徴とする(16)記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(18) 上記(1)乃至(17)いずれかに記載の形質転換植物を栽培し、当該形質転換植物から滲出物を採取する工程を含む滲出物の製造方法。
(19) 上記形質転換植物を栽培する栽培条件を相対湿度80%RH以上とすることを特徴とする(18)記載の滲出物の製造方法。
(20) 上記滲出物が排水液であることを特徴とする(18)記載の滲出物の製造方法。
本明細書は本願の優先権の基礎である日本国特許出願2013-273128号の明細書及び/又は図面に記載される内容を包含する。
本発明では特定の糖輸送に関与するトランスポータータンパク質をコードする核酸を細胞内へ導入するか及び/又は当該タンパク質の発現を強化する。これにより当該核酸を細胞内へ導入した及び/又は当該タンパク質の発現を強化した形質転換植物からは、高糖濃度の滲出物を採取することができきる。ここで、滲出物とは、植物の組織から外部へとしみだす液体を意味し、例えば、根滲出液や、種子滲出液、排水組織からしみだす排水液を含む意味である。なお、排水組織(hydathode)から液体がしみだす現象は、溢液現象(guttation)とも称される。よって、排水液と溢液とは同義である。排水液特に、特定の糖輸送に関与するトランスポータータンパク質をコードする核酸を細胞内へ導入するか及び/又は当該タンパク質の発現を強化した形質転換植物は、高糖濃度の排水液を産生することができる。
上述した「特定の糖輸送に関与するトランスポータータンパク質をコードする核酸」とは、以下のアミノ酸配列:(L/I/V/M/F)x(G/A)xx(I/L/V/M/F)xxxx(L/I/V/F)(A/S)(P/S)(1-3aa)(P/S/T/A)T(F/L)xx(I/V)xxxKxxxxxxxxPYxxx(L/I)xxxx(L/I)x(I/L/M/V/F)xY(A/S/G)(7-13aa)(I/L/V/M)(1-2aa)(I/V)Nxxxxxx(E/Q)xxYxxx(Y/F)xx(Y/F)(A/G/S)(35-36aa)(R/Q/H)xxxxGx(V/I/L)xxxxx(V/M/L/I/F)xxxx(A/S/T)P(L/M)x(I/V)(I/M/V/L)(2-7aa)(V/I)(V/I/M)x(T/S)x(S/N)xx(F/Y)(M/L)(P/S)(F/I/V/L)xLSxx(L/I)(T/V)xx(A/G)xxW(F/L)xYGxxxxDxx(V/I)xxPNxxGxx(F/L)(G/S)xxQ(M/I)x(L/M/I/V/F)(Y/H/F)を含む共通配列1を有する、糖輸送に関与するトランスポータータンパク質をコードする。
-Pairwise Alignment Parameters
--Alignment Type, Slow
--Slow Pairwise Alignment Options
---Protein Weight Matrix, Gonnet
---Gap Open, 10
---Gap Extension, 0.1
Multiple Sequence Alignment Parameters
-Protein Weight Matrix, Gonnet
-Gap Open, 10
-Gap Extension, 0.20
-Gap Distances, 5
-No End Gaps, no
-Iteration, none
-Numiter, 1
-Clustering, NJ
Output Options
-Format, Aln w/numbers
-Order, Aligned
このグループは、上記参考文献(1)で示された中性非極性アミノ酸のうち、脂肪属性の疎水性側鎖をもつアミノ酸のグループであり、V(Val、バリン)、L(Leu、ロイシン)、I(Ile、イソロイシン)及びM(Met、メチオニン)から構成される。参考文献(1)による中性非極性アミノ酸と分類されるもののうちFGACWPは以下理由で、この「脂肪族疎水性アミノ酸グループ」には含めない。G(Gly、グリシン)やA(Ala、アラニン)はメチル基以下の大きさで非極性の効果が弱いからである。C(Cys、システイン)はS-S結合に重要な役目を担う場合があり、また、酸素原子や窒素原子と水素結合を形成する特性があるからである。F(Phe、フェニルアラニン)やW(Trp、トリプトファン)は側鎖がとりわけ大きな分子量をもち、かつ、芳香族の効果が強いからである。P(Pro、プロリン)はイミノ酸効果が強く、ポリペプチドの主鎖の角度を固定してしまうからである。
このグループは、中性極性アミノ酸のうちヒドロキシメチレン基を側鎖に持つアミノ酸のグループであり、S(Ser、セリン)とT(Thr、スレオニン)から構成される。SとTの側鎖に存在する水酸基は、糖の結合部位であるため、あるポリペプチド(タンパク質)が特定の活性を持つために重要な部位である場合が多い。
このグループは、酸性であるカルボキシル基を側鎖に持つアミノ酸のグループであり、D(Asp、アスパラギン酸)とE(Glu、グルタミン酸)から構成される。
このグループは、塩基性アミノ酸のグループであり、K(Lys、リジン)とR(Arg、アルギニン)から構成される。これらKとRは、pHの広い範囲で正に帯電し塩基性の性質をもつ。一方、塩基性アミノ酸に分類されるH(His、ヒスチジン)はpH7においてほとんどイオン化されないので、このグループには分類されない。
このグループは、全てα位の炭素元素に側鎖としてメチレン基が結合しその先に極性基を有すると言う特徴を持つ。非極性基であるメチレン基の物理的大きさが酷似している特徴を持ち、N(Asn、アスパラギン、極性基はアミド基)、D(Asp、アスパラギン酸、極性基はカルボキシル基)とH(His、ヒスチジン、極性基はイミダゾール基)から成る。
このグループは、全てα位の炭素元素に側鎖としてジメチレン基以上の直鎖炭化水素が結合しその先に極性基を有すると言う特徴を持つ。非極性基であるジメチレン基の物理的大きさが酷似している特徴を持つ。E(Glu、グルタミン酸、極性基はカルボキシル基)、K(Lys、リジン、極性基はアミノ基)、Q(Gln、グルタミン、極性基はアミド基)、R(Arg、アルギニン、極性基はイミノ基とアミノ基)から成る。
このグループには、側鎖にベンゼン核を持つ芳香族アミノ酸であり、芳香族特有の化学的性質を特徴とする。F(Phe、フェニルアラニン)、Y(Tyr、チロシン)、W(Trp、トリプトファン)から成る。
このグループには、側鎖に環状構造を持つと同時に極性も持つアミノ酸で、H(H、ヒスチジン、環状構造と極性基は共にイミダゾール基)、Y(Tyr、チロシン、環状構造はベンゼン核で極性基は水酸基)から成る。
上述した「特定の糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターをコードする核酸」としては、共通配列1、2、3又は4を有し、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターをコードする核酸であれば自然界に存在する核酸と同じ塩基配列を有する核酸に限らず、人工的に設計された塩基配列を有する核酸、つまり、人工遺伝子であってもよい。ここで人工遺伝子とは、人為的に設計したアミノ酸配列をコードする核酸であって、天然には存在しない塩基配列を有するDNAを意味する。人工遺伝子は、天然に存在するタンパク質の一部を改変(アミノ酸残基の欠失、置換、挿入等)したタンパク質をコードするものでも良いし、天然に存在するアミノ酸配列をつなぎ合わせたキメラタンパク質をコードするものでも良いし、N末端からC末端まで全配列を独自に設計したタンパク質をコードするものであっても良い。
発現ベクターは、恒常的な発現を可能とするプロモーター塩基配列を有する核酸と、上述した糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターをコードする核酸(天然に存在する塩基配列を有する核酸及び人工遺伝子の両者を含む。以下同様)とを含むように構築する。発現ベクターの母体となるベクターとしては、従来公知の種々のベクターを用いることができる。例えば、プラスミド、ファージ、またはコスミド等を用いることができ、導入される植物細胞や導入方法に応じて適宜選択することができる。具体的には、例えば、pBR322、pBR325、pUC19、pUC119、pBluescript、pBluescriptSK、pBI系のベクター等を挙げることができる。特に、植物細胞へのベクターの導入法がアグロバクテリウムを用いる方法である場合には、pBI系のバイナリーベクターを用いることが好ましい。pBI系のバイナリーベクターとしては、具体的には、例えば、pBIG、pBIN19、pBI101、pBI121、pBI221等を挙げることができる。
上述した発現ベクターは、一般的な形質転換方法によって対象の植物細胞に導入される。発現ベクターを植物細胞に導入する方法(形質転換方法)は特に限定されるものではなく、植物細胞に応じた適切な従来公知の方法を用いることができる。具体的には、例えば、アグロバクテリウムを用いる方法や直接植物細胞に導入する方法を用いることができる。アグロバクテリウムを用いる方法としては、例えば、Bechtold, E., Ellis, J. and Pelletier, G. (1993) In Planta Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer by infiltration of adult Arabidopsis plants. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sci. Vie, 316, 1194-1199. あるいは、Zyprian E, Kado Cl, Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation by novel mini-T vectors in conjunction with a high-copy vir region helper plasmid. Plant Molecular Biology, 1990, 15(2), 245-256.に記載された方法を用いることができる。
アカザ科:テンサイ(Beta vulgaris)
カエデ科:サトウカエデ(Acer saccharum)
トウダイグサ科:トウゴマ(Ricinus communis)
ナス科:タバコ(Nicotiana tabacum)、ナス(Solanum melongena)、ジャガイモ(Solaneum tuberosum)、トマト(Solanum lycopersicum)、トウガラシ(Capsicum annuum)、ペチュニア(Petunia hybrida)など。
マメ科:ダイズ(Glycine max)、エンドウ(Pisum sativum)、ソラマメ(Vicia faba)、フジ(Wisteria floribunda)、ラッカセイ(Arachis hypogaea)、ミヤコグサ(Lotus japonicus)、インゲンマメ(Phaseolus vulgaris)、アズキ(Vigna angularis)、アカシア(Acacia)、ウマゴヤシ(Medicago truncatula)、ヒヨコマメ(Cicer arietinum)など。
キク科:キク(Chrysanthemum morifolium)、ヒマワリ(Helianthus annuus)など。
ヤシ科:アブラヤシ(Elaeis guineensis、Elaeis oleifera)、ココヤシ(Cocos nucifera)、ナツメヤシ(Phoenix dactylifera)、ロウヤシ(Copernicia)など。
ウルシ科:ハゼノキ(Rhus succedanea)、カシューナットノキ(Anacardium occidentale)、ウルシ(Toxicodendron vernicifluum)、マンゴー(Mangifera indica)、ピスタチオ(Pistacia vera)など。
ウリ科:カボチャ(Cucurbita maxima、Cucurbita moschata、Cucurbita pepo)、キュウリ(Cucumis sativus)、カラスウリ(Trichosanthes cucumeroides)、ヒョウタン(Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)など。
バラ科:アーモンド(Amygdalus communis)、バラ(Rosa)、イチゴ(Fragaria vesca)、サクラ(Prunus)、リンゴ(Malus pumila var. domestica)、モモ(Prunus persica)など。
ブドウ科:ブドウ(Vitis vinifera)
ナデシコ科:カーネーション(Dianthus caryophyllus)など。
ヤナギ科:ポプラ(Populus trichocarpa、Populus nigra、Populus tremula) など。
イネ科:トウモロコシ(Zea mays)、イネ(Oryza sativa)、オオムギ(Hordeum vulgare)、コムギ(Triticum aestivum)、ウラルツコムギ(Triticum urartu)、タルホコムギ(Aegilops tauschii)、ミナトカモジグサ(Brachypodium distachyon)、タケ(Phyllostachys)、サトウキビ(Saccharum officinarum)、ネピアグラス(Pennisetum pupureum)、エリアンサス(Erianthus ravenae)、ススキ(Miscanthus virgatum)、ソルガム(Sorghum bicolor)スイッチグラス(Panicum)など。
ユリ科:チューリップ(Tulipa)、ユリ(Lilium)など。
上述した形質転換処理後、植物体のなかから適切な形質転換体を選抜する選抜工程を、従来公知の方法で行うことができる。選抜の方法は特に限定されるものではなく、例えば、ハイグロマイシン耐性等の薬剤耐性を基準として選抜してもよいし、形質転換体を育成した後に、植物体から滲出物を採取し、採取した滲出物に含まれる糖分を測定し、野生型と比較して糖濃度が有意に向上しているものを選抜してもよい。また、採取した滲出物に含まれる糖分測定は定量的でなく定性的に測定する方法でも良く、例えば糖に反応し呈色する試験紙を用いた呈色法で測定しても良い。
1.1 PCRによるAtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAの取得
1.1.1 AtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAの増幅
シロイヌナズナから調製したcDNAを鋳型にし、PCRによる評価用のAtSWEET1、AtSWEET2、AtSWEET3、AtSWEET4、AtSWEET5、AtSWEET6、AtSWEET7、AtSWEET9、AtSWEET11、AtSWEET12、AtSWEET13、AtSWEET15及びAtSWEET17タンパク質をコードするDNAの増幅を行った。評価用DNAをpRI201ANベクター(タカラバイオ社製、#3264)に挿入するため、5’末端にSal I制限酵素認識配列を付加したフォワードプライマーを、また3’末端にSac IまたはPst I制限酵素認識配列を付加したリバースプライマーを設計した(表6)。
PCRで増幅した各DNA断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動後、MagExtractor-PCR & Gel Clean up キット (TOYOBO、#NPK-601) を用いて、切り出し精製を行った。なお、切り出し精製は、キット添付のマニュアルに従って行った。
精製した増幅DNA断片を、TOPO TA Cloning (Invitrogen、#K4500-01) を用いてpCR2.1-TOPOベクターに導入した。反応液組成を表10に示した。表10に示した反応液を室温で5分間反応させた。
形質転換の結果、多数のコロニーが得られた。各コロニーについて挿入DNAの有無を確認するため、M13-F : 5’-GTA AAA CGA CCA GTC TTA AG-3’(配列番号164)及びM13-R : 5’-CAG GAA ACA GCT ATG AC-3’(配列番号165)を用いてコロニーPCRを行った。コロニーPCRの反応液組成を表11に示し、PCR条件を表12に示した。
挿入DNAが確認できたクローンからプラスミドDNAの精製を行った。プラスミドDNAの精製は、QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN、#27106) を用い、添付のプロトコルに従って行った。
1.1.5で得たプラスミドDNAを鋳型にし、M13-F及びM13-Rプライマーを用いてPCR増幅し、ダイデオキシ法(サンガー法)によるDNA断片の塩基配列の決定を行った。
AtSWEET8、AtSWEET10、AtSWEET14、AtSWEET16タンパク質をコードするDNAついては、5’末端にPst I制限酵素認識配列、3’末端にSal I制限酵素認識配列を付加するよう塩基配列を設計し、化学的に全合成した。その結果、pEX-Aベクター(オペロンバイオテクノロジー)に挿入されたAtSWEET8及びAtSWEET14タンパク質をコードするDNA、pCR2.1-TOPOベクターに挿入されたAtSWEET10及びAtSWEET16タンパク質をコードするDNAを得ることができた。
1.1.5と1.2で得られたプラスミドDNAからAtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNA断片を取り出す為、二度の制限酵素処理を行った。各DNAに対する制限酵素の組み合わせを表13に記す。
Sac I(TaKaRa、#1078A)、Nde I(TaKaRa、#1161A)又はSal I(TaKaRa、#1080A)を用いて以下の反応液を作製し、37℃で一晩反応させ、1.1.5または1.2で得られたプラスミドを切断した。Sac Iの反応液組成を表14に、Nde Iの反応液組成を表15に、Sal Iの反応液組成を表16に示した。
次に、DNAを精製するため、PCI (フェノール:クロロホルム:イソアミルアルコール=24:24:1)抽出とエタノール沈殿を行った。反応液に等量のPCIを加えて攪拌し、5分間、15000 rpmで遠心して回収した上層に等量のクロロホルムを加え、同様に遠心し上層を回収した。回収した上層に二倍量のエタノールを加え、Pellet Paint NF Co-Precipitant (メルクバイオインサイト、#70748) を用いてエタノール沈殿を行った。乾燥後、得られたDNAは滅菌水44μlに溶解した。
次に、Sal I(TaKaRa、#1080A)、Xba I(TaKaRa、#1093A)又はSac I(TaKaRa、#1078A)を用いて以下の反応液を作製し、37℃で一晩反応させ、1.3.2で得られたプラスミドを切断した。Sal Iの反応液組成を表17に、Xba Iの反応液組成を表18に、Sac Iの反応液組成を表19に示した。
1.3.3で得られた反応液は1.1.2の手順と同様にアガロースゲル電気泳動後、MagExtractor-PCR & Gel Clean up キットを用いて切り出し精製を行った。
1.3で得られたAtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNA断片とライゲーションを行うため、pRI201ANベクターを1.3と同様の手順で制限酵素処理を行った。
1.5.1 ライゲーション反応
1.3で得たAtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNA断片を1.4で得たpRI201ANベクターへ挿入するため、ライゲーション反応を行った。反応にはDNA Ligation Kit Ver.2.1 (タカラバイオ、#6022) を用い、16℃で一晩反応させた。
上記ライゲーション反応の終了後、反応液2μlを用いて1.1.3と同様の方法で形質転換を行った。
コロニーPCRで増幅するDNA断片の長さをアガロースゲル電気泳動で可視化する事によって、AtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAのベクターへの挿入を確認した。
挿入DNAが確認できたコロニーからプラスミドDNAの精製を行い、目的のDNA断片を挿入したクローンを得た。プラスミドDNAの精製は、QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN、#27106) を用い、添付のプロトコルに従って行った。得られたDNAコンストラクト (AtSWEET / pRI201AN) の物理地図を図6に示す。図6において、LBはleft borderを、RBはright borderを、TNOSはAgrobacterium tumefaciens のTiプラスミド由来のノパリン合成酵素遺伝子NOSの転写ターミネーターを、NPTIIはEscherichia coli由来neomycin phosphotransferaseII遺伝子を、PnosはAgrobacterium tumefaciens のTiプラスミド由来のノパリン合成酵素遺伝子NOSの転写プロモーターを、THSPはArabidopsis thaliana由来のheat shock protein遺伝子HSPの転写ターミネーターを、AtSWEETはArabidopsis thaliana由来SWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAを、P35Sはカリフラワーモザイクウイルス35S転写プロモーターを、AtADH 5’-UTRはArabidopsis thaliana由来のalcohol dehydrogenase遺伝子ADHの翻訳エンハンサーを、ColE1 oriはEscherichia coliの複製起点を、Ri oriはAgrobacterium rhizogenesの複製起点をそれぞれ表す。
シロイヌナズナのコドン頻度を参考にしてアミノ酸配列が変わらないように新たに配列設計しなおしたOsSWEET5、OsSWEET11、OsSWEET12、OsSWEET13、OsSWEET14及びOsSWEET15タンパク質をコードするDNAの開始コドン側にNde I制限酵素認識配列、終止コドン側にSac I制限酵素認識配列を付加するよう設計した。そして、設計したDNAを化学的に全合成し、pRI201ANベクターに挿入することで各DNAコンストラクトを得た。なお、5’末端に付加したNde I制限酵素認識配列(5’CATATG3’)に含まれるATGがSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAの開始コドンと一致するようにした。
共通配列1を有する糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターをコードする核酸で、天然には存在しない塩基配列を有するDNA、すなわち共通配列1を有する糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターの人工遺伝子6種を以下のように作製した。先ず、配列番号132~137のアミノ酸配列で示されるトランスポーターSWo1、SWo2、SWo3、SWo4、SWo5及びSWo6について、各トランスポーターをコードする核酸としてそれぞれ配列番号168、169、170、171、172及び173を設計した。そして、これら配列番号168、169、170、171、172及び173における、開始コドン側にNde I制限酵素認識配列、終止コドン側にSac I制限酵素認識配列を付加するようを設計した。次に、設計したDNAを化学的に全合成し、pRI201ANベクターに挿入することで6種のDNAコンストラクトを得た。なお、5’末端に付加したNde I制限酵素認識配列(5’CATATG3’)に含まれるATGが配列番号168、169、170、171、172及び173の開始コドンと一致するようにした。
1.5及び1.6.1並びに1.6.2で作製した植物発現用ベクターをエレクトロポレーション法(Plant Molecular Biology Mannal, Second Edition , B. G. Stanton and A. S. Robbert, Kluwer Acdemic Publishers 1994)により、Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58C1株に導入した。次いで植物発現用ベクターが導入されたAgrobacterium tumefaciensを、Cloughらにより記載された浸潤法(Steven J. Clough and Andrew F. Bent, 1998, The Plant Journal 16, 735-743)により、野生型シロイヌナズナ エコタイプCol-0に導入し、T1(形質転換(transformant)第一世代)種子を回収した。回収したT1種子は、カナマイシン(50 mg/L)、カルベニシリン(100 mg/L)及びベンレート水和剤(10 mg/L:住友化学社製)を含むMS寒天培地(寒天濃度は0.8%)に無菌播種し、約2週間培養し形質転換体を選抜した。選抜した形質転換体は、新しい上記MS寒天培地に植え換え、さらに約1週間栽培後、バーミキュライトとソイルミックス(サカタのタネ)を体積比で1:1に混合した土をいれた鉢に植え替えT2(形質転換第二世代)種子を得た。
AtSWEET、OsSWEET、SWo1、SWo2、SWo3、SWo4、SWo5及びSWo6タンパク質をコードするDNAによって形質転換されたシロイヌナズナのT1又はT2植物体の栽培を、18L/6D(18時間明条件の後6時間暗条件にする24時間光サイクル条件)、22℃で行った。馴化後、1~2週間経過した植物体に1/1000ハイポネックスを与え、ラップフィルム(旭化成製、サランラップ)で湿度80%以上好ましくは90%以上になるように植物を包み込み、排水液を排出させた(図7)。おもに葉裏に付着した排水液を回収し、排水液中の糖濃度を分析した。なお、野生型シロイヌナズナにアグロバクテリウムを感染・栽培して収穫される種子をT1種子、T1種子を薬剤選抜するかPCRなどの方法により、細胞中へのDNA導入を確認した植物体をT1植物、T1植物を栽培して収穫される種子をT2種子と定義する。
2.1 AtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAの増幅
上記1.5.4で調製したシロイヌナズナ形質転換用DNAコンストラクト(AtSWEET8タンパク質をコードするDNA及びAtSWEET11タンパク質をコードするDNA及びAtSWEET12タンパク質をコードするDNA)を鋳型とし、PCRによりAtSWEET8タンパク質をコードするDNA及びAtSWEET11タンパク質をコードするDNA及びAtSWEET12タンパク質をコードするDNAをそれぞれ増幅した。なお、増幅産物をpENTR/D-TOPOベクターに導入するために、5’端にはCACC配列を付加している。
得られた反応液の一部をアガロースゲル電気泳動し、予定したサイズの増幅産物があることを確認したのち、pENTER Directional TOPO Cloningキット(インビトロジェン)を用いてpENTR/D-TOPOベクターに導入した。
コロニーPCRで増幅するDNA断片の長さをアガロースゲル電気泳動で可視化する事によって、AtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAのベクターへの挿入を確認した。
挿入DNAが確認できたクローンからプラスミドDNAの精製を行った。プラスミドDNAの精製は、QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN、#27106) を用い、添付のプロトコルに従って行った。
2.4で精製したプラスミドDNAを鋳型にし、M13-F及びM13-Rプライマーを用いて、DNAシーケンサ(ベックマンコールター CEQ8000)によりDNA断片の塩基配列の決定を行った。
2.4で得たAtSWEET8タンパク質をコードするDNA、AtSWEET11タンパク質をコードするDNA、AtSWEET12タンパク質をコードするDNAが挿入されたpENTR/D-TOPOプラスミドDNAとイネ形質転換用ベクター(pZH2B_GWOx)とを用いてGateway LR反応を行い、図8に示すように、イネ植物体内で過剰発現するためのコンストラクトを構築した。
コロニーPCRで増幅するDNA断片の長さをアガロースゲル電気泳動で可視化する事によって、AtSWEETタンパク質をコードするDNAのベクターへの挿入を確認した。
挿入DNAが確認できたクローンからプラスミドDNAの精製を行った。プラスミドDNAの精製は、QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (QIAGEN、#27106) を用い、添付のプロトコルに従って行った。
2.8で精製したプラスミドDNAを鋳型にし、以下のプライマーを用いて、DNAシーケンサ(ベックマンコールター CEQ8000)によりDNA断片の塩基配列の決定を行った。
Ubi3’F : 5’-TGC TGT ACT TGC TTG GTA TTG-3’(配列番号166)
UbiTseq3 : 5’-GGA CCA GAC CAG ACA ACC-3’ (配列番号167)
OsSWEET13、OsSWEET14或いはOsSWEET15タンパク質をコードするDNAに、pENTR/D-TOPOベクターに導入するため5’端にCACC配列を付加するよう設計した。設計したDNAを化学的に全合成し、pENTR/D-TOPOベクターに挿入した。
共通配列1を有する糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターをコードする核酸で、天然には存在しない塩基配列を有するDNA、すなわち共通配列1を有する糖輸送に関与するトランスポーターの人工遺伝子2種を以下のように作製した。先ず、配列番号132及び136のアミノ酸配列で示されるトランスポーターSWo1及びSWo5について、各トランスポーターをコードする核酸としてそれぞれ配列番号174及び175を設計した。そして、これら配列番号174及び175に対して、pENTR/D-TOPOベクターに導入するため5’端にCACC配列を付加するよう設計した。設計したDNAを化学的に全合成し、pENTR/D-TOPOベクターに挿入した。
2.10.1及び2.10.2で合成したDNAを用い、上記2.6~2.9と同様にイネ形質転換用ベクターを構築した。
上記2.9及び2.11で作製した植物発現用ベクターを用いて、The Plant Journal (2006) 47, 969-976に記載の方法に従い、AtSWEET、OsSWEET、SWo1及びSWo5タンパク質をコードするDNAをイネ(日本晴)に導入した。
AtSWEET、OsSWEET、SWo1及びSWo5タンパク質をコードするDNAを導入したイネの形質転換第一世代を、直径6cmポットに8割程度バーミキュライトを入れたものに移し替えて馴化した。なおイネの栽培は、18L(30℃)/6D(25℃)(18時間30℃明条件の後6時間25℃暗条件にする24時間光サイクル条件)で行った。馴化後、1~2週間経過した植物体に1/1000ハイポネックスを十分に与え、ラップフィルム(旭化成社製、サランラップ)で湿度80%以上好ましくは90%以上になるように植物を包み込み、イネの排水組織から排水液を排出させた(図9)。葉に付着した排水液を回収し、糖濃度を分析した。
3.1 排水液サンプルの希釈
1.8で得られたシロイヌナズナの排水液、2.13で得られたイネの排水液の体積をピペッターを用いて測定し、純水を加えて0.35mlに定容した。次に、10000xG、10分間の遠心分離を行ったのち、上清0.3mLをオートサンプラーバイアルに移してHPLC分析に用いた。
糖濃度の分析は以下の条件でHPLCを用いて行った。このとき標準物質としてグルコース、フルクトース、スクロースを各50μMになるよう混合した標準液を用いた。
分析カラム:CarboPac PA1(ダイオネクス)
溶離液:100mM NaOH
流量:1ml/min
注入量:25μl
検出器:パルスドアンペロメトリ検出器(ダイオネクス ED40)
1.8で得られたシロイヌナズナの排水液、2.13で得られたイネの排水液について糖濃度を測定した結果を表20及び21に示す。
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- 以下のアミノ酸配列:(L/I/V/M/F)x(G/A)xx(I/L/V/M/F)xxxx(L/I/V/F)(A/S)(P/S)(1-3aa)(P/S/T/A)T(F/L)xx(I/V)xxxKxxxxxxxxPYxxx(L/I)xxxx(L/I)x(I/L/M/V/F)xY(A/S/G)(7-13aa)(I/L/V/M)(1-2aa)(I/V)Nxxxxxx(E/Q)xxYxxx(Y/F)xx(Y/F)(A/G/S)(35-36aa)(R/Q/H)xxxxGx(V/I/L)xxxxx(V/M/L/I/F)xxxx(A/S/T)P(L/M)x(I/V)(I/M/V/L)(2-7aa)(V/I)(V/I/M)x(T/S)x(S/N)xx(F/Y)(M/L)(P/S)(F/I/V/L)xLSxx(L/I)(T/V)xx(A/G)xxW(F/L)xYGxxxxDxx(V/I)xxPNxxGxx(F/L)(G/S)xxQ(M/I)x(L/M/I/V/F)(Y/H/F)を含む共通配列を有する、糖輸送に関与するトランスポータータンパク質をコードする核酸を導入する及び/又は当該タンパク質の発現を強化した形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、SWEETタンパク質のアミノ酸配列に基づく分類群であるクレードI~VのうちクレードIIIに属するタンパク質であることを特徴とする請求項1記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする請求項1記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~137のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~137のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質 - 上記共通配列は、以下のアミノ酸配列:G(L/I/V/F/M)xGx(I/V/L)(I/V/L)(S/T)xxxxL(A/S)P(L/V/I/M)(P/S/T/A)TFxx(I/V)x(K/R)xK(S/T)xxx(F/Y)x(S/A)xPYxx(A/S/T)LxSxxLx(L/I/M/V)(Y/F)Y(A/G)(7-9aa)(L/I)(I/V/L)(T/S)INxx(G/A)xx(I/V/M)(E/Q)xxYxxx(F/Y)(L/I/V/F)x(Y/F)Ax(K/R/N)xxxxx(T/A)(7-8aa)(V/F/L/I/M)(18-19aa)(R/Q/H)xxxxGx(I/V)xxxxx(V/I/L/M)x(V/M)F(A/V)(A/S/T)PLx(I/V)(I/M/V/L)xxV(I/V)(K/R/Q)(T/S)(K/R)S(V/A)x(F/Y)MP(F/I/L)xLS(L/F/V)xL(T/V)(L/I)xAxxW(F/L)xYG(L/F)xxxDxx(V/I)xxPNxxGxx(L/F)(G/S)xxQMx(L/V/I)(Y/F)xx(Y/F)を含むことを特徴とする請求項1記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする請求項4記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~35のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~35のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質 - 上記共通配列は、以下のアミノ酸配列:(A/V)xxxG(I/L/V)xGN(I/L/V)(I/L/V)S(F/L)x(V/T)xL(A/S)P(V/L/I)(P/A)TFxx(I/V)x(K/R)xK(S/T)xx(G/S)(F/Y)(Q/S/E)SxPYxx(A/S/T)LxS(A/C/S)xLx(L/I/M)(Y/F)Y(A/G)xx(K/T)(3-5aa)(L/M/P)(L/I)(I/L/V)(T/S)INxx(G/A)xx(I/V)(E/Q)xxY(I/L)x(L/M/V/I)(F/Y)(L/I/V/F)x(Y/F)Ax(K/R)xxxxx(T/A)xx(L/M/F/V/I)(L/F/V/I)xxx(N/D)(F/V/I/L)xx(F/L)xx(I/L/V)xxxxxx(L/I/V)(5-6aa)(R/Q)xxxxGx(I/V)xxxx(S/A)(V/L/M)(C/S/A)VF(A/V)(A/S)PLx(I/V)(I/M/V)xxV(I/V)(K/R/Q)(T/S)(K/R)S(V/A)E(F/Y)MP(F/I)xLS(L/F/V)xL(T/V)(L/I)(S/N)A(V/I)xW(F/L)xYGLxx(K/N)Dxx(V/I)xxPN(V/I)xGxx(F/L)(G/S)xxQMxL(Y/F)xx(Y/F)を含むことを特徴とする請求項1記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする請求項6記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~26のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~26のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなり、糖輸送に関与するトランスポーター活性を有するタンパク質 - 上記共通配列は、以下のアミノ酸配列:(M/L/V)xx(T/K/N/S)xxxxAxxFG(L/I/V)LGN(I/L/V)(I/V)SFxVxL(S/A)P(V/I)PTFxxIxK(K/R)K(S/T)x(E/K)(G/S)(F/Y)(Q/E)S(I/L)PYxx(A/S)LxS(A/C)xLx(L/I/M)YY(A/G)xxK(4-5aa)(L/M)(L/I)(I/V)(T/S)IN(A/S/T)(F/V)(G/A)x(F/V)(I/V)(E/Q)xxY(I/L)x(L/M/I)(F/Y)(F/V/I/L)x(Y/F)Ax(K/R)xx(R/K)xx(T/A)(L/V/M)K(V/L/M/F)(L/I/V/F)xxx(N/D)(F/V/I)xx(F/L)xx(I/L)(L/I/V/F)(L/M/V)(L/V)xx(F/L)(L/I/V)(5-6aa)(R/Q)x(K/S/Q)x(L/I/V)Gx(I/V)Cxxx(S/A)(V/L)(S/C/A)VF(A/V)(A/S)PLx(I/V)(M/I/V)xxV(I/V)(K/R)T(K/R)S(V/A)E(Y/F)MPFxLS(L/F)xLT(I/L)(S/N)A(V/I)xW(L/F)xYGLx(L/I)(K/N)Dxx(V/I)A(L/F/I/M)PN(V/I)(L/I/V)Gxx(L/F)GxxQM(I/V)L(Y/F)(V/L/I/M)(V/L/I/M)(Y/F)(K/R/Q)を含むことを特徴とする請求項1記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記トランスポータータンパク質は、以下の(a)又は(b)のタンパク質であることを特徴とする請求項8記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
(a)配列番号15~21のいずれかのアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質
(b)配列番号15~21のいずれかのアミノ酸配列に対して90%以上の同一性を有するアミノ酸配列を含むタンパク質 - 顕花植物であることを特徴とする請求項1記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記顕花植物が被子植物であることを特徴とする請求項10記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記被子植物が単子葉植物であることを特徴とする請求項11記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記単子葉植物がイネ科植物であることを特徴とする請求項12記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記イネ科植物がOryza属植物であることを特徴とする請求項13記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記被子植物が双子葉植物であることを特徴とする請求項11記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記双子葉植物がアブラナ科植物であることを特徴とする請求項15記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 上記アブラナ科植物がArabidopsis属植物であることを特徴とする請求項16記載の形質転換植物又は形質転換植物細胞。
- 請求項1乃至17いずれか一項記載の形質転換植物を栽培し、当該形質転換植物から滲出物を採取する工程を含む滲出物の製造方法。
- 上記形質転換植物を栽培する栽培条件を相対湿度80%RH以上とすることを特徴とする請求項18記載の滲出物の製造方法。
- 上記滲出物が排水液であることを特徴とする請求項18記載の滲出物の製造方法。
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