| Literature DB >> 10713457 |
M H Kumagai1, J Donson, G della-Cioppa, L K Grill.
Abstract
Tobamoviral vectors have been developed for the heterologous expression of glycoproteins in plants. The rice alpha-amylase gene (OS103) was placed under the transcriptional control of a tobamovirus subgenomic promoter in a RNA viral vector. One to two weeks after inoculation, transfected Nicotiana benthamiana plants accumulated glycosylated alpha-amylase to levels of at least 5% total soluble protein. The 46kDa recombinant enzyme was purified, and its structural and biological properties were analyzed. Post-translational modifications of the secreted protein were compared to rice alpha-amylase expressed in amylolytic strains of Pichia pastoris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Endo-H analysis revealed that the alpha-amylase was moderately glycosylated in transfected plants and hyperglycosylated in yeast.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10713457 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00015-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gene ISSN: 0378-1119 Impact factor: 3.688