title: Expression of heterologous genes in Schizophyllum commune is often hampered by the formation of truncated transcripts.
abstract: GPD regulatory sequences were used to express a phleomycin resistance gene (Sh ble) in Schizophyllum commune, resulting in high numbers of phleomycin-resistant transformants. Attempts to express heterologous genes coding for hygromycin B phosphotransferase (hph), aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (apt), beta-glucuronidase (uidA) and beta-galactosidase (lacZ) using the same regulatory sequences were not successful and no mRNA could be detected. Cloning the hph and uidA genes in an internally deleted GPD gene resulted in truncated transcripts which ended within the 5'-parts of the heterologous genes. Cloning of the same genes as transcriptional fusions downstream from the Sh ble gene also resulted in truncated transcripts ending in the 5'-parts of these heterologous genes. It is suggested that AT-rich sequences in heterologous genes might be involved in generating these truncated transcripts, thereby preventing expression in S. commune.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Schuren
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wessels
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000235:genetics; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics; D019868:Kanamycin Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C063242:hygromycin-B kinase; D019868:Kanamycin Kinase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D005966:Glucuronidase