title: Introduction of the archaebacterial geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast.
abstract: Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase gene (gds) derived from a thermophilic Archae Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, was introduced into a unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast. Heat treatment abolished the prenyltransferase activity of the wild strain, but the activity of the transforment remained. The transformant accumulated gds gene mRNA and translation product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Ei-Ichiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fukusaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Atsuhiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinmyo
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hemmi
authors.forename: Tokuzo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi