Enhanced green fluorescent protein expression in Pleurotus ostreatus for in vivo analysis of fungal laccase promoters.
The laccase family of Pleurotus ostreatus has been widely characterized, and studies of the genes coding for laccase isoenzymes in P. ostreatus have so far led to the identification of four different genes and the corresponding cDNAs, poxc, pox1, poxa1b and poxa3. Analyses of P. ostreatus laccase promoters poxc, pox1, poxa1b and poxa3 have allowed identification of several putative response elements, and sequences of metal-responsive elements involved in the formation of complexes with fungal proteins have been identified in poxc and poxa1b promoters. In this work, development of a system for in vivo analysis of P. ostreatus laccase promoter poxc by enhanced green fluorescent protein expression is performed, based on a poly ethylene glycol-mediated procedure for fungal transformation. A quantitative measurement of fluorescence expressed in P. ostreatus transformants is hereby reported for the first time for this fungus.
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.
Antonella
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Amore
Yoichi
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Honda
Vincenza
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Faraco
D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D025301:Hyphae / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000235:genetics; D042845:Laccase / Q000235:genetics*; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
C485184:enhanced green fluorescent protein; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D042845:Laccase