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Targeting and processing of membrane-anchored YFP fusion proteins to protein storage vacuoles in transgenic tobacco seeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2007

Ka Leung Fung ,
Yin Fun Yim ,
Yu Chung Tse ,
Yansong Miao ,
Samuel S.M. Sun  and
Liwen Jiang
Ka Leung Fung
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Yin Fun Yim
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Yu Chung Tse
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Yansong Miao
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Samuel S.M. Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Liwen Jiang*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
*
*Correspondence: Email: ljiang@cuhk.edu.hk
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Abstract

Seeds that store proteins in protein storage vacuoles are attractive bioreactors for producing and storing large amounts of pharmaceutical proteins. However, foreign proteins expressed in transgenic plants are subjected to the delivery and modification processes present within plant cells. Here, it is demonstrated that unique membrane sequences deliver a yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) to the seed protein storage vacuoles in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants, where the YFP is then separated from its membrane anchors. This precise targeting and separation is required for the successful delivery of useful proteins to seed protein storage vacuoles for their stable accumulation in transgenic crops.

Keywords

membrane anchorsNicotiana tabacumprotein storage vacuoleseed bioreactorvacuolar sorting receptoryellow fluorescent protein
Type
Short Communication
Information
Seed Science Research , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 361 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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