摘要:
Objects are to provide: a fusion protein capable of binding to lipid droplets while having an enzymatic activity to synthesize a hydrophobic compound; a method for producing a substance including accumulating a hydrophobic compound in lipid droplets using the fusion protein; a vector which can enhance production of a hydrophobic compound when it is introduced into cells using genetic recombination techniques; and a transgenic cell into which the vector or a gene coding for the fusion protein has been introduced. The present disclosure relates to a fusion protein having an amino acid sequence (first amino acid sequence) capable of binding to lipid droplets, and an amino acid sequence (second amino acid sequence) having an enzymatic activity to synthesize a hydrophobic compound, with the enzymatic activity of the second amino acid sequence being maintained.
摘要:
The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid which can increase trans rubber production. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid in vitro, which involves the use of a gene coding for a trans-prenyltransferase (tPT) family protein and further involves the use of rubber particles bound to a protein encoded by the gene, or a method for producing a trans-polyisoprenoid, which includes introducing into a plant a vector including a promotor having a promoter activity that drives laticifer-specific gene expression and a gene coding for a tPT family protein linked to the promotor to express a protein encoded by the gene specifically in laticifers.
摘要:
The present disclosure aims to provide a method which, even when a protein complex is formed, can purify a protein derived from such a membrane protein complex by eluting the membrane protein complex maintaining its complex form. The present disclosure relates to a method for purifying a protein derived from a membrane protein complex, which includes: a protein binding step of binding to an antibody a membrane protein complex eluted from a membrane using a synthetic polymer; a protein eluting step of eluting the membrane protein complex bound to the antibody in the protein binding step at a pH of 6.0 or higher; and a synthetic polymer removing step of subjecting the membrane protein complex eluted in the protein eluting step to solvent extraction at a pH of 7.0 or lower to remove the synthetic polymer.
摘要:
Provided are a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which enable the production of a high molecular weight polyisoprenoid. Included is a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CET) family protein obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence of a N-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a N-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles, and mutating the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of the cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles.
摘要:
The present invention provides an effective method for fractionating rubber particles in natural rubber latex by particle size, and effective methods for transporting or preserving rubber particles. The present invention relates to a method for fractionating rubber particles in natural rubber latex by particle size, the method including centrifuging natural rubber latex in at least four stages at forces of 800 to 3,000×g, 6,500 to 10,000×g, 17,000 to 22,000×g, and 40,000 to 60,000×g to fractionate rubber particles. The present invention also relates to methods for transporting or preserving rubber particles, the methods including the steps of adding a buffer solution and an antioxidant to natural rubber latex or rubber particles fractionated from natural rubber latex; and freezing a mixture prepared in the above step.
摘要:
Provided are a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which enable the production of a high molecular weight polyisoprenoid. Included is a mutant cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein not found on rubber particles to be identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a C-terminal region of a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein found on rubber particles.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which makes it possible to synthesize in vitro a polyisoprenoid having an unprecedented structure, such as a 100% cis-polyisoprenoid or a polyisoprenoid containing an allylic diphosphate derivative as an initiating terminal. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro, which employs a gene coding for a neryl diphosphate synthase and rubber particles bound to a protein encoded by the gene, or a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which includes introducing into a plant a vector in which a gene coding for a neryl diphosphate synthase is linked to a promoter having a promoter activity that drives laticifer-specific gene expression to express a protein encoded by the gene specifically in laticifers.
摘要:
Provided is a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which can increase natural rubber production by enhancing the rubber synthesis activity of rubber particles. The present invention provides methods for producing a polyisoprenoid using a gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein, a gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor (NgBR) family protein and a gene coding for a rubber elongation factor (REF) family protein, specifically a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro using rubber particles bound to proteins coded for by these genes, and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vivo using a recombinant organism (plant) having these genes introduced therein.
摘要:
Provided is a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which can increase natural rubber production by enhancing the rubber synthesis activity of rubber particles. The present invention provides methods for producing a polyisoprenoid using a gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein, a gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor (NgBR) family protein and a gene coding for a rubber elongation factor (REF) family protein, specifically a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro using rubber particles bound to proteins coded for by these genes, and a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vivo using a recombinant organism (plant) having these genes introduced therein.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for producing rubber particles bound to a membrane-associated protein by cell-free protein synthesis. The present invention relates to a method for producing rubber particles bound to a membrane-associated protein, the method including the step of performing protein synthesis in the presence of both rubber particles and a cell-free protein synthesis solution containing an mRNA coding for a membrane-associated protein to bind the membrane-associated protein to the rubber particles.