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When the isocitrate lyase gene, containing 5'-upstream and 3'-flanking regions, of an n-alkane-assimilating yeast Candida tropicalis was introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the enzyme was functionally overexpressed in the cells grown on acetate. The amount of the recombinant isocitrate lyase expressed in S. cerevisiae was as much as 30% of the total soluble proteins in the cells, being comparable to that with GAL7 functional under the control of galactose. The expression was also observed when the cells were grown on glycerol, lactate, ethanol or oleate. These facts indicate that the isocitrate lyase gene upstream region (UPR-ICL) contains a strong promoter functional in S. cerevisiae. UPR-ICL is active as a promoter on cheap carbon sources such as acetate and nonconventional carbon sources such as oleate, whereas many conventional strong promoters demand relatively expensive sugars or sugars derivatives. Therefore, it is promising to construct an economical recombinant protein production system by using UPL-ICL.
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Umemura, K., Atomi, H., Kanai, T. et al. A novel promoter, derived from the isocitrate lyase gene of Candida tropicalis, inducible with acetate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 43, 489–492 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218454
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