Transient production of artemisinin in Nicotiana benthamiana is boosted by a specific lipid transfer protein from A. annua

Autor: Peter E. Brodelius, Arman Beyraghdar Kashkooli, Linda Olofsson, Harro J. Bouwmeester, Alexander R. van der Krol, Mathieu Pottier, Adrienne Sallets, Bo Wang, Norbert C.A. de Ruijter, Marc Boutry, Hieng-Ming Ting
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Artemisia annua
Nicotiana benthamiana
Heterologous
Bioengineering
Biology
01 natural sciences
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Metabolic engineering
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Biosynthesis
Tobacco
Laboratorium voor Plantenfysiologie
Pleiotropic Drug Resistance protein
Plant Proteins
fungi
food and beverages
Laboratorium voor Celbiologie
biology.organism_classification
Artemisinins
Apoplast
Biosynthetic Pathways
Laboratory of Cell Biology
Genetic Enhancement
030104 developmental biology
ABC transporters
Metabolic Engineering
chemistry
Biochemistry
Artemisinin
Lipid transfer proteins
Heterologous expression
EPS
Carrier Proteins
Plant lipid transfer proteins
Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
010606 plant biology & botany
Biotechnology
Zdroj: Metabolic Engineering, 38, 159-169
Metabolic Engineering 38 (2016)
Metabolic Engineering
ISSN: 1096-7176
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.07.004
Popis: Our lack of full understanding of transport and sequestration of the heterologous products currently limit metabolic engineering in plants for the production of high value terpenes. For instance, although all genes of the artemisinin/arteannuin B (AN/AB) biosynthesis pathway (AN-PW) from Artemisia annua have been identified, ectopic expression of these genes in Nicotiana benthamiana yielded mostly glycosylated pathway intermediates and only very little free (dihydro)artemisinic acid [(DH)AA]. Here we demonstrate that Lipid Transfer Protein 3 (AaLTP3) and the transporter Pleiotropic Drug Resistance 2 (AaPDR2) from A. annua enhance accumulation of (DH)AA in the apoplast of N. benthamiana leaves. Analysis of apoplast and cell content and apoplast exclusion assays show that AaLTP3 and AaPDR2 prevent reflux of (DH)AA from the apoplast back into the cells and enhances overall flux through the pathway. Moreover, AaLTP3 is stabilized in the presence of AN-PW activity and co-expression of AN-PW+AaLTP3+AaPDR2 genes yielded AN and AB in necrotic N. benthamiana leaves at 13 days post-agroinfiltration. This newly discovered function of LTPs opens up new possibilities for the engineering of biosynthesis pathways of high value terpenes in heterologous expression systems.
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