Cloning, Overexpression and in vitro Antifungal Activity of Zea Mays PR10 Protein
| Autor: | Mohammad Reza Zamani, Zahra Moghaddassi Jahromi, Niloofar Zandvakili, Mostafa Motallebi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Antimicrobial peptides Biology medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Zea mays Inclusion bodies Microbiology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences law Complementary DNA Botany Genetics medicine Spore germination Antifungal activity Escherichia coli PR10 Expression vector Pathogenesis related proteins food and beverages genomic DNA 030104 developmental biology Recombinant DNA Bioassay 010606 plant biology & botany Biotechnology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Iranian Journal of Biotechnology |
| ISSN: | 2322-2921 1728-3043 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Plants have various defense mechanisms such as production of antimicrobial peptides, particularly pathogenesis related proteins (PR proteins). PR10 family is an essential member of this group, with antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral activities. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study is to assess the antifungal activity of maize PR10 against some of fungal phytopathogens. MATERIALS AND METHODS Zea mays PR10 gene (TN-05-147) was cloned from genomic DNA and cDNA and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The existence of a 77- bp intron and two exons in PR10 was confi rmed by comparing the genomic and cDNA sequences. The PR10 cDNA was cloned in pET26b (+) expression vector and transformed into E. coli strain Rosetta DE3 in order to express PR10 recombinant protein. Expression of the recombinant protein was checked by western analysis. Recombinant PR10 appeared as insoluble inclusion bodies and thus solubilized and refolded. PR10 was isolated using Ni- NTA column. The activity of the refolded protein was confi rmed by DNA degradation test. The antifungal activity of PR10 was assessed using radial diff usion, disc diff usion and spore germination. The hemolytic assay was performed to investigate the biosafety of recombinant PR10. RESULTS Recombinant maize PR10 exerted broad spectrum antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium oxysporum, Verticillium dahlia and Alternaria solani. Hemolysis biosafety test indicated that the protein is not poisonous to mammalian cells. CONCLUSIONS Maize PR10 has the potential to be used as the antifungal agent against diff erent fungal phytopathogens. Therefore, this protein can be used in order to produce antifungal agents and fungi resistance transgenic plants. |
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