Application of succulent plant leaves for Agrobacterium infiltration-mediated protein production

J Microbiol Methods. 2016 Jan:120:65-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.11.017. Epub 2015 Dec 2.

Abstract

When expressing plant cell wall degrading enzymes in the widely used tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) after Agrobacterium infiltration, difficulties arise due to the thin leaf structure. Thick leaved succulents, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana and Hylotelephium telephium, were tested as alternatives. A xyloglucanase, as well as a xyloglucanase inhibitor protein was successfully produced.

Keywords: Agrobacterium; Crassulaceae; Xyloglucanase; Xyloglucanase inhibitor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Agrobacterium / enzymology
  • Agrobacterium / genetics
  • Agrobacterium / growth & development
  • Agrobacterium / physiology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Crassulaceae / metabolism
  • Genes, Plant
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / biosynthesis
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / genetics
  • Kalanchoe / microbiology*
  • Nicotiana / microbiology
  • Plant Leaves / microbiology*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Sedum / microbiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • xyloglucan endo(1-4)-beta-D-glucanase