NDLI: An insect peptide engineered into the tomato prosystemin gene is released in transgenic tobacco plants and exerts biological activity

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Author	Tortiglione, Claudia Foglia, Vincenzo Ferracane, Rosalia Fanti, Paolo Pennacchio, Francesco Monti, Luigi Maria Rao, Rosa
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Tomato systemin is a signalling peptide produced in response to wounding that locally and systemically activates several defence genes. The peptide is released from the C-terminus of prosystemin, the 200 amino acid precursor, following post-translational modifications involving unknown events and enzymes. In tobacco, two systemin molecules have been recently isolated, neither sharing any sequence homologies with the tomato prosystemin gene/protein, but performing similar functions. We modified the tomato prosystemin gene by replacing the systemin-encoding region with a synthetic sequence encoding TMOF (trypsin-modulating oostatic factor), a 10 amino acid insect peptide hormone toxic to Heliothis virescens larvae, and expressed the chimeric gene in tobacco. The results reported here show that transformed leaves contain the TMOF peptide and exert toxic activity against insect larvae reared on them. In addition, subcellular localization studies showed the cytoplasmic location of the released TMOF, suggesting that in tobacco the enzymes responsible for the post-translational modifications of the tomato precursor protein are present and act in the cytoplasm to recognise the modified prohormone. The molecular engineering of the precursor, beside supplying new clues towards the understanding of prosystemin processing, constitutes an useful tool for plant genetic manipulation, by enabling the delivery of short biological active peptides.
Starting Page	891
Ending Page	902
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01674412
Journal	Plant Molecular Biology
Volume Number	53
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15735028
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Biochemistry Plant Sciences Plant Pathology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Plant Science Medicine Agronomy and Crop Science

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