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Mol Biotechnol ; 61(12): 916-928, 2019 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31555964

ABSTRACT

In this study, a chitinase gene (DrChit) that plays a role in the carnivorous processes of Drosera rotundifolia L. was isolated from genomic DNA, linked to a double CaMV35S promoter and nos terminator in a pBinPlus plant binary vector, and used for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco. RT-qPCR revealed that within 14 transgenic lines analysed in detail, 57% had DrChit transcript abundance comparable to or lower than level of a reference actin gene transcript. In contrast, the transgenic lines 9 and 14 exhibited 72 and 152 times higher expression level than actin. The protein extracts of these two lines exhibited five and eight times higher chitinolytic activity than non-transgenic controls when measured in a fluorimetric assay with FITC-chitin. Finally, the growth of Trichoderma viride was obviously suppressed when the pathogen was exposed to 100 µg of crude protein extract isolated from line 9 and line 14, with the area of mycelium growth reaching only 56.4% and 45.2%, of non-transgenic control, respectively. This is the first time a chitinase from a carnivorous plant with substrate specificity for long chitin polymers was tested in a transgenic plant with the aim of exploring its antifungal potential.


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Antifungal Agents/metabolism , Chitinases/genetics , Drosera/enzymology , Nicotiana/genetics , Agrobacterium/genetics , Antifungal Agents/pharmacology , Chitin/metabolism , Chitinases/metabolism , Chitinases/pharmacology , Drosera/genetics , Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism , Substrate Specificity , Nicotiana/metabolism , Trichoderma/drug effects
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