Expression of eukaryotic polypeptides in chloroplasts

Abstract

The present invention relates to a gene expression system in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, preferably plant cells and intact plants. In particular, the invention relates to an expression system having a RB47 binding site upstream of a translation initiation site for regulation of translation mediated by binding of RB47 protein, a member of the poly(A) binding protein family. Regulation is further effected by RB60, a protein disulfide isomerase. The expression system is capable of functioning in the nuclear/cytoplasm of cells and in the chloroplast of plants. Translation regulation of a desired molecule is enhanced approximately 100 fold over that obtained without RB47 binding site activation.

Government Interests

This invention was made with government support under Contract No. GM 54659 by the National Institutes of Health and Contract No. DO-FG03-93ER20116 by the U.S. Department of Energy. The government has certain rights in the invention.

Parent Case Text

.[.This is a stage application filed under 35 USC 371, of PCT/US98/00840, filed Jan. 16, 1998. This application claims benefit of provisional No. 60/035,955 filed Jan. 17, 1997 and provisional appln No. 60/069,400 filed Dec. 12, 1997..]. .Iadd.Notice: More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,156,517. The reissue applications are U.S. application Ser. No. 11/197,730 (the present application) and Ser. No. 10/310,587, issued on Oct. 17, 2006 as U.S. Pat. No. Re. 39,350, all of which are continuation reissues of U.S. Pat. No. 6,156,517. This application is a continuation reissue application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/310,587, filed Dec. 4, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. Re. 39,350, which is a reissue application of U.S. Pat. No. 6,156,517, issued Dec. 5, 2000, which is a national stage application filed under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.371, of PCT/US98/00840, filed Jan. 16, 1998. This application claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/035,955, filed Jan. 17, 1997 and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/069,400, filed Dec. 12, 1997..Iaddend.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to expression systems and methods for expression of desired genes and gene products in cells. Particularly, the invention relates to a gene encoding a RNA binding protein useful for regulating gene expression in cells, the protein binding site, a gene encoding a regulating protein disulfide isomerase and methods and systems for gene expression of recombinant molecules.

BACKGROUND

Expression systems for expression of exogenous foreign genes in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells are basic components of recombinant DNA technology. Despite the abundance of expression systems and their wide-spread use, they all have characteristic disadvantages. For example, while expression in E. coli is probably the most popular as it is easy to grow and is well understood, eukaryotic proteins expressed therein are not properly modified. Moreover, those proteins tend to precipitate into insoluble aggregates and are difficult to obtain in large amounts. Mammalian expression systems, while practical on small-scale protein production, are more difficult, time-consuming and expensive than in E. coli.

A number of plant expression systems exist as well as summarized in U.S. Pat. No. 5,234,834, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference. One advantage of plants or algae in an expression system is that they can be used to produce pharmacologically important proteins and enzymes on a large scale and in relatively pure form. In addition, micro-algae have several unique characteristics that make them ideal organisms for the production of proteins on a large scale. First, unlike most systems presently used to produce transgenic proteins, algae can be grown in minimal media (inorganic salts) using sunlight as the energy source. These algae can be grown in contained fermentation vessels or on large scale in monitored ponds. Ponds of up to several acres are routinely used for the production of micro-algae. Second, plants and algae have two distinct compartments, the cytoplasm and the chloroplast, in which proteins can be expressed. The cytoplasm of algae is similar to that of other eukaryotic organisms used for protein expression, like yeast and insect cell cultures. The chloroplast is unique to plants and algae and proteins expressed in this environment are likely to have properties different from those of cytoplasmically expressed proteins.

The present invention describes an expression system in which exogenous molecules are readily expressed in either prokaryotic or eukaryotic hosts and in either the cytoplasm or chloroplast. These beneficial attributes are based on the discovery and cloning of components of translation regulation in plants as described in the present invention.

Protein translation plays a key role in the regulation of gene expression across the spectrum of organisms (Kozak, Ann. Rev. Cell Biol., 8:197-225 (1992) and de Smit and Van Duin, Prog. Nucleic Acid Res. Mol. Biol., 38:1-35 (1990)). The majority of regulatory schemes characterized to date involve translational repression often involving proteins binding to mRNA to limit ribosome association (Winter et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 84:7822-7826 (1987) and Tang and Draper, Biochem., 29:4434-4439 (1990)). Translational activation has also been observed (Wulczyn and Kahmann, Cell, 65:259-269 (1991)), but few of the underlying molecular mechanisms for this type of regulation have been identified. In plants, light activates the expression of many genes. Light has been shown to activate expression of specific chloroplast encoded mRNAs by increasing translation initiation (Mayfield et al., Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol., 46:147-166 (1995) and Yohn et al., Mol. Cell Biol., 16:3560-3566 (1996)). Genetic evidence in higher plants and algae has shown that nuclear encoded factors are required for translational activation of specific chloroplast encoded mRNAs (Rochaix et al., Embo J., 8:1013-1021 (1989), Kuchka et al., Cell, 58:869-876 (1989), Girard-Bascou et al., Embo J., 13:3170-3181 (1994), Kim et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 127:1537-1545 (1994).

In the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a number of nuclear mutants have been identified that affect translation of single specific mRNAs in the chloroplast, often acting at translation initiation (Yohn et al., supra, (1996)). Mutational analysis of chloroplast mRNAs has identified sequence elements within the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of mRNAs that are required for translational activation (Mayfield et al., supra, (1995), Mayfield et al., J. Cell Biol., 127:1537-1545 (1994) and Rochaix, Ann. Rev. Cell Biol., 8:1-28 (1992)), and the 5' UTR of a chloroplast mRNA can confer a specific translation phenotype on a reporter gene in vivo (Zerges and Rochaix, Mol. Cell Biol., 14:5268-5277 (1994) and Staub and Maliga, Embo J., 12:601-606 (1993).

Putative translational activator proteins were identified by purifying a complex of four proteins that binds with high affinity and specificity to the 5' UTR of the chloroplast encoded psbA mRNA [encoding the D1 protein, a major component of Photosystem II (PS II)] (Danon and Mayfield, Embo J., 10:3993-4001 (1991)). Binding of these proteins to the 5' UTR of psbA mRNA correlates with translation of this mRNA under a variety of physiological (Danon and Mayfield, id., (1991)) and biochemical conditions (Danon and Mayfield, Science, 266:1717-1719 (1994) and Danon and Mayfield, Embo J., 13:2227-2235 (1994)), and in different genetic backgrounds (Yohn et al., supra, (1996)). The binding of this complex to the psbA mRNA can be regulated in vitro in response to both redox potential (Danon and Mayfield, Science, 266:1717-1719 (1994)) and phosphorylation (Danon and Mayfield, Embo J., 13:2227-2235 (1994)), both of which are thought to transduce the light signal to activate translation of psbA mRNA. The 47 kDa member of the psbA RNA binding complex (RB47) is in close contact with the RNA, and antisera specific to this protein inhibits binding to the psbA mRNA in vitro (Danon and Mayfield, supra, (1991)).

Although the translational control of psbA mRNA by RB47 has been reported, the protein has not been extensively characterized and the gene encoding RB47 has not been identified, cloned and sequenced. In addition, the regulatory control of the activation of RNA binding activity to the binding site by nuclear-encoded trans-acting factors, such as RB60, have not been fully understood. The present invention now describes the cloning and sequencing of both RB47 and RB60. Based on the translation regulation mechanisms of RB47 and RB60 with the RB47 binding site, the present invention also describes a translation regulated expression system for use in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The RB47 gene encoding the RB47 activator protein has now been cloned and sequenced, and the target binding site for RB47 on messenger RNA (mRNA) has now been identified. In addition, a regulatory protein disulfide isomerase, a 60 kilodalton protein referred to as RB60, has also been cloned, sequenced and characterized. Thus, the present invention is directed to gene expression systems in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells based on translational regulation by RB47 protein, its binding site and the RB60 regulation of RB47 binding site activation.

More particularly, the present invention describes the use of the RB47 binding site, i.e., a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of the chloroplast psbA gene, in the context of an expression system for regulating the expression of genes encoding a desired recombinant molecule. Protein translation is effected by the combination of the RB47 binding site and the RB47 binding protein in the presence of protein translation components. Regulation can be further imposed with the use of the RB60 regulatory protein disulfide isomerase. Therefore, the present invention describes reagents and expression cassettes for controlling gene expression by affecting translation of a coding nucleic acid sequence in a cell expression system.

Thus, in one embodiment, the invention contemplates a RB47 binding site sequence, i.e., a mRNA sequence, typically a mRNA leader sequence, which contains the RB47 binding site. A preferred RB47 binding site is psbA mRNA. For use in expressing recombinant molecules, the RB47 binding site is typically inserted 5' to the coding region of the preselected molecule to be expressed. In a preferred embodiment, the RB47 binding site is inserted into the 5' untranslated region along with an upstream psbA promoter to drive the expression of a preselected nucleic acid encoding a desired molecule. In alternative embodiments, the RB47 binding site is inserted into the regulatory region downstream of any suitable promoter present in a eukaryotic or prokaryotic expression vector. Preferably, the RB47 binding site is positioned within 100 nucleotides of the translation initiation site. In a further aspect, 3' to the coding region is a 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) necessary for transcription termination and RNA processing.

Thus, in a preferred embodiment, the invention contemplates an expression cassette or vector that contains a transcription unit constructed for expression of a preselected nucleic acid or gene such that upon transcription, the resulting mRNA contains the RB47 binding site for regulation of the translation of the preselected gene transcript through the binding of the activating RB47 protein. The RB47 protein is provided endogenously in a recipient cell and/or is a recombinant protein expressed in that cell.

Thus, the invention also contemplates a nucleic acid molecule containing the sequence of the RB47 gene. The nucleic acid molecule is preferably in an expression vector capable of expressing the gene in a cell for use in interacting with a RB47 binding site. The invention therefore contemplates an expressed recombinant RB47 protein. In one embodiment, the RB47 binding site and RB47 encoding nucleotide sequences are provided on the same genetic element. In alternative embodiments, the RB47 binding site and RB47 encoding nucleotide sequences are provided separately.

The invention further contemplates a nucleic acid molecule containing the sequence encoding the 69 kilodalton precursor to RB47. In alternative embodiments, the RB47 nucleic acid sequence contains a sequence of nucleotides to encode a histidine tag. Thus, the invention relates to the use of recombinant RB47, precursor RB47, and histidine-modified RB47 for use in enhancing translation of a desired nucleic acid.

The invention further contemplates a nucleic acid molecule containing a nucleotide sequence of a polypeptide which regulates the binding of RB47 to RB47 binding site. A preferred regulatory molecule is the protein disulfide isomerase RB60. The RB60-encoding nucleic acid molecule is preferably in an expression vector capable of expressing the gene in a cell for use in regulating the interaction of RB47 with a RB47 binding site. Thus, the invention also contemplates an expressed recombinant RB60 protein. In one embodiment, the RB47 binding site, RB47 encoding and RB60 encoding nucleotide sequences are provided on the same genetic element. In alternative embodiments, the expression control nucleotide sequences are provided separately. In a further aspect, the RB60 gene and RB47 binding site sequence are provided on the same construct.

The invention can therefore be a cell culture system, an in vitro expression system or a whole tissue, preferably a plant, in which the transcription unit is present that contains the RB47 binding site and further includes a (1) transcription unit capable of expressing RB47 protein or (2) the endogenous RB47 protein itself for the purpose of enhancing translation of the preselected gene having an RB47 binding site in the mRNA. Preferred cell culture systems are eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Particularly preferred cell culture systems include plants and more preferably algae.

A further preferred embodiment includes (1) a separate transcription unit capable of expressing a regulatory molecule, preferably RB60 protein, or (2) the endogenous RB60 protein itself for the purpose of regulating translation of the preselected gene having an RB47 binding site in the mRNA. In an alternative preferred embodiment, one transcription unit is capable of expressing both the RB47 and RB60 proteins. In a further aspect, the RB47 binding site sequence and RB60 sequence are provided on the same construct.

In one aspect of the present invention, plant cells endogenously containing RB47 and RB60 proteins are used for the expression of recombinant molecules, such as proteins or polypeptides, through activation of the RB47 binding in an exogenously supplied expression cassette. Alternatively, stable plant cell lines containing endogenous RB47 and RB60 are first generated in which RB47 and/or RB60 proteins are overexpressed. Overexpression is obtained preferably through the stable transformation of the plant cell with one or more expression cassettes for encoding recombinant RB47 and RB60. In a further embodiment, stable cell lines, such as mammalian or bacterial cell lines, lacking endogenous RB47 and/or RB60 proteins are created that express exogenous RB47 and/or RB60.

Plants for use with the present invention can be a transgenic plant, or a plant in which the genetic elements of the invention have been introduced. Based on the property of controlled translation provided by the combined use of the RB47 protein and the RB47 binding site, translation can be regulated for any gene product, and the system can be introduced into any plant species. Similarly, the invention is useful for any prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell system.

Methods for the preparation of expression vectors is well known in the recombinant DNA arts, and for expression in plants is well known in the transgenic plant arts. These particulars are not essential to the practice of the invention, and therefore will not be considered as limiting.

The invention allows for high level of protein synthesis in plant chloroplasts and in the cytoplasm of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Because the chloroplast is such a productive plant organ, synthesis in chloroplasts is a preferred site of translation by virtue of the large amounts of protein that can be produced. This aspect provides for great advantages in agricultural production of mass quantities of a preselected protein product.

The invention further provides for the ability to screen for agonists or antagonists of the binding of RB47 to the RB47 binding site using the expression systems as described herein. Antagonists of the binding are useful in the prevention of plant propagation.

Also contemplated by the present invention is a screening assay for agonists or antagonists of RB60 in a manner analogous to that described above for RB47. Such agonists or antagonists would be useful in general to modify expression of RB60 as a way to regulate cellular processes in a redox manner.

Kits containing expression cassettes and expression systems, along with packaging materials comprising a label with instructions for use, as described in the claimed embodiments are also contemplated for use in practicing the methods of this invention.

Other uses will be apparent to one skilled in the art in light of the present disclosures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

In the figures forming a portion of this disclosure:

FIGS. 1A-1D show the complete protein amino acid residue sequence of RB47 is shown from residues 1-623, together with the corresponding nucleic acid sequence encoding the RB47 sequence, from base 1 to base 2732. The nucleotide coding region is shown from base 197-2065, the precursor form. The mature form is from nucleotide position 197-1402. Also shown is the mRNA leader, bases 1-196, and poly A tail of the mRNA, bases 2066-2732. Both the nucleotide and amino acid sequence are listed in SEQ ID NO 5.

FIGS. 2A-2B show the complete protein amino acid residue sequence of RB60 is shown from residues 1-488, together with the corresponding nucleic acid sequence from base 1 to base 2413, of which bases 16-1614 encode the RB60 sequence. Both the nucleotide and amino acid sequence are listed in SEQ ID NO 10.

FIGS. 3A-3C show the complete sequence of the psbA mRNA, showing both encoded psbA protein amino acid residue sequence (residues 1-352) and the nucleic acid sequence as further described in Example 3 is illustrated. Both the nucleotide and amino acid sequence are listed in SEQ ID NO 13.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an expression cassette containing on one transcription unit from 5' to 3', a promoter region derived from the psbA gene for encoding the D1 protein from C. reinhardtii further containing a transcription initiation site (TS), the RB47 binding site, a region for insertion of a foreign or heterologous coding region, a RB47 coding region, a RB60 coding region, and the 3' flanking region containing transcription termination site (TS), flanked by an origin of replication and selection marker. Restriction endonuclease sites for facilitating insertion of the independent genetic elements are indicated and further described in Example 4A.

FIGS. 5A-5B show the nucleotide and amino acid sequence of the RB47 molecule containing a histidine tag, the sequences of which are also listed in SEQ ID NO 14.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an expression cassette containing on one transcription unit from 5' to 3', a promoter region derived from the psbA gene for encoding the D1 protein from C. reinhardtii further containing a transcription initiation site (TS), the RB47 binding site, a region for RB47 is also shown in FIGS. 1A-1D (SEQ ID NO 5). As described in Section 2 above, the predicted protein sequence from the cloned cDNA contained both the derived peptide sequences of RB47 and is highly homologous to poly(A) binding proteins (PABP) from a variety of eukaryotic organisms.

.Iadd.FIG. 7 diagrams a construct is essentially pD1/Nde including a heterologous coding sequence having a 3' XbaI restriction site for ligation with the 3' psbA gene..Iaddend.

.Iadd.FIG. 8 shows two of the transformants that contained the single chain chimeric gene produced single chain antibodies at approximately 1% of total protein levels..Iaddend.

.Iadd.FIG. 9 shows a construct, the bacterial LuxAB coding region was ligated between the psbA 5' UTR and the psbA 3' end in an E. coli plasmid..Iaddend.

.Iadd.FIG. 10 shows luciferase activity accumulated with the chloroplast..Iaddend.

.Iadd.FIG. 11 shows a construct engineered so that the psbA promoter and 5' UTR are used to drive the synthesis of the light chain and heavy chains of an antibody, and the J chain normally associated with IgA molecules..Iaddend.

2. Cloning of RB60

To clone the cDNA encoding the 60 kDa psbA mRNA binding protein (RB60), the psbA-specific RNA binding proteins were purified from light-grown C. reinhardtii cells using heparin-agarose chromatography followed by psbA RNA affinity chromatography (RAC). RAC-purified proteins were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The region corresponding to RB60 was isolated from the PVDF membrane. RB60 protein was then digested with trypsin. Unambiguous amino acid sequences were obtained from two peptide tryptic fragments (WFVDGELASDYNGPR (SEQ ID NO 6) and (QLILWTTADDLKADAEIMTVFR (SEQ ID NO 7)) as described above for RB47. The calculated molecular weights of the two tryptic peptides used for further analysis precisely matched with the molecular weights determine by mass spectrometry. The DNA sequence corresponding to one peptide of 22 amino acid residues was amplified by PCR using degenerate oligonucleotides, the forward primer 5'CGCGGATCCGAYGCBGAGATYATGAC3' (SEQ ID NO 8) and the reverse primer 5'CGCGAATTCGTCATRATCTCVGCRTC3' (SEQ ID NO 9), where R can be A or G (the other IUPAC nucleotides have been previously defined above). The amplified sequence was then used to screen a .lamda.-gt10 cDNA library from C. reinhardtii. Three clones were identified with the largest being 2.2 kb. Selection and sequencing was performed as described for RB47 cDNA.

The resulting RB60 cDNA sequence is available via GenBank (Accession Number AF027727). The nucleotide and encoded amino acid sequence of RB60 is also shown in FIGS. 2A-2B (SEQ ID NO 10). The protein coding sequence of 488 amino acid residues corresponds to nucleotide positions 16-1614 of the 2413 base pair sequence. The predicted amino acid sequence of the cloned cDNA contained the complete amino acid sequences of the two tryptic peptides. The amino acid sequence of the encoded protein revealed that it has high sequence homology to both plant and mammalian protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), and contains the highly conserved thioredoxin-like domains with --CysGlyHisCys-- (--CGHC--) (SEQ ID NO 11) catalytic sites in both the N-terminal and C-terminal regions and the --LysAspGluLeu-- (--KDEL--) (SEQ ID NO 12) endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal at the C-terminus found in all PDIs. PDI is a mutifunctional protein possessing enzymatic activities for the formation, reduction, and isomerization of disulfide bonds during protein folding, and is typically found in the ER. The first 30 amino acid residues of RB60 were found to lack sequence homology with the N-terminal signal sequence of PDI from plants or mammalian cells. However, this region has characteristics of chloroplast transit peptides of C. reinhardtii, which have similarities with both mitochondrial and higher plant chloroplast presequences. A transit peptide sequence should override the function of the --KDEL-- ER retention signal and target the protein to the chloroplast since the --KDEL-- signal acts only to retain the transported protein in the ER.

3. Preparation of psbA Promoter Sequence and RB47 Binding Site Nucleotide Sequence

The chloroplast psbA gene from the green unicellular alga C. reinhardii was cloned and sequenced as described by Erickson et al., Embo J., 3:2753-2762 (1984), the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. The DNA sequence of the coding regions and the 5' and 3' untranslated (UTR) flanking sequences of the C. reinhardii psbA gene is shown in FIGS. 3A-3C. The psbA gene sequence is also available through GenBank as further discussed in Example 4. The nucleotide sequence is also listed as SEQ ID NO 13. The deduced amino acid sequence (also listed in SEQ ID NO 13) of the coding region is shown below each codon beginning with the first methionine in the open reading frame. Indicated in the 5' non-coding sequence are a putative Shine-Dalgarno sequence in the dotted box, two putative transcription initiation sites determined by S1 mapping (S1) and the Pribnow-10 sequence in the closed box. Inverted repeats of eight or more base pairs are marked with arrows and labeled A-D. A direct repeat of 31 base pairs with only two mismatches is marked with arrows labeled 31. Indicated in the 3' non-coding sequence is a large inverted repeat marked by a forward arrow and the SI cleavage site marking the 3' end of the mRNA. Both the 5' and 3' untranslated regions are used in preparing one of the expression cassettes of this invention as further described below.

The 5' UTR as previously discussed contains both the psbA promoter and the RB47 binding site. The nucleotide sequence defining the psbA promoter contains the region of the psbA DNA involved in binding of RNA polymerase to initiate transcription. The -10 sequence component of the psbA promoter is indicated by the boxed nucleotide sequence upstream of the first S1 while the -35 sequence is located approximately 35 bases before the putative initiation site. As shown in FIGS. 3A-3C, the -10 sequence is boxed, above which is the nucleotide position (-100) from the first translated codon. The -35 sequence is determined accordingly. A psbA promoter for use in an expression cassette of this invention ends at the first indicated S1 site (nucleotide position -92 as counting from the first ATG) in FIGS. 3A-3C and extends to the 5' end (nucleotide position -251 as shown in FIGS. 3A-3C). Thus, the promoter region is 160 bases in length. A more preferred promoter region extends at least 100 nucleotides to the 5' end from the S1 site. A most preferred region contains nucleotide sequence ending at the s1 site and extending 5' to include the -35 sequence, i.e., from -92 to -130 as counted from the first encoded amino acid residue (39 bases).

The psbA RB47 binding site region begins at the first S1 site as shown in FIGS. 3A-3C and extends to the first adenine base of the first encoded methionine residue. Thus, a psbA RB47 binding site in the psbA gene corresponds to the nucleotide positions from -91 to -1 as shown in FIG. 3A-3C.

The above-identified regions are used to prepare expression constructs as described below. The promoter and RB47 binding site regions can be used separately; for example, the RB47 binding site sequence can be isolated and used in a eukaryotic or prokaryotic plasmid with a non-psbA promoter. Alternatively, the entire psbA 5' UTR having 251 nucleotides as shown in FIGS. 3A-3C is used for the regulatory region in an expression cassette containing both the psbA promoter and RB47 binding site sequence as described below.

4. Preparation of Expression Vectors and Expression of Coding Sequences

A. Constructs Containing an psbA Promoter, an RB47 Binding Site Nucleotide Sequence, a Desired Heterologous Coding Sequence, an RB47-Encoding Sequence and an RB60-Encoding Sequence

Plasmid expression vector constructs, alternatively called plasmids, vectors, constructs and the like, are constructed containing various combinations of elements of the present invention as described in the following examples. Variations of the positioning and operably linking of the genetic elements described in the present invention and in the examples below are contemplated for use in practicing the methods of this invention. Methods for manipulating DNA elements into operable expression cassettes are well known in the art of molecular biology. Accordingly, variations of control elements, such as constitutive or inducible promoters, with respect to prokaryotic or eukaryotic expression systems as described in Section C. are contemplated herein although not enumerated. Moreover, the expression the various elements is not limited to one transcript producing one mRNA; the invention contemplates protein expression from more than one transcript if desired.

As such, while the examples below recite one or two types of expression cassettes, the genetic elements of RB47 binding site, any desired coding sequence, in combination with RB47 and RB60 coding sequences along with a promoter are readily combined in a number of operably linked permeations depending on the requirements of the cell system selected for the expression. For example, for expression in a chloroplast, endogenous RB47 protein is present therefore an expression cassette having an RB47 binding site and a desired coding sequence is minimally required along with an operative promoter sequence. Overexpression of RB47 may be preferable to enhance the translation of the coding sequence; in that case, the chloroplast is further transformed with an expression cassette containing an RB47-encoding sequence. Although the examples herein and below utilize primarily the sequence encoding the precursor form of RB47, any of the RB47-encoding sequences described in the present invention, i.e., RB47 precursor, mature RB47 and histidine-modified RB47 are contemplated for use in any expression cassette and system as described herein. To regulate the activation of translation, an RB60-encoding element is provided to the expression system to provide the ability to regulate redox potential in the cell as taught in Section B. These examples herein and below represent a few of the possible permutations of genetic elements for expression in the methods of this invention.

In one embodiment, a plasmid is constructed containing an RB47 binding site directly upstream of an inserted coding region for a heterologous protein of interest, and the RB47 and RB60 coding regions. Heterologous refers to the nature of the coding region being dissimilar and not from the same gene as the regulatory molecules in the plasmid, such as RB47 and RB60. Thus, all the genetic elements of the present invention are produced in one transcript from the IPTG-inducible psbA promoter. Alternative promoters are similarly acceptable.

The final construct described herein for use in a prokaryotic expression system makes a single mRNA from which all three proteins are translated. The starting plasmid is any E. coli based plasmid containing an origin of replication and selectable marker gene. For this example, the Bluescript plasmid, pBS, commercially available through Stratagene, Inc., La Jolla, Calif., which contains a polylinker-cloning site and an ampicilin resistant marker is selected for the vector.

The wild-type or native psbA gene (Erickson et al., Embo J., 3:2753-2762 (1984), also shown in FIGS. 3A-3C, is cloned into pBS at the EcoRI and BamHI sites of the polylinker. The nucleotide sequence of the psbA gene is available on GenBank with the 5' UTR and 3' UTR respectively listed in Accession Numbers X01424 and X02350. The EcoRI site of psbA is 1.5 kb upstream of the psbA initiation codon and the BamHI site is 2 kb downstream of the stop codon. This plasmid is referred to as pDl.

Using site-directed PCR mutagenesis, well known to one of ordinary skill in the art, an NdeI site is placed at the initiation codon of psbA in the pDl plasmid so that the ATG of the NdeI restriction site is the ATG initiation codon. This plasmid is referred to as pDl/Nde. An Nde site is then placed at the initiation codon of the gene encoding the heterologous protein of interest and an Xho I site is placed directly downstream (within 10 nucleotides) of the TAA stop codon of the heterologous protein coding sequence. Again using site-directed mutagenesis, an XhoI site is placed within 10 nucleotides of the initiation codon of RB47, the preparation of which is described in Example 2, and an NotI site is placed directly downstream of the stop codon of RB47. The heterologous coding region and the RB47 gene are then ligated into pDl/Nde so that the heterologous protein gene is directly adjacent to the RB47 binding site and the RB47 coding region is downstream of the heterologous coding region, using the Xho I site at the heterologous stop codon and the Not I site of the pDl polylinker.

These genetic manipulations result in a plasmid containing the 5' end of the psbA gene including the promoter region and with the RB47 binding site immediately upstream of a heterologous coding region, and the RB47 coding region immediately downstream of the heterologous coding region. The nucleotides between the stop codon of the heterologous coding region and the initiation codon of the RB47 coding region is preferably less than 20 nucleotides and preferably does not contain any additional stop codons in any reading frame. This plasmid is referred to as pD1/RB47.

Using site-directed mutagenesis, a NotI site is placed immediately (within 10 nucleotides) upstream of the initiation codon of RB60, the preparation of which is described in Example 2, and an Xba I site is placed downstream of the RB60 stop codon. This DNA fragment is then ligated to the 3' end of the psbA gene using the Xba I site found in the 3' end of the psbA gene so that the psbA 3' end is downstream of the RB60 coding region. This fragment is then ligated into the pD1/RB47 plasmid using the NotI and BamHI sites so that the RB60 coding region directly follows the RB47 coding region. The resulting plasmid is designated pD1/RB47/RB60. Preferably there is less then 20 nucleotides between the RB47 and RB60 coding regions and preferably there are no stop codons in any reading frame in that region. The final plasmid thus contains the following genetic elements operably linked in the 5' to 3' direction: the 5' end of the psbA gene with a promoter capable of directing transcription in chloroplasts, an RB47 binding site, a desired heterologous coding region, the RB47 coding region, the RB60 coding region, and the 3' end of the psbA gene which contains a transcription termination and mRNA processing site, and an E. coli origin of replication and amplicillin resistance gene. A diagram of this plasmid with the restriction sites is shown in FIG. 4.

Expression of pD1/RB47/RB60 in E. coli to produce recombinant RB47, RB60 and the recombinant heterologous protein is performed as described in Example 4B. The heterologous protein is then purified as further described.

Expression cassettes in which the sequences encoding RB47 and RB60 are similarly operably linked to a heterologous coding sequence having the psbA RB47 binding site as described in Example 3 are prepared with a different promoter for use in eukaryotic, such as mammalian expression systems. In this aspect, the cassette is similarly prepared as described above with the exception that restriction cloning sites are dependent upon the available multiple cloning sites in the recipient vector. Thus, the RB47 binding site prepared in Example 3 is prepared for directed ligation into a selected expression vector downstream of the promoter in that vector. The RB47 and RB60 coding sequences are obtained from the pD1/RB47/RB60 plasmid by digestion with XhoI and Xbal and inserted into a similarly digested vector if the sites are present. Alternatively, site-directed mutagenesis is utilized to create appropriate linkers. A desired heterologous coding sequence is similarly ligated into the vector for expression.

B. Constructs Containing RB47 Nucleotide Sequence

1) Purified Recombinant RB47 Protein

In one approach to obtain purified recombinant RB47 protein, the full length RB47 cDNA prepared above was cloned into the E. coli expression vector pET3A (Studier et al., Methods Enzymol., 185:60-89 (1990)), also commercially available by Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis. and transformed into BL21 E. coli cells. The cells were grown to a density of 0.4 (OD.sub.600), then induced with 0.5 mM IPTG. Cells were then allowed to grow for an additional 4 hours, at which point they were pelleted and frozen.

Confirmation of the identity of the cloned cDNA as encoding the authentic RB47 protein was accomplished by examining protein expressed from the cDNA by immunoblot analysis and by RNA binding activity assay. The recombinant RB47 protein produced when the RB47 cDNA was expressed was recognized by antisera raised against the C. reinhardtii RB47 protein. The E. coli expressed protein migrated at 80 kDa on SDS-PAGE, but the protein was actually 69 kDa, as determined by mass spectrometry of the E. coli expressed protein. This mass agrees with the mass predicted from the cDNA sequence. A 60 kDa product was also produced in E. coli, and recognized by the antisera against the C. reinhardtii protein, which is most likely a degradation or early termination product of the RB47 cDNA. The recombinant RB47 protein expressed from the RB47 cDNA is recognized by the antisera raised against the C. reinhardtii protein at levels similar to the recognition of the authentic C. reinhardtii RB47 protein, demonstrating that the cloned cDNA produces a protein product that is immunologically related to the naturally produced RB47 protein. In order to generate a recombinant equivalent of the endogenous native RB47, the location of the 47 kDa polypeptide was mapped on the full-length recombinant protein by comparing mass spectrometric data of tryptic digests of the C. reinhardtii 47 kDa protein and the full-length recombinant protein. Thus, peptide mapping by mass spectrometry has shown that the endogenous RB47 protein corresponds primarily to the RNA binding domains contained within the N-terminal region of the predicted precursor protein, suggesting that a cleavage event is necessary to produce the mature 47 kDa protein. Thus, full-length recombinant RB47 is 69 kDa and contains a carboxy domain that is cleaved in vivo to generate the endogenous mature form of RB47 that is 47 kDa.

To determine if the heterologously expressed RB47 protein was capable of binding the psbA RNA, the E. coli expressed protein was purified by heparin agarose chromatography. The recombinant RB47 protein expressed in E. coli was purified using a protocol similar to that used previously for purification of RB47 from C. reinhardtii. Approximately 5 g of E. coli cells grown as described above were resuspended in low salt extraction buffer (10 mM Tris [pH 7.5], 10 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl.sub.2, 5 mM .beta.-mercaptoethanol) and disrupted by sonication. The soluble cell extract was applied to a 5 mL Econo-Pac heparin cartridge (Bio-Rad) which was washed prior to elution of the RB47 protein (Danon and Mayfield, Embo J., 10:3993-4001 (1991)).

The E. coli expressed protein that bound to the heparin agarose matrix was eluted from the column at the same salt concentration as used to elute the authentic C. reinhardtii RB47 protein. This protein fraction was used in in vitro binding assays with the psbA 5' UTR. Both the 69 and 60 kDa E. coli expressed proteins crosslinked to the radiolabeled psbA 5' UTR at levels similar to crosslinking of the endogenous RB47 protein, when the RNA/protein complex is subjected to UV irradiation.

Heparin agarose purified proteins, both from the E. coli expressed RB47 cDNA and from C. reinhardtii cells, were used in an RNA gel mobility shift assay to determine the relative affinity and specificity of these proteins for the 5' UTR of the psbA mRNA. The E. coli expressed proteins bound to the psbA 5' UTR in vitro with properties that are similar to those of the endogenous RB47 protein purified from C. reinhardtii. RNA binding to both the E. coli expressed and the endogenous RB47 protein was competed using either 200 fold excess of unlabeled psbA RNA or 200 fold excess of poly(A) RNA. RNA binding to either of these proteins was poorly competed using 200 fold excess of total RNA or 200 fold excess of the 5' UTR of the psbD or psbC RNAs. Different forms of the RB47 protein (47 kDa endogenous protein vs. the 69 kDa E. coli expressed protein) may account for the slight differences in mobility observed when comparing the binding profiles of purified C. reinhardtii protein to heterologously expressed RB47.

The mature form of RB47 is also produced in recombinant form by the insertion by PCR of an artificial stop codon in the RB47 cDNA at nucleotide positions 1403-1405 with a stop codon resulting in a mature RB47 recombinant protein having 402 amino acids as shown in FIGS. 1A-1D. An example of this is shown in FIGS. 5A-5B for the production of a recombinant histidine-modified RB47 mature protein as described below. The complete RB47 cDNA is inserted into an expression vector, such as pET3A as described above, for expression of the mature 47 kDa form of the RB47 protein. In the absence of the inserted stop codon, the transcript reads through to nucleotide position 2066-2068 at the TAA stop codon to produce the precursor RB47 having the above-described molecular weight characteristics and 623 amino acid residues.

Recombinant RB47 is also expressed and purified in plant cells. For this aspect, C. reinhardtii strains were grown in complete media (Tris-acetate-phosphate [TAP] (Harris, The Chlamydonas Sourcebook, San Diego, Calif., Academic Press (1989)) to a density of 5.times.10.sup.6 cells/mL under constant light. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 4.degree. C. for 5 minutes at 4,000 g. Cells were either used immediately or frozen in liquid N.sub.2 for storage at -70.degree. C.

Recombinant RB47 protein was also produced as a modified RB47 protein with a histidine tag at the amino-terminus according to well known expression methods using pET19-D vectors available from Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis. The nucleotide and amino acid sequence of a recombinant histidine-modified RB47 of the mature 47 kDa form is shown in FIGS. 5A-5B with the nucleotide and amino acid sequence also listed in SEQ ID NO 14. Thus the nucleotide sequence of a histidine-modified RB47 is 1269 bases in length. The precursor form of the RB47 protein is similarly obtained in the expression system, both of which are modified by the presence of a histidine tag that allows for purification by metal affinity chromatography.

The recombinant histidine-modified RB47 purified through addition of a poly-histidine tag followed by Ni.sup.+2 column chromatography showed similar binding characteristics as that described for recombinant precursor RB47 described above.

C. Constructs Containing RB60 Nucleotide Sequence

In one approach to obtain purified recombinant RB60 protein, the full-length RB60 cDNA prepared above was cloned into the E. coli expression vector pET3A (Studier et al., Methods Enzymol., 185:60-89 (1990)), also commercially available by Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis. and transformed into BL21 E. coli cells. The cells were grown to a density of 0.4 (OD.sub.600), then induced with 0.5 mM IPTG. Cells were then allowed to grow for an additional 4 hours, at which point they were pelleted and frozen.

Recombinant histidine-modified RB60 was also expressed with a pET19-D vector as described above for RB47 that was similarly modified. Purification of the recombinant RB60 proteins was performed as described for RB47 thereby producing recombinant RB60 proteins for use in the present invention.

The RB60 coding sequence is also mutagenized for directional ligation into an selected vector for expression in alternative systems, such as mammalian expression systems.

D. Constructs Containing an RB47-Encoding Sequence and an RB60-Encoding Sequence

To prepare an expression cassette for encoding both RB47 and RB60, one approach is to digest plasmid pD1/RB47/RB60 prepared above with XhoI and XbaI to isolate the fragment for both encoding sequences. The fragment is then inserted into a similarly digested expression vector if available or is further mutagenized to prepare appropriate restriction sites.

Alternatively, the nucleotide sequences of RB47 and RB60, as described in Example 2, are separately prepared for directional ligation into a selected vector.

An additional embodiment of the present invention is to prepare an expression cassette containing the RB47 binding site along with the coding sequences for RB47 and RB60, the plasmid pD1/RB47/RB60 prepared above is digested with NdeI and XhoI to prepare an expression cassette in which any desired coding sequence having similarly restriction sites is directionally ligated. Expression vectors containing both the RB47 and RB60 encoding sequences in which the RB47 binding site sequence is utilized with a different promoter are also prepared as described in Example 4A.

E. Constructs Containing an RB47 Binding Site Nucleotide Sequence, Insertion Sites for a Desired Heterologous Coding Sequence, and an RB47-Encoding Sequence

In another permutation, a plasmid or expression cassette is constructed containing an RB47 binding site directly upstream of an inserted coding region for a heterologous protein of interest, and the RB47 coding region. The final construct described herein for use in a prokaryotic expression system makes a single mRNA from which both proteins are translated.

The plasmid referred to as pD1/RB47 is prepared as described above in Example 4A. A diagram of this plasmid with the restriction sites is shown in FIG. 6.

Expression of pD1/RB47 in E. coli to produce recombinant RB47 and the recombinant heterologous protein is performed as described in above. The heterologous protein is then purified as further described.

To produce an expression cassette that allows for insertion of an alternative desired coding sequence, the plasmid pD1/RB47 is digested with NdeI and XhoI resulting in a vector having restriction endonuclease sites for insertion of a desired coding sequence operably linked to a RB47 binding site and RB47 coding sequence on one transcriptional unit.

F. Constructs Containing an RB47 Binding Site Nucleotide Sequence, Insertion Sites for a Desired Heterologous Coding Sequence, and an RB47-Encoding Sequence

In another permutation, a plasmid or expression cassette is constructed containing an RB47 binding site directly upstream of an inserted coding region for a heterologous protein of interest, and the RB60 coding region. The final construct described herein for use in a prokaryotic expression system makes a single mRNA from which both proteins are translated. In this embodiment, a separate construct encoding recombinant RB47 as described in Example 4B is co-transformed into the E. coli host cell for expression.

The plasmid referred to as pD1/RB60 is prepared as described above for pD1/RB47 in Example 4A with the exception that XhoI and XbaI sites are created on RB60 rather than RB47.

Expression of pD1/RB60 in E. coli to produce recombinant RB60 and the recombinant heterologous protein is performed as described in above with the combined expression of RB47 from a separate expression cassette. The heterologous protein is then purified as further described.

To produce an expression cassette that allows for insertion of an alternative desired coding sequence, the plasmid pD1/RB60 is digested with NdeI and XhoI resulting in a vector having restriction endonuclease sites for insertion of a desired coding sequence operably linked to a RB47 binding site and RB60 coding sequence on one transcriptional unit.

G. Constructs Containing RB47 Binding Site Nucleotide Sequence and Heterologous Coding Sequences

1) Expression of Recombinant Tetanus Toxin Single Chain Antibody

The examples herein describe constructs that are variations of those described above. The constructs described below contain an RB47 binding site sequence and a heterologous coding sequence. The activating protein RB47 was endogenously provided in the chloroplast and or plant cell. In other aspects however as taught by the methods of the present invention, the chloroplast is further transformed with an RB47-expression construct as described above for overexpression of RB47 to enhance translation capacities.

A strain of the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was designed to allow expression of a single chain antibody gene in the chloroplast. The transgenically expressed antibody was produced from a chimeric gene containing the promoter and 5' untranslated region (UTR) of the chloroplast psbA gene prepared as described above, followed by the coding region of a single chain antibody (encoding a tetanus toxin binding antibody), and then the 3' UTR of the psbA gene also prepared as described above to provide for transcription termination and RNA processing signals. This construct is essentially pD1/Nde including a heterologous coding sequence having a 3' XbaI restriction site for ligation with the 3' psbA gene and is diagramed in FIG. 7.

The psbA-single chain construct was first transformed into C. reinhardtii chloroplast and transformants were then screened for single chain gene integration. Transformation of chloroplast was performed via bolistic delivery as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,545,818 and 5,553,878, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Transformation is accomplished by homologous recombination via the 5' and 3' UTR of the psbA mRNA.

As shown in FIG. 8, two of the transformants that contained the single chain chimeric gene produced single chain antibodies at approximately 1% of total protein levels. The transgenic antibodies were of the correct size and were completely soluble, as would be expected of a correctly folded protein. Few degradation products were detectable by this Western analysis, suggesting that the proteins were fairly stable within the chloroplast. To identify if the produced antibody retained the binding capacity for tetanus toxin, ELISA assays were performed using a mouse-produced Fab, from the original tetanus toxin antibody, as the control. The chloroplast single chain antibody bound tetanus toxin at levels similar to Fab, indicating that the single chain antibody produced in C. reinhardtii is a fully functional antibody. These results clearly demonstrate the ability of the chloroplast to synthesis and accumulate function antibody molecules resulting from the translational activation of an RB47 binding site in an expression cassette by endogenous RB47 protein in the chloroplast.

2) Expression of Bacterial Luciferase Enzyme Having Two Subunits

For the production of molecules that contain more than one subunit, such as dIgA and bacterial luciferase enzyme, several proteins must be produced in stoichiometric quantities within the chloroplast. Chloroplast have an advantage for this type of production over cytoplasmic protein synthesis in that translation of multiple proteins can originate from a single mRNA. For example, a dicistronic mRNA having 5' and 3' NdeI and XbaI restriction sites and containing both the A and B chains of the bacterial luciferase enzyme was inserted downstream of the psbA promoter and 5' UTR of the pD1/Nde construct prepared in Example 4A above. In this construct, the bacterial LuxAB coding region was ligated between the psbA 5' UTR and the psbA 3' end in an E. coli plasmid that was then transformed into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells as described above for expression in the chloroplast. A schematic of the construct is shown in FIG. 9. Single transformant colonies were then isolated. A plate containing a single isolate was grown for 10 days on complete media and a drop of the luciferase substrate n-Decyl Aldehyde was placed on the plate and the luciferase visualized by video-photography in a dark chamber. Both proteins were synthesized from this single mRNA and luciferase activity accumulated within the chloroplast as shown in FIG. 10. Some mRNA within plastids contained as many as 5 separate proteins encoded on a single mRNA.

3) Expression of Dimeric IgA

To generate dimeric IgA, the construct shown in FIG. 11 is engineered so that the psbA promoter and 5' UTR are used to drive the synthesis of the light chain and heavy chains of an antibody, and the J chain normally associated with IgA molecules. The nucleic acid sequences for the dimeric IgA are inserted into the RB47 binding site construct prepared in Example 4A. The construct is then transformed into C. reinhardtii cells as previously described for expression of the recombinant dIgA.

Production of these three proteins within the plastid allows for the self assembly of a dimeric IgA (dIgA). Production of this complex is monitored in several ways. First, Southern analysis of transgenic algae is used to identify strains containing the polycistronic chimeric dIgA gene. Strains positive for integration of the dIgA gene are screened by Northern analysis to ensure that the chimeric mRNA is accumulating. Western blot analysis using denaturing gels is used to monitor the accumulation of the individual light, heavy and J chain proteins, and native gels Western blot analysis will be used to monitor the accumulation of the assembled dIgA molecule.

By using a single polycistronic mRNA in the context of RB47 regulated translation, two of the potential pitfalls in the assembly of multimeric dIgA molecule are overcome. First, this construct ensures approximately stoichiometric synthesis of the subunits, as ribosomes reading through the first protein are likely to continue to read through the second and third proteins as well. Second, all of the subunits are synthesized in close physical proximity to each other, which increases the probability of the proteins self assembling into a multimeric molecule. Following the production of a strain producing dIgA molecules, the production of dIgA on an intermediate scale by growing algae in 300 liter fermentors is then performed. Larger production scales are then performed thereafter.

The foregoing specification, including the specific embodiments and examples, is intended to be illustrative of the present invention and is not to be taken as limiting. Numerous other variations and modifications can be effected without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

SEQUENCE LISTINGS

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18115PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 1Gln Tyr Gly Phe Val His Phe Glu Asp Gln Ala Ala Ala Asp Arg1 5 10 15214PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 2Gly Phe Gly Phe Ile Asn Phe Lys Asp Ala Glu Ser Ala Ala1 5 10332DNAArtificial sequencePrimer 3cagtacggyt tcgtbcaytt cgaggaycag gc 32440DNAArtificial sequencePrimer 4ggaattcggy ttcggyttca tyaacttcaa ggaygcbgag 4052846DNAChlamydomonas reinhardtiiCDS(197)..(2065) 5gaattcgcgg ccgctccgtg gttggtcctc atggtgtctt tttgaagagg acctgagcct 60ttcacccaaa tatatcaaaa aacccgggca accggccaaa aaaattgcaa aagcctctcg 120taggcacaaa agacctattc tagccatcaa ctttgtatcc gacgctgccg tttagctgcg 180cgtcttgaag tcaagc atg gcg act act gag tcc tcg gcc ccg gcg gcc acc 232 Met Ala Thr Thr Glu Ser Ser Ala Pro Ala Ala Thr 1 5 10acc cag ccg gcc agc acc ccg ctg gcg aac tcg tcg ctg tac gtc ggt 280Thr Gln Pro Ala Ser Thr Pro Leu Ala Asn Ser Ser Leu Tyr Val Gly 15 20 25gac ctg gag aag gat gtc acc gag gcc cag ctg ttc gag ctc ttc tcc 328Asp Leu Glu Lys Asp Val Thr Glu Ala Gln Leu Phe Glu Leu Phe Ser 30 35 40tcg gtt ggc cct gtg gcc tcc att cgc gtg tgc cgc gat gcc gtc acg 376Ser Val Gly Pro Val Ala Ser Ile Arg Val Cys Arg Asp Ala Val Thr45 50 55 60cgc cgc tcg ctg ggc tac gcc tac gtc aac tac aac agc gct ctg gac 424Arg Arg Ser Leu Gly Tyr Ala Tyr Val Asn Tyr Asn Ser Ala Leu Asp 65 70 75ccc cag gct gct gac cgc gcc atg gag acc ctg aac tac cat gtc gtg 472Pro Gln Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Met Glu Thr Leu Asn Tyr His Val Val 80 85 90aac ggc aag cct atg cgc atc atg tgg tcg cac cgc gac cct tcg gcc 520Asn Gly Lys Pro Met Arg Ile Met Trp Ser His Arg Asp Pro Ser Ala 95 100 105cgc aag tcg ggc gtc ggc aac atc ttc atc aag aac ctg gac aag acc 568Arg Lys Ser Gly Val Gly Asn Ile Phe Ile Lys Asn Leu Asp Lys Thr 110 115 120atc gac gcc aag gcc ctg cac gac acc ttc tcg gcc ttc ggc aag att 616Ile Asp Ala Lys Ala Leu His Asp Thr Phe Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys Ile125 130 135 140ctg tcc tgc aag gtt gcc act gac gcc aac ggc gtg tcg aag ggc tac 664Leu Ser Cys Lys Val Ala Thr Asp Ala Asn Gly Val Ser Lys Gly Tyr 145 150 155ggc ttc gtg cac ttc gag gac cag gcc gct gcc gat cgc gcc att cag 712Gly Phe Val His Phe Glu Asp Gln Ala Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Ile Gln 160 165 170acc gtc aac cag aag aag att gag ggc aag atc gtg tac gtg gcc ccc 760Thr Val Asn Gln Lys Lys Ile Glu Gly Lys Ile Val Tyr Val Ala Pro 175 180 185ttc cag aag cgc gct gac cgc ccc agg gca agg acg ttg tac acc aac 808Phe Gln Lys Arg Ala Asp Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Thr Leu Tyr Thr Asn 190 195 200gtg ttc gtc aag aac ttg ccg gcc gac atc ggc gac gac gag ctg ggc 856Val Phe Val Lys Asn Leu Pro Ala Asp Ile Gly Asp Asp Glu Leu Gly205 210 215 220aag atg gcc acc gag cac ggc gag atc acc agc gcg gtg gtc atg aag 904Lys Met Ala Thr Glu His Gly Glu Ile Thr Ser Ala Val Val Met Lys 225 230 235gac gac aag ggc ggc agc aag ggc ttc ggc ttc atc aac ttc aag gac 952Asp Asp Lys Gly Gly Ser Lys Gly Phe Gly Phe Ile Asn Phe Lys Asp 240 245 250gcc gag tcg gcg gcc aag tgc gtg gag tac ctg aac gag cgc gag atg 1000Ala Glu Ser Ala Ala Lys Cys Val Glu Tyr Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu Met 255 260 265agc ggc aag acc ctg tac gcc ggc cgc gcc cag aag aag acc gag cgc 1048Ser Gly Lys Thr Leu Tyr Ala Gly Arg Ala Gln Lys Lys Thr Glu Arg 270 275 280gag gcg atg ctg cgc cag aag gcc gag gag agc aag cag gag cgt tac 1096Glu Ala Met Leu Arg Gln Lys Ala Glu Glu Ser Lys Gln Glu Arg Tyr285 290 295 300ctg aag tac cag agc atg aac ctg tac gtc aag aac ctg tcc gac gag 1144Leu Lys Tyr Gln Ser Met Asn Leu Tyr Val Lys Asn Leu Ser Asp Glu 305 310 315gag gtc gac gac gac gcc ctg cgt gag ctg ttc gcc aac tct ggc acc 1192Glu Val Asp Asp Asp Ala Leu Arg Glu Leu Phe Ala Asn Ser Gly Thr 320 325 330atc acc tcg tgc aag gtc atg aag gac ggc agc ggc aag tcc aag ggc 1240Ile Thr Ser Cys Lys Val Met Lys Asp Gly Ser Gly Lys Ser Lys Gly 335 340 345ttc ggc ttc gtg tgc ttc acc agc cac gac gag gcc acc cgg ccg ccc 1288Phe Gly Phe Val Cys Phe Thr Ser His Asp Glu Ala Thr Arg Pro Pro 350 355 360gtg acc gag atg aac ggc aag atg gtc aag ggc aag ccc ctg tac gtg 1336Val Thr Glu Met Asn Gly Lys Met Val Lys Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr Val365 370 375 380gcc ctg gcg cag cgc aag gac gtg cgc cgt gcc acc cag ctg gag gcc 1384Ala Leu Ala Gln Arg Lys Asp Val Arg Arg Ala Thr Gln Leu Glu Ala 385 390 395aac atg cag gcg cgc atg ggc atg ggc gcc atg agc cgc ccg ccg aac 1432Asn Met Gln Ala Arg Met Gly Met Gly Ala Met Ser Arg Pro Pro Asn 400 405 410ccg atg gcc ggc atg agc ccc tac ccc ggc gcc atg ccg ttc ttc gct 1480Pro Met Ala Gly Met Ser Pro Tyr Pro Gly Ala Met Pro Phe Phe Ala 415 420 425ccc ggc ccc ggc ggc atg gct gct ggc ccg cgc gct ccg ggc atg atg 1528Pro Gly Pro Gly Gly Met Ala Ala Gly Pro Arg Ala Pro Gly Met Met 430 435 440tac ccg ccc atg atg ccg ccg cgc ggc atg cct ggc ccc ggc cgc ggc 1576Tyr Pro Pro Met Met Pro Pro Arg Gly Met Pro Gly Pro Gly Arg Gly445 450 455 460ccc cgc ggc ccc atg atg ccg ccc cag atg atg ggt ggc ccc atg atg 1624Pro Arg Gly Pro Met Met Pro Pro Gln Met Met Gly Gly Pro Met Met 465 470 475ggc ccg ccc atg ggc ccc ggg cgc ggc cgt ggc ggc cgc ggc ccc tcc 1672Gly Pro Pro Met Gly Pro Gly Arg Gly Arg Gly Gly Arg Gly Pro Ser 480 485 490ggc cgc ggc cag ggc cgc ggc aac aac gcc cct gcc cag cag ccc aag 1720Gly Arg Gly Gln Gly Arg Gly Asn Asn Ala Pro Ala Gln Gln Pro Lys 495 500 505ccc gcc gct gag ccg gcc gcc gcg ccc gcc gcc gcc gcc ccc gct gcc 1768Pro Ala Ala Glu Pro Ala Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala 510 515 520gcg gcg cct gcc gcc gcg gcg gag ccg gag gcc ccc gcc gcc cag cag 1816Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala Glu Pro Glu Ala Pro Ala Ala Gln Gln525 530 535 540ccg ctg acc gcc tcc gcg ctg gcc gcc gcc gcg ccg gag cag cag aag 1864Pro Leu Thr Ala Ser Ala Leu Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Glu Gln Gln Lys 545 550 555atg atg atc ggc gag cgc ctg tac ccg cag gtg gcg gag ctg cag ccc 1912Met Met Ile Gly Glu Arg Leu Tyr Pro Gln Val Ala Glu Leu Gln Pro 560 565 570gac ctg gct ggc aag atc acc ggc atg ctg ctg gag atg gac aac gcc 1960Asp Leu Ala Gly Lys Ile Thr Gly Met Leu Leu Glu Met Asp Asn Ala 575 580 585gag ctt ctg atg ctt ctg gag tcg cac gag gcg ctg gtg tcc aag gtg 2008Glu Leu Leu Met Leu Leu Glu Ser His Glu Ala Leu Val Ser Lys Val 590 595 600gac gag gcc atc gct gtg ctc aag cag cac aac gtg att gcc gag gag 2056Asp Glu Ala Ile Ala Val Leu Lys Gln His Asn Val Ile Ala Glu Glu605 610 615 620aac aag gct taaagcgcct gcacgcttgt gcgggctggt ggcgccggcg 2105Asn Lys Alacgcgccggcg ctgcttgggc cgccggcagc atgggcgcgg cggacgcggt gtgggagcag 2165tgcttgctgc ttctggccgc cgtgaagccg cgccgaactg gggcggacgg caggctggcg 2225ttgacgccgg cgcgccacaa cacaaagttg gtggcgtgaa agtctctggg cgtgctccgg 2285acggttgtaa ggttttaaga actggctttt ggccgggttg ccgcccaaag gcggaacggc 2345ggtcttttca ggccaatcac atccggctgg aaaaattctt accaaagcca acccctgcac 2405ccaaaaattt cgggttccga aagaacactc cccttttttc cggcaacgcg ttctttcaag 2465gccaatcact ttccgggttg gaagaaaatg ttacccggaa aaggcgggaa gccccctgca 2525cccggacaag ttattcgggg tttcgccggg aatgagcaag cgttcgggct gttggccgta 2585tcgcgaacgc tgtcggggtg tcaggcgcca gaaggaagga tgacgttttg gtgaaggggt 2645gcaaactgag cacacgagtt ttggcaatag acgtggagaa agtccagtgc ggggtgaggc 2705ggatagcgga atcaagcgtg gcgggtccct ggcgagacga gacgcttctg ttgttttgct 2765gagccctttg atggcacaat cgcactgttt tgagcaggcg actgtaaagt gcccgacgct 2825aaaaaagcgg ccgcgaattc c 28466623PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 6Met Ala Thr Thr Glu Ser Ser Ala Pro Ala Ala Thr Thr Gln Pro Ala1 5 10 15Ser Thr Pro Leu Ala Asn Ser Ser Leu Tyr Val Gly Asp Leu Glu Lys 20 25 30Asp Val Thr Glu Ala Gln Leu Phe Glu Leu Phe Ser Ser Val Gly Pro 35 40 45Val Ala Ser Ile Arg Val Cys Arg Asp Ala Val Thr Arg Arg Ser Leu 50 55 60Gly Tyr Ala Tyr Val Asn Tyr Asn Ser Ala Leu Asp Pro Gln Ala Ala65 70 75 80Asp Arg Ala Met Glu Thr Leu Asn Tyr His Val Val Asn Gly Lys Pro 85 90 95Met Arg Ile Met Trp Ser His Arg Asp Pro Ser Ala Arg Lys Ser Gly 100 105 110Val Gly Asn Ile Phe Ile Lys Asn Leu Asp Lys Thr Ile Asp Ala Lys 115 120 125Ala Leu His Asp Thr Phe Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys Ile Leu Ser Cys Lys 130 135 140Val Ala Thr Asp Ala Asn Gly Val Ser Lys Gly Tyr Gly Phe Val His145 150 155 160Phe Glu Asp Gln Ala Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Ile Gln Thr Val Asn Gln 165 170 175Lys Lys Ile Glu Gly Lys Ile Val Tyr Val Ala Pro Phe Gln Lys Arg 180 185 190Ala Asp Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Thr Leu Tyr Thr Asn Val Phe Val Lys 195 200 205Asn Leu Pro Ala Asp Ile Gly Asp Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys Met Ala Thr 210 215 220Glu His Gly Glu Ile Thr Ser Ala Val Val Met Lys Asp Asp Lys Gly225 230 235 240Gly Ser Lys Gly Phe Gly Phe Ile Asn Phe Lys Asp Ala Glu Ser Ala 245 250 255Ala Lys Cys Val Glu Tyr Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu Met Ser Gly Lys Thr 260 265 270Leu Tyr Ala Gly Arg Ala Gln Lys Lys Thr Glu Arg Glu Ala Met Leu 275 280 285Arg Gln Lys Ala Glu Glu Ser Lys Gln Glu Arg Tyr Leu Lys Tyr Gln 290 295 300Ser Met Asn Leu Tyr Val Lys Asn Leu Ser Asp Glu Glu Val Asp Asp305 310 315 320Asp Ala Leu Arg Glu Leu Phe Ala Asn Ser Gly Thr Ile Thr Ser Cys 325 330 335Lys Val Met Lys Asp Gly Ser Gly Lys Ser Lys Gly Phe Gly Phe Val 340 345 350Cys Phe Thr Ser His Asp Glu Ala Thr Arg Pro Pro Val Thr Glu Met 355 360 365Asn Gly Lys Met Val Lys Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr Val Ala Leu Ala Gln 370 375 380Arg Lys Asp Val Arg Arg Ala Thr Gln Leu Glu Ala Asn Met Gln Ala385 390 395 400Arg Met Gly Met Gly Ala Met Ser Arg Pro Pro Asn Pro Met Ala Gly 405 410 415Met Ser Pro Tyr Pro Gly Ala Met Pro Phe Phe Ala Pro Gly Pro Gly 420 425 430Gly Met Ala Ala Gly Pro Arg Ala Pro Gly Met Met Tyr Pro Pro Met 435 440 445Met Pro Pro Arg Gly Met Pro Gly Pro Gly Arg Gly Pro Arg Gly Pro 450 455 460Met Met Pro Pro Gln Met Met Gly Gly Pro Met Met Gly Pro Pro Met465 470 475 480Gly Pro Gly Arg Gly Arg Gly Gly Arg Gly Pro Ser Gly Arg Gly Gln 485 490 495Gly Arg Gly Asn Asn Ala Pro Ala Gln Gln Pro Lys Pro Ala Ala Glu 500 505 510Pro Ala Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Ala 515 520 525Ala Ala Ala Glu Pro Glu Ala Pro Ala Ala Gln Gln Pro Leu Thr Ala 530 535 540Ser Ala Leu Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Glu Gln Gln Lys Met Met Ile Gly545 550 555 560Glu Arg Leu Tyr Pro Gln Val Ala Glu Leu Gln Pro Asp Leu Ala Gly 565 570 575Lys Ile Thr Gly Met Leu Leu Glu Met Asp Asn Ala Glu Leu Leu Met 580 585 590Leu Leu Glu Ser His Glu Ala Leu Val Ser Lys Val Asp Glu Ala Ile 595 600 605Ala Val Leu Lys Gln His Asn Val Ile Ala Glu Glu Asn Lys Ala 610 615 620715PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 7Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Glu Leu Ala Ser Asp Tyr Asn Gly Pro Arg1 5 10 15822PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 8Gln Leu Ile Leu Trp Thr Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Lys Ala Asp Ala Glu1 5 10 15Ile Met Thr Val Phe Arg 20926DNAArtificial sequencePrimer 9cgcggatccg aygcbgagat yatgac 261026DNAArtificial sequencePrimer 10cgcgaattcg tcatratctc vgcrtc 26112413DNAChlamydomonas reinhardtiiCDS(16)..(1614) 11gagtacgttt acgcc atg aac cgt tgg aac ctt ctt gcc ctt acc ctg ggg 51 Met Asn Arg Trp Asn Leu Leu Ala Leu Thr Leu Gly 1 5 10ctg ctg ctg gtg gca gcg ccc ttc acc aag cac cag ttt gct cat gct 99Leu Leu Leu Val Ala Ala Pro Phe Thr Lys His Gln Phe Ala His Ala 15 20 25tcc gat gag tat gag gac gac gag gag gac gat gcc ccc gcc gcc cct 147Ser Asp Glu Tyr Glu Asp Asp Glu Glu Asp Asp Ala Pro Ala Ala Pro 30 35 40aag gac gac gac gtc gac gtt act gtg gtg acc gtc aag aac tgg gat 195Lys Asp Asp Asp Val Asp Val Thr Val Val Thr Val Lys Asn Trp Asp45 50 55 60gag acc gtc aag aag tcc aag ttc gcg ctt gtg gag ttc tac gct cct 243Glu Thr Val Lys Lys Ser Lys Phe Ala Leu Val Glu Phe Tyr Ala Pro 65 70 75tgg tgc ggc cac tgc aag acc ctc aag cct gag tac gct aag gct gcc 291Trp Cys Gly His Cys Lys Thr Leu Lys Pro Glu Tyr Ala Lys Ala Ala 80 85 90acc gcc ctg aag gct gct gct ccc gat gcc ctt atc gcc aag gtc gac 339Thr Ala Leu Lys Ala Ala Ala Pro Asp Ala Leu Ile Ala Lys Val Asp 95 100 105gcc acc cag gag gag tcc ctg gcc cag aag ttc ggc gtg cag ggc tac 387Ala Thr Gln Glu Glu Ser Leu Ala Gln Lys Phe Gly Val Gln Gly Tyr 110 115 120ccc acc ctc aag tgg ttc gtt gat ggc gag ctg gct tct gac tac aac 435Pro Thr Leu Lys Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Glu Leu Ala Ser Asp Tyr Asn125 130 135 140ggc ccc cgc gac gct gat ggc att gtt ggc tgg gtg aag aag aag act 483Gly Pro Arg Asp Ala Asp Gly Ile Val Gly Trp Val Lys Lys Lys Thr 145 150 155ggc ccc ccc gcc gtg acc gtt gag gac gcc gac aag ctg aag tcc ctg 531Gly Pro Pro Ala Val Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Asp Lys Leu Lys Ser Leu 160 165 170gag gcg gac gct gag gtc gtt gtc gtc ggc tac ttc aag gcc ctg gag 579Glu Ala Asp Ala Glu Val Val Val Val Gly Tyr Phe Lys Ala Leu Glu 175 180 185ggc gag atc tac gac acc ttc aag tcc tac gcc gcc aag acc gag gac 627Gly Glu Ile Tyr Asp Thr Phe Lys Ser Tyr Ala Ala Lys Thr Glu Asp 190 195 200gtg gtg ttc gtg cag acc acc agc gcc gac gtc gcc aag gcc gcc ggc 675Val Val Phe Val Gln Thr Thr Ser Ala Asp Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly205 210 215 220ctg gac gcc gtg gac acc gtg tcc gtg gtc aag aac ttc gcc ggt gag 723Leu Asp Ala Val Asp Thr Val Ser Val Val Lys Asn Phe Ala Gly Glu 225 230 235gac cgc gcc acc gcc gtc ctg gcc acg gac atc gac act gac tcc ctg 771Asp Arg Ala Thr Ala Val Leu Ala Thr Asp Ile Asp Thr Asp Ser Leu 240 245 250acc gcg ttc gtc aag tcg gag aag atg ccc ccc acc att gag ttc aac 819Thr Ala Phe Val Lys Ser Glu Lys Met Pro Pro Thr Ile Glu Phe Asn 255 260 265cag aag aac tct gac aag atc ttc aac agc ggc atc aac aag cag ctg 867Gln Lys Asn Ser Asp Lys Ile Phe Asn Ser Gly Ile Asn Lys Gln Leu 270 275 280att ctg tgg acc acc gcc gac gac ctg aag gcc gac gcc gag atc atg 915Ile Leu Trp Thr Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Lys Ala Asp Ala Glu Ile Met285 290 295 300act gtg ttc cgc gag gcc agc aag aag ttc aag ggc cag ctg gtg ttc 963Thr Val Phe Arg Glu Ala Ser Lys Lys Phe Lys Gly Gln Leu Val Phe 305 310 315gtg acc gtc aac aac gag ggc gac ggc gcc gac ccc gtc acc aac ttc

1011Val Thr Val Asn Asn Glu Gly Asp Gly Ala Asp Pro Val Thr Asn Phe 320 325 330ttc ggc ctc aag ggc gcc acc tcg cct gtg ctg ctg ggc ttc ttc atg 1059Phe Gly Leu Lys Gly Ala Thr Ser Pro Val Leu Leu Gly Phe Phe Met 335 340 345gag aag aac aag aag ttc cgc atg gag ggc gag ttc acg gct gac aac 1107Glu Lys Asn Lys Lys Phe Arg Met Glu Gly Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Asn 350 355 360gtg gct aag ttc gcc gag agc gtg gtg gac ggc acc gcg cag gcc gtg 1155Val Ala Lys Phe Ala Glu Ser Val Val Asp Gly Thr Ala Gln Ala Val365 370 375 380ctc aag tcg gag gcc atc ccc gag gac ccc tat gag gat ggc gtc tac 1203Leu Lys Ser Glu Ala Ile Pro Glu Asp Pro Tyr Glu Asp Gly Val Tyr 385 390 395aag att gtg ggc aag acc gtg gag tct gtg gtt ctg gac gag acc aag 1251Lys Ile Val Gly Lys Thr Val Glu Ser Val Val Leu Asp Glu Thr Lys 400 405 410gac gtg ctg ctg gag gtg tac gcc ccc tgg tgc ggc cac tgc aag aag 1299Asp Val Leu Leu Glu Val Tyr Ala Pro Trp Cys Gly His Cys Lys Lys 415 420 425ctg gag ccc atc tac aag aag ctg gcc aag cgc ttt aag aag gtg gat 1347Leu Glu Pro Ile Tyr Lys Lys Leu Ala Lys Arg Phe Lys Lys Val Asp 430 435 440tcc gtc atc atc gcc aag atg gat ggc act gag aac gag cac ccc gag 1395Ser Val Ile Ile Ala Lys Met Asp Gly Thr Glu Asn Glu His Pro Glu445 450 455 460atc gag gtc aag ggc ttc cct acc atc ctg ttc tat ccc gcc ggc agc 1443Ile Glu Val Lys Gly Phe Pro Thr Ile Leu Phe Tyr Pro Ala Gly Ser 465 470 475gac cgc acc ccc atc gtg ttc gag ggc ggc gac cgc tcg ctc aag tcc 1491Asp Arg Thr Pro Ile Val Phe Glu Gly Gly Asp Arg Ser Leu Lys Ser 480 485 490ctg acc aag ttc atc aag acc aac gcc aag atc ccg tac gag ctg ccc 1539Leu Thr Lys Phe Ile Lys Thr Asn Ala Lys Ile Pro Tyr Glu Leu Pro 495 500 505aag aag ggc tcc gac ggc gac gag ggc acc tcg gac gac aag gac aag 1587Lys Lys Gly Ser Asp Gly Asp Glu Gly Thr Ser Asp Asp Lys Asp Lys 510 515 520ccc gcg tcc gac aag gac gag ctg taa gcggctatct gaactacccc 1634Pro Ala Ser Asp Lys Asp Glu Leu525 530aggtttggag cgtctgcttg cgcgcttgcg cttgcacact gtgcatggat gggagttaag 1694gaggagacgg agcacggagg ctgcgctcgg ttggtggctt ggagcaccgg cagcgcgtga 1754tccgtcctgg cagcagcaac ggcggagcgg gcgcatattg gcgcgagctg gcgagcggct 1814gttgctggag aggatatgct gccgggcggg aggaagggct aggggcagag atgagagcgt 1874tacgggctgg catgcgggcg cccgtgcctc tccctgcggt gcagtccttg ctaggagacg 1934cacggttttg ccaaagaggg acgctgtcca cagccctgcg actggaagtt ttttaggccc 1994tgcggtggta gtggtgttgg tacggttgtg tgcataagat gaacaacgtt tctctcaaga 2054cgagactact agtatgctga cggtgtgtgt atgtggtgga tggattgtgc cccgaccatg 2114aagagtgctg tgttgcctcg gcgcttctgt cgccctggat gtgcgtggtt ccgaacgctg 2174gagtcatctg ttgaggagcg agggtgttgt cgggtccgcc cggcacggcc gcgtgatgtc 2234cggatgggga ttgcgagcga gggcaaccgc agcgcagata gcgccgcagc ggatcgagct 2294agcgcaggat gatgagagcc gggccttcgc ggcgtgggat cagggaggag ccaaggcgga 2354gtgcatgcga ggaaaacagt gtgcggcaaa gaacgggctg caagaacgcc ttgcgcaaa 241312532PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 12Met Asn Arg Trp Asn Leu Leu Ala Leu Thr Leu Gly Leu Leu Leu Val1 5 10 15Ala Ala Pro Phe Thr Lys His Gln Phe Ala His Ala Ser Asp Glu Tyr 20 25 30Glu Asp Asp Glu Glu Asp Asp Ala Pro Ala Ala Pro Lys Asp Asp Asp 35 40 45Val Asp Val Thr Val Val Thr Val Lys Asn Trp Asp Glu Thr Val Lys 50 55 60Lys Ser Lys Phe Ala Leu Val Glu Phe Tyr Ala Pro Trp Cys Gly His65 70 75 80Cys Lys Thr Leu Lys Pro Glu Tyr Ala Lys Ala Ala Thr Ala Leu Lys 85 90 95Ala Ala Ala Pro Asp Ala Leu Ile Ala Lys Val Asp Ala Thr Gln Glu 100 105 110Glu Ser Leu Ala Gln Lys Phe Gly Val Gln Gly Tyr Pro Thr Leu Lys 115 120 125Trp Phe Val Asp Gly Glu Leu Ala Ser Asp Tyr Asn Gly Pro Arg Asp 130 135 140Ala Asp Gly Ile Val Gly Trp Val Lys Lys Lys Thr Gly Pro Pro Ala145 150 155 160Val Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Asp Lys Leu Lys Ser Leu Glu Ala Asp Ala 165 170 175Glu Val Val Val Val Gly Tyr Phe Lys Ala Leu Glu Gly Glu Ile Tyr 180 185 190Asp Thr Phe Lys Ser Tyr Ala Ala Lys Thr Glu Asp Val Val Phe Val 195 200 205Gln Thr Thr Ser Ala Asp Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly Leu Asp Ala Val 210 215 220Asp Thr Val Ser Val Val Lys Asn Phe Ala Gly Glu Asp Arg Ala Thr225 230 235 240Ala Val Leu Ala Thr Asp Ile Asp Thr Asp Ser Leu Thr Ala Phe Val 245 250 255Lys Ser Glu Lys Met Pro Pro Thr Ile Glu Phe Asn Gln Lys Asn Ser 260 265 270Asp Lys Ile Phe Asn Ser Gly Ile Asn Lys Gln Leu Ile Leu Trp Thr 275 280 285Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Lys Ala Asp Ala Glu Ile Met Thr Val Phe Arg 290 295 300Glu Ala Ser Lys Lys Phe Lys Gly Gln Leu Val Phe Val Thr Val Asn305 310 315 320Asn Glu Gly Asp Gly Ala Asp Pro Val Thr Asn Phe Phe Gly Leu Lys 325 330 335Gly Ala Thr Ser Pro Val Leu Leu Gly Phe Phe Met Glu Lys Asn Lys 340 345 350Lys Phe Arg Met Glu Gly Glu Phe Thr Ala Asp Asn Val Ala Lys Phe 355 360 365Ala Glu Ser Val Val Asp Gly Thr Ala Gln Ala Val Leu Lys Ser Glu 370 375 380Ala Ile Pro Glu Asp Pro Tyr Glu Asp Gly Val Tyr Lys Ile Val Gly385 390 395 400Lys Thr Val Glu Ser Val Val Leu Asp Glu Thr Lys Asp Val Leu Leu 405 410 415Glu Val Tyr Ala Pro Trp Cys Gly His Cys Lys Lys Leu Glu Pro Ile 420 425 430Tyr Lys Lys Leu Ala Lys Arg Phe Lys Lys Val Asp Ser Val Ile Ile 435 440 445Ala Lys Met Asp Gly Thr Glu Asn Glu His Pro Glu Ile Glu Val Lys 450 455 460Gly Phe Pro Thr Ile Leu Phe Tyr Pro Ala Gly Ser Asp Arg Thr Pro465 470 475 480Ile Val Phe Glu Gly Gly Asp Arg Ser Leu Lys Ser Leu Thr Lys Phe 485 490 495Ile Lys Thr Asn Ala Lys Ile Pro Tyr Glu Leu Pro Lys Lys Gly Ser 500 505 510Asp Gly Asp Glu Gly Thr Ser Asp Asp Lys Asp Lys Pro Ala Ser Asp 515 520 525Lys Asp Glu Leu 530134PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 13Cys Gly His Cys1144PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 14Lys Asp Glu Leu1151424DNAChlamydomonas reinhardtiiCDS(252)..(1310)misc_feature(279)..(279)Codon also can encode Ser 15cgtcctattt taatactccg aaggaggcag ttggcaggca actgccactg acgtcccgta 60agggtaaggg gacgtccact ggcgtcccgt aaggggaagg ggacgtaggt acataaatgt 120gctaggtaac taacgtttga ttttttgtgg tataatatat gtaccatgct tttaatagaa 180gcttgaattt ataaattaaa atatttttac aatattttac ggagaaatta aaactttaaa 240aaaattaaca t atg aca gca att tta gaa cgt cgt gaa aat tct agc cta 290 Met Thr Ala Ile Leu Glu Arg Arg Glu Asn Ser Ser Leu 1 5 10tgg gct cgt ttt tgt gag tgg atc act tca act gaa aac cgt tta tac 338Trp Ala Arg Phe Cys Glu Trp Ile Thr Ser Thr Glu Asn Arg Leu Tyr 15 20 25atc ggt tgg ttc ggt gta atc atg atc cca tgt ctt ctt act gca aca 386Ile Gly Trp Phe Gly Val Ile Met Ile Pro Cys Leu Leu Thr Ala Thr30 35 40 45tca gta ttc atc atc gct ttc atc gct gct ccg cca gta gac atc gat 434Ser Val Phe Ile Ile Ala Phe Ile Ala Ala Pro Pro Val Asp Ile Asp 50 55 60ggt atc cgt gaa cca gtt tca ggt tct ctt ctt tac ggt aac aac atc 482Gly Ile Arg Glu Pro Val Ser Gly Ser Leu Leu Tyr Gly Asn Asn Ile 65 70 75att aca ggt gct gta atc cca act tct aac gca atc ggt ctt cac ttc 530Ile Thr Gly Ala Val Ile Pro Thr Ser Asn Ala Ile Gly Leu His Phe 80 85 90tac cca att tgg gaa gct gct tct cta gac gag tgg tta tac aac ggt 578Tyr Pro Ile Trp Glu Ala Ala Ser Leu Asp Glu Trp Leu Tyr Asn Gly 95 100 105ggt cct tac caa ctt atc gtt tgt cac ttc ctt cta ggt gta tac tgc 626Gly Pro Tyr Gln Leu Ile Val Cys His Phe Leu Leu Gly Val Tyr Cys110 115 120 125tac atg ggt cgt gag tgg gaa tta tct ttc cgt tta ggt atg cgt cca 674Tyr Met Gly Arg Glu Trp Glu Leu Ser Phe Arg Leu Gly Met Arg Pro 130 135 140tgg atc gct gta gct tac tca gct cca gta gct gca gct tca gct gta 722Trp Ile Ala Val Ala Tyr Ser Ala Pro Val Ala Ala Ala Ser Ala Val 145 150 155ttc tta gtt tac cct atc ggc caa ggt tca ttc tct gac ggt atg cct 770Phe Leu Val Tyr Pro Ile Gly Gln Gly Ser Phe Ser Asp Gly Met Pro 160 165 170tta ggt atc tct ggt act ttc aac ttc atg atc gta ttc caa gca gaa 818Leu Gly Ile Ser Gly Thr Phe Asn Phe Met Ile Val Phe Gln Ala Glu 175 180 185cac aac atc ctt atg cac cca ttc cac atg tta ggt gtt gct ggt gta 866His Asn Ile Leu Met His Pro Phe His Met Leu Gly Val Ala Gly Val190 195 200 205ttc ggt ggt tca tta ttc tca gct atg cac ggt tct tta gtt act tca 914Phe Gly Gly Ser Leu Phe Ser Ala Met His Gly Ser Leu Val Thr Ser 210 215 220tct tta atc cgt gaa aca act gaa aac gaa tca gct aac gaa ggt tac 962Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Thr Thr Glu Asn Glu Ser Ala Asn Glu Gly Tyr 225 230 235cgt ttc ggt caa gaa gaa gaa act tac aac att gta gct gct cat ggt 1010Arg Phe Gly Gln Glu Glu Glu Thr Tyr Asn Ile Val Ala Ala His Gly 240 245 250tac ttt ggt cgt cta atc ttc caa tac gct tct ttc aac aac tct cgt 1058Tyr Phe Gly Arg Leu Ile Phe Gln Tyr Ala Ser Phe Asn Asn Ser Arg 255 260 265tca tta cac ttc ttc tta gct gct tgg ccg gta atc ggt att tgg ttc 1106Ser Leu His Phe Phe Leu Ala Ala Trp Pro Val Ile Gly Ile Trp Phe270 275 280 285act gct tta ggt tta tca act atg gca ttc aac tta aac ggt ttc aac 1154Thr Ala Leu Gly Leu Ser Thr Met Ala Phe Asn Leu Asn Gly Phe Asn 290 295 300ttc aac caa tca gta gta gac tca caa ggt cgt gta cta aac act tgg 1202Phe Asn Gln Ser Val Val Asp Ser Gln Gly Arg Val Leu Asn Thr Trp 305 310 315gca gac atc atc aac cgt gct aac tta ggt atg gaa gta atg cac gag 1250Ala Asp Ile Ile Asn Arg Ala Asn Leu Gly Met Glu Val Met His Glu 320 325 330cgt aac gct cac aac ttc cct cta gac tta gct tca act aac tct agc 1298Arg Asn Ala His Asn Phe Pro Leu Asp Leu Ala Ser Thr Asn Ser Ser 335 340 345tca aac aac taa ttttttttta aactaaaata aatctggtta accataccta 1350Ser Asn Asn350gtttatttta gtttatacac acttttcata tatatatact taatagctac cataggcagt 1410tggcaggacg tccc 142416352PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 16Met Thr Ala Ile Leu Glu Arg Arg Glu Asn Ser Ser Leu Trp Ala Arg1 5 10 15Phe Cys Glu Trp Ile Thr Ser Thr Glu Asn Arg Leu Tyr Ile Gly Trp 20 25 30Phe Gly Val Ile Met Ile Pro Cys Leu Leu Thr Ala Thr Ser Val Phe 35 40 45Ile Ile Ala Phe Ile Ala Ala Pro Pro Val Asp Ile Asp Gly Ile Arg 50 55 60Glu Pro Val Ser Gly Ser Leu Leu Tyr Gly Asn Asn Ile Ile Thr Gly65 70 75 80Ala Val Ile Pro Thr Ser Asn Ala Ile Gly Leu His Phe Tyr Pro Ile 85 90 95Trp Glu Ala Ala Ser Leu Asp Glu Trp Leu Tyr Asn Gly Gly Pro Tyr 100 105 110Gln Leu Ile Val Cys His Phe Leu Leu Gly Val Tyr Cys Tyr Met Gly 115 120 125Arg Glu Trp Glu Leu Ser Phe Arg Leu Gly Met Arg Pro Trp Ile Ala 130 135 140Val Ala Tyr Ser Ala Pro Val Ala Ala Ala Ser Ala Val Phe Leu Val145 150 155 160Tyr Pro Ile Gly Gln Gly Ser Phe Ser Asp Gly Met Pro Leu Gly Ile 165 170 175Ser Gly Thr Phe Asn Phe Met Ile Val Phe Gln Ala Glu His Asn Ile 180 185 190Leu Met His Pro Phe His Met Leu Gly Val Ala Gly Val Phe Gly Gly 195 200 205Ser Leu Phe Ser Ala Met His Gly Ser Leu Val Thr Ser Ser Leu Ile 210 215 220Arg Glu Thr Thr Glu Asn Glu Ser Ala Asn Glu Gly Tyr Arg Phe Gly225 230 235 240Gln Glu Glu Glu Thr Tyr Asn Ile Val Ala Ala His Gly Tyr Phe Gly 245 250 255Arg Leu Ile Phe Gln Tyr Ala Ser Phe Asn Asn Ser Arg Ser Leu His 260 265 270Phe Phe Leu Ala Ala Trp Pro Val Ile Gly Ile Trp Phe Thr Ala Leu 275 280 285Gly Leu Ser Thr Met Ala Phe Asn Leu Asn Gly Phe Asn Phe Asn Gln 290 295 300Ser Val Val Asp Ser Gln Gly Arg Val Leu Asn Thr Trp Ala Asp Ile305 310 315 320Ile Asn Arg Ala Asn Leu Gly Met Glu Val Met His Glu Arg Asn Ala 325 330 335His Asn Phe Pro Leu Asp Leu Ala Ser Thr Asn Ser Ser Ser Asn Asn 340 345 350171278DNAChlamydomonas reinhardtiiCDS(1)..(1272) 17atg ggc cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cac agc agc ggc cat 48Met Gly His His His His His His His His His His Ser Ser Gly His1 5 10 15atc gaa ggt cgt cat atg gcg act act gag tcc tcg gcc ccg gcg gcc 96Ile Glu Gly Arg His Met Ala Thr Thr Glu Ser Ser Ala Pro Ala Ala 20 25 30acc acc cag ccg gcc agc acc ccg ctg gcg aac tcg tcg ctg tac gtc 144Thr Thr Gln Pro Ala Ser Thr Pro Leu Ala Asn Ser Ser Leu Tyr Val 35 40 45ggt gac ctg gag aag gat gtc acc gag gcc cag ctg ttc gag ctc ttc 192Gly Asp Leu Glu Lys Asp Val Thr Glu Ala Gln Leu Phe Glu Leu Phe 50 55 60tcc tcg gtt ggc cct gtg gcc tcc att cgc gtg tgc cgc gat gcc gtc 240Ser Ser Val Gly Pro Val Ala Ser Ile Arg Val Cys Arg Asp Ala Val65 70 75 80acg cgc cgc tcg ctg ggc tac gcc tac gtc aac tac aac agc gct ctg 288Thr Arg Arg Ser Leu Gly Tyr Ala Tyr Val Asn Tyr Asn Ser Ala Leu 85 90 95gac ccc cag gct gct gac cgc gcc atg gag acc ctg aac tac cat gtc 336Asp Pro Gln Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Met Glu Thr Leu Asn Tyr His Val 100 105 110gtg aac ggc aag cct atg cgc atc atg tgg tcg cac cgc gac cct tcg 384Val Asn Gly Lys Pro Met Arg Ile Met Trp Ser His Arg Asp Pro Ser 115 120 125gcc cgc aag tcg ggc gtc ggc aac atc ttc atc aag aac ctg gac aag 432Ala Arg Lys Ser Gly Val Gly Asn Ile Phe Ile Lys Asn Leu Asp Lys 130 135 140acc atc gac gcc aag gcc ctg cac gac acc ttc tcg gcc ttc ggc aag 480Thr Ile Asp Ala Lys Ala Leu His Asp Thr Phe Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys145 150 155 160att ctg tcc tgc aag gtt gcc act gac gcc aac ggc gtg tcg aag ggc 528Ile Leu Ser Cys Lys Val Ala Thr Asp Ala Asn Gly Val Ser Lys Gly 165 170 175tac ggc ttc gtg cac ttc gag gac cag gcc gct gcc gat cgc gcc att 576Tyr Gly Phe Val His Phe Glu Asp Gln Ala Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Ile 180 185 190cag acc gtc aac cag aag aag att gag ggc aag atc gtg tac gtg gcc 624Gln Thr Val Asn Gln Lys Lys Ile Glu Gly Lys Ile Val Tyr Val Ala 195 200 205ccc ttc cag aag cgc gct gac cgc ccc agg gca agg acg ttg tac acc 672Pro Phe Gln Lys Arg Ala Asp Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Thr Leu Tyr Thr 210 215 220aac gtg ttc gtc aag aac ttg ccg gcc gac atc ggc gac gac gag ctg 720Asn Val Phe Val Lys Asn Leu Pro Ala Asp Ile Gly Asp Asp Glu Leu225 230 235 240ggc aag atg gcc acc gag cac ggc gag atc acc agc gcg gtg gtc atg 768Gly Lys Met Ala Thr Glu His Gly Glu Ile Thr Ser Ala Val Val Met 245 250 255aag gac gac aag ggc ggc agc aag ggc ttc ggc ttc atc aac ttc aag 816Lys Asp Asp Lys Gly Gly Ser Lys Gly Phe Gly Phe Ile Asn Phe Lys 260 265 270gac gcc gag tcg gcg gcc

aag tgc gtg gag tac ctg aac gag cgc gag 864Asp Ala Glu Ser Ala Ala Lys Cys Val Glu Tyr Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu 275 280 285atg agc ggc aag acc ctg tac gcc ggc cgc gcc cag aag aag acc gag 912Met Ser Gly Lys Thr Leu Tyr Ala Gly Arg Ala Gln Lys Lys Thr Glu 290 295 300cgc gag gcg atg ctg cgc cag aag gcc gag gag agc aag cag gag cgt 960Arg Glu Ala Met Leu Arg Gln Lys Ala Glu Glu Ser Lys Gln Glu Arg305 310 315 320tac ctg aag tac cag agc atg aac ctg tac gtc aag aac ctg tcc gac 1008Tyr Leu Lys Tyr Gln Ser Met Asn Leu Tyr Val Lys Asn Leu Ser Asp 325 330 335gag gag gtc gac gac gac gcc ctg cgt gag ctg ttc gcc aac tct ggc 1056Glu Glu Val Asp Asp Asp Ala Leu Arg Glu Leu Phe Ala Asn Ser Gly 340 345 350acc atc acc tcg tgc aag gtc atg aag gac ggc agc ggc aag tcc aag 1104Thr Ile Thr Ser Cys Lys Val Met Lys Asp Gly Ser Gly Lys Ser Lys 355 360 365ggc ttc ggc ttc gtg tgc ttc acc agc cac gac gag gcc acc cgg ccg 1152Gly Phe Gly Phe Val Cys Phe Thr Ser His Asp Glu Ala Thr Arg Pro 370 375 380ccc gtg acc gag atg aac ggc aag atg gtc aag ggc aag ccc ctg tac 1200Pro Val Thr Glu Met Asn Gly Lys Met Val Lys Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr385 390 395 400gtg gcc ctg gcg cag cgc aag gac gtg cgc cgt gcc acc cag ctg gag 1248Val Ala Leu Ala Gln Arg Lys Asp Val Arg Arg Ala Thr Gln Leu Glu 405 410 415gcc aac atg cag gcg cgc atg taa ggatcc 1278Ala Asn Met Gln Ala Arg Met 42018423PRTChlamydomonas reinhardtii 18Met Gly His His His His His His His His His His Ser Ser Gly His1 5 10 15Ile Glu Gly Arg His Met Ala Thr Thr Glu Ser Ser Ala Pro Ala Ala 20 25 30Thr Thr Gln Pro Ala Ser Thr Pro Leu Ala Asn Ser Ser Leu Tyr Val 35 40 45Gly Asp Leu Glu Lys Asp Val Thr Glu Ala Gln Leu Phe Glu Leu Phe 50 55 60Ser Ser Val Gly Pro Val Ala Ser Ile Arg Val Cys Arg Asp Ala Val65 70 75 80Thr Arg Arg Ser Leu Gly Tyr Ala Tyr Val Asn Tyr Asn Ser Ala Leu 85 90 95Asp Pro Gln Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Met Glu Thr Leu Asn Tyr His Val 100 105 110Val Asn Gly Lys Pro Met Arg Ile Met Trp Ser His Arg Asp Pro Ser 115 120 125Ala Arg Lys Ser Gly Val Gly Asn Ile Phe Ile Lys Asn Leu Asp Lys 130 135 140Thr Ile Asp Ala Lys Ala Leu His Asp Thr Phe Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys145 150 155 160Ile Leu Ser Cys Lys Val Ala Thr Asp Ala Asn Gly Val Ser Lys Gly 165 170 175Tyr Gly Phe Val His Phe Glu Asp Gln Ala Ala Ala Asp Arg Ala Ile 180 185 190Gln Thr Val Asn Gln Lys Lys Ile Glu Gly Lys Ile Val Tyr Val Ala 195 200 205Pro Phe Gln Lys Arg Ala Asp Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Thr Leu Tyr Thr 210 215 220Asn Val Phe Val Lys Asn Leu Pro Ala Asp Ile Gly Asp Asp Glu Leu225 230 235 240Gly Lys Met Ala Thr Glu His Gly Glu Ile Thr Ser Ala Val Val Met 245 250 255Lys Asp Asp Lys Gly Gly Ser Lys Gly Phe Gly Phe Ile Asn Phe Lys 260 265 270Asp Ala Glu Ser Ala Ala Lys Cys Val Glu Tyr Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu 275 280 285Met Ser Gly Lys Thr Leu Tyr Ala Gly Arg Ala Gln Lys Lys Thr Glu 290 295 300Arg Glu Ala Met Leu Arg Gln Lys Ala Glu Glu Ser Lys Gln Glu Arg305 310 315 320Tyr Leu Lys Tyr Gln Ser Met Asn Leu Tyr Val Lys Asn Leu Ser Asp 325 330 335Glu Glu Val Asp Asp Asp Ala Leu Arg Glu Leu Phe Ala Asn Ser Gly 340 345 350Thr Ile Thr Ser Cys Lys Val Met Lys Asp Gly Ser Gly Lys Ser Lys 355 360 365Gly Phe Gly Phe Val Cys Phe Thr Ser His Asp Glu Ala Thr Arg Pro 370 375 380Pro Val Thr Glu Met Asn Gly Lys Met Val Lys Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr385 390 395 400Val Ala Leu Ala Gln Arg Lys Asp Val Arg Arg Ala Thr Gln Leu Glu 405 410 415Ala Asn Met Gln Ala Arg Met 420

Claims

What is claimed is:

.[.1. An expression cassette for expression of a desired molecule, which cassette comprises: a) an RB47 binding site nucleotide sequence upstream of a restriction endonuclease site for insertion of a desired coding sequence to be expressed; and b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which binds RB47 binding site..].

.[.2. The expression cassette of claim 1 further comprising a promoter sequence operably linked to and positioned upstream of the RB47 binding site nucleotide sequence..].

.[.3. The expression cassette of claim 2 wherein the promoter sequence is derived from a psbA gene..].

.[.4. The expression cassette of claim 3 wherein the coding sequence is heterologous to the psbA gene..].

.[.5. The expression cassette of claim 1 wherein the cassette comprises a plasmid or virus..].

.[.6. The expression cassette of claim 1 further comprising and operably linked thereto a nucleotide sequence encoding RB60..].

.[.7. The expression cassette of claim 1 wherein the RB47 binding polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of RB47, RB47 precursor and a histidine-modified RB47..].

.[.8. An expression cassette for expression of a desired molecule, which cassette comprises: a) an RB47 binding site nucleotide sequence upstream of a restriction endonuclease site for insertion of a desired coding sequence to be expressed; and b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which regulates the binding of RB47 to the RB47 binding site..].

.[.9. The expression cassette of claim 8 wherein the regulatory polypeptide is RB60..].

.[.10. A method of screening for agonists or antagonists of RB47 binding to RB47 binding site, the method comprising the steps: a) providing a cell expression system containing: 1) a promoter sequence; 2) a RB47 binding site sequence; 3) a coding sequence for an indicator polypeptide; and 4) a polypeptide which binds to the RB47 binding site sequence; b) introducing an antagonist or agonist into the cell; and c) detecting the amount of indicator polypeptide expressed in the cell..].

.[.11. A method of screening for agonists or antagonists of RB60 in regulating RB47 binding to RB47 binding site, the method comprising the steps: a) providing an expression system in a cell containing: 1) a promoter sequence; 2) a RB47 binding site sequence; 3) a coding sequence for an indicator polypeptide; 4) a polypeptide which binds to the RB47 binding site sequence; and 5) a RB60 polypeptide; b) introducing an agonist or antagonist into the cell; and c) detecting the amount of indicator polypeptide expressed in the cell..].

.[.12. An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding RB47..].

.[.13. An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding a histidine-modified RB47..].

.[.14. An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding RB47 precursor..].

.[.15. The nucleotide sequence of claim 12 from nucleotide position 197 to 1402 in FIGS. 1A-1B and SEQ ID NO 5..].

.[.16. The nucleotide sequence of claim 13 from nucleotide position 1 to 1269 in FIGS. 5A-5B and SEQ ID NO 14..].

.[.17. The nucleotide sequence of claim 14 shown in from nucleotide position 197 to 2065 in FIGS. 1A-1C and SEQ ID NO 5..].

.[.18. An expression cassette comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 12, 13 or 14..].

.[.19. An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding RB60..].

.[.20. The nucleotide sequence of claim 18 from nucleotide position 16 to 1614 in FIGS. 2A-2B and SEQ ID NO 10..].

.[.21. An expression cassette comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 19..].

.[.22. An expression system comprising a cell transformed with the expression cassette of claim 1..].

.[.23. The expression system of claim 22 wherein the cell is a plant cell..].

.[.24. The expression system of claim 23 wherein the plant cell endogenously expresses RB47..].

.[.25. The expression system of claim 23 wherein the plant cell endogenously expresses RB60..].

.[.26. The expression system of claim 23 wherein the plant cell endogenously expresses RB47 and RB60..].

.[.27. The expression system of claim 22 wherein the cell is a eukaryotic cell..].

.[.28. The expression system of claim 22 wherein the cell is a prokaryotic cell..].

.[.29. The expression system of claim 22 further comprising the expression cassette of claim 21..].

.[.30. An expression system comprising a cell transformed with the expression cassette of claim 8..].

.[.31. The expression system of claim 29 further comprising the expression cassette of claim 18..].

.[.32. A cell stably transformed with the expression cassette of claim 18..].

.[.33. A cell stably transformed with the expression cassette of claim 21..].

.[.34. A cell stably transformed with the expression cassette of claims 18 and 21..].

.[.35. The expression cassette of claim 1 further comprising an inserted desired coding sequence..].

.[.36. An expression system comprising a cell transformed with the expression cassette of claim 35, wherein the coding sequence is expressed forming the desired molecule upon activation of the RB47 binding site with RB47..].

.[.37. The expression system of claim 36 wherein the cell is a plant cell endogenously expressing RB47..].

.[.38. The expression system of claim 36 wherein the cell is stably transformed with the expression cassette of claim 21..].

.[.39. An expression system comprising a cell transformed with an expression cassette comprising a promoter sequence, a RB47 binding site sequence, a desired coding sequence for a molecule, and a nucleotide sequence for encoding a polypeptide which binds RB47 binding site, wherein all sequences are operably linked..].

.[.40. A method of preparing a desired recombinant molecule wherein the method comprises cultivating the expression system of claim 36..].

.[.41. A method of preparing a desired recombinant molecule wherein the method comprises cultivating the expression system of claim 39..].

.[.42. A method for expressing a desired coding sequence comprising: a) forming an expression cassette by operably linking: 1) a promoter sequence; 2) a RB47 binding site sequence; 3) a desired coding sequence; and 4) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which binds RB47 binding site; and b) introducing the expression cassette into a cell..].

.[.43. The method of claim 42 wherein the cell is a plant cell endogenously expressing RB47..].

.[.44. The method of claim 42 wherein the cell is a plant cell endogenously expressing RB60..].

.[.45. The method of claim 42 further comprising inducing expression with a promoter inducer molecule..].

.[.46. The method of claim 45 wherein the promoter inducer molecule is IPTG..].

.[.47. The method of claim 42 wherein the cell is transformed with the expression cassette of claim 21..].

.[.48. A method for expressing a desired coding sequence comprising: a) forming an expression cassette by operably linking: 1) a promoter sequence; 2) a RB47 binding site sequence; and 3) a desired coding sequence; and b) introducing the expression cassette into a plant cell endogenously expressing RB47..].

.[.49. The method of claim 48 wherein the expression cassette further comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding RB60..].

.[.50. A method for the regulated production of a recombinant molecule from a desired coding sequence in a cell, wherein the cell contains the expression cassette of claim 34, wherein expression of the coding sequence is activated by RB47 binding to the RB47 binding site thereby producing the recombinant molecule..].

.[.51. A method of forming an expression cassette by operably linking: a) a RB47 binding site sequence; b) a cloning site for insertion of a desired coding sequence downstream of the RB47 binding site sequence; and c) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which binds the RB47 binding site..].

.[.52. The method of claim 51 further comprising a promoter sequence operably linked upstream to the RB47 binding site sequence..].

.[.53. The method of claim 51 further comprising a desired coding sequence inserted into the insertion site..].

.[.54. An article of manufacture comprising a packaging material and contained therein in a separate container the expression cassette of claim 1, wherein the expression cassette is useful for expression of a desired coding sequence, and wherein the packaging material comprises a label which indicates that the expression cassette can be used for expressing a desired coding sequence when the RB47 binding site is activated by RB47..].

.[.55. The article of manufacture of claim 54 further comprising in a separate container the expression cassette of claim 18..].

.[.56. The article of manufacture of claim 54 further comprising in a separate container the expression cassette of claim 21..].

.[.57. An article of manufacture comprising a packaging material and contained therein in a separate container the expression system of claim 22, wherein the expression system is useful for expression of a desired coding sequence, and wherein the packaging material comprises a label which indicates that the expression system can be used for expressing a desired coding sequence when the RB47 binding site is activated by RB47..].

.[.58. An article of manufacture comprising a packaging material and contained therein in a separate container the stably transformed cell of claim 32, wherein the cell is useful as an expression system, and wherein the packaging material comprises a label which indicates that the expression system can be used for expressing a desired coding sequence when the RB47 binding site is activated by RB47..].

.[.59. An article of manufacture comprising a packaging material and contained therein in a separate container the stably transformed cell of claim 33, wherein the cell is useful as an expression system, and wherein the packaging material comprises a label which indicates that the expression system can be used for expressing a desired coding sequence when the RB47 binding site is activated by RB47 and regulated by RB60..].

.[.60. An article of manufacture comprising a packaging material and contained therein in a separate container the stably transformed cell of claim 34, wherein the cell is useful as an expression system, and wherein the packaging material comprises a label which indicates that the expression system can be used for expressing a desired coding sequence when the RB47 binding site is activated by RB47 and regulated by RB60..].

.[.61. An article of manufacture comprising a packaging material and contained therein in a separate container the expression cassette of claim 2, wherein the expression cassette is useful for expression of a RNA transcript, and wherein the packaging material comprises a label which indicates that the expression cassette can be used for producing in vitro a RNA transcript when the RB47 binding site is activated by RB47..].

.[.62. The article of manufacture of claim 61 wherein the promoter sequence is selected from the group consisting of T3 and T7 promoters..].

.[.63. The article of manufacture of claim 61 further comprising in separate containers a polymerase, a buffer and each of four ribonucleotides, reagents for in vitro RNA transcription..].

.Iadd.64. A chloroplast expression cassette comprising the following components in the 5' to 3' direction of transcription: a) a promoter functional in a chloroplast; b) a 5' leader sequence comprising a 5' untranslated region (UTR), wherein the 5' UTR comprises an RB47 binding site; and c) a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous protein of interest..Iaddend.

.Iadd.65. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 64, wherein the DNA sequence encodes a vertebrate polypeptide..Iaddend.

.Iadd.66. The chloroplast cassette of claim 64, wherein the DNA sequence encodes a mammalian polypeptide..Iaddend.

.Iadd.67. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 64, wherein the polypeptide is an antibody..Iaddend.

.Iadd.68. The chloroplast cassette of claim 67, wherein the polypeptide is a single chain antibody..Iaddend.

.Iadd.69. The chloroplast cassette of claim 64, wherein the chloroplast is a plant chloroplast..Iaddend.

.Iadd.70. The chloroplast cassette of claim 64, wherein the chloroplast is an algal chloroplast..Iaddend.

.Iadd.71. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 64, wherein the 5' leader sequence is a 5' untranslated region (UTR)..Iaddend.

.Iadd.72. A cell containing the chloroplast expression cassette of claim 64..Iaddend.

.Iadd.73. An alga or plant comprising a cell of claim 72..Iaddend.

.Iadd.74. An algal chloroplast comprising the expression cassette of claim 64..Iaddend.

.Iadd.75. A micro-algae containing a chloroplast of claim 74..Iaddend.

.Iadd.76. The micro-algae of claim 75, wherein the algae is Chlamydomonas reinhardtii..Iaddend.

.Iadd.77. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 64, further comprising a 3' UTR..Iaddend.

.Iadd.78. The expression cassette of claim 64, wherein the DNA sequence encodes a eukaryotic protein..Iaddend.

.Iadd.79. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 77, wherein the promoter and the 5' leader sequence and the 3' UTR are of a length which allows for replacement of a homologous gene by genetic recombination upon introduction into the chloroplast genome..Iaddend.

.Iadd.80. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 79, wherein the homologous gene to be replaced is a psbA gene..Iaddend.

.Iadd.81. A method for producing a non-plant, non-plastid protein in a chloroplast, comprising: a) transforming a chloroplast of a cell with a cassette of claim 64, and b) growing the cell comprising the transformed chloroplast under conditions wherein the DNA sequence is expressed to produce the protein in the chloroplast..Iaddend.

.Iadd.82. A eukaryotic cell comprising a transformed chloroplast producing a protein according to the method of claim 81..Iaddend.

.Iadd.83. The chloroplast expression cassette of claim 79, wherein the protein is an antibody..Iaddend.

.Iadd.84. A microalgal chloroplast transformed with an expression cassette of claim 65..Iaddend.

.Iadd.85. The microalgal chloroplast of claim 84, wherein said microalga is Chlamydomonas reinhardtii..Iaddend.

.Iadd.86. A method for producing a heterologous eukaryotic protein in a microalgal chloroplast, comprising: a) transforming a microalgal chloroplast of a cell with a cassette of claim 65, and b) growing the cell comprising the transformed microalgal chloroplast under conditions wherein the DNA sequence is expressed to produce the protein in the microalgal chloroplast..Iaddend.