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Claims for Patent: 7,041,815


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Summary for Patent: 7,041,815
Title:Sporamin promoter and uses thereof
Abstract: The invention features sporamin promoters, including the promoter of the Ipomoea batatas sporamin A gene. The promoter directs gene expression in tubers and responds in aerial structures to wounding, pathogens, and other environmental insults.
Inventor(s): Yeh; Kai-Wun (Taipei, TW), Wang; Shu-Jen (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Sinon Corporation (Taichung Hsien, TW)
Application Number:10/140,896
Patent Claims:1. An isolated nucleic acid comprising a promoter having a sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 and that comprising a 12 nucleotide site having at least 10 nucleotides identical to SEQ ID NO:5, wherein the promoter directs transcription in response to wounding.

2. An isolated nucleic acid comprising the promoter that comprising SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the promoter comprising a 12 nucleotide site having at least 10 nucleotides identical to SEQ ID NO:5.

3. The nucleic acid of claim 1 further comprising a heterologous sequence, wherein a portion of the nucleic acid containing SEQ ID NO:1 directs transcription of the heterologous sequence.

4. A vector comprising the nucleic acid of claim 1.

5. A transformed bacteria or plant cell comprising the nucleic acid of claim 3.

6. A transgenic plant whose genome comprises the nucleic acid sequence of claim 3.

7. The transgenic plant of claim 6 wherein the plant is a dicot.

8. The transgenic plant of claim 6 wherein the plant is selected from the group consisting of Ipomoea batatas, Arabidopsis, rice, tobacco, maize, Brassica, and potato.

9. A method of producing a polypeptide, the method comprising: providing a tuberous plant having a transgene comprising a promoter having the sequence of the nucleic acid of claim 1, and a heterologous sequence encoding the polypeptide, the heterologous sequence being operably linked to the promoter; inducing transcription of the heterologous sequence in a tissue by wounding, pathogen infection, pest infestation, or elicitor treatment; harvesting the tissue; and recovering the polypeptide from the tissue; to thereby produce the polypeptide.

10. A method of producing a polypeptide, the method comprising: providing a plant having a transgene comprising a promoter having the sequence of the nucleic acid of claim 1, and directs expression in tubers, and a heterologous sequence encoding the polypeptide, the heterologous sequence being operably linked to the promoter; harvesting tubers from the plant; and recovering the polypeptide from the tissue; to thereby produce the polypeptide.

11. The nucleic acid of claim 2 further comprising a heterologous sequence, wherein SEQ ID NO:1 directs transcription of the heterologous sequence.

12. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 11 wherein the heterologous sequence encodes a polypeptide.

13. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 12 wherein the polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of a protease inhibitor, collagenase, chitinase, glucanase, glycosidase, and Bacillus thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxin.

14. A vector comprising the nucleic acid of claim 2.

15. A transformed bacteria or plant cell comprising the vector of claim 14.

16. A transgenic plant whose genome comprises the nucleic acid sequence of claim 11.

17. The transgenic plant of claim 16 wherein the plant is a dicot.

18. The transgenic plant of claim 16 wherein the plant is selected from the group consisting of Ipomoea batatas, Arabidopsis, rice, tobacco, maize, Brassica, and potato.

19. The transgenic plant of claim 16 wherein the plant is Ipomoea batatas.

20. The transgenic plant of claim 16 wherein the plant is tobacco.

21. A method of producing a polypeptide, the method comprising: providing a tuberous plant having a transgene comprising a promoter having the sequence of the nucleic acid of claim 2, and a heterologous sequence encoding the polypeptide, the heterologous sequence being operably linked to the promoter; inducing transcription of the heterologous sequence in a tissue by wounding, pathogen infection, pest infestation, or elicitor treatment; harvesting the tissue; and recovering the polypeptide from the tissue; to thereby produce the polypeptide.

22. A method of producing a polypeptide, the method comprising: providing a plant having a transgene comprising a promoter having the sequence of the nucleic acid of claim 2, and directs expression in tubers, and a heterologous sequence encoding the polypeptide, the heterologous sequence being operably linked to the promoter; harvesting tubers from the plant; and recovering the polypeptide from the tissue; to thereby produce the polypeptide.

23. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 3 wherein the heterologous sequence encodes a polypeptide.

24. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 23 wherein the polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of a protease inhibitor, collagenase, chitinase, glucanase, glycosidase, and Bacillus thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxin.

25. The transgenic plant of claim 6 wherein the plant is Ipomoea batatas.

26. The transgenic plant of claim 6 wherein the plant is tobacco.

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