PLANT PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEIN PROMOTER FOR TRANSGENE EXPRESSION
This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a Zea mays PR1 gene. Some embodiments relate to a promoter or a 5′ UTR from a Zea mays PR1 gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a 3′ UTR or a terminator from a Zea mays PR1 gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
1 . A nucleic acid vector comprising a promoter operably linked to a heterologous polynucleotide sequence of:
a) a polylinker sequence;
b) a non- Zea mays PR1 heterologous coding sequence; or
c) a combination of a) and b);
wherein said promoter comprises a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:2.
2 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , wherein said promoter is 2,000 bp in length.
3 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , wherein said promoter consists of a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:2.
4 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , wherein said promoter is operably linked to a heterologous coding sequence.
5 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 4 , wherein the heterologous coding sequence encodes a selectable marker protein, an insecticidal resistance protein, a herbicide tolerance protein, a nitrogen use efficiency protein, a water use efficiency protein, a small RNA molecule, a nutritional quality protein, or a DNA binding protein.
6 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , further comprising a terminator polynucleotide sequence.
7 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , further comprising a 3′ untranslated polynucleotide sequence.
8 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , further comprising a 5′ untranslated polynucleotide sequence.
9 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , further comprising an intron sequence.
10 . The nucleic acid vector of claim 1 , wherein said promoter has insect or wound inducible tissue preferred expression.
11 . A transgenic plant comprising a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:2 operably linked to a heterologous coding sequence.
12 . The transgenic plant of claim 11 , wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of Zea mays , wheat, rice, sorghum, oats, rye, bananas, sugar cane, Zea mays , cotton, Arabidopsis , tobacco, sunflower, and canola.
13 . The transgenic plant of claim 12 , wherein said plant is Zea mays.
14 . The transgenic plant of claim 11 , wherein the heterologous coding sequence is inserted into the genome of said plant.
15 . The transgenic plant of claim 11 , wherein a promoter comprises a polynucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:2 and said promoter is operably linked to a heterologous coding sequence.
16 . The transgenic plant of claim 15 , further comprising a 3′ untranslated sequence.
17 . The transgenic plant of claim 15 , wherein said heterologous coding sequence has insect or wound inducible preferred tissue expression.
18 . The transgenic plant of claim 15 , wherein said promoter is 2,000 bp in length.
19 . A method for producing a transgenic plant cell, the method comprising the steps of:
a) transforming a plant cell with a gene expression cassette comprising a Zea mays PR1 promoter, wherein said promoter comprises a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:1, operably linked to at least one polynucleotide sequence of interest;
b) isolating the transformed plant cell comprising the gene expression cassette; and,
c) producing a transgenic plant cell comprising the Zea mays PR1 promoter operably linked to at least one polynucleotide sequence of interest.
20 . A method for expressing a polynucleotide sequence of interest in a plant cell, the method comprising introducing into the plant cell a polynucleotide sequence of interest operably linked to a Zea mays PR1 promoter, wherein said promoter comprises a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:1.