Part:BBa_K431009

glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter (pGAP)

This promoter is responsible for the transcription of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Pichia pastoris. Because this is a key enzyme for glycolysis, it is a strong constitutive promoter. This promoter is one of the most common alternatives to pAOX1 for heterologous protein production in P. pastoris. It is advantageous because its use obviates the hazards and expenses involved with using methanol and still provides high yields of protein.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]

  Illegal BamHI site found at 1
  
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

  Illegal SapI site found at 245
  

Team INSA-UPS France 2017: demonstration of pGAP validity in Pichia pastoris

We tested the functionality of pGAP as a constitutive promoter in the yeast Pichia pastoris background.

The biobrick was cloned in pPICZalpha vector and was integrated in Pichia pastoris at the pGAP genomic locus. The reporter gene here was BBa_K2278021 (D-NY15 antimicrobial peptide encoding gene for our project).

RTq-PCR of D-NY15 driven by BBa_K431009 promoter. RNA were issued from Pichia pastoris strains with or without the D-NY15 encoding gene. Total RNAs were extracted from transformants and reverse transcriptions were performed using Superscript II reverse transcriptase (Invitrogen). Resulting D-NY15 cDNA were then amplified by quantitative PCR. The curves correspond to P. pastoris with integrated pPICZalpha-DNY15 (A1, A2, A3), water control (B1 & B2), and P. pastoris with integrated pPICZalpha (C1, C2, C3).

The amount of fluorescence provided by the qRT-PCR with the D-NY15 primers rose after 8 cycles whereas the negative control (pPICZalpha only) started to be amplified at over 29 cycles (non specific amplification). This means that the D-NY15 encoding gene is well expressed in Pichia pastoris with pGAP as a promoter. This promoter is therefore very efficient in the Pichia pastoris background.