A METHOD FOR REGULATING CYTOSOLIC ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN HEVEA BRASILIENSIS

摘要

The present invention discloses an isolated polynucleotide encoding an enzyme for catalyzing cytosolic biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate, dimefhylallyl diphosphate or the combination thereof in the plant of Hevea brasiliensis, comprising nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ' ID NO. 9 or any complementary sequence thereof; and a method for enhancing cytoplasmic availability and functionality of the enzyme, comprising the steps of predicting catalytic domain, signal peptide or membrane-spanning domain of the enzyme; introducing a point mutation to the predicted catalytic domain, signal peptide or membrane-spanning transmembrane domain; and expressing the mutated catalytic domain, signal peptide or membrane-spanning transmembrane domain in a plant cell, tissue or organ of Hevea brasiliensis. The present invention also relates to an isolated polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide, a recombinant gene construct comprising the polynucleotide, a transformant and a transgenic plant comprising the recombinant gene construct, with enhanced production of cytosolic isoprenoid towards rubber production.