HIGH EFFICIENCY PLANT EXPRESSION PROMOTER FROM CAPSICUM ANNUUM SERINE HYDROXYMETHYL TRANSFERASE GENE AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to a high efficiency plant expression promoter from Capsicum annuum serine hydroxymethyl transferase gene and uses thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a high efficiency plant expression promoter and 5 '-untranslated region (5'-UTR) from Capsicum annuum serine hydroxymethyl transferase gene, a high efficiency plant expression vector comprising the same, a plant transformed with said vector, a process for high efficiency expression of a foreign gene by using said vector, and a transformed plant which expresses with high efficiency a foreign gene based on said process and seeds of the transformed plant. According to the present invention, the gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana can be improved as much as about five times higher than CaMV35S promoter from cauliflower mosaic virus, that is conventionally used. Further, it was found that the transient expression was enhanced almost 30 times in a callus tissue and a leaf tissue of a plant. Consequently, the claimed invention can be advantageously used for the development of a transformed plant which is desired to be used for large-scale production of a useful material.