DNA encoding scorpion peptide androctonin

摘要

The following are claimed: (1) a nucleic acid fragment encoding an androctonin; (2) a nucleic acid fragment encoding a peptide-androctonin or androctonin-peptide fusion protein; (3) a fusion protein as in (2); (4) a chimeric gene comprising a coding sequence linked to heterologous 5' and 3' regulatory elements, where the coding sequence comprises at least one DNA fragment coding for an androctonin; (5) a cloning or expression vector containing the chimeric gene of (4); (6) a transformed host organism, especially a plant cell, containing the chimeric gene of (4); (7) plants comprising transformed plant cells as in (6); (8) seeds of a plant as in (7).