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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Kazutoshi Sawada, Sodegaura, JP;
Takeshi Matsui, Ikoma, JP;
Mayumi Yoshida, Nara, JP;
Nobuo Yoshida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kyoko Yoshida, Nishinomiya, JP;
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma-shi, JP;
Abstract
A bacterial toxin protein such as a Shiga toxin protein is efficiently produced using plant cells. The plant cells are transformed using a DNA construct containing DNA encoding a hybrid protein in which the bacterial toxin proteins such as the Shiga toxin proteins are tandemly linked through a peptide having the following characteristics (A) and (B) to produce the bacterial toxin protein in the plant cells: (A) a number of amino acids is 12 to 30; and (B) a content of proline is 20 to 35%.