Abstract:
By taking the M-CL of
Monascus in Fujian as the original strain, the
PtrpC promoter and
TrpC terminator were cloned by using the PSKH plasmid as the template. The PMT fusion fragments were obtained by fusing
PtrpC promoter,
MpigE target gene and
TrpC terminator with the overlap-extension PCR technology. In order to verify the correctness of the fusion fragment PMT, the agarose gel electrophoresis analysis was carried out, and a single clear band appeared at about 2,100 bp. The fragment of PMT was digested by
EcoR V and
Spe I, and the
EcoR V and
Spe I sites of the PSKH plasmid with hydthromycin resistance were inserted to construct an overexpression vector HPMT of
Monascus, with a size of 7 155 bp. By constructing the overexpression vector, the M-CL of
Monascus was modified, thus to obtain the strain with high yield of pigment and low yield of citrinin.