Artificial turn-on riboswitch to control target gene expression using a wild-type riboswitch splicing mechanism.
2020
The thiamine pyrophospate (TPP)-dependent thiA riboswitch in Aspergillus oryzae regulates alternative mRNA splicing via TPP-riboswitch binding to reduce protein production. Based on the sequences involved in alternative splicing found in Neurospora crassa, we identified unique sequences that are thought to play a role in the alternative splicing of the thiA riboswitch. Based on the mechanism of alternative splicing regulated by the thiA riboswitch, we constructed a new TPP-dependent artificial riboswitch, which unlike the wild-type riboswitch, promotes, rather than inhibits, gene expression. We found that a target gene controlled by this turn-on artificial riboswitch can be sufficiently expressed for practical use in A. oryzae. The artificial riboswitch upregulates the target genes via TPP and can be applied as a practical tool for gene regulation.
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