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Codon Optimization> | Three pectinase genes, PgaA (Aspergillus niger JL-15)[12], Pg7fn (Thielavia arenaria XZ7)[13] and PGI (chaetomium sp)[14]; one xylanase gene XynB (Aspergillus niger)[5,15], one phytase gene EsAPPA (Escherichia coli)[5] and six cellulase and β-glucanase genes (respectively), cel5B (Gloeophyllum trabeum)[16], egII (Pichia pastoris)[17], AG-egaseI (Apriona germari)[18], TeEGI (Teleogryllus emma)[19], cel9 (Clostridium phytofermentans)[20] and Bh-egaseI (Batocera horsfieldi)[21] were optimized and synthesized based on pig codon preferences using Genscript (Nanjing, China). | Get A Quote |
The current challenges facing the pork industry are to maximize feed efficiency and minimize fecal emissions. Unlike ruminants, pigs lack a number of digestive enzymes like pectinase, xylanase, cellulase, β-1.3-1.4-glucanase and phytase to hydrolyze the cell walls of grains to release endocellular nutrients into their digestive tracts. Herein, we synthesized multiple cellulase and pectinase genes derived from lower organisms and then codon optimized these genes to be expressed in pigs. These genes were then cloned into our previously optimized XynB (xylanase)- EsAPPA (phytase) bicistronic construct. We then successfully generated transgenic pigs that expressed four enzymes (Pg7fn (pectinase), XynB(xylana... More