METHOD OF PRODUCING A BINDER-TOXIN FUSION PROTEIN IN A PLANT CELL OR A WHOLE PLANT

Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The present invention relates to a method of producing a binder-toxin fusion protein comprising at least, one protein binder selected from the group consisting of an antibody, an antibody fragment or derivative retaining target binding capacity, or an antibody mimetic, optionally, a peptide linker, and at least one protein toxin or protein protoxin. The method comprises the steps of: contacting a plant cell or a whole plant with a nucleic acid construct comprising in operational linkage at least the following (A) at least one polynucleotide encoding for the protein binder, or a target binding chain or domain thereof, and either B1) a polynucleotide encoding for a cleavable peptide linker and a polynucleotide encoding for a protein toxin, or B2) a polynucleotide encoding for a protein protoxin, which protoxin comprises a cleavable domain for activation thereof, allowing the construct to integrate into the nucleus of the plant cell, or of one or more cells of the whole plant, and expressing the fusion protein encoded by the nucleic acid construct (Fig. 7).