FIGURE 3.
Ole18-CecA is susceptible to P. pastoris proteases. (A) Growth of recombinant strains carrying empty vector (EV), Olel8, Olel8-PAF102, Olel8-CecA. Aliquots of 5 μl of ten serial dilutions of log phase cultures (OD600 = 1) were spotted on YPD agar media and allowed to grow for 2 days at 30°C. (B) Images of fluorescence and bright field microscopy of EV and Olel8-CecA cells after fluorescein diacetate (FDA) viability staining. (C) Immunoblot of OB fractions isolated from rice seeds producing Ole18-CecA∗ or Ole18-PAF102∗ fusion proteins, in the presence of total protein extracts (25 μg) from EV yeast cells, supplemented without (–) or with (+) protease inhibitors, incubated (I) or not (N) overnight at room temperature.