Patent Publication Number: US-6699689-B1

Title: Mass production method of antimicrobial peptide and DNA construct and expression system thereof

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD AND BACKGROUND ART 
     The present invention relates to the recombinant DNA technology. The present invention also relates to the mass-production of antimicrobial materials from microorganisms and a DNA construct and vector system. Biologically active peptide (antimicrobial peptide hereinafter) has little chance to develop resistance since the antimicrobial peptides show activity by a mechanism that is totally different from that of conventional antibiotics which have a serious problem of developing resistance. Therefore, the antimicrobial peptides have a high industrial applicability in the fields of pharmaceutics and the food industry. 
     The main obstacle in the industrial use of the antimicrobial peptide, however, is the difficulty in economical mass-production of the antimicrobial peptides. For instance, the production of the antimicrobial peptides by chemical synthesis is not economical. Also, there have been attempts to produce antimicrobial peptides by genetic engineering using microorganisms, in this case, however, the expression levels of the antimicrobial peptides are very low. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 5,206,154 provides a DNA construct which comprises a polypeptide gene which is capable of suppressing the bactericidal effect of cecropin, and a cecropin gene fused to the polypeptide gene. An example of such polypeptide disclosed in the patent is the araB gene. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 5,593,866 provides a method for a microbial production of a cationic antimicrobial peptide, wherein the cationic peptides is expressed as a fusion to an anionic peptide to avoid degradation by a bacterial protease. 
     DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention provides a DNA construct to mass-produce a antimicrobial peptides. The present invention also provides a DNA construct that can produce and recover antimicrobial peptides effectively from microorganisms. 
     Also, the present invention provides gene multimers that can increase the efficiency of expression, separation and purification of desired peptides and the construction method of such construct. 
     Further, the present invention provides an expression vector to mass-produce antimicrobial peptides from microorganisms. 
     Further, the present invention provides a method to mass-produce antimicrobial peptides form microorganisms. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIGS. 1A,  1 B,  1 C,  1 D,  1 E and  1 F, herein referred to collectively as FIG. 1, are a nucleotide sequence coding for an antimicrobial peptide of the present invention. 
     FIGS. 2A,  2 B,  2 C and  2 D, herein referred to collectively as FIG. 2, are a nucleotide sequence coding for a fusion partner. 
     FIGS. 3A and 3B, herein referred to collectively as FIG. 3, are a scheme of a fusion method between the fusion partner and the MSI-344 gene by generating a sequence encoding producing CNBr cleavage site. 
     FIGS. 4A and 4B, herein referred to collectively as FIG. 4, are a scheme of a fusion method between the fusion partner and the MSI-344 gene by generating a sequence encoding producing hydroxylamine cleavage site. 
     FIG. 5 is a scheme of the construction of the transcriptionally fused multimer. 
     FIGS. 6A and 6B, herein referred to collectively as FIG. 6, are a scheme of the construction of the pGNX2 vector. 
     FIG. 7 is a scheme of the construction of the pT7K2.1 vector. 
     FIG. 8 is a scheme of the construction of the pGNX3 vector. 
     FIG. 9 is the pGNX4 vector. 
     FIG. 10 is a scheme of the construction of the pGNX5 vector. 
     FIG. 11 is a SDS-PAGE electrophoretic analysis of the lysates of the transformants expressing MSI-344 by an induction with lactose or IPTG. 
     FIG. 12 is a SDS-PAGE electrophoretic analysis of MSI-344 expression with various vectors. 
     FIG. 13 a  is a SDS-PAGE electrophoretic analysis of the lysates of the transformants expressing various antimicrobial peptides by induction with lactose. 
     FIG. 13 b  is a SDS-PAGE electrophoretic analysis of the lysates of the transformants expressing various antimicrobial peptides by an induction with lactose. 
     FIGS. 14 a ,  14   b ,  14   c  and  14   d  are SDS-PAGE electrophoretic analyses of the lysates of the transformants expressing various antimicrobial peptides by an induction with lactose. 
     FIG. 15 is a SDS-PAGE electrophoretic analysis of the lysates of the transformants expressing the monomer, dimer and tetramer of the fusion genes. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a DNA construct for mass-producing antimicrobial peptides effectively in  E. coli  or other prokaryotes. 
     One of the essential conditions for mass production of the antimicrobial peptides from microorganisms is to efficiently neutralize the toxicity of the antimicrobial peptides against the microorganisms. To this end, the present invention provides a DNA construct in which a whole gene, partial or derivatives of the purF gene (glutamine pyrophosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase; Genbank No.: X12423) (Tso et al., J. Biol. Chem., 257: 3525, 1982, Makaroff et al., J. Bio. Chem., 258: 10586, 1983) is fused as a fusion partner to the gene coding for antimicrobial peptides. 
     The derivatives of purF gene used as a fusion partner in the DNA construct according to the present invention allows mass-production of the antimicrobial peptides as a fused polypeptide with purF derivatives in  Escherichia coli  without killing the host cells. Therefore, it is possible to mass-produce the desired antimicrobial peptides from the host microorganisms using a strong expression system since they are not lethal to the host cell. In the case of using a fusion partner according to the present invention to express peptides, it is possible to cleave and separate the antimicrobial peptides from the fusion protein by using a protease or other chemicals. To achieve this, for instance it is possible to insert a DNA sequence between the fusion partner and antimicrobial peptide genes encoding the cleavage site for proteases such as Factor Xa or enterokinase or chemicals such as CNBr or hydroxylamine. 
     For instance, to provide a CNBr cleavage site, restriction enzyme site containing Met codon (ATG) with correct leading frame such as Afl III, Bsm I, BspH I, BspLU11 I, Nco I, Nde I, Nsi I, Ppu10 I, Sph I, Sty I, or their isoschizomers could be inserted into the 3′ end of the fusion partner. It is possible to make in-frame fusion of the fusion partner and the gene coding for antimicrobial peptide by inserting the restriction enzyme site into the 5 end of the gene coding for antimicrobial peptide that produces a compatible end to the enzyme site of the fusion partner. 
     It is also possible to insert a DNA sequence coding for Asn-Gly between the fusion partner and antimicrobial peptide genes. For instance, two genes can be fused by the following method. After inserting a restriction enzyme or isoschizomer site containing an Asn codon with correct reading frame at the 3′ end of the fusion partner, the fusion partner is cleaved by the enzyme. At the 5′ end of the gene coding for antimicrobial peptide, a restriction enzyme site containing a Gly codon with correct reading frame that produces a compatible or blunt end with the corresponding site of the fusion partner is inserted and cleaved with the corresponding enzyme. The two cleaved DNA fragments may be connected to produce the fused gene. The genetic construct according to the present invention may be inserted into the host cell by cloning into any kind of expression vector, that is conventionally used in this field such as plasmid, virus or other vehicles that can be used to insert or incorporate the structural genes. 
     The present invention relates to a multimer that can increase the expression level by increasing the copy number of the gene of the required product and which can be separated and purified conveniently and the preparation method thereof. 
     The multimer according to the present invention is constructed by the following units. 
     1) A first restriction enzyme site that can generate an initiation codon Met, 2) a structural gene, 3) a ribosome binding site (RBS), and 4) a second restriction enzyme site generating a cohesive end which can be in-frame fused to the cohesive end generated by the first restriction enzyme and which can generate the initiation codon. Here, the stop codon and the RBS of the structural gene may overlap by ca. 2 bp or may be separated as far as 500 bp. The distance between the RBS and the second restriction enzyme site that can generate the initiation codon may be ca. 5 to 30 bp. The 3′ and 5′ ends of the multimer may be cleaved by the first or second restriction enzyme, respectively. 
     The multimer according to the present invention may be prepared by a variety of techniques known in the field of genetic engineering. One of the examples of such preparation method is given below. 
     After cleaving the units of a gene given above by the first and second restriction enzymes, the cleaved units is connected to produce a mixture containing multimers that include each unit with the same direction and multimers that have more than one unit with reverse direction. Since the multimers that contain more than one unit with reverse direction will have the first or second restriction enzyme site regenerated at the connection site, the multimer mixture may be cleaved simultaneously by the first and second restriction enzymes and separated by agarose gel electrophoresis, for instance, to separate the multimers those have units with the same direction only. The multimer according to the present invention is a transcriptionally fused multimer. This means that the repeated genes are transcribed into a single mRNA, but the gene expression product is not connected. In other words, the multimer is translated into many copies of a single product, In the case of the conventional translationally fused multimer, the desired product is present as a concatemer in a single polynucleotide, and an additional cleavage process is necessary to obtain the desired active product in case that the expression product is a fusion protein, it requires a greater amount of reagent to cleave only with lower efficiency when compared to the transcriptionally fused multimer. Compared to the translationally fused multimer, the expressed multimer of the present invention does not require additional cleavage processes or in the case it requires cleavage processes such as fused proteins, the amount of the reagent for the cleavage may be reduced since the number of peptide bonds to be cleaved per mole of the fused peptide is relatively smaller than the translationally fused multimer. 
     The multimer of the present invention may increase the gene expression in the host cell, have advantages in cleaving and purifying the desired product, and express in the host more efficiently when compared to the monomer. The multimer and the preparation method thereof are not limited in preparing peptides or fusion peptides. It can be widely applicable in expressing the unfused or fused gene coding for enzymes, hormones and antimicrobial polypeptides in microorganism. 
     Therefore, it is desirable to produce the DNA construct of the present invention in the form of transcriptionally fused multimer. In the case of preparing the DNA construct of the present invention in the form of transcriptionally fused multimer, it is advantageous to cleave and purify the products, and the multimer may be expressed in the host more efficiently than the monomer. 
     The present invention also relates to the expression vector that may induce the expression of foreign genes by lactose which is more economical than IPTG. 
     The expression vector according to the present invention is composed of high copy number replication origin, strong promoter and structural gene, and does not include lacl q  gene. 
     The replication origin may be colE1 or p15A in the present invention. Examples of the strong promoters include tac, trc, trp, T7Φ10, P L , other inducible or constitutive promoters in the microorganisms. Additionally, a selection marker gene that may be used to select the transformants of the vector may be included. These marker genes include antibiotic resistant genes against antibiotics such as ampicillin, kanamycin, tetracyline and chloramphenicol, or the genes that complement the auxotrophy of the host. Gene expression using the expression vector according to the present invention can be induced efficiently by adding lactose instead of IPTG preferably by adding IPTG and lactose simultaneously. 
     As an example, after transforming the plasmid containing the structural gene into the host cells, transformants are primary-cultured for 5 to 18 hours at 30-37° C. in a culture medium that include 50-300 μg/ml kanamycin. Afterwards, they are diluted to 1% (v/v) in a fresh media and cultured at 30-37° C. To induce the expression, 0.01 mM-10 mM IPTG is added when the OD 600  reaches 0.2-2 in case of IPTG induction, or 0.2-2% lactose is added when the OD 600  reaches 0.2-2, or at the time of inoculation in the case of lactose induction. IPTG and lactose can be used simultaneously with a significantly reduced amount of IPTG. Additionally, it is desirable to include a transcriptional terminator in the expression vector according to the present invention. 
     It is possible to obtain the expression product as an inclusion bodies using the expression vector of the present invention. This property is useful in producing a product lethal to the host. 
     A vector containing a structural gene of the present invention may be transformed into microorganisms by using conventional methods used in the fields of the present invention. For instance, the transformation may be achieved by CaCl 2  method or by physical methods such as electrophoration or microinjection into prokaryotic cells such as  E. coli . There is no specific limitation for the host. For instance  E. coli  strain may be selected form BL21(DE3), BLR(DE3), B834(DE3), AD494(DE3), JM109(DE3), HMS174(DE3), UT400(DE3) and UT5600(DE3). Culture medium could be selected from LB, M9, M9CA, and R according to the characteristics of the host or transformants cells. Growth factors may be added to the media depending on the host requirements. 
     LB medium (bacto-tryptone 10 g/l, yeast extract 5 g/l, NaCl 10 g/l) 
     M9 medium (Na 2 PO 4  7H 2 O 12.8 g/l, KH 2 PO 4  3.0 g/l, NaCl 0.5 g/l, NH 4 Cl 1 g/l, glucose 4 g/l, MgSO 4  2 mM, CaCl 2  0.1 mM) 
     M9CA medium (M9 medium+0.2% casamino acid) 
     R medium (Reisenberg medium; KH 2 PO4 13.3 g/l, (NH 4 ) 2 PO 4  4.0 g/l, citric acid 0.17 g/l, MgSO 4  7H 2 O 0.22 g/l, glucose 20 g/l, trace element solution 10 ml/l) 
     Trace element solution (ferric citrate 7.3 g/l, CoCl 2  6H 2 O 0.5 g/l, MnCl 2  4H 2 O 3.2 g/l, CuCl 2  2H 2 O 0.3 g/l, H 3 BO 3  0.7 g/l, NaMoO 4  2H 2 O 1.68 g/l, Thiamin HCl 0.5 g/l, EDTA 1 g/l) 
     The invention will be further illustrated in detail by the following examples. It will be apparent to those having conventional knowledge in this field that these examples are given only to explain the present invention more clearly, but the invention is not limited to the examples given below. 
     EXAMPLE 1 
     Preparation of a Gene Coding for an Antimicrobial Peptide 
     Two different MSI-344 genes were synthesized by the PCR method to express MSI-344 gene efficiently in  E. coli  and to ease the gene manipulation (FIG.  1 ). Template for PCR was pNH18a-MBP-MSI-78 described in Korean patent application 97-29426. Sequence (a) (SEQ ID NO. 55) was synthesized using primers No. 1 (SEQ ID NO. 1) and No. 2 (SEQ ID NO. 2) in Table 1 which was designed to separate MSI-344 by CNBr cleavage from the fusion peptide, and Sequence (b) (SEQ ID NO. 57) was synthesized using primers No. 3 (SEQ ID NO. 3) and No. 4 (SEQ ID NO. 4) in Table 1 which was designed to be cleaved by hydroxylamine. To subclone MSI-344 gene with correct reading frame into the expression vector, Nde1 (Sequence (a)) and SmaI (Sequence (b)) sites were inserted in front of MSI-344 gene and stop codons TAA and TGA were inserted behind the MSI-344 gene. Also to construct the transcriptional multimer, a ribosome binding site that overlaps 1 base pair with the stop codon and Ase I site were inserted. These two MSI-344 genes were cloned into pCR2.1 vector (Invitrogen, USA) to prepare vector pCRMSI containing sequence (a) and vector pCRMSI&#39; containing sequence (b). 
     The antimicrobial peptide genes in FIG. 1 were prepared by annealing chemically synthesized oligonucleotides (Table 1) or by performing PCR after annealing. In the case of Apidaecin I (SEQ ID NO. 41), Indolicidin (SEQ ID NO. 51), and Tachyplesin I (SEQ ID NO. 61), DNA sequence was based on the amino acid sequence of a peptide (Maloy and Kark, Peptide Science, 37: 105, 1995) and the gene was chemically synthesized by using codons that can maximize the expression level in  E. coli . In the case of Bombinin (SEQ ID NO. 43), CPF1 (SEQ ID NO. 45), Drosocin (SEQ ID NO. 47), Melittin (SEQ ID NO. 53), HNP-I (SEQ ID NO. 49), PGQ (SEQ ID NO. 59), and XPF (SEQ ID NO. 63), the N- and C-terminal oligonucleotides which were designed to anneal to each other by 8-10 bp overlaps, were synthesized and the peptide gene was synthesized by PCR after annealing two oligonucleotides. The characteristics of each antimicrobial peptide are listed in Table 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Sequences (5′ ---&gt; 3′) 
                 Primers 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                  1 
                 TCCGGATCCATATGGGTATCGGCAAAT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCCTG (SEQ ID NO. 1) 
                 thesis of MSI-344 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (32 mer) 
               
               
                  2 
                 GCATTAATATATCTCCTTCATTACTTTT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCAGGATTTTAACG (SEQ ID NO. 2) 
                 thesis of MSI-344 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (42 mer) 
               
               
                  3 
                 GGATCCCGGGATCGGCAAATTCCTGA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 AAAAGG (SEQ ID NO. 3) 
                 thesis of MSI-344 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (32 mer) 
               
               
                  4 
                 GGATCCATTAATATATCTCCTT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CATTAC 
                 thesis of MSI-344 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 4) 
                 (28 mer) 
               
               
                  5 
                 GGTAACAACCGTCCGGTTTACATCCCG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CAGCCGCGTCCGCCGCACCCGCGTAC 
                 thesis of Apidaecin I 
               
               
                   
                 TTGA (SEQ ID NO. 5) 
                 (57 mer) 
               
               
                  6 
                 AATTCTCAAGTACGCGGGTGCGGCGG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 ACGCGGCTGCGGGATGTAAACCGGAC 
                 thesis of Apidaecin I 
               
               
                   
                 GGTTGTTACC (SEQ ID NO. 6) 
                 (62 mer) 
               
               
                  7 
                 GGTATCGGTGCGCTGTCTGCGAAAGG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TGCGCTGAAAGGTCTGGCGAAA 
                 thesis of Bombinin 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 7) 
                 (48 mer) 
               
               
                  8 
                 CGAATTCTCAGTTCGCGAAGTGTTGCG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CCAGACCTTTCGCCAGACCTTTCAGCG 
                 thesis of Bombinin 
               
               
                   
                 CACC (SEQ ID NO. 8) 
                 (58 mer) 
               
               
                  9 
                 GGTTTCGCGTCTTTCCTGGGTAAAGCG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CTGAAAGCGGCGCTGAAAATC 
                 thesis of CPF 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO 9) 
                 (48 mer) 
               
               
                 10 
                 CGAATTCTCACTGCTGCGGCGCACCAC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CCAGCGCGTTCGCACCGATTTTCAGC 
                 thesis of CPF 
               
               
                   
                 GCCGCTT (SEQ ID NO. 10) 
                 (60 mer) 
               
               
                 11 
                 GGTAAACCGCGTCCGTACTCTCCGCG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCCGACCTCTCAC (SEQ ID NO. 11) 
                 thesis of Drosocin 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (39 mer) 
               
               
                 12 
                 CGAATTCTCAAACCGCGATCGGACGC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 GGGTGAGAGGTCGGACGCGGAGA 
                 thesis of Drosocin 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 12) 
                 (49 mer) 
               
               
                 13 
                 GCATGCCATGGCGTGCTACTGCCGTAT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CCCGGCGTGCATCGCGGGTGAACGTC 
                 thesis of HNP-1 
               
               
                   
                 GTTACGG (SEQ ID NO. 13) 
                 (60 mer) 
               
               
                 14 
                 CGAATTCTCAGCAGCAGAACGCCCAC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 AGACGACCCTGGTAGATGCAGGTA 
                 thesis of HNP-1 
               
               
                   
                 CCGTAACGAC (SEQ ID NO. 14) 
                 (60 mer) 
               
               
                 15 
                 CATGATCCTGCCGTGGAAATGGCCGT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 GGTGGCCGTGGCGTCGTTGAG (SEQ ID 
                 thesis of Indolicidin 
               
               
                   
                 NO. 15) 
                 (47 mer) 
               
               
                 16 
                 AATTCTCAACGACGCCACGGCCACC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 ACGGCCATTTCCACGGCAGGAT 
                 thesis of Indolicidin 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 16) 
                 (47 mer) 
               
               
                 17 
                 GGTATCGGTGCGGGTATCGGTGCGGT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCTGAAAGTTCTGACCACCGGTCTGCC 
                 thesis of Melittin 
               
               
                   
                 GGCGCTG (SEQ ID NO. 17) 
                 (48 mer) 
               
               
                 18 
                 CGAATTCTCACTGCTGACGTTTACGTT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TGATCCAAGAGATCAGCGCCGGCAGA 
                 thesis of Melittin 
               
               
                   
                 CCGGT (SEQ ID NO. 18) 
                 (58 mer) 
               
               
                 19 
                 GGTGTTCTGTCTAACGTTATCGGTTAC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CTGAAAAAACTGGGTACC 
                 thesis of PGQ 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 19) 
                 (45 mer) 
               
               
                 20 
                 CGAATTCTCACTGTTTCAGAACCGCGT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCAGCGCACCGGTACCCAGTTTTTT 
                 thesis of PGQ 
               
               
                   
                 CAG (SEQ ID NO. 20) 
                 (55 mer) 
               
               
                 21 
                 CATGAAATGGTGCTTCCGTGTTTGCTA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CCGTGGTATCTGCTACCGTCGTTGCCG 
                 thesis of Tachyplasin 
               
               
                   
                 TTGAG (SEQ ID NO. 21) 
                 (59 mer) 
               
               
                 22 
                 AATTCTCAACGGCAACGACGGTAGC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 AGATACCCCGGTAGCAAACACGGAAG 
                 thesis of Tachyplasin 
               
               
                   
                 CACCATTT (SEQ ID NO. 22) 
                 (59 mer) 
               
               
                 23 
                 GGTTGGGCGTCTAAAATCGGTCAGAC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CCTGGGTAAAATCGCGAAAGTT 
                 thesis of XPF 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 23) 
                 (48 mer) 
               
               
                 24 
                 CGAATTCTCATTTCGGCTGGATCAGTT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CTTTCAGACCAACTTTCGCGATTTTA 
                 thesis of XPF 
               
               
                   
                 CCCAG (SEQ ID NO. 24) 
                 (58 mer) 
               
               
                 25 
                 GGATCCATATGTGCGGTATTGTCGGTA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCG (SEQ ID NO. 25) 
                 thesis of F 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (30 mer) 
               
               
                 26 
                 CATATGGCGAGCTTCAAATACATCG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 26) 
                 thesis of F 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (25 mer) 
               
               
                 27 
                 GGATCCATATGTGCGGTATTGTCGGTA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCG (SEQ ID NO. 27) 
                 thesis of F′ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (30 mer) 
               
               
                 28 
                 GGATCCAATATTAGCTTCAAATACATC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 GCTC (SEQ ID NO. 28) 
                 thesis of F′ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (31 mer) 
               
               
                 29 
                 GGATCCATATGTGCGGTATTGTCGGTA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCG (SEQ ID NO. 29) 
                 thesis of F3 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (30 mer) 
               
               
                 30 
                 GGATCCAATATTCGCATGCGCAGCTTC 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 AAATACATCG (SEQ ID NO. 30) 
                 thesis of F3 (HA) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (37 mer) 
               
               
                 31 
                 CGGGATCCACATGTGGCGAGCTTCAA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 ATAC (SEQ ID NO. 31) 
                 thesis of F3 (CB) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (30 mer) 
               
               
                 32 
                 GGATCCATATGTGCGGTATTGTCGGTA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TCG (SEQ ID NO. 32) 
                 thesis of F4 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (30 mer) 
               
               
                 33 
                 GCGGATCCACATGTCGGCTTCCAG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 33) 
                 thesis of F4 (CB) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (24 mer) 
               
               
                 34 
                 AATATTGTCGGCTTCCAGCGGGTAG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 34) 
                 thesis of F3 (HA) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (25 mer) 
               
               
                 35 
                 CATATGCTTGCTGAAATCAAAGG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 35) 
                 thesis of BF 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (23 mer) 
               
               
                 36 
                 AATATTGCCAGCACCCTCCTGTCCTCG 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 GTG 
                 thesis of BF 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 36) 
                 (30 mer) 
               
               
                 37 
                 TTCGCTTGCGCGACCACT (SEQ ID NO. 
                 Primers for purF 
               
               
                   
                 37) 
                 G49A mutant 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (18 mer) 
               
               
                 38 
                 TGCGAACGGGTGGAGCCGTTAGACTG 
                 Primers for purF 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 38) 
                 N102L mutant 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (26 mer) 
               
               
                 39 
                 GCGGATCCAAGAGACAGGATGAGGAT 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 CGTTTCGC (SEQ ID NO. 39) 
                 thesis of kan R gene 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (34 mer) 
               
               
                 40 
                 CGGATATCAAGCTTGGAAATGTTGAA 
                 Primers for the syn- 
               
               
                   
                 TACTCATACTCTTC 
                 thesis of kan R gene 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 40) 
                 (40 mer) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Amino acid 
                 Molecular 
                   
               
               
                   
                 residue 
                 weight (kDa) 
                 Origin 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Apidaecin I 
                 18 
                 2.11 
                 Insect ( A. mellifera ) 
               
               
                 Bombinin 
                 24 
                 2.29 
                 Frog ( B. variegata ) 
               
               
                 Cecropin A 
                 36 
                 3.89 
                 Moth ( H. cecropia ) 
               
               
                 CPF1 
                 27 
                 2.60 
                 Frog ( X. Laevis ) 
               
               
                 Drosocin 
                 19 
                 2.11 
                 Fly ( D. melanogaster ) 
               
               
                 HNP1 
                 30 
                 3.45 
                 Human (alpha-defensin) 
               
               
                 Indolicidin 
                 13 
                 1.91 
                 Cow 
               
               
                 MSI-344 
                 22 
                 2.48 
                 Frog ( X. laevis ) 
               
               
                 Melittin 
                 26 
                 2.85 
                 Insect ( H. cecropia ) 
               
               
                 PGQ 
                 24 
                 2.33 
                 Frog ( X. laevis ) 
               
               
                 Tachyplesin I 
                 17 
                 2.27 
                 Crab ( T. tridentatus ) 
               
               
                 XPF 
                 25 
                 2.64 
                 Frog ( X. laevis ) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 2 
     Preparation of Fusion Partner 
     To use as a fusion partner, purF derivatives shown in FIG. 2 were obtained from the chromosomes of  E. coli  and  Bacillus subtilis  using PCR. The fusion partner F was prepared by CNBr cleavage, and F′, F5 and BF by for hydroxylamine cleavage. F3 and F4 were prepared as two different forms; one for CNBr cleavage (F3(CB), F4(CB)), and another for hydroxylamine cleavage (F3(HA), F4(HA), F4a(HA)). Fusion partners F, F′, F3(HA), F3(CB), F4(HA), F4a(HA), F4a(CB), F5, BF are indicated in sequences No. 1-9, respectively. 
     1) purF derivative F (SEQ ID NO. 73) 
     The derivative is a coding for 61 amino acid from the N-terminus of the  E. coli  purF protein (FIG.  2 ). Nde I site including start codon Met was inserted at the 5′ end, and Nde I site including Met codon that encodes cleavage site for CNBr was inserted at the 3′ end. 
     2) purF derivative F′ (SEQ ID NO. 75) 
     To remove the internal hydroxylamine cleavage site, the 49 th  glycine residue (GGG) was substituted with alanine (GCG, see FIG. 2) by site-directed mutagenesis using primer #36 in Table 1, and Ssp I site containing AAT coding for asparagine was added after alanine codon (number 57) by PCR to form a hydroxylamine cleavage site. 
     3) purF derivative F3 
     The 49 th  glycine residue was substituted with alanine as in F′. Asparagine at the 58th residue was substituted with alanine and alanine-asparagine was added after the 59th histidine (F3(HA)) (SEQ ID NO. 77). In case of F3 for CNBr cleavage (F3(CB)) (SEQ ID NO. 79), a DNA sequence that codes for Met and includes BspLU11I site was added after histidine at the 59th residue. 
     4) PurF derivative F4 
     This derivative is composed of 159 amino acid residues from the N-terminus of the purF protein. There exists two hydroxylamine sites in wild-type purF protein. To remove these sites, the 102nd asparagine codon (AAC) was substituted with leucine codon (CTC, underlined in Table 2) by site-directed mutagenesis with primer #37 (Table 1) to form F4(HA) (SEQ ID NO. 81). F4a(HA) (SEQ ID NO. 83) was prepared by double substitution of the 49th glycine with alanine and the 102 nd  asparagine with leucine. In the case of F4(HA) and F4a(HA) for hydroxylamine cleavage, the SspI site including asparagine codon was added at the 3′ end. In the case of F4a(CB) (SEQ ID NO. 85) for CNBr cleavage, BspLU11 I site including Met codon was added at the 3′ end. 
     5) purF derivative F5 (SEQ ID NO. 87) 
     This derivative composed of a sequence from the 60 th  methionine to the 148 th  aspartic acid of the purF protein, and Ssp I site was added at the 3′ end. 
     6) purF derivative BF (SEQ ID NO. 89) 
     BF is a purF derivative of  B. subtilis  and includes 43 amino acid residues and Ssp I site coding for Asn at the 3′ end. 
     EXAMPLE 3 
     Preparation of DNA Construct Coding for Fused Peptides 
     Among the peptide genes prepared in Example 1, the genes encoding peptide that contains glycine at the first amino acid were fused to fusion partners for the hydroxylamine cleavage, F4a(HA), F5 and BF. Other peptides (HNP-I, Indolicidin, Tachyplesin) were fused to the fusion partners for the CNBr cleavage, F, F3(CB) and F4a(CB) (Table 3). 
     A method of fusion between the fusion partner and the gene coding for an antimicrobial peptide while producing the CNBr cleavage site (Met) or hydroxylamine cleavage site (Asn-Gly) is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively. In the case of fusion with fusion partner F for CNBr cleavage, the fusion partner and the MSI-344 gene were fused using the Nde I site to produce DNA construct FM (FIG. 3 a ). In case of fusion with F3(CB) or F4(CB), the peptide genes are chemically synthesized and fused to 3′ end BspLU11 I site of the fusion partner by complementary 5′ Nco I site for HNP-I, and 5′ BspLu11 I site for indolicidin and tachyplesin, respectively. 
     The fusion with the fusion partner for hydroxylamine cleavage (F′, F3(HA), F4(HA), F4a(HA), F5, BF) was carried out by cleaving the fusion partner with Ssp I and MSI-344 by Sma I, and connecting these DNA fragments to generate Asn-Gly site for the hydroxylamine cleavage. In the case of the genes for Apidaecin I, Bombinin, CPF1, Drosocin, Melittin, PGQ and XPF, it was not necessary to digest with restriction enzyme before the fusion with the fusion partner cleaved with Ssp I, since they have 5′ blunt ends. 
     EXAMPLE 4 
     Preparation of Transcriptionally Fused Multimer 
     A monomeric unit that can produce multimers was constructed consisting of Nde I site coding for Met, structural gene, RBS (SEQ ID NO. 91), and Ase I site that connects with Nde I to generate Met. As structural genes, F4a(HA)-MS 1344 fusion gene ( F4Ma ) and F5-MSI344 fusion gene ( F5M ) were used. The monomeric units were digested with Nde I and Ase I, and the isolated monomeric units were reconnected. Obtained DNA fragments were digested again with Nde I and Ase I, and the multimers were separated by agarose gel electrophoreses. By using this method, monomer (F4Ma), dimer (F4MaX2) and tetramer (F4MaX4) of F4Ma and monomer (F5M), dimer (Fm5MX2) and tetramer (F5MX4) of F5M were obtained. 
     EXAMPLE 5 
     Expression Vector 
     To express foreign gene in  E. coli , two expression vectors pGNX2 and pT7K2.1 were constructed by using T7Φ10 promoter, high copy number replication origin (colEI of pUC family), and kanamycin resistance gene. To construct pGNX2, bla gene in commercially available pUC19 (ampicillin resistance gene: Amp R ) was substituted with kanamycin resistance gene (Kan R ). To this end, pUC19 was digested with Ssp I and Dra I to separate 1748 bp DNA fragment having 1748 bp, and Kan R  gene was amplified by PCR by using Tn5 of  E. coli  as a template and primers #39 and #40 (Table 1). The PCR product was digested with BamH I and Hind III, filled-in by Klenow treatment, and cloned int pUC19 digested with Ssp I and Dra I, resulting in pUCK2. After this vector was digested with Nde I and filled in by Klenow treatment, it was religated to contruct pUCK2ΔNdeI. The final plasmid pGNX2 was constructed by cloning the fragment containing T7Φ10 promoter and RBS from pT7-7 (USB, USA) that was digested with BamH I, filled-in by Klenow treatment, and then digested with Ase I, into the pUCK2ΔNdeI vector that was digested with Hind III, filld-in by Klenow treatment, and then digested with Ase I. T7Φ10 promoter and kanamycin resistant gene (Kan R ) are oriented to the same direction in pGNX2 (FIG.  6 ). 
     To construct the plasmid pT7K2.1, the bla gene was removed from pT7-7 by digestion with SspI and Bgl I, and the following treatment with T4 DNA polymerase to make blunt ends. Kan R  gene was prepared as in pGNX2 and the two DNA fragments were ligated to construct pT7K2. Final plasmid pT7K2.1 was constructed by removing Ase I site from this vector (FIG.  7 ).  E. coli  HMS174 (DE3) transformed with pGNX2 was deposited to Korean Collection of Type Cultures (KCTC) in Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology located at Yusong-gu Eun-dong, Taejon, Korea on May 29, 1998 and the number KCTC0486BP was given. To construct pGNX3, pGNX2F4M was partially digested with BspH I, and the fragment that has a cut in a single BspH I site was separated and further digested with BamH I. To prepare fragment containing T7 and rrnBT1T2 terminators, 132 bp fragment from pET11 a digested with BamH I and EcoR V and a 488 bp fragment from ptrc99a digested with BamH I and EcoR V were ligated. These fused fragments were cleaved by BamH I and BspH I, and cloned into the vector prepared as above to construct pGNX3F4M (FIG.  8 ). 
     To prepare pGNX4, a 3052 bp fragment was isolated from pETACc digested with Xba I and AlwN I, and a 2405 bp vector fragment from the pGNX3F4M digested with Xba I and AlwN I resulting in pGNX4F4M (FIG.  9 ). 
     To construct pGNX5, pGNX3F4M was partially digested with Ase I, then digested with Xba I, and treated with Klenow fragment. A fragment obtained from PCR-TrpPO digested with EcoR I and Nde I and then treated with Klenow fragment was cloned with the above vector fragment to construct pGNX5F4M (FIG.  10 ). 
     EXAMPLE 6 
     Production of Antimicrobial Peptides 
     DNA constructs obtained by fusing the MSI-344 to fusion partners, F3, F4, F4a, F5 and BF, were cloned into pGNX2 digested with Nde I and BamH I and pT7K2.1 digested with Nde I and BamH I, respectively. In case F (entire purF) was used as the fusion partner, it was cloned into pET24a (Novagen, USA) digested with Nde I and Xho I. In case of a multimer, it was cloned into the Nde I site of pGNX2 and pT7K2.1. The genes coding for Apidaecin I, Indolicidin, Tachyplesin I, Bombinin, CPF1, Drosocin, Melittin, HNP-I, PGQ and XPF were fused to the fusion partner F4 and cloned into pGNX2 digested with Nde I and EcoRI. When F3 was used, BamH I and EcoR I sites of pRSETc were used for cloning (Table 3). 
     The plasmids 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 in Table 3 were transformed into  E.coli  HMS174(DE3) by using the CaCl 2  method. R medium supplemented with casamino acid was used as a culture medium, and the peptide expression was induced when OD 600  was between 0.2 and 0.4 by adding 2% lactose and 2 mM IPTG, respectively. The expression level was quantified by scanning the results from SDS-PAGE by a densitometer and as the percent of fusion peptide in total cell proteins (FIG.  11 ). In FIG. 11, M represents molecular weight standard marker, and lanes 1 through 6 represent the expression from the transformants with plasmids 2,3,4,5,6, and 7 in Table 3 by lactose induction, and lanes 7 through 12 represent the expression from the transformants with plasmids 2,3,4,5,6, and 7 in Table 3 by IPTG induction. Lanes 13 and 14 represent the expression from the transformant with plasmid 43 ( E. coli  purF; EF) by lactose and IPTG induction, respectively. As in the same manner, MSI-344 was expressed using  E.coli  HMS174(DE3) transformed with plasmids 44, 45 and 46 in Table 3 and by lactose induction (FIG.  12 ). It can be seen that the expression level is higher with the plasmid having transcriptional terminator. With the HMS174 (DE3) transformed with plasmid 4 in Table 3, the expression of fusion peptide was induced by lactose and cells were harvested 9 hours after induction. The cells were sonicated and precipitates were obtained by centrifugation. After dissolving the precipitates by placing for 2 hours at room temperature in solution containing 9 M urea, 20 mM potassium phosphate (pH 8.5), the sample was loaded onto SP-sepharose FF column (Pharmacia, Sweden), and the fusion peptide F4Ma was eluted using 0.3˜1.0 M NaCl. Purified F4Ma was reacted in 0.5˜2 M hydroxylamine and 0.4 M potassium carbonate (pH 7.5-9.5) buffer to cleave MSI-344 from the fusion partner. After desalting, the reaction mixture was loaded onto SP sepharose FF column (Pharmacia, Sweden) again to elute MSI-344 with 0.4˜1 M NaCl. Purified MSI-344 was identified by HPLC, MALDI-MS and amino acid sequencing. 
     EXAMPLE 7 
     Other plasmids in Table 3 were transformed into  E. coli  HMS1 74 (DE3) by CaCl 2  method. R medium supplemented with casamino acid was used as a culture medium, and the peptide expression was induced by adding 2% lactose when OD 600  was between 0.4 and 0.6. The expression level was quantified by scanning the results from SDS-PAGE by a densitometer and as the percent of fusion peptide in total cell proteins. The results of the expression of each antimicrobial peptide are shown in FIGS. 13 a  and 13 b  and Table 3. In FIG. 13 a , lanes 1 through 6 represent the results from the transformants with plasmids 10,12,15,20,21 and 23 in Table 3. In FIG. 13 b , lanes 1 through 9 represent the results from the transformants with plasmids 11,13,14,16,22,17,18,24 and 19 in Table 3. FIGS. 14 a - 14   d  represent the expression results of plasmids 25-42 in Table 3. Buforin IIbx2 and Buforin IIx4 are dimer and tetramer of Buforin IIb, respectively, and constructed as described in Example 4. The corresponding plasmids, systems and expression results were indicated in parenthesis below: 
     FIG. 14 a : 1(25) 
     FIG. 14 b : 1(26), 2(31), 3(36) 
     FIG. 14 c : 1(27), 3(32), 3(37), 4(28), 5(33), 6(38), 7(29), 8(34), 9(39), 10(30), 11(35), 12(40) 
     FIG. 14 d : 1(41), 2(42), 3(43) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 Fusion 
                 Cleaving 
                 Cloning 
                   
                   
                 Expression 
               
               
                 No 
                 peptide 
                 partner 
                 method 
                 vector 
                 Plasmid 
                 strain 
                 rate (%) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                 MSI-344 
                 F 
                 CNBr 
                 pET24a 
                 PETFM 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 9 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 55) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 BLR(DE3) 
               
               
                 2 
                 MSI-344 
                 F3 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F3M 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                 3 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4M 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 JM109(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT400(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT5600(DE3) 
               
               
                 4 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Ma 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 JM109(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT400(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT5600(DE3) 
               
               
                 5 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pT7K2.1 
                 pT&amp;KF4M 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 JM109(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT400(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT5600(DE3) 
               
               
                 6 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pT7K2.1 
                 pT&amp;KF4Ma 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                 a 
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 JM109(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT400(DE3) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 UT5600(DE3) 
               
               
                 7 
                 MSI-344 
                 F5 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F5M 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                 8 
                 MSI-344 
                 F5 
                 HA 
                 pT7K2.1 
                 pT7KF5M 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                 9 
                 MSI-344 
                 BF 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2BFM 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 12 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HMS174(DE3) 
               
               
                 10 
                 Apidaecin I 
                 F3 
                 HA 
                 pRSETc 
                 pRF2Ap 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 25 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 41) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 11 
                 Apidaecin I 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Ap 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 8.7 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 41) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 12 
                 Bombinin 
                 F3 
                 HA 
                 pRSETc 
                 pRF3Bp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 23 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 43) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 13 
                 Bombinin 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Ap 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 33.6 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 43) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 14 
                 CPF 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Cpf 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 9.0 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 45) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 15 
                 Drosocin 
                 F3 
                 HA 
                 pRSETC 
                 pRF3Dp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 14 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 47) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 16 
                 Drosocin 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Dp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 25 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 47) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 17 
                 Melittin 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Me1 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 26 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 53) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 18 
                 PGQ 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Pg 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 20.2 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 59) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 19 
                 XPF 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Xp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 26.5 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 63) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 20 
                 HNP-I 
                 F3 
                 CNBr 
                 pRSETc 
                 pRF3Hp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 26.3 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 49) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 21 
                 Indolicidin 
                 F3 
                 CNBr 
                 pRSETc 
                 pRF3Id 
                 B21(DE3) 
                 29 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 51) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 22 
                 Indolicidin 
                 F4(CB) 
                 CNBr 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Id 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 20.7 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 51) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 23 
                 Tachyplesin I 
                 F3 
                 CNBr 
                 pRSETc 
                 pRF3Tp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 61) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 24 
                 Tachyplesin I 
                 F4(CB) 
                 CNBr 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2F4Tp 
                 BL21(DE3) 
                 21.8 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 61) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pLysS 
               
               
                 25 
                 Buforin I 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BI 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 25 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 65) 
               
               
                 26 
                 Buforin II 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BII 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 67) 
               
               
                 27 
                 Buforin II 
                 F5(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BII 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 67) 
               
               
                 28 
                 Buforin II 
                 F5(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BII 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 18 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 67) 
               
               
                 29 
                 Buforin II 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BII 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 4 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 67) 
               
               
                 30 
                 Buforin II 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BII 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 4 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 67) 
               
               
                 31 
                 Buforin IIa 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BIIa 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 28 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 69) 
               
               
                 32 
                 Buforin IIa 
                 F5(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BIIa 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 69) 
               
               
                 33 
                 Buforin IIa 
                 F5(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BIIa 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 18 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 69) 
               
               
                 34 
                 Buforin IIa 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BIIa 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 4 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 69) 
               
               
                 35 
                 Buforin IIa 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BIIa 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 4 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 69) 
               
               
                 36 
                 Buforin IIb 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BIIb 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 25 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ iD NO. 71) 
               
               
                 37 
                 Buforin IIb 
                 F5(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BIIb 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 71) 
               
               
                 38 
                 Buforin IIb 
                 F5(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BIIb 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 18 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 71) 
               
               
                 39 
                 Buforin IIb 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4BIIb 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 71) 
               
               
                 40 
                 Buforin IIb 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BIIb 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 15 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 71) 
               
               
                 41 
                 Buforin IIbx2 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BIIbx2 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 71) 
               
               
                 42 
                 Buforin IIbx4 
                 BF(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX3F4BIIbx4 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
               
               
                 43 
                 MSI-344 
                 EF 
                 HA 
                 pGNX2 
                 pGNX2EFM 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 30 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO.57) 
               
               
                 44 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX3 
                 pGNX3F4M 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
               
               
                 45 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX4 
                 pGNX4F4M 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
               
               
                 46 
                 MSI-344 
                 F4(HA) 
                 HA 
                 pGNX5 
                 pGNX5F4M 
                 HMS174(DE3) 
                 15 
               
               
                   
                 (SEQ ID NO. 57) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 8 
     The constructs prepared in Example 4, such as monomer (F4Ma), dimer (F4MaX2) and tetramer (F4MaX4) of F4Ma and monomer (F5M), dimer (Fm5MX2) and tetramer (F5MX4) of F5M were transformed into  E. coli  HMS174 (DE3) after cloning them into Nde I site of pGNX2 and at Nde I site of pT7K2.1. Fusion protein was expressed following the method in Example 6, and the expression level was quantified by scanning the results from SDS-PAGE by a densitometer and as the percent of fusion peptide in total cell proteins. In FIG. 15, lanes 1-6 in pT7K2.1 represent F4Ma, F4MaX2, F4MaX4, F5M, F5MX2, and F5MX4, respectively. Lanes 1-4 in pGNX2 represent F4Ma, F4MaX2, F5M and F5MX2, respectively. As can be seen from FIG. 15, the expression level increased from 30% to 40% when the expression of tetramer was compared with that of the monomer. In the case of F5M, the expression level increased from 20% to 25% when the expression of tetramer was compared with that of monomer. 
     According to the present invention, antimicrobial peptides can be efficiently mass-produced from microorganisms more economically and can be separated and purified easily. 
     
       
         
           
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             1 
             32 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of MSI-344 (32mer) 
             
           
            1
tccggatcca tatgggtatc ggcaaattcc tg                                   32
 
           
             2 
             42 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of MSI-344 (42mer) 
             
           
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gcattaatat atctccttca ttactttttc aggattttaa cg                        42
 
           
             3 
             32 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of MSI-344 (32mer) 
             
           
            3
ggatcccggg atcggcaaat tcctgaaaaa gg                                   32
 
           
             4 
             28 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of MSI-344 (28mer) 
             
           
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ggatccatta atatatctcc ttcattac                                        28
 
           
             5 
             57 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Apidaecin (57mer) 
             
           
            5
ggtaacaacc gtccggttta catcccgcag ccgcgtccgc cgcacccgcg tacttga        57
 
           
             6 
             62 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Apidaecin (62mer) 
             
           
            6
aattctcaag tacgcgggtg cggcggacgc ggctgcggga tgtaaaccgg acggttgtta     60
cc                                                                    62
 
           
             7 
             48 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Bombinin (48mer) 
             
           
            7
ggtatcggtg cgctgtctgc gaaaggtgcg ctgaaaggtc tggcgaaa                  48
 
           
             8 
             58 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Bombinin (58 mer) 
             
           
            8
cgaattctca gttcgcgaag tgttgcgcca gacctttcgc cagacctttc agcgcacc       58
 
           
             9 
             48 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of CPF (48mer) 
             
           
            9
ggtttcgcgt ctttcctggg taaagcgctg aaagcggcgc tgaaaatc                  48
 
           
             10 
             60 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of CPF (60mer) 
             
           
            10
cgaattctca ctgctgcggc gcaccaccca gcgcgttcgc accgattttc agcgccgctt     60
                                                                      60
 
           
             11 
             39 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Drosocin (39mer) 
             
           
            11
ggtaaaccgc gtccgtactc tccgcgtccg acctctcac                            39
 
           
             12 
             49 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Drosocin (49mer) 
             
           
            12
cgaattctca aaccgcgatc ggacgcgggt gagaggtcgg acgcggaga                 49
 
           
             13 
             60 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of HNP-1 (60mer) 
             
           
            13
gcatgccatg gcgtgctact gccgtatccc ggcgtgcatc gcgggtgaac gtcgttacgg     60
                                                                      60
 
           
             14 
             60 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of HNP-1 (60mer) 
             
           
            14
cgaattctca gcagcagaac gcccacagac gaccctggta gatgcaggta ccgtaacgac     60
                                                                      60
 
           
             15 
             47 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Indolicidin (47mer) 
             
           
            15
catgatcctg ccgtggaaat ggccgtggtg gccgtggcgt cgttgag                   47
 
           
             16 
             47 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Indolicidin (47mer) 
             
           
            16
aattctcaac gacgccacgg ccaccacggc catttccacg gcaggat                   47
 
           
             17 
             48 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Melittin (48mer) 
             
           
            17
ggtatcggtg cggttctgaa agttctgacc accggtctgc cggcgctg                  48
 
           
             18 
             58 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Melittin (58mer) 
             
           
            18
cgaattctca ctgctgacgt ttacgtttga tccaagagat cagcgccggc agaccggt       58
 
           
             19 
             45 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of PGQ (45mer) 
             
           
            19
ggtgttctgt ctaacgttat cggttacctg aaaaaactgg gtacc                     45
 
           
             20 
             55 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of PGQ (55mer) 
             
           
            20
cgaattctca ctgtttcaga accgcgttca gcgcaccggt acccagtttt ttcag          55
 
           
             21 
             59 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Tachyplasin (59mer) 
             
           
            21
catgaaatgg tgcttccgtg tttgctaccg tggtatctgc taccgtcgtt gccgttgag      59
 
           
             22 
             59 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of Tachyplasin (59mer) 
             
           
            22
aattctcaac ggcaacgacg gtagcagata ccccggtagc aaacacggaa gcaccattt      59
 
           
             23 
             48 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of XPF (48mer) 
             
           
            23
ggttgggcgt ctaaaatcgg tcagaccctg ggtaaaatcg cgaaagtt                  48
 
           
             24 
             58 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of XPF (58mer) 
             
           
            24
cgaattctca tttcggctgg atcagttctt tcagaccaac tttcgcgatt ttacccag       58
 
           
             25 
             30 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F (30mer) 
             
           
            25
ggatccatat gtgcggtatt gtcggtatcg                                      30
 
           
             26 
             25 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F (25mer) 
             
           
            26
catatggcga gcttcaaata catcg                                           25
 
           
             27 
             30 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F′ (30mer) 
             
           
            27
ggatccatat gtgcggtatt gtcggtatcg                                      30
 
           
             28 
             31 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F′ (31mer) 
             
           
            28
ggatccaata ttagcttcaa atacatcgct c                                    31
 
           
             29 
             30 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F3 (30mer) 
             
           
            29
ggatccatat gtgcggtatt gtcggtatcg                                      30
 
           
             30 
             37 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F3(HA) (37mer) 
             
           
            30
ggatccaata ttcgcatgcg cagcttcaaa tacatcg                              37
 
           
             31 
             30 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F3(CB) (30mer) 
             
           
            31
cgggatccac atgtggcgag cttcaaatac                                      30
 
           
             32 
             30 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F4 (30mer) 
             
           
            32
ggatccatat gtgcggtatt gtcggtatcg                                      30
 
           
             33 
             24 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F4(CB) (24mer) 
             
           
            33
gcggatccac atgtcggctt ccag                                            24
 
           
             34 
             25 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of F3(HA) (25mer) 
             
           
            34
aatattgtcg gcttccagcg ggtag                                           25
 
           
             35 
             23 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of BF (23mer) 
             
           
            35
catatgcttg ctgaaatcaa agg                                             23
 
           
             36 
             30 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of BF (30mer) 
             
           
            36
aatattgcca gcaccctcct gtcctcggtg                                      30
 
           
             37 
             18 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for purF G49A mutant (18mer) 
             
           
            37
ttcgcttgcg cgaccact                                                   18
 
           
             38 
             26 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for purF N102L mutant (26mer) 
             
           
            38
tgcgaacggg tggagccgtt agactg                                          26
 
           
             39 
             34 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               Primers for the synthesis of kanR gene (34mer) 
             
           
            39
gcggatccaa gagacaggat gaggatcgtt tcgc                                 34
 
           
             40 
             40 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               primer for the synthesis of kanR gene (40mer) 
             
           
            40
cggatatcaa gcttggaaat gttgaatact catactcttc                           40
 
           
             41 
             64 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               APIDAECIN I gene 
             
           
            41
ggtaacaacc gtccggttta catcccgcag ccgcgtccgc cgcacccgcg tatctgagaa     60
ttcg                                                                  64
 
           
             42 
             18 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               APIDAECIN I peptide 
             
           
            42
Gly Asn Asn Arg Pro Val Tyr Ile Pro Gln Pro Arg Pro Pro His Pro
  1               5                  10                  15
Arg Ile
 
           
             43 
             82 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BOMBININ gene 
             
           
            43
ggtatcggtg cgctgtctgc gaaaggtgcg ctgaaaggtc tggcgaaagg tctggcggaa     60
cacttcgcga actgagaatt cg                                              82
 
           
             44 
             24 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BOMBININE peptide 
             
           
            44
Gly Ile Gly Ala Leu Ser Ala Lys Gly Ala Leu Lys Gly Leu Ala Lys
  1               5                  10                  15
Gly Leu Ala Glu His Phe Ala Asn
             20
 
           
             45 
             100 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               CPFI gene 
             
           
            45
ggtttcgcgt ctttcctggg taaagcgctg aaagcgctga aagcggcgct gaaaatcggt     60
gcgaacgcgc tgggtggtgc gccgcagcag tgagaattcg                          100
 
           
             46 
             30 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               CPFI peptide 
             
           
            46
Gly Phe Ala Ser Phe Leu Gly Lys Ala Leu Lys Ala Leu Lys Ala Ala
  1               5                  10                  15
Leu Lys Ile Gly Ala Asn Ala Leu Gly Gly Ala Pro Gln Gln
             20                  25                  30
 
           
             47 
             67 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               DROSOCIN gene 
             
           
            47
ggtaaaccgc gtccgtactc tccgcgtccg acctctcacc cgcgtccgat cgcggtttga     60
gaattcg                                                               67
 
           
             48 
             19 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               DROSOCIN peptide 
             
           
            48
Gly Lys Pro Arg Pro Tyr Ser Pro Arg Pro Thr Ser His Pro Arg Pro
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Ala Val
 
           
             49 
             110 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               HNP-I gene 
             
           
            49
gcatgccatg gcgtgctact gccgtatccc ggcgtgcatc gcgggtgagc gtcgttacgg     60
tacctgcatc taccagggtc gtctgtgggc gttctgctgc tgagaattcg               110
 
           
             50 
             30 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               HNP-I peptide 
             
           
            50
Ala Cys Tyr Cys Arg Ile Pro Ala Cys Ile Ala Gly Glu Arg Arg Tyr
  1               5                  10                  15
Gly Thr Cys Ile Tyr Gln Gly Arg Leu Trp Ala Phe Cys Cys
             20                  25                  30
 
           
             51 
             53 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               INDOLICIDIN gene 
             
           
            51
catgatcctg ccgtggaaat ggccgtggtg gccgtggcgt cgttgagaat tcg            53
 
           
             52 
             13 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               INDOLICIDIN peptide 
             
           
            52
Ile Leu Pro Trp Lys Trp Pro Trp Trp Pro Trp Arg Arg
  1               5                  10
 
           
             53 
             88 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               MELITTIN gene 
             
           
            53
ggtatcggtg cggttctgaa agttctgacc accggtctgc cggcgctgat ctcttggatc     60
aaacgtaaac gtcagcagtg agaattcg                                        88
 
           
             54 
             26 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               MELLITIN peptide 
             
           
            54
Gly Ile Gly Ala Val Leu Lys Val Leu Thr Thr Gly Leu Pro Ala Leu
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Ser Trp Ile Lys Arg Lys Arg Gln Gln
             20                  25
 
           
             55 
             103 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               MSI-344(a) gene 
             
           
            55
tccggatcca tatgggtatc ggcaaattcc tgaaaaaggc taagaaattt ggtaaggcgt     60
tcgttaaaat cctgaaaaag taatgaagga gatatattaa tgc                      103
 
           
             56 
             23 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               MSI-344(a) peptide 
             
           
            56
Met Gly Ile Gly Lys Phe Leu Lys Lys Ala Lys Lys Phe Gly Lys Ala
  1               5                  10                  15
Phe Val Lys Ile Leu Lys Lys
             20
 
           
             57 
             100 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               MSI-344(b) gene 
             
           
            57
ggatcccggg atcggcaaat tcctgaaaaa ggctaagaaa tttggtaagg cgttcgttaa     60
aatcctgaaa aagtaatgaa ggagatatat taatggatcc                          100
 
           
             58 
             22 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               MSI-344(b) peptide 
             
           
            58
Gly Ile Gly Lys Phe Leu Lys Lys Ala Lys Lys Phe Gly Lys Ala Phe
  1               5                  10                  15
Val Lys Ile Leu Lys Lys
             20
 
           
             59 
             88 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               PGQ gene 
             
           
            59
ggtgttctgt ctaacgttat cggtatcggt tacctgaaaa aactgggtac cggtgcgctg     60
aacgcggttc tgaaacagtg agaattcg                                        88
 
           
             60 
             26 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               PGQ peptide 
             
           
            60
Gly Val Leu Ser Asn Val Ile Gly Ile Gly Tyr Leu Lys Lys Leu Gly
  1               5                  10                  15
Thr Gly Ala Leu Asn Ala Val Leu Lys Gln
             20                  25
 
           
             61 
             65 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               TACHYPLASIN I gene 
             
           
            61
catgaaatgg tgcttccgtg tttgctaccg tggtatctgc taccgtcgtt gccgttgaga     60
attcg                                                                 65
 
           
             62 
             17 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               TACHYPLASIN I peptide 
             
           
            62
Lys Trp Cys Phe Arg Val Cys Tyr Arg Gly Ile Cys Tyr Arg Arg Cys
  1               5                  10                  15
Arg
 
           
             63 
             85 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               XPF gene 
             
           
            63
ggttgggcgt ctaaaatcgg tcagaccctg ggtaaaatcg cgaaagttgg tctgaaagaa     60
ctgatccagc cgaaatgaga attcg                                           85
 
           
             64 
             25 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               XPF peptide 
             
           
            64
Gly Trp Ala Ser Lys Ile Gly Gln Thr Leu Gly Lys Ile Ala Lys Val
  1               5                  10                  15
Gly Leu Lys Glu Leu Ile Gln Pro Lys
             20                  25
 
           
             65 
             129 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN I gene 
             
           
            65
ggcgcgggac gcggcaaaca aggaggcaaa gtgcgggcta aggccaagac ccgctcatcc     60
cgggcagggc tccagttccc ggtcggccgt gtgcacaggc tcctccgcaa gggcaactac    120
taaggatcc                                                            129
 
           
             66 
             40 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN I peptide 
             
           
            66
Gly Ala Gly Arg Gly Lys Gln Gly Gly Lys Val Arg Ala Lys Ala Lys
  1               5                  10                  15
Thr Arg Ser Ser Arg Ala Gly Leu Gln Phe Pro Val Gly Arg Val His
             20                  25                  30
Arg Leu Leu Arg Lys Gly Asn Tyr
         35                  40
 
           
             67 
             93 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN II gene 
             
           
            67
gggacccgtt cctcccgtgc tggtctgcag ttcccggttg gtcgtgttca ccgtctgctg     60
cgtaaataat gaaggagata tattaatgga tcc                                  93
 
           
             68 
             22 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN II peptide 
             
           
            68
Gly Thr Arg Ser Ser Arg Ala Gly Leu Gln Phe Pro Val Gly Arg Val
  1               5                  10                  15
His Arg Leu Leu Arg Lys
             20
 
           
             69 
             81 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN IIa gene 
             
           
            69
gggcgtgctg gtctgcagtt cccggttggt cgtgttcacc gtctgctgcg taaataatga     60
aggagatata ttaatggatc c                                               81
 
           
             70 
             18 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN IIa peptide 
             
           
            70
Gly Arg Ala Gly Leu Gln Phe Pro Val Gly Arg Val His Arg Leu Leu
  1               5                  10                  15
Arg Lys
 
           
             71 
             93 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN IIb gene 
             
           
            71
gggcgtgctg gtctgcagtt cccggttggt cgcctgctgc gccgtctgct gcgtcgcctg     60
ctgcgctaat gaaggagata tattaatgga tcc                                  93
 
           
             72 
             22 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BUFORIN IIb peptide 
             
           
            72
Gly Arg Ala Gly Leu Gln Phe Pro Val Gly Arg Leu Leu Arg Arg Leu
  1               5                  10                  15
Leu Arg Arg Leu Leu Arg
             20
 
           
             73 
             186 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F gene 
             
           
            73
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcatcatcac catagatgcc    120
aataactgct tccgtttgcg taaagcgaac gggctggtga gcgatgtatt tgaagctcgc    180
catatg                                                               186
 
           
             74 
             61 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F peptide 
             
           
            74
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Gly Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Arg His Met
     50                  55                  60
 
           
             75 
             183 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F′ gene 
             
           
            75
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcatcatcac catagatgcc    120
aataactgct tccgtttgcg taaagcgaac gcgctggtga gcgatgtatt tgaagctaat    180
att                                                                  183
 
           
             76 
             59 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F′ peptide 
             
           
            76
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Ala Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Asn
     50                  55
 
           
             77 
             192 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F3(HA) gene 
             
           
            77
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcatcatcac catagatgcc    120
aataactgct tccgtttgcg taaagcgaac gcgctggtga gcgatgtatt tgaagctgcg    180
catgcgaata tt                                                        192
 
           
             78 
             62 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F3(HA) peptide 
             
           
            78
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Ala Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Ala His Ala Asn
     50                  55                  60
 
           
             79 
             145 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F3(CB) gene 
             
           
            79
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcgctggtga gcgatgtatt    120
tgaagctcgc cacatgtgga tcccg                                          145
 
           
             80 
             61 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F3(CB) peptide 
             
           
            80
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Ala Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Arg His Met
     50                  55                  60
 
           
             81 
             462 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F4(HA) gene 
             
           
            81
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcatcatcac catagatgcc    120
aataactgct tccgtttgcg taaagcgaac gggctggtga gcgatgtatt tgaagctcgc    180
catatgcagc gtttgcaggg caatatgggc attggtcatg tgcgttaccc cacggctggc    240
agctccagcg cctctgaagc gcagccgttt tacgttaact ccccgtatgg cattacgctt    300
gcccacatcg gcaatctgac caacgctcac gagttgcgta aaaaactgtt tgaagaaaaa    360
cgccgccaca tcaacaccac ttccgactcg gaaattctgc ttaatatctt cgccagcgag    420
ctggacaact tccgccacta cccgctggaa gccgacaata tt                       462
 
           
             82 
             152 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F4(HA) peptide 
             
           
            82
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Gly Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Arg His Met Gln Arg Leu
     50                  55                  60
Gln Gly Asn Met Gly Ile Gly His Val Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ala Gly Ser
 65                  70                  75                  80
Ser Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Gln Pro Phe Tyr Val Asn Ser Pro Tyr Gly
                 85                  90                  95
Ile Thr Leu Ala His Ile Gly Asn Leu Thr Asn Ala His Glu Leu Arg
            100                 105                 110
Lys Lys Leu Phe Glu Glu Lys Arg Arg His Ile Asn Thr Thr Ser Asp
        115                 120                 125
Ser Glu Ile Leu Leu Asn Ile Phe Ala Ser Glu Leu Asp Asn Phe Arg
    130                 135                 140
His Tyr Pro Leu Glu Ala Asp Asn
145                 150
 
           
             83 
             462 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F4a(HA) gene 
             
           
            83
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcatcatcac catagatgcc    120
aataactgct tccgtttgcg taaagcgaac gcgctggtga gcgatgtatt tgaagctcgc    180
catatgcagc gtttgcaggg caatatgggc attggtcatg tgcgttaccc cacggctggc    240
agctccagcg cctctgaagc gcagccgttt tacgttaact ccccgtatgg cattacgctt    300
gcccacatcg gcaatctgac caacgctcac gagttgcgta aaaaactgtt tgaagaaaaa    360
cgccgccaca tcaacaccac ttccgactcg gaaattctgc ttaatatctt cgccagcgag    420
ctggacaact tccgccacta cccgctggaa gccgacaata tt                       462
 
           
             84 
             152 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F4a(HA) peptide 
             
           
            84
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Ala Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Arg His Met Gln Arg Leu
     50                  55                  60
Gln Gly Asn Met Gly Ile Gly His Val Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ala Gly Ser
 65                  70                  75                  80
Ser Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Gln Pro Phe Tyr Val Asn Ser Pro Tyr Gly
                 85                  90                  95
Ile Thr Leu Ala His Ile Gly Asn Leu Thr Asn Ala His Glu Leu Arg
            100                 105                 110
Lys Lys Leu Phe Glu Glu Lys Arg Arg His Ile Asn Thr Thr Ser Asp
        115                 120                 125
Ser Glu Ile Leu Leu Asn Ile Phe Ala Ser Glu Leu Asp Asn Phe Arg
    130                 135                 140
His Tyr Pro Leu Glu Ala Asp Asn
145                 150
 
           
             85 
             462 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F4a(CB) gene 
             
           
            85
catatgtgcg gtattgtcgg tatcgccggt gttatgccgg ttaaccagtc gatttatgat     60
gccttaacgg tgcttcagca tcgcggtcag gatgccgccg gcatcatcac catagatgcc    120
aataactgct tccgtttgcg taaagcgaac gggctggtga gcgatgtatt tgaagctcgc    180
catatgcagc gtttgcaggg caatatgggc attggtcatg tgcgttaccc cacggctggc    240
agctccagcg cctctgaagc gcagccgttt tacgttaact ccccgtatgg cattacgctt    300
gcccacatcg gcaatctgac caacgctcac gagttgcgta aaaaactgtt tgaagaaaaa    360
cgccgccaca tcaacaccac ttccgactcg gaaattctgc ttaatatctt cgccagcgag    420
ctggacaact tccgccacta cccgctggaa gccgacatgt gg                       462
 
           
             86 
             152 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F5 gene 
             
           
            86
Met Cys Gly Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Gly Val Met Pro Val Asn Gln Ser
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Tyr Asp Ala Leu Thr Val Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Asp Ala Ala
             20                  25                  30
Gly Ile Ile Thr Ile Asp Ala Asn Asn Cys Phe Arg Leu Arg Lys Ala
         35                  40                  45
Asn Ala Leu Val Ser Asp Val Phe Glu Ala Arg His Met Gln Arg Leu
     50                  55                  60
Gln Gly Asn Met Gly Ile Gly His Val Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ala Gly Ser
 65                  70                  75                  80
Ser Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Gln Pro Phe Tyr Val Asn Ser Pro Tyr Gly
                 85                  90                  95
Ile Thr Leu Ala His Ile Gly Asn Leu Thr Asn Ala His Glu Leu Arg
            100                 105                 110
Lys Lys Leu Phe Glu Glu Lys Arg Arg His Ile Asn Thr Thr Ser Asp
        115                 120                 125
Ser Glu Ile Leu Leu Asn Ile Phe Ala Ser Glu Leu Asp Asn Phe Arg
    130                 135                 140
His Tyr Pro Leu Glu Ala Asp Met
145                 150
 
           
             87 
             282 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F5 gene 
             
           
            87
catatgcagc gtttgcaggg caatatgggc attggtcatg tgcgttaccc cacggctggc     60
agctccagcg cctctgaagc gcagccgttt tacgttaact ccccgtatgg cattacgctt    120
gcccacatcg gcaatctgac caacgctcac gagttgcgta aaaaactgtt tgaagaaaaa    180
cgccgccaca tcaacaccac ttccgactcg gaaattctgc ttaatatctt cgccagcgag    240
ctggacaact tccgccacta cccgctggaa gccgacaata tt                       282
 
           
             88 
             92 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               F5 peptide 
             
           
            88
Met Gln Arg Leu Gln Gly Asn Met Gly Ile Gly His Val Arg Tyr Pro
  1               5                  10                  15
Thr Ala Gly Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser Glu Ala Gln Pro Phe Tyr Val Asn
             20                  25                  30
Ser Pro Tyr Gly Ile Thr Leu Ala His Ile Gly Asn Leu Thr Asn Ala
         35                  40                  45
His Glu Leu Arg Lys Lys Leu Phe Glu Glu Lys Arg Arg His Ile Asn
     50                  55                  60
Thr Thr Ser Asp Ser Glu Ile Leu Leu Asn Ile Phe Ala Ser Glu Leu
 65                  70                  75                  80
Asp Asn Phe Arg His Tyr Pro Leu Glu Ala Asp Asn
                 85                  90
 
           
             89 
             138 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BF gene 
             
           
            89
catatgcttg ctgaaatcaa aggcttaaat gaagaatgcg gcgtttttgg gatttgggga     60
catgaagaag ccccgcaaat cacgtattac ggtctccaca gccttcagca ccgaggacag    120
gagggtgctg gcaatatt                                                  138
 
           
             90 
             44 
             PRT 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               BF peptide 
             
           
            90
Met Leu Ala Glu Ile Lys Gly Leu Asn Glu Glu Cys Gly Val Phe Gly
  1               5                  10                  15
Ile Trp Gly His Glu Glu Ala Pro Gln Ile Thr Tyr Tyr Gly Leu His
             20                  25                  30
Ser Leu Gln His Arg Gly Gln Glu Gly Ala Gly Asn
         35                  40
 
           
             91 
             15 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               RBS binding site (15mer) 
             
           
            91
taatgaagga gatat                                                      15
 
           
             92 
             24 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               Asel and RBS binding sites 
             
           
            92
aagtaatgaa ggagatatat taat                                            24
 
           
             93 
             24 
             DNA 
             Artificial Sequence 
             
               Asel and RBS binding sites 
             
           
            93
ttcattacat cctctatata atta                                            24