RECOMBINANT MICROALGAE ABLE TO PRODUCE PEPTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES OR PROTEINS OF COLLAGEN, ELASTIN AND THEIR DERIVATIVES IN THE CHLOROPLAST OF MICROALGAE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD THEREOF

摘要

The present invention concerns a recombinant microalgae comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a recombinant protein, polypeptide or peptide comprising repeat units of amino acids, said recombinant protein, polypeptide or peptide being chosen from collagen, elastin and their derivatives, and said nucleic acid sequence being located in the chloroplast of microalgae. It further relates to a method for producing a recombinant protein, polypeptide or peptide comprising repeat units of amino acids in the chloroplast of microalgae, said recombinant protein, polypeptide or peptide being chosen from collagen, elastin and their derivatives wherein said method comprises transforming the chloroplast genome of a microalgae with a nucleic acid sequence encoding said recombinant protein, polypeptide or peptide.