The invention relates to a
maltose-based
bacillus subtilis self-induced
gene expression
system and application thereof, and belongs to the field of
gene engineering. An
induction system commonly used in
bacillus subtilis has the problems that exogenous addition is needed, operation is tedious, cost is high, expression intensity is low and the like, and efficient expression and industrialization of
protein and metabolites are not facilitated. According to the invention, site-
directed mutagenesis is carried out on a PmalA
promoter to obtain a high-performance
promoter PmalA1, and a T7
RNA polymerase amplification module is further combined to construct a PT7malA1 expression
system. The
system can automatically start expression after glucose is used up without adding an
inducer, and has the advantages of simple and convenient induction process,
low leakage, high expression intensity, capability of accurately controlling the
induction time by regulating the glucose concentration and the like. By applying the system, efficient synthesis of
lycopene and beta-
carotene is successfully realized, the yield is remarkably increased, and excellent industrial application potential is shown.