The application provides a method for constructing a T7RNAP expression unit, which comprises the following steps: inserting a designed T7RNAP expression unit into a test
plasmid to express T7RNAP in a host
cell, then determining the T7RNAP
enzyme activity E expressed by the
plasmid, if E < E0, the threshold value of the T7RNAP
enzyme activity in the host
cell, then the T7RNAP expression unit is successfully constructed, if E ≥ E0, the
DNA structure of the designed T7RNAP expression unit is adjusted, and the above steps are repeated until E < E0, then the T7RNAP expression unit is successfully constructed, and finally the
plasmid with the T7RNAP
enzyme activity lower than E0 is selected. The application also provides a method for adjusting the
DNA structure of the designed T7RNAP expression unit in the above steps. The method for constructing the T7RNAP expression unit has the characteristics of
predictability,
rapidity, customization and the like, thereby solving the problems of the previous single-plasmid T7 expression
system, such as incapability of construction, long construction period and easy
mutation of the
system, and providing a convenient method for the non-model strains to use the T7 expression
system.