Provided is an optically controlled
gene expression
system of prokaryotic bacterium, comprising: a) a photosensitive recombinant
transcription factor encoding
gene, the photosensitive recombinant
transcription factor is one
fusion protein comprising a first polypeptide as the
DNA bonding domain and a second polypeptide as the photosensitive domain; b) a target transcription unit comprising
promoter or
promoter-reaction element or reaction element-
promoter containing at least one reaction element recognized / bound by the first polypeptide and the
nucleic acid sequence to be transcribed. Also provided is a
prokaryotic expression vector comprising said optically controlled
gene expression
system, and a method for regulating
gene expression in a prokaryotic host
cell by using the optically controlled
gene expression system. Also provided is a
reagent kit containing different components of the optically controlled
gene expression system. The optically controlled gene expression system of prokaryotic bacterium has a quick, effective and powerful induction, is
safer than other inducers, is of little or no
toxicity, and can control gene expression both spatially and temporally, and can regulate many life processes of prokaryotic bacterium.