Disclosed herein are a promoter (SEQ ID NO.: 1) inducing high level
expression of a target gene in plant tissue cultured cells, derived from
the sweetpotato gene of Ran GTPase, small GTP binding protein, a plant
transformation vector for carrying the same and a method for expressing a
foreign gene in plant cell using the vector. The activity of promoter
according to the present invention is higher than that of universal CaMV
35S promoter in transgenic suspension cultured cell lines, calluses and
adventitious roots. Thus, the promoter is useful in the generation of
transgenic cell lines including cultured roots to produce valuable
materials such as medicinal or industrial proteins in a large quantities
with plant tissue cultured cells.