Journal
MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 109-118Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9442-2
Keywords
Escherichia coli; Genomic engineering; Lipase; Penicillin acylase; Recombinant protein; Recombineering
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
- Canada Research Chair (CRC) program of Canada
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Most existing genomic engineering protocols for manipulation of Escherichia coli are primarily focused on chromosomal gene knockout. In this study, a simple but systematic chromosomal gene knock-in method was proposed based on a previously developed protocol using bacteriophage lambda (lambda Red) and flippase-flippase recognition targets (FLP-FRT) recombinations. For demonstration purposes, DNA operons containing heterologous genes (i.e., pac encoding E. coli penicillin acylase and palB2 encoding Pseudozyma antarctica lipase B mutant) engineered with regulatory elements, such as strong/inducible promoters (i.e., P (trc) and P (araB) ), operators, and ribosomal binding sites, were integrated into the E. coli genome at designated locations (i.e., lacZYA, dbpA, and lacI-mhpR loci) either as a gene replacement or gene insertion using various antibiotic selection markers (i.e., kanamycin and chloramphenicol) under various genetic backgrounds (i.e., HB101 and DH5 alpha). The expression of the inserted foreign genes was subjected to regulation using appropriate inducers [isopropyl beta-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) and arabinose] at tunable concentrations. The developed approach not only enables more extensive genomic engineering of E. coli, but also paves an effective way to tailor plasmid-free E. coli strains with desired genotypes suitable for various biotechnological applications, such as biomanufacturing and metabolic engineering.
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