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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 45, Issue 5-6, Pages 629-637Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-023-03363-1
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CRISPR; Cas9; CRM; CRSM; N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid aldolase; Plasmid-based gene modification; ssDNA recombineering
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Site-directed and saturation mutagenesis are important DNA methodologies for studying protein structure and function. Existing plasmid-based gene mutation methods involve tedious cloning steps, while oligo-mediated recombineering provides a more efficient and simplified approach. CRISPR/Cas9-assisted ssDNA recombineering offers a high-efficiency and versatile strategy for site-directed and saturation mutagenesis.
Site-directed and saturation mutagenesis are critical DNA methodologies for studying protein structure and function. For plasmid-based gene mutation, PCR and overlap-extension PCR involve tedious cloning steps. When the plasmid size is large, PCR yield may be too low for cloning; and for saturation mutagenesis of a single codon, one experiment may not enough to generate all twenty coding variants. Oligo-mediated recombineering sidesteps the complicated cloning process by homologous recombination between a mutagenic oligo and its target site. However, the low recombineering efficiency and inability to select for the recombinant makes it necessary to screen a large number of clones. Herein, we describe two plasmid-based mutagenic strategies: CRISPR/Cas9-assisted ssDNA recombineering for site-directed mutagenesis (CRM) and saturation mutagenesis (CRSM). CRM and CRSM involve co-electroporation of target plasmid, sgRNA expression plasmid and mutagenic oligonucleotide into Escherichia coli cells with induced expression of lambda-Red recombinase and Cas9, followed by plasmid extraction and characterization. We established CRM and CRSM via ampicillin resistance gene repair and mutagenesis of N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid aldolase. The mutational efficiency was between 80 and 100% and all twenty amino acid coding variants were obtained at a target site via a single CRSM strategy. CRM and CRSM have the potential to be general plasmid-based gene mutagenesis tools.
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