Cre/ lox System and PCR-Based Genome Engineering in Bacillus subtilis
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 74 (17), 5556-5562
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01156-08
Abstract
We have developed a fast and accurate method to engineer the Bacillus subtilis genome that involves fusing by PCR two flanking homology regions with an antibiotic resistance gene cassette bordered by two mutant lox sites ( lox71 and lox66 ). The resulting PCR products were used directly to transform B. subtilis , and then transient Cre recombinase expression in the transformants was used to recombine lox71 and lox66 into a double-mutant lox72 site, thereby excising the marker gene. The mutation process could also be accomplished in 2 days by using a strain containing a cre isopropyl-β- d -thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)-inducible expression cassette in the chromosome as the recipient or using the lox site-flanked cassette containing both the cre IPTG-inducible expression cassette and resistance marker. The in vivo recombination efficiencies of different lox pairs were compared; the lox72 site that remains in the chromosome after Cre recombination had a low affinity for Cre and did not interfere with subsequent rounds of Cre/ lox mutagenesis. We used this method to inactivate a specific gene, to delete a long fragment, to realize the in-frame deletion of a target gene, to introduce a gene of interest, and to carry out multiple manipulations in the same background. Furthermore, it should also be applicable to large genome rearrangement.Keywords
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