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Liu S, Endo K, Ara K, Ozaki K, Ogasawara N. The accurate replacement of long genome region more than several hundreds kilobases in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Genet Syst 2007; 82:9-19. [PMID: 17396016 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.82.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Competent cell transformation with DNA obtained by the gentle lysis of protoplasts (LP transformation) was used to replace a large genomic region in this study. Discontinuity was detected in the replacement of the donor region tested, probably due to multiple crossover events involving a single donor genome fragment. To overcome discontinuous replacement, we inverted the genomic region to be replaced in the donor used for LP transformation. The replaced region in the transformant was identified to have a continuous genomic region originating from the donor genome. Furthermore, the genome region to be replaced was inverted in the recipient, and the same region and the flanking 10 kb region of both ends was inverted in the donor genome. LP transformation was conducted with the two inversion mutants and it is possible to restrict homologous recombination to the 10 kb flanking regions. Using this method, the 99 kb yxjG-yxbA region, the 249 kb pbpG-yxbA region and the 602 kb yvfT-yxbA region were suggested to be replaced continuously and accurately.
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- Shenghao Liu
- Biological Science Laboratories, Kao Corporation
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Saito Y, Taguchi H, Akamatsu T. DNA taken into Bacillus subtilis competent cells by lysed-protoplast transformation is not ssDNA but dsDNA. J Biosci Bioeng 2006; 101:334-9. [PMID: 16716942 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.101.334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Competent Bacillus subtilis incorporates whole-genome DNA (4215 kb) from the protoplast lysate of B. subtilis subtilis [Akamatsu, T. and Taguchi, H., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65, 823-829 (2001)]. A continuous incorporated DNA is longer than 1500 kb [J. Biosci. Bioeng., 101, 257-262 (2006)]. Whether the incorporated DNA is single-stranded (ssDNA) or double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) has been studied by examining the transforming activity of the incorporated DNA. B. subtilis BEST7027 was used as the donor strain, which has a heterologous region consisting of the 145 kb region of the Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 genome and erm gene. The donor DNA was transferred to a wild-type or a recA recipient strain (AYG2 or SYN9), and protoplast lysate was prepared from the transformants and used as the donor DNA source for the second recipient strain (AU1 or AV1). The intergenote region showed a significant transforming activity. When DNase I was added to both cells collected from the first transformation mixture and the following protoplastization, the result was similar to that obtained without DNase I. All of the observations strongly suggest that the incorporated DNA is dsDNA, and the transformation of competent B. subtilis by DNA in protoplast lysate is different from that by purified DNA taken up conventionally.
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- Yukiko Saito
- Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4-22-1 Ikeda, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan
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Saito Y, Taguchi H, Akamatsu T. Fate of transforming bacterial genome following incorporation into competent cells of Bacillus subtilis: a continuous length of incorporated DNA. J Biosci Bioeng 2006; 101:257-62. [PMID: 16716928 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.101.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2005] [Accepted: 12/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In contrast to the conventional transformation of Bacillus subtilis using purified DNA, those using DNA in lysed protoplasts have a high transformation efficiency and enable whole-genome transfer into competent B. subtilis [Akamatsu, T. and Taguchi, H., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65, 823-829 (2001)]. Here, we examined the length of incorporated continuous DNA by analyzing the cotransfer ratio with selected and unselected markers, on the basis of a new experimental design. The cotransfer ratio of a selected marker with an unselected marker on the opposite side of the genetic map of the B. subtilis chromosome was about 5.6% and could be interpreted as congression (double transformation) ratio. In the wild-type strain, the cotransfer ratio of cysA (113 kb position on 4215 kb of B. subtilis chromosome) with metC (1384 kb) and leuB (2891 kb) was 0.77%, twice the value (5.6% x 5.6%=0.31%) calculated from the congression ratio. Moreover, in a genetic background, the cotransfer ratios of metC with cysA and leuB, and metC with cysA and arg1 (3012 kb) were 2.7% and 7.2%, respectively. These results strongly suggest that the length of continuous DNA incorporated into B. subtilis is most probably greater than 1271 kb. When the DNA from the protoplast lysate was fragmented by mixing, the cotransfer ratios of arg1 with metC, and arg1 with metC and trpC (2374 kb) were 2.8% and 0.16%, respectively. A high cotransfer ratio (2.7-7.2%) could not, therefore, be obtained using the fragmented DNA. Based on these observations, we propose a working hypothesis on the mechanism of the transformation of competent B. subtilis by DNA in protoplast lysates (LP transformation).
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- Yukiko Saito
- Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, Ikeda 4-22-1, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan
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Shida T, Hattori H, Ise F, Sekiguchi J. Overexpression, purification, and characterization of Bacillus subtilis N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase CwlC. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:1522-5. [PMID: 10945275 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase CwlC of Bacillus subtilis was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified 21-fold. The amidase hydrolyzed type A cell walls such as B. subtilis. The amidase bound slightly to the Microbacterium lacticum cell wall (type B), but did not entirely hydrolyze it. The presence of calcium or magnesium ion increased the resistance of the amidase to heat denaturation.
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- T Shida
- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
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Akamatsu T, Taguchi H, Okada H. A simple and rapid extraction of high molecular weight chromosomal DNA from Bacillus subtilis protoplasts for cosmid cloning and interspecific transformation. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:1082-3. [PMID: 10879488 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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After conversion of Bacillus subtilis vegetative cells to protoplasts, a simple and rapid method for extracting high-molecular-weight chromosomal DNA was devised with the inclusion of bovine serum albumin and phenol-chloroform treatments. The DNA sample thus prepared was the size of 100-450 kb and could be used for cosmid cloning and interspecific transformation.
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- T Akamatsu
- Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Kumamoto Institute of Technology, Japan.
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Yamanaka K, Araki J, Takano M, Sekiguchi J. Characterization of Bacillus subtilis mutants resistant to cold shock-induced autolysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 150:269-75. [PMID: 9170271 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10380.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bacillus subtilis vegetative cells undergo autolysis when exposed to cold shock treatment. A mutant (CA1) resistant to cold shock was isolated, and its DNA was used for the transformation of B. subtilis 168AR. The transformant (TR1) and CA1 had almost completely lost major vegetative autolysins (Cw1B and Cw1G) and motility, and showed a filamentous cell morphology during the exponential phase. Expression of the sigD-lacZ fusion was reduced in TR1. But the introduction of a SigD overproducing plasmid, pHYSigD, into TR1 led to a considerable increase in the amount of autolysin, a normal cell morphology (short rod), and the cold shock-sensitive phenotype. However, motility was not restored in the transformant. The roles of pleiotropic genes in cold shock-induced autolysis are discussed.
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- K Yamanaka
- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
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A Bacillus licheniformis DNA fragment which exhibits homology with the upstream region of the cell-wall hydrolase-encoding gene, cwlL, was cloned into Escherichia coli (Ec). Nucleotide sequencing indicated that there are two open reading frames (tentatively designated as xpaG1 and xpaG2) which encode polypeptides of 89 and 88 amino acids (aa) (10044 and 9764 Da, respectively). Ec cells harboring two compatible plasmids (pMWB1 and pHSGKH) containing the Bacillus subtilis cell-wall hydrolase-encoding gene, cwlA, and xpaG1-G2, respectively, exhibited higher extra-cellular cell-wall hydrolase activity than did cells harboring pMWB1 and a control plasmid, pHSG398. The aa sequence homology of XpaG2 with other polypeptides indicated that xpaG2 is a holin-encoding gene. Moreover, Ec C600 harboring a plasmid containing xpaG1-xpaG2 led to leakage of beta-galactosidase into the extracellular fraction.
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- K Kyogoku
- Department of Applied Biology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
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Oda Y, Nakayama R, Kuroda A, Sekiguchi J. Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, and characterization of a new cell wall hydrolase, CwlL, of Bacillus licheniformis. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 241:380-8. [PMID: 7902527 DOI: 10.1007/bf00284691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have cloned a DNA fragment containing the gene for a cell wall hydrolase from Bacillus licheniformis FD0120 into Escherichia coli. Sequencing of the fragment showed the presence of an open reading frame (ORF; designated as cwlL), which is different from the B. licheniformis cell wall hydrolase gene cwlM, and encodes a polypeptide of 360 amino acids with a molecular mass of 38,994. The enzyme purified from the E. coli clone is an N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, which has a M(r) value of 41 kDa as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and is able to digest B. licheniformis, B. subtilis and Micrococcus luteus cell walls. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of cwlL are very similar to those of ORF3 in the putative operon xpaL1-xpaL2-ORF3 in B. licheniformis MC14. Moreover, the amino acid sequence homology of CwlL with the B. subtilis amidase CwlA indicates two evolutionarily distinguishable regions in CwlL. The sequence homology of CwlL with other cell wall hydrolases and the regulation of cwlL are discussed.
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- Y Oda
- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
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Kuroda A, Sekiguchi J. High-level transcription of the major Bacillus subtilis autolysin operon depends on expression of the sigma D gene and is affected by a sin (flaD) mutation. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:795-801. [PMID: 8093697 PMCID: PMC196219 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.3.795-801.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Transcription of the major Bacillus subtilis autolysin gene (cwlB) was investigated. Deletion of the region upstream of the gene cluster lppX-cwbA-cwlB led to a loss of promoter activity. Primer extension analysis suggested that the cwlB operon is transcribed by E sigma D and E sigma A, the former transcripts being predominants at the exponential growth phase. Expression of the lppX-lacZ fusion gene was reduced by about 90% in a sigD-null mutant. A sin (flaD1) mutation caused a severe defect in transcription of the lppX-cwbA-cwlB operon. The sin (flaD1) mutation also reduced expression of a sigD-lacZ fusion gene constructed in the B. subtilis chromosome. Since the sigD-null mutant exhibits motility and autolysin deficiencies and filamentation, similar phenotypes in the sin (flaD1) mutant may be caused by reduction in expression of the sigma D protein.
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- A Kuroda
- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
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Gokhale DV, Puntambekar US, Deobagkar DN. Protoplast fusion: A tool for intergeneric gene transfer in bacteria. Biotechnol Adv 1993; 11:199-217. [PMID: 14545006 DOI: 10.1016/0734-9750(93)90041-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Protoplasts can be isolated from bacterial cells by digestion of the cell wall with the help of lysozyme in presence of osmotic stabilizers. Fusion of protoplasts can be induced by chemical fusogens like polyethylene glycol. The electrofusion technique has been reported in bacteria in which the fusion frequency is much higher than that obtained by PEG induced protoplast fusion. This technology allows recombination to take place not only between related species but also between unrelated genera and is of great potential in the breeding and improvement of industrial strains. This review includes the information and developments on the protoplast fusion in bacteria with special reference to genetic recombination by protoplast fusion between phylogenetically unrelated bacteria.
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- D V Gokhale
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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Kuroda A, Sekiguchi J. Molecular cloning and sequencing of a major Bacillus subtilis autolysin gene. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:7304-12. [PMID: 1682302 PMCID: PMC209238 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.22.7304-7312.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A major Bacillus subtilis 168S autolysin (N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase [EC 3.5.1.28]) was purified and then cleaved with cyanogen bromide. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of one of the resultant peptides was determined in order to make synthetic oligonucleotides. A 2.5-kb EcoRI fragment was cloned into Escherichia coli JM109 and detected by colony hybridization by using the oligonucleotides as probes. Sequencing of the insert showed the presence of an open reading frame (designated cwlB), starting at a UUG codon, which encodes a polypeptide of 496 amino acids with a molecular mass of 52,623 Da. CWLB had a presumed signal peptide which is processed after Ala at position 24. Insertional inactivation of the cwlB gene of the B. subtilis chromosome led to an approximately 90% decrease in the total cell wall hydrolytic activity of stationary-phase cells and extraordinary resistance to cell lysis, even after 6 days of incubation at 37 degrees C. No apparent changes in cell morphology, motility, competence, sporulation, or germination were observed.
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- A Kuroda
- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
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Hauser PM, Crabb WD, Fiora MG, Scoffone F, Galizzi A. Genetic analysis of the flaA locus of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:3580-3. [PMID: 1828466 PMCID: PMC207975 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.11.3580-3583.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We isolated two clones of recombinant lambda bacteriophage with overlapping inserts of Bacillus subtilis chromosomal DNA corresponding to part of the flaA locus. The flaA4 and flaA15 mutations were localized on the physical map by marker rescue experiments. The flaA locus and the flaB (sigD) gene were mapped in transduction crosses, and the order glnA polC flaB flaA was determined. FlaB was linked to polC in transformation crosses.
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- P M Hauser
- Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia A. Buzzati-Traverso, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
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Mulligan CN, Chow TYK, Gibbs BF. Enhanced biosurfactant production by a mutant Bacillus subtilis strain. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00270781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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