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Khozov AA, Bubnov DM, Plisov ED, Vybornaya TV, Yuzbashev TV, Agrimi G, Messina E, Stepanova AA, Kudina MD, Alekseeva NV, Netrusov AI, Sineoky SP. A study on L-threonine and L-serine uptake in Escherichia coli K-12. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1151716. [PMID: 37025642 PMCID: PMC10070963 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1151716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
In the current study, we report the identification and characterization of the yifK gene product as a novel amino acid carrier in E. coli K-12 cells. Both phenotypic and biochemical analyses showed that YifK acts as a permease specific to L-threonine and, to a lesser extent, L-serine. An assay of the effect of uncouplers and composition of the reaction medium on the transport activity indicates that YifK utilizes a proton motive force to energize substrate uptake. To identify the remaining threonine carriers, we screened a genomic library prepared from the yifK-mutant strain and found that brnQ acts as a multicopy suppressor of the threonine transport defect caused by yifK disruption. Our results indicate that BrnQ is directly involved in threonine uptake as a low-affinity but high-flux transporter, which forms the main entry point when the threonine concentration in the external environment reaches a toxic level. By abolishing YifK and BrnQ activity, we unmasked and quantified the threonine transport activity of the LIV-I branched chain amino acid transport system and demonstrated that LIV-I contributes significantly to total threonine uptake. However, this contribution is likely smaller than that of YifK. We also observed the serine transport activity of LIV-I, which was much lower compared with that of the dedicated SdaC carrier, indicating that LIV-I plays a minor role in the serine uptake. Overall, these findings allow us to propose a comprehensive model of the threonine/serine uptake subsystem in E. coli cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrey A. Khozov
- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Plant Sciences and the Bioeconomy, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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Bubnov DM, Yuzbashev TV, Khozov AA, Melkina OE, Vybornaya TV, Stan GB, Sineoky SP. Robust counterselection and advanced λRed recombineering enable markerless chromosomal integration of large heterologous constructs. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:8947-8960. [PMID: 35920321 PMCID: PMC9410887 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite advances in bacterial genome engineering, delivery of large synthetic constructs remains challenging in practice. In this study, we propose a straightforward and robust approach for the markerless integration of DNA fragments encoding whole metabolic pathways into the genome. This approach relies on the replacement of a counterselection marker with cargo DNA cassettes via λRed recombineering. We employed a counterselection strategy involving a genetic circuit based on the CI repressor of λ phage. Our design ensures elimination of most spontaneous mutants, and thus provides a counterselection stringency close to the maximum possible. We improved the efficiency of integrating long PCR-generated cassettes by exploiting the Ocr antirestriction function of T7 phage, which completely prevents degradation of unmethylated DNA by restriction endonucleases in wild-type bacteria. The employment of highly restrictive counterselection and ocr-assisted λRed recombineering allowed markerless integration of operon-sized cassettes into arbitrary genomic loci of four enterobacterial species with an efficiency of 50–100%. In the case of Escherichia coli, our strategy ensures simple combination of markerless mutations in a single strain via P1 transduction. Overall, the proposed approach can serve as a general tool for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering in a range of bacterial hosts.
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- Dmitrii M Bubnov
- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' - GosNIIgenetika), 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia.,Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC 'Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov Square, 1, Moscow 123098, Russia
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- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' - GosNIIgenetika), 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia.,Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC 'Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov Square, 1, Moscow 123098, Russia.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin's Hills 1-12, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC 'Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov Square, 1, Moscow 123098, Russia.,Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' - GosNIIgenetika, 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia
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- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' - GosNIIgenetika), 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia.,Kurchatov Genomic Center, NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' - GosNIIgenetika, 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia
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- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute' - GosNIIgenetika), 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia.,Kurchatov Complex of Genetic Research, NRC 'Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov Square, 1, Moscow 123098, Russia
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Vybornaya TV, Yuzbashev TV, Fedorov AS, Bubnov DM, Filippova SS, Bondarenko FV, Sineoky SP. Use of an Alternative Pathway for Isoleucine Synthesis in Threonine-Producing Strains of Escherichia coli. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683820070066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bubnov DM, Yuzbashev TV, Fedorov AS, Bondarenko FV, Savchenko AS, Vybornaya TV, Filippova SS, Sineoky SP. Glutamyl- and Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetases Are a Promising Target for the Design of an L-Threonine–Producing Strain. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683820080037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fels U, Gevaert K, Van Damme P. Bacterial Genetic Engineering by Means of Recombineering for Reverse Genetics. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:548410. [PMID: 33013782 PMCID: PMC7516269 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.548410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Serving a robust platform for reverse genetics enabling the in vivo study of gene functions primarily in enterobacteriaceae, recombineering -or recombination-mediated genetic engineering-represents a powerful and relative straightforward genetic engineering tool. Catalyzed by components of bacteriophage-encoded homologous recombination systems and only requiring short ∼40–50 base homologies, the targeted and precise introduction of modifications (e.g., deletions, knockouts, insertions and point mutations) into the chromosome and other episomal replicons is empowered. Furthermore, by its ability to make use of both double- and single-stranded linear DNA editing substrates (e.g., PCR products or oligonucleotides, respectively), lengthy subcloning of specific DNA sequences is circumvented. Further, the more recent implementation of CRISPR-associated endonucleases has allowed for more efficient screening of successful recombinants by the selective purging of non-edited cells, as well as the creation of markerless and scarless mutants. In this review we discuss various recombineering strategies to promote different types of gene modifications, how they are best applied, and their possible pitfalls.
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- Ursula Fels
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Bains A, Wilson JW. Differentially Marked IncP-1β R751 Plasmids for Cloning via Recombineering and Conjugation. Pol J Microbiol 2019; 68:559-563. [PMID: 31880899 PMCID: PMC7260700 DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2019-052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We demonstrate here for the first time the use of an IncP-1β plasmid, R751, as a gene capture vehicle for recombineering/conjugation strategies to clone large segments of bacterial genomes (20 – 100 + Kb). We designed R751 derivatives containing alternative markers for greater flexibility when using the R751 vehicle across different bacteria. These markers are removable if desired as part of the cloning procedure (with no extra steps needed). We demonstrated utility via cloning of 38 and 22 kb genomic segments from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Escherichia coli, respectively. The plasmids expand the options available for use in recombineering/conjugation-based cloning applications.
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- Ashveen Bains
- Department of Biology, Villanova University , Villanova, PA , USA
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- Department of Biology, Villanova University , Villanova, PA , USA
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Egbert RG, Rishi HS, Adler BA, McCormick DM, Toro E, Gill RT, Arkin AP. A versatile platform strain for high-fidelity multiplex genome editing. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:3244-3256. [PMID: 30788501 PMCID: PMC6451135 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Precision genome editing accelerates the discovery of the genetic determinants of phenotype and the engineering of novel behaviors in organisms. Advances in DNA synthesis and recombineering have enabled high-throughput engineering of genetic circuits and biosynthetic pathways via directed mutagenesis of bacterial chromosomes. However, the highest recombination efficiencies have to date been reported in persistent mutator strains, which suffer from reduced genomic fidelity. The absence of inducible transcriptional regulators in these strains also prevents concurrent control of genome engineering tools and engineered functions. Here, we introduce a new recombineering platform strain, BioDesignER, which incorporates (i) a refactored λ-Red recombination system that reduces toxicity and accelerates multi-cycle recombination, (ii) genetic modifications that boost recombination efficiency, and (iii) four independent inducible regulators to control engineered functions. These modifications resulted in single-cycle recombineering efficiencies of up to 25% with a 7-fold increase in recombineering fidelity compared to the widely used recombineering strain EcNR2. To facilitate genome engineering in BioDesignER, we have curated eight context--neutral genomic loci, termed Safe Sites, for stable gene expression and consistent recombination efficiency. BioDesignER is a platform to develop and optimize engineered cellular functions and can serve as a model to implement comparable recombination and regulatory systems in other bacteria.
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- Robert G Egbert
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Designated Emphasis Program in Computational and Genomic Biology, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Bubnov DM, Yuzbashev TV, Vybornaya TV, Netrusov AI, Sineoky SP. Excision of selectable markers from the Escherichia coli genome without counterselection using an optimized λRed recombineering procedure. J Microbiol Methods 2019; 158:86-92. [PMID: 30738107 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The introduction of chromosomal mutations into the E. coli genome using λRed-mediated recombineering includes two consecutive steps-the insertion of an antibiotic resistance gene and the subsequent excision of the marker. The second step usually requires a counterselection method, because the efficiency of recombination is not high enough to find recombinants among non-recombinant cells. Most counterselection methods require the introduction of additional mutations into the genome or the use of expensive chemicals. In this paper, we describe the development of a reliable procedure for the removal of an antibiotic resistance marker from the E. coli genome without the need for counterselection. For this purpose, we used dsDNA cassettes consisting of two regions homologous to the sequences that flank the marker on the chromosome. We optimized the length of the homologous regions, the electroporation conditions, and the duration of recovery for the electroporated cells in order to maximize the recombination efficiency. Using the optimal parameters identified, we obtained a rate of 4-6% recombinants among the transformed cells. This high efficiency allowed us to find marker-less, antibiotic-sensitive recombinants by replica plating without the need for selection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dmitrii M Bubnov
- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin's Hills, 1-12, Moscow 119234, Russia.
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- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia; Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW72AZ, UK.
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- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin's Hills, 1-12, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Bioresource Center Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (BRC VKPM), State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", 1-st Dorozhny pr., 1, Moscow 117545, Russia.
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