Marker-Free Genome Engineering in Amycolatopsis Using the pSAM2 Site-Specific Recombination System

Actinobacteria of the genus are important for antibiotic production and other valuable biotechnological applications such as bioconversion or bioremediation. Despite their importance, tools and methods for their genetic manipulation are less developed than in other actinobacteria such as . We report...

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Published in:Microorganisms (Basel) 2022-04, Vol.10 (4), p.828
Main Authors: Santos, Luísa D F, Caraty-Philippe, Laëtitia, Darbon, Emmanuelle, Pernodet, Jean-Luc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amycolatopsis
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics
Bacteria
Bioconversion
Bioremediation
Biotechnology
Cassettes
Chromosomes
Cloning
Drug resistance
E coli
Escherichia coli
excision tool
Gene deletion
Genes
Genetic engineering
Genomes
Integrase
Kinases
large-scale deletion
marker recycling
Markers
Plasmids
pSAM2 site-specific recombination system
Recombination
Rifamycins
Streptomyces
unmarked mutant
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Summary:Actinobacteria of the genus are important for antibiotic production and other valuable biotechnological applications such as bioconversion or bioremediation. Despite their importance, tools and methods for their genetic manipulation are less developed than in other actinobacteria such as . We report here the use of the pSAM2 site-specific recombination system to delete antibiotic resistance cassettes used in gene replacement experiments or to create large genomic deletions. For this purpose, we constructed a shuttle vector, replicating in and , expressing the integrase and the excisionase from the integrative and conjugative element pSAM2. These proteins are sufficient for site-specific recombination between the attachment sites and . We also constructed two plasmids, replicative in but not in , for the integration of the and sites on each side of a large region targeted for deletion. We exemplified the use of these tools in by obtaining with high efficiency a marker-free deletion of one single gene in the rifamycin biosynthetic gene cluster or of the entire 90-kb cluster. These robust and simple tools enrich the toolbox for genome engineering in .
ISSN:2076-2607
2076-2607
DOI:10.3390/microorganisms10040828