Automated Platform for the Plasmid Construction Process

There is a growing need for applications capable of handling large synthesis biology experiments. At the core of synthetic biology is the process of cloning and manipulating DNA as plasmids. Here, we report the development of an application named DNAda capable of writing automation instructions for...

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Published in:ACS synthetic biology 2023-12, Vol.12 (12), p.3506-3513
Main Authors: Nava, Alberto A., Fear, Anna Lisa, Lee, Namil, Mellinger, Peter, Lan, Guangxu, McCauley, Joshua, Tan, Stephen, Kaplan, Nurgul, Goyal, Garima, Coates, R. Cameron, Roberts, Jacob, Johnson, Zahmiria, Hu, Romina, Wu, Bryan, Ahn, Jared, Kim, Woojoo E., Wan, Yao, Yin, Kevin, Hillson, Nathan, Haushalter, Robert W., Keasling, Jay D.
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Language:English
Subjects:
automation
BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Letter
plasmid construction
polyketide synthases
synthetic biology
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Summary:There is a growing need for applications capable of handling large synthesis biology experiments. At the core of synthetic biology is the process of cloning and manipulating DNA as plasmids. Here, we report the development of an application named DNAda capable of writing automation instructions for any given DNA construct design generated by the J5 DNA assembly program. We also describe the automation pipeline and several useful features. The pipeline is particularly useful for the construction of combinatorial DNA assemblies. Furthermore, we demonstrate the platform by constructing a library of polyketide synthase parts, which includes 120 plasmids ranging in size from 7 to 14 kb from 4 to 7 DNA fragments.
ISSN:2161-5063
2161-5063
DOI:10.1021/acssynbio.3c00292