SynMyco transposon: engineering transposon vectors for efficient transformation of minimal genomes

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• dc.contributor.author Montero-Blay, Ariadna, 1994-
• dc.contributor.author Miravet Verde, Samuel, 1992-
• dc.contributor.author Lluch-Senar, Maria 1982-
• dc.contributor.author Piñero-Lambea, Carlos
• dc.contributor.author Serrano Pubull, Luis, 1982-
• dc.date.accessioned 2019-10-24T09:45:19Z
• dc.date.available 2019-10-24T09:45:19Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.description.abstract Mycoplasmas are important model organisms for Systems and Synthetic Biology, and are pathogenic to a wide variety of species. Despite their relevance, many of the tools established for genome editing in other microorganisms are not available for Mycoplasmas. The Tn4001 transposon is the reference tool to work with these bacteria, but the transformation efficiencies (TEs) reported for the different species vary substantially. Here, we explore the mechanisms underlying these differences in four Mycoplasma species, Mycoplasma agalactiae, Mycoplasma feriruminatoris, Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, selected for being representative members of each cluster of the Mycoplasma genus. We found that regulatory regions (RRs) driving the expression of the transposase and the antibiotic resistance marker have a major impact on the TEs. We then designed a synthetic RR termed SynMyco RR to control the expression of the key transposon vector elements. Using this synthetic RR, we were able to increase the TE for M. gallisepticum, M. feriruminatoris and M. agalactiae by 30-, 980- and 1036-fold, respectively. Finally, to illustrate the potential of this new transposon, we performed the first essentiality study in M. agalactiae, basing our study on more than 199,000 genome insertions.
• dc.description.sponsorship This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 634942 (MycoSynVac) and was also financed by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement 670216 (MYCOCHASSIS). We also acknowledge support of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MEIC) to the EMBL partnership, the Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa and the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya.
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• dc.identifier.citation Montero-Blay A, Miravet-Verde S, Lluch-Senar M, Piñero-Lambea C, Serrano L. SynMyco transposon: engineering transposon vectors for efficient transformation of minimal genomes. DNA Res. 2019;26(4):327-39. DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsz012
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsz012
• dc.identifier.issn 1340-2838
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42498
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Oxford University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof DNA Research. 2019;26(4):327-39
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/634942
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/670216
• dc.rights © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Kazusa DNA Research Institute. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Mycoplasma
• dc.subject.keyword Essentiality
• dc.subject.keyword Regulatory region
• dc.subject.keyword Transformation efficiency
• dc.subject.keyword Transposon
• dc.title SynMyco transposon: engineering transposon vectors for efficient transformation of minimal genomes
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