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Pioneering precision in markerless strain development for Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

English (英語)

Microbial Cell Factories

23(1)

268

BMC

2024-10-08

2024-10-21

Marine cyanobacteria such as Picosynechococcus sp. (formerly called Synechococcus sp.) PCC 7002 are promising chassis for photosynthetic production of commodity chemicals with low environmental burdens. Genetic engineering of cyanobacteria conventionally employs antibiotic resistance markers. However, limited availability of antibiotic-resistant markers is a problem for highly multigenic strain engineering. Although several markerless genetic manipulation methods have been developed for PCC 7002, they often lack versatility due to the requirement of gene disruption in the host strain. To achieve markerless transformation in Synechococcus sp. with no requirements for the host strain, this study developed a method in which temporarily introduces a mutated phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase gene (pheS) into the genome for counter selection. Amino acid substitutions in the PheS that cause high susceptibility of PCC 7002 to the phenylalanine analog p-chlorophenylalanine were examined, and the combination of T261A and A303G was determined as the most suitable mutation. The mutated PheS-based selection was utilized for the markerless knockout of the nblA gene in PCC 7002. In addition, the genetic construct containing the lldD and lldP genes from Escherichia coli was introduced into the ldhA gene site using the counter selection strategy, resulting in a markerless recombinant strain. The repeatability of this method was demonstrated by the double markerless knockin recombinant strain, suggesting it will be a powerful tool for multigenic strain engineering of cyanobacteria.

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