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Genome Stability in Engineered Strains of the Extremely Thermophilic Lignocellulose-Degrading Bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii.
Williams-Rhaesa, Amanda M; Poole, Farris L; Dinsmore, Jessica T; Lipscomb, Gina L; Rubinstein, Gabriel M; Scott, Israel M; Conway, Jonathan M; Lee, Laura L; Khatibi, Piyum A; Kelly, Robert M; Adams, Michael W W.
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  • Williams-Rhaesa AM; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
  • Poole FL; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
  • Dinsmore JT; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
  • Lipscomb GL; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
  • Rubinstein GM; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
  • Scott IM; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
  • Conway JM; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
  • Lee LL; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
  • Khatibi PA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
  • Kelly RM; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
  • Adams MWW; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA adamsm@uga.edu.
Appl Environ Microbiol ; 83(14)2017 07 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28476773
ABSTRACT
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii is the most thermophilic cellulose degrader known and is of great interest because of its ability to degrade nonpretreated plant biomass. For biotechnological applications, an efficient genetic system is required to engineer it to convert plant biomass into desired products. To date, two different genetically tractable lineages of C. bescii strains have been generated. The first (JWCB005) is based on a random deletion within the pyrimidine biosynthesis genes pyrFA, and the second (MACB1018) is based on the targeted deletion of pyrE, making use of a kanamycin resistance marker. Importantly, an active insertion element, ISCbe4, was discovered in C. bescii when it disrupted the gene for lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) in strain JWCB018, constructed in the JWCB005 background. Additional instances of ISCbe4 movement in other strains of this lineage are presented herein. These observations raise concerns about the genetic stability of such strains and their use as metabolic engineering platforms. In order to investigate genome stability in engineered strains of C. bescii from the two lineages, genome sequencing and Southern blot analyses were performed. The evidence presented shows a dramatic increase in the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms, insertions/deletions, and ISCbe4 elements within the genome of JWCB005, leading to massive genome rearrangements in its daughter strain, JWCB018. Such dramatic effects were not evident in the newer MACB1018 lineage, indicating that JWCB005 and its daughter strains are not suitable for metabolic engineering purposes in C. bescii Furthermore, a facile approach for assessing genomic stability in C. bescii has been established.IMPORTANCECaldicellulosiruptor bescii is a cellulolytic extremely thermophilic bacterium of great interest for metabolic engineering efforts geared toward lignocellulosic biofuel and bio-based chemical production. Genetic technology in C. bescii has led to the development of two uracil auxotrophic genetic background strains for metabolic engineering. We show that strains derived from the genetic background containing a random deletion in uracil biosynthesis genes (pyrFA) have a dramatic increase in the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms, insertions/deletions, and ISCbe4 insertion elements in their genomes compared to the wild type. At least one daughter strain of this lineage also contains large-scale genome rearrangements that are flanked by these ISCbe4 elements. In contrast, strains developed from the second background strain developed using a targeted deletion strategy of the uracil biosynthetic gene pyrE have a stable genome structure, making them preferable for future metabolic engineering studies.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Genoma Bacteriano / Instabilidade Genômica / Bactérias Gram-Positivas / Lignina Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Genoma Bacteriano / Instabilidade Genômica / Bactérias Gram-Positivas / Lignina Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article