Abstract
β-Galactosidase encoded by lacZ remains a popular reporter enzyme. Here, we present three fast and convenient tools that facilitate rapid construction of reporter lacZ fusions. The first enables the simple generation of lacZ (slacZ)-based chromosomally encoded reporter fusions within the lac operon in Escherichia coli using Red®/ET® recombination. The slacZ tool is based on rpsL counter-selection in combination with homologous recombination catalyzed by the λ Red recombinase, and blue/white screening. This permits construction of transcriptional and translational reporter lacZ fusions within a day. The second tool allows the introduction of lacZ reporter fusions into the chromosome by a single-crossover method. The strategy relies on the γ-origin-based suicide vector pNPTS138-R6KT, which can only replicate in λpir E. coli strains. The third tool comprises four pBBR1-based broad-host-range vectors for transcriptional and translational lacZ fusions. The functionality of our toolbox was confirmed by the K+-dependent activation of kdp promoter–lacZ fusions in vivo.
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