Abstract
SummaryBacterial recombineering typically relies on genomic incorporation of synthetic oligonucleotides as mediated by Escherichia coli λ phage recombinase β – an occurrence largely limited to enterobacterial strains. While a handful of similar recombinases have been documented, recombineering efficiencies usually fall short of expectations for practical use. In this work, we aimed to find an efficient Recβ homologue demonstrating activity in model soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida EM42. To this end, a genus‐wide protein survey was conducted to identify putative recombinase candidates for study. Selected novel proteins were assayed in a standardized test to reveal their ability to introduce the K43T substitution into the rpsL gene of P. putida. An ERF superfamily protein, here termed Rec2, exhibited activity eightfold greater than that of the previous leading recombinase. To bolster these results, we demonstrated Rec2 ability to enter a range of mutations into the pyrF gene of P. putida at similar frequencies. Our results not only confirm the utility of Rec2 as a Recβ functional analogue within the P. putida model system, but also set a complete workflow for deploying recombineering in other bacterial strains/species. Implications range from genome editing of P. putida for metabolic engineering to extended applications within other Pseudomonads – and beyond.
Highlights
SummaryBacterial recombineering typically relies on genomic incorporation of synthetic oligonucleotides as mediated by Escherichia coli k phage recombinase b – an occurrence largely limited to enterobacterial strains
Assembled constructs were transformed into P. putida EM42, an industrial reference strain stripped of interference factors known to limit heterologous gene expression (Martınez-Garcıa et al, 2014)
Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology., Microbial Biotechnology, 11, 176–188
Summary
SummaryBacterial recombineering typically relies on genomic incorporation of synthetic oligonucleotides as mediated by Escherichia coli k phage recombinase b – an occurrence largely limited to enterobacterial strains. While a handful of similar recombinases have been documented, recombineering efficiencies usually fall short of expectations for practical use. We aimed to find an efficient Recb homologue demonstrating activity in model soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida EM42. To this end, a genus-wide protein survey was conducted to identify putative recombinase candidates for study. An ERF superfamily protein, here termed Rec, exhibited activity eightfold greater than that of the previous leading recombinase. To bolster these results, we demonstrated Rec ability to enter a range of mutations into
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