In vitro assembly of plasmid DNA for direct cloning in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum WCSF1
- Lactobacilli are gram-positive bacteria that are growing in importance for the healthcare industry and genetically engineering them as living therapeutics is highly sought after. However, progress in this field is hindered since most strains are difficult to genetically manipulate, partly due to their complex and thick cell walls limiting our capability to transform them with exogenous DNA. To overcome this, large amounts of DNA (>1 μg) are normally required to successfully transform these bacteria. An intermediate host, like E. coli, is often used to amplify recombinant DNA to such amounts although this approach poses unwanted drawbacks such as an increase in plasmid size, different methylation patterns and the limitation of introducing only genes compatible with the intermediate host. In this work, we have developed a direct cloning method based on in-vitro assembly and PCR amplification to yield recombinant DNA in significant quantities for successful transformation in L. plantarum WCFS1. The advantage of this method is demonstrated in terms of shorter experimental duration and the possibility to introduce a gene incompatible with E. coli into L. plantarum WCFS1.
Document Type: | Article |
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Author: | Marc Blanch-Asensio, Sourik DeyORCiD, Shrikrishnan SankaranORCiD |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291:415-5537 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281625 |
Parent Title (English): | PLOS one |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 2 |
First Page: | e0281625 |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
Release Date: | 2023/03/27 |
Impact: | 02.90 (2023) |
Funding Information: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Research grant [Project # 455063657 - https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/455063657] for M.B.A., the DFG Collaborative Research Centre, SFB 1027 [Project # 200049484 - https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/466932240] for S.S. and the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft's Leibniz Science Campus on Living Therapeutic Materials [LifeMat - https://www.lsclifemat.de/] for S.D. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
Scientific Units: | Bioprogrammable Materials |
Journals: | PLOS One |
DDC classes: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie |
Open Access: | Open Access |
Note: | Data Availability: All raw data including images and sequencing files related to results described in this paper have been added to the OSF data repository and can be accessed at this DOI - DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/C6X3D. |
Signature: | INM 2023/023 |
Licence (German): | ![]() |