Campus Units
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Microbiology, Ames Laboratory, NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Genome Informatics Facility, Office of Biotechnology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-31-2020
Journal or Book Title
Metabolic Engineering
DOI
10.1016/j.ymben.2020.01.005
Abstract
The nonconventional yeast Issatchenkia orientalis can grow under highly acidic conditions and has been explored for production of various organic acids. However, its broader application is hampered by the lack of efficient genetic tools to enable sophisticated metabolic manipulations. We recently constructed an episomal plasmid based on the autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScARS) in I. orientalis and developed a CRISPR/Cas9 system for multiplex gene deletions. Here we report three additional genetic tools including: (1) identification of a 0.8 kb centromere-like (CEN-L) sequence from the I. orientalis genome by using bioinformatics and functional screening; (2) discovery and characterization of a set of constitutive promoters and terminators under different culture conditions by using RNA-Seq analysis and a fluorescent reporter; and (3) development of a rapid and efficient in vivo DNA assembly method in I. orientalis, which exhibited ∼100% fidelity when assembling a 7 kb-plasmid from seven DNA fragments ranging from 0.7 kb to 1.7 kb. As proof of concept, we used these genetic tools to rapidly construct a functional xylose utilization pathway in I. orientalis.
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Copyright Owner
International Metabolic Engineering Society. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Copyright Date
2020
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cao, Mingfeng; Fatma, Zia; Song, Xiaofei; Hsieh, Ping-Hung; Tran, Vinh G.; Lyon, William L.; Sayadi, Maryam; Shao, Zengyi; Yoshikuni, Yasuo; and Zhao, Huimin, "A genetic toolbox for metabolic engineering of Issatchenkia orientalis" (2020). Chemical and Biological Engineering Publications. 406.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cbe_pubs/406
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Comments
This is a manuscript of an article published as Cao, Mingfeng, Zia Fatma, Xiaofei Song, Ping-Hung Hsieh, Vinh G. Tran, William L. Lyon, Maryam Sayadi, Zengyi Shao, Yasuo Yoshikuni, and Huimin Zhao. "A genetic toolbox for metabolic engineering of Issatchenkia orientalis." Metabolic Engineering (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2020.01.005. Posted with permission.