Uracil-auxotrophic marker recycling system for multiple gene disruption in Pseudozyma antarctica

Abstract The basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica, which has multiple auxotrophic markers, was constructed, without inserting a foreign gene, as the host strain for the introduction of multiple useful genes. P. antarctica was more resistant to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation than the model yeast...

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Published in:Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Main Authors: Sameshima-Yamashita, Yuka, Yarimizu, Tohru, Uenishi, Hirohide, Tanaka, Takumi, Kitamoto, Hiroko
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbac075
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Summary:Abstract The basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica, which has multiple auxotrophic markers, was constructed, without inserting a foreign gene, as the host strain for the introduction of multiple useful genes. P. antarctica was more resistant to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation than the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and a Paura3 mutant (C867T) was obtained after 3 min of UV exposure. A uracil-auxotrophic marker (URA3) recycling system developed in ascomycetous yeasts and fungi was applied to the P. antarctica Paura3 strain. The PaLYS12 and PaADE2 loci were disrupted via site-directed homologous recombination of PaURA3 (pop-in), followed by the removal of PaURA3 (pop-out). In the obtained double auxotrophic strain (Palys12Δ, Paura3), PaADE2 was further disrupted, and PaURA3 was removed to obtain the triple auxotrophic strain PGB800 (Paura3, Palys12Δ, Paade2Δ). The whole-genome sequence of the PGB800 strain did not contain foreign genes used for genetic manipulation and disrupted PaADE2 and PaLYS12 and removed PaURA3, as planned.