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ArticleNucleic acids research2009

DNA assembler, an in vivo genetic method for rapid construction of biochemical pathways.

Zengyi Shao, Hua Zhao, Huimin Zhao

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 274 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Zengyi ShaoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Hua Zhao
Huimin Zhao

Funding

Structural Elucidation and Biosynthesis P01GM077596 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI METCALF, WILLIAM W · 2007 to 2016
$15.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM077596NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM077596
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The assembly of large recombinant DNA encoding a whole biochemical pathway or genome represents a significant challenge. Here, we report a new method, DNA assembler, which allows the assembly of an entire biochemical pathway in a single step via in vivo homologous recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that DNA assembler can rapidly assemble a functional D-xylose utilization pathway (approximately 9 kb DNA consisting of three genes), a functional zeaxanthin biosynthesis pathway (approximately 11 kb DNA consisting of five genes) and a functional combined D-xylose utilization and zeaxanthin biosynthesis pathway (approximately 19 kb consisting of eight genes) with high efficiencies (70-100%) either on a plasmid or on a yeast chromosome. As this new method only requires simple DNA preparation and one-step yeast transformation, it represents a powerful tool in the construction of biochemical pathways for synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and functional genomics studies.

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Recombination, GeneticBiosynthetic PathwaysCloning, MolecularDNAGenes, FungalGenetic VectorsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysPlasmidsPolymerase Chain ReactionSaccharomyces cerevisiaeXanthophyllsXyloseZeaxanthinsDNAXanthophyllsXyloseZeaxanthins

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PMID19074487
PMCPMC2632897

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