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pNEB193-derived suicide plasmids for gene deletion and protein expression in the methane-producing archaeon, Methanosarcina acetivorans.

Mitchell T Shea, Mary E Walter, Nikolas Duszenko, Anne-Lise Ducluzeau, Jared Aldridge, Shannon K King, Nicole R Buan

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mitchell T SheaRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
Mary E WalterRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
Nikolas DuszenkoRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
Anne-Lise DucluzeauRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
Jared AldridgeRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
Shannon K KingRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
Nicole R BuanRedox Biology Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States. Electronic address: nbuan@unl.edu.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

Funding

THE REDOX-MEDIATED REGULATION OF IRON-RESPONSIVE GENE EXPRESSION IN LIVERP20RR017675 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI GRASS, GREGOR · 2002 to 2011
$20.4M
Redox Biology CenterP30GM103335 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI BECKER, DONALD F · 2012 to 2016
$4.3M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017675NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene deletion and protein expression are cornerstone procedures for studying metabolism in any organism, including methane-producing archaea (methanogens). Methanogens produce coenzymes and cofactors not found in most bacteria, therefore it is sometimes necessary to express and purify methanogen proteins from the natural host. Protein expression in the native organism is also useful when studying post-translational modifications and their effect on gene expression or enzyme activity. We have created several new suicide plasmids to complement existing genetic tools for use in the methanogen, Methanosarcina acetivorans. The new plasmids are derived from the commercially available Escherichia coli plasmid, pNEB193, and cannot replicate autonomously in methanogens. The designed plasmids facilitate markerless gene deletion, gene transcription, protein expression, and purification of proteins with cleavable affinity tags from the methanogen, M. acetivorans.

Indexed as

Gene DeletionCloning, MolecularGene ExpressionGenes, Transgenic, SuicideMethaneMethanosarcinaPlasmidsMethaneArchaeaMethanogenMethanosarcinaProtein expression

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PMID26876941
PMCPMC4875793
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