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ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2016

A simple method for isolation and construction of markerless cyanobacterial mutants defective in acyl-acyl carrier protein synthetase.

Kouji Kojima, Sumie Keta, Kazuma Uesaka, Akihiro Kato, Nobuyuki Takatani, Kunio Ihara, Tatsuo Omata, Makiko Aichi

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Article in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kouji KojimaDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan.
Sumie KetaDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan.
Kazuma UesakaJapan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan.
Akihiro KatoJapan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan.
Nobuyuki TakataniJapan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan.
Kunio IharaJapan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan.
Tatsuo OmataJapan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan.
Makiko AichiDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan. makiko@isc.chubu.ac.jp.
Japan Science and Technology Agency · JPNagoya University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacterial mutants defective in acyl-acyl carrier protein synthetase (Aas) secrete free fatty acids (FFAs) into the external medium and hence have been used for the studies aimed at photosynthetic production of biofuels. While the wild-type strain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is highly sensitive to exogenously added linolenic acid, mutants defective in the aas gene are known to be resistant to the externally provided fatty acid. In this study, the wild-type Synechocystis cells were shown to be sensitive to lauric, oleic, and linoleic acids as well, and the resistance to these fatty acids was shown to be enhanced by inactivation of the aas gene. On the basis of these observations, we developed an efficient method to isolate aas-deficient mutants from cultures of Synechocystis cells by counter selection using linoleic acid or linolenic acid as the selective agent. A variety of aas mutations were found in about 70 % of the FFA-resistant mutants thus selected. Various aas mutants were isolated also from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, using lauric acid as a selective agent. Selection using FFAs was useful also for construction of markerless aas knockout mutants from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. Thus, genetic engineering of FFA-producing cyanobacterial strains would be greatly facilitated by the use of the FFAs for counter selection.

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Gene DeletionCarbon-Sulfur LigasesDrug Resistance, BacterialLauric AcidsLinoleic AcidMutationSelection, GeneticSynechococcusSynechocystisCarbon-Sulfur Ligaseslauric acidLauric AcidsLinoleic Acidlong-chain-fatty-acid-(acyl-carrier-protein) ligaseAcyl-ACP synthetaseBiofuelCounter selectionCyanobacteriaFree-fatty acidSensitivity to FFAs

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PMID27704180
PMCPMC5102962
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