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ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2026

The visualizable and marker-free gene editing platform mediated by CRISPR/Cas9 in Coleophoma empetri.

Li Xie, Ping Men, Yu Zhou, Jiang Li, Xuan Zhang, Min Wang, Xuenian Huang, Xuefeng Lu

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Li Xie *State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China.
Ping Men *State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China.
Yu ZhouState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China.
Jiang LiState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China.
Xuan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China.
Min WangState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China.
Xuenian HuangState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China. huangxn@qibebt.ac.cn.
Xuefeng LuState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China. lvxf@qibebt.ac.cn.

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Abstract

Micafungin, an echinocandin antifungal agent, has been extensively utilized for the treatment of invasive fungal infections. It is semi-synthesized from the lipohexapeptide FR901379, a natural product from the filamentous fungus Coleophoma empetri. The genetic manipulation of C. empetri has been significantly hindered by the scarcity of both effective neutral sites and selectable markers, which has impeded the systematic metabolic engineering of the industrial strain. Here, a visualizable and marker-free gene editing platform was developed in the industrial strain C. empetri MEFC09. Firstly, the biosynthesis gene cluster of melanin in C. empetri MEFC09 was characterized by gene knockoutin vivo, which comprises a core polyketide synthase gene cemelA and a transcriptional regulator cemelR. Based on this, two neutral sites were designed at the genomic loci of cemelA and cemelR, both demonstrating high-intensity expression of the luciferase reporter. Furthermore, a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated marker-free gene editing platform was developed. When the protoplast concentration was adjusted to 10

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CRISPR/Cas9Industrial filamentous fungiMarker-free screeningMicafunginVisualizable neutral sites

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