EP3717639A1 - Bactérie génétiquement modifiée pour produire du lactate à partir de co2 - Google Patents
Bactérie génétiquement modifiée pour produire du lactate à partir de co2Info
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- the invention relates to a naturally oxidizing bacterium hydrogen and genetically modified to produce lactate from CO2.
- the invention also relates to a process for the production of lactate, or lactic acid, from CO2 using such a genetically modified bacterium.
- Lactic acid has applications in many industries.
- lactic acid is used as a precursor of polylactic acid (PLA) which is a fully biodegradable polymer, used for example in food packaging.
- Lactic acid can also be used as an additive, as an antioxidant, acidifier or flavor enhancer by the food industry.
- lactic acid is generally used as a bacteriostatic agent or as a peel agent.
- lactic acid relies mainly on the fermentation of carbohydrate, and especially glucose, lactose, sucrose or maltose. If many bacteria can cause these sugars to be converted into lactic acid, only lactic acid bacteria can produce lactic acid exclusively, the other bacteria usually producing a mixture of several organic acids.
- lactic acid from fermentable sugars, such as glucose or lactose, raises the question of competition between food and the production of convenience products such as lactic acid.
- the inventors have discovered that it is possible to force bacteria that naturally oxidize hydrogen, and that are capable of producing organic matter from CO 2 , in a lactate synthesis route, to the detriment possibly other ways of synthesis.
- the inventors have discovered that it is possible to promote an endogenous lactate synthesis pathway, which is not or little expressed naturally in the bacterium, by acting on the expression of the gene (s) associated with this synthetic pathway. .
- the hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria can be genetically modified so as to overexpress an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase or a heterologous, and / or in order to repress the expression of genes involved in a route of synthesis of molecules coming from compete with lactate production to produce lactate from CO 2 .
- the inventors have discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus necator (also called Hydrogenomonas eutrophus, Alcaligenes eutropha, Ralstonia eutropha, or Wautersia eutropha) can be genetically modified so as to overexpress an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase, by acting on the promoter and / or the number of copies of the gene coding for this particular lactate dehydrogenase, so as to produce lactate from CO 2 .
- Cupriavidus necator also called Hydrogenomonas eutrophus, Alcaligenes eutropha, Ralstonia eutropha, or Wautersia eutropha
- lactate can be improved by introducing one or more genes expressing a heterologous lactate dehydrogenase and / or by repressing the expression of genes involved in a pathway of synthesis of molecules competing with lactate production. .
- the subject of the invention is therefore a bacterium that naturally oxidizes hydrogen and is genetically modified to produce lactate from CO 2 , said bacterium being genetically modified to overexpress at least one gene coding for a lactate dehydrogenase.
- the bacterium can be genetically modified to overexpress endogenous and / or exogenous lactate dehydrogenase.
- the subject of the invention is also the use of a bacterium according to the invention for the production of lactate from CO 2 , preferentially for the production exclusively of L-lactate, or for the production exclusively of D-lactate.
- the invention also relates to a process for producing lactate from CO 2 , comprising the steps of
- FIG. 1 shows a naturally oxidizing bacterium according to the invention capable of producing lactate from CO 2 and H 2 .
- Figure 2 shows the different metabolic pathways naturally present in Cupriavidus necator, including glycolysis and the Calvin cycle.
- Figure 3 shows the different genetic modifications (overexpression and / or inhibition of gene expression) that can be performed in Cupriavidus necator to promote the production of L-lactate from CO 2 .
- Figure 4 shows the different genetic modifications (overexpression and / or inhibition of gene expression) that can be performed in Cupriavidus necator to promote the production of D-lactate from CO 2 .
- FIG 5 is a table summarizing the various abbreviations used in the description and Figures 2, 3 and 4.
- Figure 6 shows the production of lactate by CN0002 bacteria from fructose.
- Figure 7 shows the production of lactate by the CN0002 naturally hydrogenated bacterium and genetically modified to produce lactate from CO 2 .
- the invention relates to a naturally oxidizing bacterium hydrogen, genetically modified to produce lactate from CO 2 , said bacterium being genetically modified to overexpress at least one gene coding for a lactate dehydrogenase
- a bacterium "naturally oxidizing hydrogen” means a bacterium capable, without prior genetic manipulation, of using hydrogen gas as an electron donor and oxygen as an electron acceptor, and able to fix carbon dioxide. These bacteria are also called “knallgas” bacteria. Bacteria naturally oxidizing hydrogen require carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and hydrogen as a source of energy.
- the naturally-oxidizing bacterium hydrogen is preferably selected from Ralstonia sp., Cupriavidus sp., Hydrogenobacter sp., Rhodococcus sp., Hydrogenovibrio sp .; Rhodopseudomonas sp., Rhodobacter sp., Aquifex sp., Cupriavidus sp., Couynebacterium sp., Nocardia sp., Rhodopseudomonas sp., Rhodospirillum sp., Rhodococcus sp., Rhizobium sp., Thiocapsa sp., Pseudomonas sp., Hydrogenomonas sp.
- Hydrogenobacter sp. Hydrogenophilus sp., Hydrogenustresmus sp., Helicobacter sp., Xanthobacter sp., Hydrogenophaga sp., Bradyrhizobium sp., Alcaligenes sp., Amycolata sp .; Aquaspirillum sp., Arthrobacter sp., Azospirillum sp., Variovouax sp., Acidovouax sp., Bacillus sp., Calderobacterium sp., Derxia sp., Flavobacterium sp., Microcyclus sp., Mycobacterium sp., Paracoccus sp., Persephonella sp. ., Renobacter sp., Thermocrinis sp., Wautersia sp., And cyanobacteria such as Anaba
- the bacterium is selected from Rhodococcus opacus, Rhodococcus jostii, Hydrogenovibrio marinus, Rhodopseudomonas capsulata, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Rhodobacter sphaeroides, Aquifex pyrophilus, Aquifex aeolicus, Cupriavidus necator, Cupriavidus metallidurans, Couynebacterium autotrophicum, Nocardia autotrophica, Nocardia opaca, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Rhodopseudomonas capsulata, Rhodopseudomonas viridis Rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis, Rhodopseudomonas blastica, Rhodopseudomonas spheroids, Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Rhodospirillum rub
- recombinant bacterium and “genetically modified bacteria” are used interchangeably herein and refer to bacteria that have been genetically engineered to express or overexpress endogenous nucleotide sequences, to express heterologous (exogenous) nucleotide sequences, or to have alteration of the expression of an endogenous gene.
- “Alteration” means that the expression of the gene, or level of an RNA molecule or equivalent RNA molecules encoding one or more polypeptides or polypeptide subunits, or the activity of one or more polypeptides or subunits is regulated, so that the expression, level, or activity is higher or lower than that observed in the absence of this modification.
- recombinant bacterium and “genetically modified bacteria” refer not only to the particular recombinant bacterium, but also to the offspring or potential offspring of such a bacterium. As some changes may occur in subsequent generations because of mutation or environmental influences, this offspring may not be identical to the parent cell, but is still included in the term as used here.
- the term "overexpression of a gene” means that said gene is more expressed in the bacterium in question than in a non-genetically modified bacterium to overexpress said gene, leading to a greater production or production of the gene.
- corresponding protein and more particularly lactate dehydrogenase
- such overexpression is the expression of an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase, which is not or little expressed in the non-genetically modified bacterium, or the expression of an exogenous lactate dehydrogenase.
- the bacterium is selected from naturally oxidizing bacteria hydrogen having an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase.
- the bacterium is selected from Cupriavidus sp., Such as Cupriavidus necator, Hydrogenobacter sp., Such as Hydrogenobacter thermophilus, Rhodococcus sp., Such as Rhodococcus opacus, and Pseudomonas sp., Such as Pseudomonas hydrogenothermophila.
- endogenous or “native” denote a gene that is normally or naturally present in the genome of the bacterium under consideration
- exogenous or heterologous as used herein with reference to a gene ( nucleotide sequence) designate a gene that is not normally or naturally present in the genome of the bacterium in question.
- a bacterium possessing an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase it is possible to genetically modify said bacterium, so as to allow overexpression of said gene.
- a promoter refers to the sequence at the 5 'end of the structural gene of interest and which directs the initiation of transcription.
- useful promoters include constitutive promoters, i.e., promoters that are active in most cellular states and environmental conditions, as well as inducible promoters that are activated or repressed by stimuli.
- exogenous physical or chemical and thus induce a variable level of expression depending on the presence or absence of these stimuli.
- genetically modify the endogenous promoter for example to remove potential inhibitions of its induction.
- overexpress an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase by multiplying the number of copies of the gene in the genome of the bacterium, by means of plasmids and / or by introducing nucleotide sequences to other loci on the chromosome or chromosomes of the bacterium. bacteria, etc.
- the bacterium according to the invention is genetically modified to overexpress an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase.
- the bacterium is genetically modified to overexpress only endogenous L-lactate dehydrogenase or only endogenous D-lactate dehydrogenase.
- Tables 1 and 2 below list, by way of example, sequences coding for L-lactate dehydrogenase and D-lactate dehydrogenase, respectively, of different bacteria, as well as the corresponding protein sequences. According to the invention, these sequences can be the target of genetic modifications, including multiplication, to lead to a genetically modified bacterium capable of producing lactate from C0 2 .
- the bacterium is a Cupriavidus necator bacterium, genetically modified at the level of the promoter associated with the gene (s) coding for endogenous L-lactate dehydrogenase and / or endogenous D-lactate dehydrogenase, in order to promote the expression of one and / or the other gene.
- Cupriavidus necator possesses genes coding for endogenous L-lactate dehydrogenase (Idh) and D-lactate dehydrogenase (IdhAI), the expression of which depends on the culture conditions and which is generally practically nil in limitation. of nutrients.
- this bacterium can advantageously be genetically modified at the level of the nucleotide sequence coding for said promoter, in order to lift this negative regulation and allow the expression of the corresponding genes, even in limitation of nutrients. It is in particular possible to modify Cupriavidus necator so as to associate the sequence or sequences coding for endogenous L-lactate dehydrogenase and / or D-lactate dehydrogenase with a constitutive promoter or an inducible promoter.
- the genes encoding endogenous L-lactate dehydrogenase and / or D-lactate dehydrogenase are modified to be under control of a constitutive (non-downregulated) or inducible recombinant promoter. presence of a particular molecule.
- constitutive promoters such as pLAC, pTAC, pJ5 (Gruber et al., 2014)
- an inducible promoter such as the pBAD promoter, inducible to arabinose (Grousseau et al.
- the bacterium according to the invention is genetically modified to overexpress a gene coding for the expression of a protein having at least 50% homology with SEQ ID No. 1 (L-lactate sequence Cupriavidus necator dehydrogenase H16), preferably at least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%.
- the bacterium according to the invention is genetically modified to overexpress a gene coding for the expression of a protein having at least 50% homology with SEQ ID No. 11 (sequence of a D cupriavidus necator H16 lactate dehydrogenase), preferably at least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%.
- the bacterium may be genetically modified to overexpress at least one gene coding for an exogenous, or heterologous, lactate dehydrogenase.
- the genome of the bacterium is then modified so as to integrate a nucleic sequence coding for such an exogenous lactate dehydrogenase.
- the nucleic acid sequence may have been introduced into the genome of the bacterium or an ascendant thereof by any suitable molecular cloning method.
- the genome of the bacterium refers to all the genetic material contained in said bacterium, including the extrachromosomal genetic material contained for example in plasmids, episomes, synthetic chromosomes, etc.
- the nucleic acid sequence introduced may be a heterologous sequence, that is to say one that does not exist in the natural state in said bacterium, or a homologous sequence.
- a transcriptional unit comprising the nucleic sequence of interest, placed under the control of one or more promoter (s) and one or more ribosome binding sites.
- a transcriptional unit also advantageously comprises the usual sequences such as transcriptional terminators and, if appropriate, other transcriptional regulation elements.
- a gene coding for an exogenous lactate dehydrogenase may for example be derived from a bacterium, a fungus, a yeast or a mammal.
- a gene is derived from a bacterium and in particular E.
- coli Bacillus coagulans, Pediococcus acidilactici, Streptococcus bovis (Streptococcus equinus), a lactic acid bacterium, and in particular Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Lactobacillus plantarum or Lactobacillus pentosus, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis.
- the genes listed in Tables 1 and 2 can also be used to genetically modify a bacterium according to the invention.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used to genetically modify the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the L-lactate dehydrogenase sequence of Pediococcus acidilactici (SEQ ID No. 2). ), preferably at least 60%, 70%, 75%, 80, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used to genetically modify the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the sequence of the L-lactate dehydrogenase of Streptococcus equinus (Streptococcus bovis) (SEQ ID No. 3), preferably at least 60%, 70%, 75%, 80, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used to genetically modify the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the Bacillus coagulans L-lactate dehydrogenase sequence (SEQ ID No. 4). ), preferably at least 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used for genetically modifying the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the Lactobacillus L-lactate dehydrogenase sequence. casei (SEQ ID NO: 5), preferably at least 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used to genetically modify the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. D-lactate dehydrogenase sequence. bulgaricus (SEQ ID NO: 12), preferably at least 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used to genetically modify the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the Escherichia coli D-lactate dehydrogenase sequence (SEQ ID No. 13). ), preferably at least 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the heterologous lactate dehydrogenase sequence used to genetically modify the bacterium according to the invention has at least 50% homology with the sequence of D-lactate dehydrogenase Bacillus coagulans (SEQ ID No. 14). preferably at least 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, 100%.
- the bacterium is genetically engineered to overexpress at least one gene encoding L-lactate dehydrogenase (endogenous or heterologous) so that L-lactate can be produced.
- L-lactate dehydrogenase endogenous or heterologous
- the expression of said gene is advantageously at least partially inhibited, so as to favor the production of L-lactate only.
- the bacterium can be genetically modified to overexpress at least one gene encoding a D-lactate dehydrogenase (endogenous or heterologous) so that D-lactate can be produced.
- a D-lactate dehydrogenase endogenous or heterologous
- the expression of said gene is advantageously at least partially inhibited, so as to favor the production of D-lactate only.
- the term "inhibition of the expression of a gene” means that said gene is no longer expressed in the bacterium in question or that its expression is reduced, compared to the wild-type bacterium (not genetically modified to inhibit the expression of the gene), leading to the absence of production of the corresponding protein or to a significant decrease in its production, and in particular to a decrease of greater than 20%, more preferably 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% %, 70%, 80%, 90%.
- the inhibition may be complete, that is to say that the protein encoded by said gene is no longer produced at all.
- the inhibition of the expression of a gene can in particular be obtained by deletion, mutation, insertion and / or substitution of one or more nucleotides in the gene under consideration.
- the inhibition of the expression of the gene is obtained by total deletion of the nucleotide sequence.
- any method of inhibition of a gene known per se by those skilled in the art and applicable to a bacterium may be used.
- inhibition of gene expression can be achieved by homologous recombination (Datsenko et al., 2000, Lodish et al., 2000); random or directed mutagenesis to alter the expression of a gene and / or the activity of the encoded protein (Thomas et al., 1987); modification of a promoter sequence of the gene to alter its expression (Kaufmann et al., 2011); targeting induces local lesions in genomes (TILLING); conjugation, etc.
- RNAi refers to any RNAi molecule (e.g. single-stranded RNA or double-stranded RNA) that can block expression of a target gene and / or facilitate degradation.
- Inhibition of the gene can also be achieved by genomic editing methods that can directly provide genetic modifications to a given genome, via the use of zinc finger nucleases (Kim et al., 1996), nucleases TALEN-type transcription enhancer-type effector (Ousterout et al., 2016), a system combining Cas9-like nucleases with short, regularly spaced, pooled palindromic repeats called CRISPR (Mali et al., 2013) or meganucleases (Daboussi et al., 2012). Inhibition of gene expression can also be achieved by inactivation of the protein encoded by said gene.
- the inhibition of the expression of the gene can also be obtained by deletion, mutation, insertion and / or substitution of one or more nucleotides in the promoter upstream of the gene in question. Inhibition of gene expression can also be achieved by deletion, mutation, insertion and / or substitution of one or more nucleotides in the ribosome binding site upstream of the gene of interest.
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- the genetically modified bacterium is Cupriavidus necator, in which the expression of at least one and preferably of the three genes among the genes encoding a phaA (GenBank: CAJ91322.1), a phaB (GenBank: CAJ92574.1) and a phaC (GenBank: CAJ92572.1) is inhibited ( Figure 2).
- the inventors have discovered that such a bacterium that is also genetically modified to overexpress a lactate dehydrogenase is capable of producing large quantities of lactate in the presence of CO 2 as the only carbon source, the pyruvate produced being little or no of PHB production.
- a gene encoding a phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (EC: 2.7.9.2), which converts pyruvate into phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP ), and / or pyruvate carboxylase (EC: 6.4.1.1) and / or pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (EC: 1.2.4.1) and / or fumarate reductase (EC: 1.3.5.4).
- the genetically modified bacterium is Cupriavidus necator, wherein the expression of at least one of the genes encoding a ppsa (GenBank: CAJ93138.1), a pyc (GenBank: CAJ92391.1) a pdhA (GenBank: CAJ92510.1) and a sdhABCD (GenBank: CAJ9371 1.1, CAJ93712.1, CAJ93713.1, CAJ93714.1) is inhibited ( Figure 2).
- acetyl-CoA hydrolase EC: 3.1.2.1
- a phosphate acetyltransferase EC: 2.3.1.8
- an Acetate kinase EC: 2.7.2.1
- a propionate CoA-transferase EC: 2.8.3.1
- an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase EC: 1.2.
- the genetically modified bacterium is Cupriavidus necator, wherein the expression of at least one gene among the genes encoding an Acetyl-CoA hydrolase (GenBank: CAJ96157.1), a phosphate acetyltransferase (pta1, pta2) (GenBank: CAJ96416.1, GenBank: CAJ96653.1), an Acetate kinase (ackA, ackA2) (GenBank: CAJ91818.1, GenBank: CAJ96415.1), a Propionate CoA-transferase (GenBank: CAJ93797.1) , Succinyl-CoA: CoA-transferase acetate (GenBank: CAJ92496.1) and Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (mhpf) (GenBank: CAJ92911.1) is inhibited ( Figure 2).
- Lactate ferricytochrome C reductase naturally hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria have one or more genes encoding Lactate ferricytochrome C reductase.
- the inventors have discovered that such an enzyme is capable of reducing the level of lactate produced by converting said lactate into pyruvate.
- the gene coding for said enzyme is advantageously at least partially inhibited.
- the invention advantageously proposes using a bacterium genetically modified according to the invention to produce lactate from CO2.
- a bacterium genetically modified to overexpress L-lactate dehydrogenase, and optionally inhibit a D-lactate dehydrogenase is used to produce exclusively L-lactate.
- a bacterium genetically modified to overexpress D-lactate dehydrogenase, and optionally inhibit L-lactate dehydrogenase is used to produce exclusively D-lactate.
- the invention more particularly proposes a process for the production of lactate from CO2, according to which a genetically modified bacterium according to the invention is cultured, for example in batch, fed-batch or in continuous culture, in the presence of CO2, and is recovered. the lactate produced.
- a base solution is added during the fermentation to control the pH.
- the lactic acid is then in the fermentation medium in the form of salt (sodium lactate, potassium lactate, calcium lactate or ammonium lactate, alone or as a mixture, depending on the base chosen to regulate the pH of the fermentation medium).
- the fermentation broth containing the bacteria, the impurities in the fermentation medium (unconsumed proteins and inorganic salts of various natures) and the lactate salt are then treated in order to separate them.
- a separation step may in particular be carried out using a cell separator such as a centrifuge, a microfiltration or ultrafiltration device. After separation, a concentrated cell biomass and a lactate salt solution are obtained on the one hand.
- This lactic acid recovery step from the fermentation medium can in particular be carried out via the extraction of lactic acid as such from the fermentation medium, or by acidification of the medium with sulfuric acid.
- a purification step by extraction, esterification, distillation or hydrolysis can then be carried out in order to obtain a lactic acid with a high degree of purity.
- the source of CO 2 can be pure CO 2 or CO 2 from emissions from factories with industrial processes such as petroleum refineries, cement plants, ammonia production, methanol production etc.
- the CO 2 can also be a fermentation product, a gas enriched with CO 2 , an at least partially purified CO 2 gas, a solution of carbonate or bicarbonate, and / or formic acid.
- the total gas content of CO 2 can be from 10% to 100%.
- Such a gas containing CO 2 can be injected directly or via an intermediate step of capture or purification of CO 2 .
- the purification of the CO 2 can be carried out by chemical treatment, for example in the presence of amines, or by enzymatic treatment using, for example, a carbonic anhydrase.
- the hydrogen source may be a product of the methane steam reforming, the electrolysis of water or a co-product ("fatal" hydrogen) of industrial processes such as the chlor-alkali process during preparation of chlorine or incineration of waste.
- a growth stage of the bacterium upstream in the presence in particular of fermentable sugars, such as glucose of fructose or glycerol. It is also possible to grow the bacteria in the presence of CO 2 and another source of carbon during the lactate production step.
- Example 1 lactate producing strain CN0001
- a plasmid carrying L-lactate dehydrogenase from Cupriavidus necator (Idh, EC: 1.1.1.27) under arabinose-inducible promoter is cloned in one step in vitro via the In-Fusion® assembly protocol (Clontech).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the Idh gene is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain PHB-4 using oligonucleotides 1 (5 'GGATCCAAAC TCGAGTAAGG ATCTCC 3') and 2 (5 'ATGTATATCT CCTTCTTAAA AGATCTTTTG AATTCC 3') and of the enzyme Phusion High-Fidelity PCR Master Mix with GC Buffer (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the pJM3 backbone plasmid (Müller et al., 2013) derived from plasmid pBBR1-MCS2 (Kovach et al, 1995), containing an Escherichia coli pBAD promoter, is amplified using oligonucleotides 3 (5 'GAAGGAGATA TACATATGAA GATCTCCCTC ACCAGCG 3 ') and 4 (5' CTCGAGTTTG GATCCTCAGG CCGTGGGGAC GGC 3 ') and the enzyme Phusion High-Fidelity PCR Master Mix (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the PCR product is digested with the enzyme DpnI (New England Biolabs, Evry, France): 1 ml of DpnI is added to 50 ⁇ l of PCR product, then incubated for 15-60 min at 37 ° C., the enzyme is then inactivated 10 min. at 80 ° C.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- In vitro fusion assembly is performed with both fragments to obtain plasmid pJM3-ldh.
- 5mI of the construct are transformed into chemically competent Escherichia coli Stellar (Clontech) cells.
- the transformants are selected on LB / Agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 25 ⁇ g / mL of kanamycin.
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the correct insertion of the Idh gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with oligonucleotides (5 'GACGCTTTTT ATCGCAACTC TCTACTG 3') and 6 ( 5 'CGAACGCCCT AGGTATAAAC GCAG 3').
- the plasmid pBBAD-ldh is inserted into the Cupriavidus necator H16 PHB-4 strain by electroporation (protocol adapted from Taghavi et al., 1994).
- Cupriavidus necator cells are cultured in TSB medium containing 27.5 g / L of tryptic soy broth (TSB, Becton Dickinson, Sparks, Maryland, USA, 3 ml in 10 ml tubes) and incubated overnight at 30 ° C. with vigorous stirring. .
- 1 ml of the culture is transferred into a 250mL Erlenmeyer flask containing 25mL of TSB medium and incubated at 30 ° C, 200 rpm until reaching an OD600nm of 0.5-0.6.
- the cells are then harvested and washed twice with 25 mL of cold wash buffer (10% glycerol, 90% water [vol / vol]).
- the cells rendered by this electro-competent method are then concentrated in the washing solution in order to obtain an OD600nm of 50 and aliquoted by 150 ⁇ L.
- the cells are mixed with 1 ml of SOC medium (tryptone 2%, yeast extract 0.5%, 10 mM NaCl, 2.5 mM KCl, 10 mM MgCl 2, 10 mM MgSO 4 and 20 mM glucose), incubated for 2 h at 30 ° C. and then spread on petri dishes maintained at 30 ° C. containing TSB / Agar medium (20 g / ml). L) supplemented with 10 mg / L of gentamycin and 200 mg / L of kanamycin).
- SOC medium tryptone 2%, yeast extract 0.5%, 10 mM NaCl, 2.5 mM KCl, 10 mM MgCl 2, 10 mM MgSO 4 and 20 mM glucose
- the Cupriavidus necator strain H16 PHB-4 pJM3-ldh is recovered and named CN0001.
- the genetic modifications are validated by sequencing.
- the minimum medium used contains: NaH2PO4, 4.0 g / L; Na2HPO4, 4.6 g / L; K2SO4, 0.45 g / L; MgSO 4 0.39 g / L, CaCl 2, 0.062 g / L; 0.05% (w / v) NH4Cl, trace elements, 1 ml / L (FeSO4-7H2O, 15 g / L, MnSO4-H2O, 2.4 g / L, ZnSO4-7H2O, 2.4 g / L, CuSO4-5H2O, 0.48 g / L in 0.1M HCM).
- the minimum medium B used contains per liter: MgSO 4, 7H 2 O, 0.75 g; phosphate (Na2HPO4, 12H2O, 1.5g, KH2PO4, 0.25g); nitrilotriacetic acid, 0.285 g; iron ammonium citrate (III), 0.9 g; CaCl2, 0.015 g; trace elements (H3B03, 0.45 mg, CoCl2.6H2O, 0.3 mg, ZnSO4.7H2O, 0.15 mg, MnCl2.4H2O, 0.045 mg, Na2MoO4.2H2O, 0.045 mg, NiCl2.6H2O, 0, 03 mg, CuSO 4, 0.015 mg); kanamycin, 0.1 g.
- Precultures An isolated colony of strain CN0001 is used to inoculate the first culture which is cultured for 24 hours with 10 ml of TSB containing 10 mg / l of gentamycin and 200 mg / l of kanamycin, in a 100 ml baffled Erlenmeyer flask. Two other propagation steps are carried out for 12 h each (25 mL and 300 mL of minimum A medium, respectively in 250 mL and 3 L Erlenmeyer flasks). Each culture is cultured at 30 ° C and stirred at 100 rpm in an incubator. This preculture is used to inoculate the culture step in bioreactors.
- the culture of the CN0001 strain in fed-batch is carried out in three phases.
- the first phase consists of a controlled growth phase on fructose to reach 0.9 g / L of biomass at a specific growth rate of 0.16 h-1.
- the second phase is carried out to allow the adaptation of cellular metabolism to gaseous substrates. It is started by a flow of 0.22 L / min of a commercial mixture H2 / 02 / C02 / N2 (mol%: 60: 2: 10: 28, Air Liquide, Paris, France).
- the third phase consists of limited nitrogen growth on gaseous substrates coupled with lactate production.
- This phase is initiated by the addition of 1 g / L of L-arabinose to induce the expression of lactate dehydrogenase.
- the nitrogen is fed from a solution of 56 g / l of NH3, to control a residual specific growth rate of 0.02 h-1.
- This Culture is conducted in 1, 4 L BDCU B. Braun bioreactors. The temperature is regulated at 30 ° C and the pH at 7.0 by the addition of 2.5 M KOH solution.
- the fermentation supernatant is analyzed by HPLC-UV-RI chromatography.
- the fermentation wort regularly removed (1 mL) is first centrifuged for 10 min at 10,000 g. Then, it is filtered on 0.45 pm (Minicart RC4, Sartorius).
- the HPLC system used is a Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 HPLC, coupled to a UV refractometer and detector (210 nm). 10 ⁇ l of each sample is injected onto an Aminex HPX-87H H + column, 300 mm ⁇ 7.8 mm (Biorad).
- the eluent is an aqueous solution of 4 mM sulfuric acid.
- the flow rate is set at 0.5 ml / min.
- the oven temperature is 45 ° C. Isocratic elution is achieved. Quantification is achieved through an appropriate standard range. If necessary, the samples are diluted.
- the CN0001 strain produced under these culture conditions from 5 to 100 mg / L of lactate.
- Example 2 Construction of a Naturally Oxidizing Hydrogen Bacteria Cupriavidus necator and Genetically Modified to Plasmidally Over Express an Endogenous Lactate Dehydrogenase and to Produce Lactate From C0 2 (CN0002)
- a plasmid carrying L-lactate dehydrogenase from Cupriavidus necator (Idh, EC: 1.1.1.27) under arabinose-inducible promoter is cloned in one step in vitro via the In-Fusion® assembly protocol (Clontech).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the Idh gene (GenBank: CAJ91814.1) is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain PHB-4 using oligonucleotides 7 (5 'AAGGAGATAT ACATATGAAG ATCTCCCTCA CCAGCG 3') and 8 (5 ' ACTCGAGTTT GGATCCTCAG GCCGTGGGGA CGGC 3 ') and the enzyme Phusion High-Fidelity PCR Master Mix with GC Buffer (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the backbone plasmid pBADTrfp (Bi et al., 2013) derived from plasmid pBBR1-MCS (Kovach et al., 1995), containing an Escherichia coli pBAD promoter, is digested with restriction enzymes BamHI-HF and NdeI (New England). Biolabs, Evry, France) to eliminate the coding sequence for the RFP protein.
- the 5247 base pair DNA fragment containing the pBBR1 origin of replication, the selection gene (kan) and the pBAD promoter is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- plasmid pBAD-ldh (cn).
- 5 ⁇ l of the construct are transformed into chemo-competent Escherichia coli Stellar TM (Clontech) cells.
- the transformants are selected on LB / Agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 25 ⁇ g / mL of kanamycin (Gibco TM).
- Plasmid pBAD-l.ldh (cn) is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of the positive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM) and oligonucleotides 9 and 10.
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 25 ⁇ g / mL kanamycin and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- Cupriavidus necator cells are cultured in 3 ml of TSB medium containing 27.5 g / l of tryptic soy broth (TSB, Becton Dickinson, Sparks, Maryland, USA) and incubated for 20 h at 30 ° C. with vigorous stirring.
- the Escherichia coli cells are cultured in 3 ml of LB medium (Tryptone 10 g / l, yeast extract 5 g / l, NaCl 5 g / l, Sigma-Aldrich) containing 25 ⁇ g / ml of kanamycin and incubated overnight. at 37 ° C with vigorous stirring.
- the optical density (OD 600 nm ) is measured for each culture and the equivalent of 1 OD of cells are transferred to 1.5 ml tubes and centrifuged (5 minutes, 3000 rpm). The supernatant is removed and the cells are washed in 1 ml of PBS (Sigma-Aldrich). The washing is repeated a second time. 50 ⁇ l of the Cupriavidus necator cell suspension and 50 ⁇ l of the Escherichia coli cell suspension are removed and mixed in a 1.5 ml tube. This mixture is deposited in the form of a drop on a non-selective LB / Agar medium containing 2% of fructose and incubated for 6 h at 30 ° C.
- the cells are then scraped and resuspended in 1 ml of PBS. This suspension is diluted 1: 1000 and 100 ⁇ l of this dilution is spread on LB / Agar selective medium containing 2% fructose, 300 ⁇ g / ml of kanamycin and 10 ⁇ g / ml of gentamycin (Sigma-Aldrich). The cells are incubated 24h at 30 ° C. Isolated clones are removed, streaked on the same selective medium and incubated 24h at 30 ° C.
- the selection of the clones containing the plasmid pBAD-ldh (cn) is performed by colony PCR using the enzyme DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix (Thermo Scientific TM) and oligonucleotides 9 and 10.
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain PHB-4 pBAD-ldh (cn) is recovered and named CN0002. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing.
- strain CN0002 Cupriavidus necator H16 PHB-4 pBAD -Idh
- C. necator LDH lactate dehydrogenase
- This strain is naturally resistant to gentamycin and has plasmid resistance to kanamycin.
- the rich medium consisted of 27.5% (w / v) tryptic soy broth (TSB, Becton Dickinson, France).
- the minimum medium used for the Erlenmeyer cultures contained: 4.0 g / L NaH 2 PO 4 2H 2 O; 4.6 g / L of Na 2 HPO 4 12H 2 O; 0.45 g / LK 2 SO 4 ; 0.39 g / L MgSO 4 H 2 O; 0.062 g / L of CaCh 2H 2 0 and 1 ml / L of trace element solution.
- the element trace solution contained: 15 g / L FeSO 4 H 2 O; 2.4 g / L MnSO 4 H 2 O; 2.4 g / L of ZnSO 4 7H 2 0 and 0.48 g / L of CuSO 4 5H 2 O in 0.1 M of HCl.
- Fructose (20 g / L) was used as a carbon source.
- NH 4 CI (0.5 g / L) was used as a nitrogen source to achieve a biomass concentration of about 1 g / L. 0.04 g / L of NaOH was added.
- Inoculation Chain A clone of the CN0002 strain of a culture plate was first cultured for 8 h in 5 mL of medium rich with gentamycin (10 mg / L) and kanamycin (200 mg / L) (strain dependent), in culture tubes, at 30 ° C with shaking (200 rpm). This first preculture was used to inoculate the second preculture to an initial 0.05 ⁇ g in 25 mL of MMR medium in 250 mL baffled Erlenmeyer flasks that were incubated for 20 h at 30 ° C, 200 rpm.
- This second preculture was used to inoculate the Erlenmeyer culture in 50 mL of MMR medium in the presence of gentamycin (10 mg / L) and kanamycin (200 mg / L) (depending on the strain).
- the initial target DOeoo was 0.05.
- the heterotrophic culture was carried out in a 50 ml MMR volume in 500 ml baffled Erlenmeyer flasks at a temperature of 30 ° C. and a stirring of 200 rpm. A growth phase lasting 20 hours was carried out until a biomass of 1 g / L was obtained. After this first phase of growth, a modification of the aeration is performed (2% air or 0.4% of 0 2 ), an induction of the promoter of the LDH is carried out by the addition of 1 g / L arabinose (depending on the strain) which leads to a lactate production phase with a duration of 120 h.
- Example 4 Production of Lactate from CO 2 by Fermentation of a Naturally Oxidizing Hydrogen Bacteria, Cupriavidus necator, Genetically Modified (CN0002)
- strain CN0002 Cupriavidus necator H16 PHB-4 pBAD -Idh
- C. necator LDH lactate dehydrogenase
- This strain is naturally resistant to gentamycin and has plasmid resistance to kanamycin.
- the rich medium consisted of 27.5% (w / v) tryptic soy broth (TSB, Becton Dickinson, France).
- the minimum medium used for the Erlenmeyer cultures contained: 4.0 g / L NaH 2 PO 4 2H 2 O; 4.6 g / L of Na 2 HPO 4 12H 2 O; 0.45 g / LK 2 SO 4 ; 0.39 g / L MgSO 4 H 2 O; 0.062 g / L of CaCh 2H 2 0 and 1 ml / L of trace element solution.
- the element trace solution contained: 15 g / L FeSO 4 H 2 O; 2.4 g / L MnSO 4 H 2 O; 2.4 g / L of ZnSO 4 7H 2 0 and 0.48 g / L of CuSO 4 5H 2 O in 0.1 M of HCl.
- Fructose (20 g / L) was used as a carbon source.
- NH 4 CI (0.5 g / L) was used as a nitrogen source to achieve a biomass concentration of about 1 g / L. 0.04 g / L of NaOH was added.
- the minimum medium used in the bioreactor for gas fermentations consisted of: 0.29 g / L NitrilotriAcetic acid; 0.09 g / L ferric ammonium citrate; 0.75 g / L MgSO 4 H 2 O; 0.015 g / L CaCl 2 H 2 O and 1.5 ml / L trace element solution.
- the composition of the trace element solution was: 0.3 g / L H 3 BO 3 ; 0.2 g / L of C0Cl 2 6H 2 O; 0.1 g / L of ZnSO 4 H 2 O; 0.03 g / L of MnCl 2 4H 2 O; 0.03 g / L of Na 2 MoO 4 2H 2 O; 0.02 g / L of NiCh 6H2O; 0.01 g / L of CuSO 4 ⁇ hhO.
- Inoculation Chain A clone of the CN0002 strain of a culture plate was first cultured for 24 h in 5 mL of TSB medium with gentamycin (10 mg / L) and kanamycin (50 mg / L) (strain dependent), in 50 mL baffled Erlenmeyer flasks at 30 ° C with shaking (1 rpm). The culture medium was then centrifuged for 10 min at 1900 g. The cells were resuspended in 5 mL of MMR medium, and were used to inoculate the 45 mL of MMR medium with 5.5 mg / L of gentamycin and 100 mg / L of kanamycin (strain dependent) in baffled Erlenmeyer flasks.
- the culture medium was centrifuged for 5 min at 4000 g and the cells were resuspended in 30 mL of FAME medium, and were used to inoculate the 300 mL of FAME medium (with if necessary 100 mg / L kanamycin) in the gas bioreactor.
- the initial ⁇ qboo target was 0.2.
- the autotrophic culture was performed in a gas bioreactor with a working volume of 330 mL.
- the temperature was set at 30 ° C., the pH at 7.
- the pressure and the stirring speed were defined according to the needs of the culture.
- the gas flow rates were individually controlled (CO 2 , H 2 , air).
- a gas analyzer was used for the analysis of the outlet gases (% O 2 and CO 2 ) and a volumeter to measure the total output gas flows. After 53 hours of growth, about 3 g / L of biomass was reached, the dissolved oxygen concentration dropped to 0 and 160 mg / L of lactate were produced.
- Samples (approximately 1 ml) were taken regularly (every 2-3 hours) by sampling through a septum with a syringe and needle. The growth was followed by a measurement of the optical density (OD) at 600 nm; converted to dry weight of bacterial cells (gCDW / L) according to a calibration curve. Lactate production was analyzed by HPLC / HPAIC as described in Example 1. The samples were centrifuged for 3 min at 13000 rpm and the supernatants were analyzed. For HPLC analysis, the sample supernatants were filtered before analysis. Calibration ranged from 0.1 to 5 g / L in water.
- Fermentation Lactate production by strain CN0002 has been characterized in a bioreactor under autotrophic conditions.
- the growth of the strain is shown in FIG. 7.
- Example 5 Construction and evaluation of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a heterologous lactate dehydrogenase of Streptococcus bovis is overexpressed (CN0003).
- a plasmid carrying L-lactate dehydrogenase (Idh, EC: 1.1.1.27) from Streptococcus bovis (ATCC 33317) under arabinose inducible promoter is cloned in one step in vitro via the In-Fusion® assembly protocol (Clontech ).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the Idh gene (GenBank: KFN85486.1) is recoded according to the codon usage bias described for Cupriavidus necator H16 and synthesized in vitro (GenScript®). It is amplified by PCR using oligonucleotides 12 (5 'AAGGAGATAT ACATATGACC GCGACCAAGC AGCAC 3') and 13 (5 'ACTCGAGTTT GGATCCTCAG TTCTTGCAGG CCGACGCGA 3') and the enzyme Phusion High-Fidelity PCR Master Mix with GC Buffer (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the backbone plasmid pBADTrfp (Bi et al., 2013) derived from plasmid pBBR1-MCS (Kovach et al., 1995), containing an Escherichia coli pBAD promoter, is digested with restriction enzymes BamHI-HF and NdeI (New England). Biolabs, Evry, France) to eliminate the coding sequence for the RFP protein.
- the 5247 base pair DNA fragment containing the pBBR1 origin of replication, the selection gene (kan) and the pBAD promoter is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- plasmid pBAD-ldh (sb). 5 ⁇ l of the construct are transformed into chemo-competent Escherichia coli Stellar TM (Clontech) cells. The transformants are selected on LB / Agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 25 ⁇ g / mL of kanamycin (Gibco TM) .
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM) and oligonucleotides 9 and 14 (5 'GGAGCTGGGC ATCATCGAGA TC 3'). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the correct insertion of the Idh gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with the oligonucleotides 9 and 11.
- Plasmid pBAD-ldh (sb) is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000). The selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM) and oligonucleotides 9 and 14.
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 25 ⁇ g / mL kanamycin and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- Cupriavidus necator cells are cultured in 3 ml of TSB medium containing 27.5 g / l of tryptic soy broth (TSB, Becton Dickinson, Sparks, Maryland, USA) and incubated for 20 hours at 30 ° C. with vigorous stirring.
- the Escherichia coli cells are cultured in 3 ml of LB medium (Tryptone 10 g / l, yeast extract 5 g / l, NaCl 5 g / l, Sigma-Aldrich) containing 25 ⁇ g / ml of kanamycin and incubated overnight. at 37 ° C with vigorous stirring.
- the optical density (DC> 6 ohm) is measured for each culture and the equivalent of 1 OD of cells is transferred to 1.5 ml tube and centrifuged (5 minutes, 3000 rpm). The supernatant is removed and the cells are washed in 1 ml of PBS (Sigma-Aldrich). The washing is repeated a second time. 50 ⁇ l of the Cupriavidus necator cell suspension and 50 ⁇ l of the Escherichia coli cell suspension are removed and mixed in a 1.5 ml tube. This mixture is deposited in the form of a drop on a non-selective LB / Agar medium containing 2% of fructose and incubated for 6 h at 30 ° C.
- the cells are then scraped and resuspended in 1 ml of PBS. This suspension is diluted 1: 1000 and 100 ⁇ l of this dilution are plated on LB / Agar selective medium containing 2% fructose, 300 ⁇ g / ml kanamycin and 10 ⁇ g / ml gentamycin (Sigma-Aldrich). The cells are incubated 24h at 30 ° C. Isolated clones are removed, streaked on the same selective medium and incubated 24h at 30 ° C.
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain PHB-4 pBAD-ldh (sb) is recovered and named CN0003.
- Cupriavidus necator strain H16 (ATCC 17699) is used.
- the deletion of the polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis pathway operon is inhibited by insertion of an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase.
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid carrying Cupriavidus necator L-lactate dehydrogenase (Idh, EC: 1.1.1.27) under arabinose inducible promoter as well as the sequences of the upstream and downstream homology zones of the phaCAB operon is cloned in one step. in vitro using the NEBuilder ® HiFi DNA Assembly Cloning protocol (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the Idh gene is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using the oligonucleotides (5 'AGACAATCAA ATCTTTACAC TTTATGCTTC CGGCTCGTAT GTTGTGTGGA ATTGTGAGCG G AT A AC ATT TCACACAGGA AACAGCTATG AAGATCTCCC TCACCAGCGC CC 3') having A 13 base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of the upstream homology zone of the phaCAB operon and the pLac promoter sequence (in italics) from pJQ200mp18 (Quandt and Hynes, 1993) and (5 'CCAGGCCGGC AGGTCAGGCC GTGGGGACGG CCA 3') having at 5 'a 13 base pair overlap zone with the 5' end of the downstream homology zone of the phaCAB operon and the KOD Hot Start enzyme DNA Polymerase (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel
- the sequence of the upstream homology zone of the phaCAB operon is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 17 (5 'GCATGCCTGC AGGTCGACTC TAGAGGGTCG CTTCTACTCC TATCG 3') having 5 a 25 base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of the plasmid pJQ200mpTet and 18 (5' CATAAAGTGT AAAGATTTGA TTGTCTCTCT GCC 3 ') having at 5' a 13 base pair overlap zone with the 5 'end of the pLac promoter sequence and KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the sequence of the downstream homology zone of the operon phaCAB is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 19 (5 'CCCCACGGCC TGACCTGCCG GCCTGGTTCA ACC 3') having 5 ' a zone of 13 base pair recovery with the 3 'end of the Idh gene sequence of Cupriavidus necator H16 strain and (5' TACGAATTCG AGCTCGGTAC CCGGGTTCTG GATGTCGATG AAGGCCTG 3 ') having a 5' overlap area of 25 base pairs at 5 ' with the 5 'end of the pJQ200mpTet plasmid and the KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the pJQ200mpTet backbone plasmid is a derivative of the plasmid pJQ200mp18 (Quandt and Hynes, 1993) where the gene for resistance to gentamycin has been replaced by the tetracycline resistance gene.
- the backbone plasmid pJQ200mpTet is cut with the BamHI-HF restriction enzyme (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the correct insertion of the Idh gene, the sequence of the upstream homology zone and the sequence of the downstream homology zone is confirmed. by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with oligonucleotides 21 (5 'TGCAAGGCGA TTAAGTTG 3'), 22 (5 'CATGCAAAGT GCCGGCCAGG 3'), 23 (5 'CTGCACGAAC ATGGTGCTGG CT 3') and 24 (5 'CTGGCACGAC AGGTTTCCCG A 3') .
- Plasmid pJQ200mp-AphaCABQpLac L-ldh is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser Electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the selection of positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is performed by colony PCR using Kod Xtreme TM Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) (KGqubb et al., 2009).
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator is recovered and named CN0004. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing.
- Example 7 Construction of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis pathway is deleted, an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase is overexpressed and in which a pyruvate carboxylase is deleted (CN0005)
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid carrying the sequences of the upstream and downstream zones homology of the gene coding for pyruvate carboxylase (pyc) of Cupriavidus necator is cloned in an in vitro step via the joining protocol NEBuilder ® HiFi DNA Cloning Assembly (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the sequence of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for pyc is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides (5 'AGATCCTTTA ATTCGAGCTC GGTACCGCAT GGCCAAGGTG GAAGAG 3) having 5' a 25 base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of the plasmid pL03 and 26 (5' TGCCGGCCAA CGTCACATGG GATGCAGGGA AGCGAAC 3 ') having at 5' a 15 base pair overlap zone with the 5 'end of the downstream homology zone of the gene encoding pyc and the KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the sequence of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for pyc is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using the oligonucleotides (5 'TCCCTGCATC CCATGTGACG TTGGCCGGCA GGG 3') having at 5 'a 15 base pair overlap zone with the 3' end of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for pyc and 28 (5 ACTTAATTAA GGATCCGGCG CGCCCCCCGG GCTGATAGTT CTTCAACACC AGCAGTC 3 ') having at 5' a 31 base pair recovery region with the 5 'end of plasmid pL03 and KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the skeletal plasmid pL03 (Lenz and Friedrich, 1998) is cut by the restriction enzyme Xmal-HF (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the deletion of the pyc gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with oligonucleotides 29 (5 'GCAAACAAAC CACCGCTGGT 3'), (5 'CGCCATATCG GATGCCGTTC 3 ') and 31 (5' TAGCAGCACG CCATAGTGAC TG 3 ').
- Plasmid pL03-Apyc is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the conjugation between the Escherichia coli S17-1 cells and those of the CN0004 strain was adapted from the Lenz et al., 1994 protocol.
- the sucrose selection method (15% sucrose used) with SacB made it possible to precisely delete the gene encoding pyc.
- the clones are validated by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the selection of the positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the Kod Xtreme Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen).
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 Apyc strain AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator is recovered and named CN0005. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing.
- Example 8 Construction of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis pathway is deleted, an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase is overexpressed and in which a pyruvate dehydrogenase is deleted (CN0006)
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid carrying the sequences of the upstream and downstream zones homology of the gene encoding the E1 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase (pdhA2) of Cupriavidus necator is cloned in one step via the in vitro assembly protocol NEBuilder ® HiFi DNA Cloning Assembly ( New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the sequence of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for pdhA2 is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 32 (5 'TCCTTTAATT CGAGCTCGGT ACCCGGGTGC GTAATCCACT TCCAG 3') having 5 a 22 bp overlap area with the 3 'end of plasmid pL03 and 33 (5' CCCATCGTTC ACACGGCAAG TCTCCGTTAA GGAATTC 3 ') having at 5' a 1 1 base pair overlap area with the 5 'end of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for pdhA2 and the KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the sequence of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for pdhA2 is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 34 (5 'GACTTGCCGT GTGAACGATG GGCCATCGGG CA 3) having in 5' a 11 base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for pdhA2 and (5' TAAGGATCCG GCGCGCCCCC GGGTTGAGCA GGATCACGTC GATCC 3 ') having at 5' a 22 bp overlap area with the 5 'end of plasmid pL03 and KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the skeletal plasmid pL03 (Lenz and Friedrich, 1998) is cut by the restriction enzyme Xmal-HF (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the deletion of the pdhA2 gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with the oligonucleotides 36 (5 'TAATCCACTT
- Plasmid pL03-ApdhA2 is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the conjugation between the Escherichia coli S17-1 cells and those of the CN0004 strain was adapted from the Lenz et al., 1994 protocol.
- the sucrose selection method (15% sucrose used) with SacB made it possible to precisely delete the gene coding for pdhA2.
- the clones are validated by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the selection of the positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the Kod Xtreme Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen).
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 ApdhA2 strain AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator is recovered and named CN0006. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing. Evaluation of the Fructose CN0006 Strain The production of lactate on fructose of the Cupriavidus necator H16 ApdhA2 AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator strain (CN0006) was evaluated according to the method described in Example 3. Under these culture conditions, the strain CN0006 produces 13% more lactate than strain CN0004 after 51 h of culture.
- Example 9 Construction of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthetic pathway is deleted, an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase is overexpressed and in which an acetyltransferase phosphate and a phosphoenolpyruvate synthase acetate kinase are deleted (CN0007)
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid carrying the sequences of the upstream and downstream homology zones of the operon encoding the Cupriavidus necator acetate kinase (ackA) and phosphotransacetylase (pta1) genes is cloned in one step in vitro via the NEBuilder ® HiFi assembly protocol. DNA Assembly Cloning (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the sequence of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for pta1 is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using the oligonucleotides
- PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- sequence of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for ackA is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using the oligonucleotides
- the skeletal plasmid pL03 (Lenz and Friedrich, 1998) is cut by the restriction enzyme Xmal-HF (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the deletion of the ackA-pta1 operon is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with oligonucleotides 43 (5 'GACTTCCGGC).
- Plasmid pL03-Apta1-ackA is inserted into an electrocompetent Escherichia coli S17-1 strain by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the conjugation between Escherichia coli S17-1 cells and those of strain CN0004 was adapted from the Lenz et al., 1994 protocol.
- the sucrose selection method (15% sucrose used) with SacB made it possible to precisely deletion pta1-ackA operon.
- the clones are validated by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the selection of the positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the Kod Xtreme Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen).
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain Apta1-ackA AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator is recovered and named CN0007. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing. Evaluation of the Fructose CN0007 Strain The production of lactate on fructose of the Cupriavidus necator H16 Apta1-ackA AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator strain (CN0007) was evaluated according to the method described in Example 3. Under these conditions of culture, strain CN0007 produces 11% more lactate than strain CN0004 after 51 h of culture.
- Example 10 Construction of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis pathway is deleted, an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase is overexpressed and in which a ferricytochrome C reductase lactate is deleted (CN0008)
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid bearing the sequences of the upstream and downstream homology zones of the active site of the L-lactate cytochrome c reductase (NdD, 1.1.2.3) of Cupriavidus necator is cloned in one step in vitro via the NEBuilder ® HiFi assembly protocol. DNA Assembly Cloning (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the sequence of the region of upstream homology of the gene coding for NdD is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 47 (5 'CCTGCAGGTC GACTCTAGAG AGCAATTGCT CCGCCATCAG C 3') having 5 a 20 base pair recovery zone with the 3 'end of plasmid pJQ200mpTet and 48 (5' AGTCGATGGC CACTTGGCGG CGCAAGGTAC 3 ') having at 5' a 10 base pair overlap zone with the 5 'end of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdD and the KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the sequence of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdD is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 49 (5 'CCGCCAAGTG GCCATCGACT TGTTGCAGGC 3') having in 5 'a 10-base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdD and 50 (5' ATTCGAGCTC GGTACCCGGG CAAAGGCTGC GTCCAGCCAG 3 ') having at 5' a recovery zone of 20 pairs of bases with the 5 'end of plasmid pJQ200mpTet and KOD enzyme Hot Start DNA Polymerase (Novagen) with 5% of DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the pJQ200mpTet backbone plasmid is a derivative of the plasmid pJQ200mp18 (Quandt and Hynes, 1993) where the gene for resistance to gentamycin has been replaced by the tetracycline resistance gene.
- the backbone plasmid pJQ200mpTet is cut with the BamHI-HF restriction enzyme (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the deletion of the NdD gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with oligonucleotides 24 (5 'CTGGCACGAC AGGTTTCCCG A 3'), 51 (5 ' TGCAAGGCGA TTAAGTTGGG TAACG 3 ') and 52 (5' GAACAGCTGC ACGCCGAG 3 ').
- Plasmid pJQ200mpTet -AlldD is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the conjugation between the Escherichia coli S17-1 cells and those of the CN0004 strain was adapted from the Lenz et al., 1994 protocol.
- the sucrose selection method (15% sucrose used) with SacB made it possible to precisely delete the gene coding for NdD.
- the clones are validated by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the selection of the positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the Kod Xtreme Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen).
- the Cupriavidus necator H16 AlldD strain AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator is recovered and named CN0008. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing. Evaluation of the Fructose CN0008 Strain The production of lactate on fructose of the Cupriavidus necator H16 AlldD AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator strain (CN0008) was evaluated according to the method described in Example 3. Under these culture conditions, the strain CN0008 produces 1, 4 g / L of lactate after 140 h of culture.
- Example 11 Construction of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis pathway is deleted, an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase is overexpressed and in which two ferricytochrome C reductase lactates are deleted (CN0009)
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid carrying the sequences of the upstream and downstream zones homology of the gene encoding L-lactate cytochrome reductase (NDA) of Cupriavidus necator is cloned in an in vitro step via the joining protocol NEBuilder ® HiFi DNA Cloning Assembly (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the sequence of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdA is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 53 (5 'CCTGCAGGTC GACTCTAGAG GATCCGCAAG ACGGTTTATC TCTCGGTC 3') having 5 a 25 base pair overlap area with the 3 'end of plasmid pJQ200mpTet and 54 (5' GACGCTATCA CATGGGAACT CCCTTGAAAA
- AAACAAAAAG CTGC 3 ' having at 5' a 10 base pair overlap zone with the 5 'end of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdA and KOD enzyme Hot Start DNA Polymerase (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the sequence of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdA is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 55 (5 'AGTTCCCATG TGATAGCGTC TATGAGGCGT C 3') having 5 ' a 10 base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for NdA and 56 (5' ATTCGAGCTC GGTACCCGGG GATCGAGGAA ATCGGCTGCG TAGG 3 ') having at 5' a recovery zone of 24 base pairs with the 5 'end of plasmid pJQ200mpTet and KOD enzyme Hot Start DNA Polymerase (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the pJQ200mpTet backbone plasmid is a derivative of the plasmid pJQ200mp18 (Quandt and Hynes, 1993) where the gene for resistance to gentamycin has been replaced by the tetracycline resistance gene.
- the backbone plasmid pJQ200mpTet is cut with the BamHI-HF restriction enzyme (New England Biolabs, Evry, France). The digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids with the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the deletion of the NdA gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with oligonucleotides 21 (5 'TGCAAGGCGA TTAAGTTG 3'), 57 (5 'CCTCATAGAC GCTATCACAT GG 3 '), 58 (5'
- Plasmid pJQ200mpTet -AlldA is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the conjugation between the Escherichia coli S17-1 cells and those of the CN0008 strain was adapted from the Lenz et al., 1994 protocol.
- the sucrose selection method (15% sucrose used) with SacB made it possible to precisely delete the gene encoding NdA.
- the clones are validated by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the selection of the positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the Kod Xtreme Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen).
- the strain Cupriavidus necator H16 AlldA AlldD AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator is recovered and named CN0009. Genetic modifications are validated by sequencing. Evaluation of the Fructose CN0009 Strain The production of lactate on fructose of the Cupriavidus necator H16 AlldD AphaCABQpLAC_L-ldh C.necator strain (CN0009) was evaluated according to the method described in Example 3. Under these culture conditions, the strain CN0009 produces 1, 4 g / L of lactate after 140 h of culture.
- Example 12 Construction of a genetically modified Cupriavidus necator strain in which a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis pathway is deleted, an endogenous lactate dehydrogenase is overexpressed and in which a phosphoenolpyruvate synthase is deleted (CN0010)
- PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
- a plasmid carrying the sequences of the upstream and downstream zones homology of the gene coding for phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (PPSA) of Cupriavidus necator is cloned in one step via the in vitro assembly protocol NEBuilder ® HiFi DNA Cloning Assembly (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the oligonucleotides are synthesized and purified (desalted) by Eurofins Genomics.
- the sequence of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for ppsA is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 59 (5 'AGATCCTTTA ATTCGAGCTC GGTACCCGAA GATCTTCGGC TTGAACG 3') having 5 a 25 base pair overlap zone with the 3 'end of plasmid pL03 and 60 (5' ACGTCAAATG CTTCACATGT CCGGTATGTT CTTGGAGTTC 3 ') having at 5' a 15 base pair overlap zone with 5 'end the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for ppsA and the KOD Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the sequence of the downstream homology zone of the gene coding for ppsA is amplified by PCR on the genomic DNA of the Cupriavidus necator H16 strain using oligonucleotides 61 (5 'AACATACCGG ACATGTGAAG CATTTGACGT CACAATAACG 3') having 5 ' a 15 base pair recovery zone with the 3 'end of the upstream homology zone of the gene coding for ppsA and 62 (5' ACTTAATTAA GGATCCGGCG CGCCCCTTGA GCACGTGCT TGTAGG 3 ') having at 5' a recovery zone of 25 base pairs with the 5 'end of plasmid pL03 and KOD enzyme Hot Start DNA Polymerase (Novagen) with 5% DMSO.
- the PCR product is gel purified with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the skeletal plasmid pL03 (Lenz and Friedrich, 1998) is cut by the restriction enzyme Xmal-HF (New England Biolabs, Evry, France).
- the digestion product is purified on gel with the Nucleospin gel kit and PCR clean-up (Macherey-Nagel).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM). After extraction of the plasmids using the NucleoSpin® Plasmid kit (Macherey-Nagel), the deletion of the ppsA gene is confirmed by sequencing (Eurofins genomic) with the oligonucleotides 63 (5 'ATGAACACCG
- Plasmid pL03-AppsA is inserted into an electrocompetent strain Escherichia coli S17-1 by electroporation using a Gene Pulser electroporator, BioRad (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000).
- the selection of positive clones is performed by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the clone of interest is isolated on LB / agar medium (Tryptone 10 g / L, yeast extract 5 g / L, NaCl 5 g / L, Sigma-Aldrich, agar 20 g / L) containing 15 ⁇ g / mL of tetracycline and incubated overnight at 37 ° C.
- the conjugation between the Escherichia coli S17-1 cells and those of the CN0004 strain was adapted from the Lenz et al., 1994 protocol.
- the sucrose selection method (15% sucrose used) with SacB made it possible to precisely delete the gene coding for ppsA.
- the clones are validated by colony PCR using the DreamTaq Green PCR Master Mix enzyme (Thermo Scientific TM).
- the selection of the positive clones among the tetracycline-sensitive clones is carried out by colony PCR using the Kod Xtreme Hot Start DNA Polymerase enzyme (Novagen).
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