|
|
||||||||
Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK1
Author for correspondence: Tanya Parish. Tel: +44 20 7927 2425. Fax: +44 20 7637 4314. e-mail: Tanya.Parish{at}lshtm.ac.uk
Progress in the field of mycobacterial research has been hindered by the inability to readily generate defined mutant strains of the slow-growing mycobacteria to investigate the function of specific genes. An efficient method is described that has been used to generate several mutants, including the first double unmarked deletion strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Four mutants were constructed: a marked deletion of the plcABC cluster, which encodes three phospholipases C; separate unmarked deletions in plcABC and tlyA (encoding a haemolysin); and a double unmarked mutant tlyA
plcABC
. To accomplish this, two series of vectors were designed, the first of which, named pNIL, allows manipulation of the target gene sequence at a variety of convenient restriction sites. The second series, named pGOAL, contains marker cassettes flanked by PacI restriction enzyme sites. The final suicide plasmid vectors were then obtained by cloning a marker cassette from a pGOAL vector into the single PacI site of the pNIL vector with the modified gene of interest. Finally, a two-step strategy was employed whereby single cross-over events were first selected, then screening for the second cross-over was carried out to yield the mutant strains. This technique will now allow the construction of potential vaccine strains without the inclusion of antibiotic resistance markers, the ability to make multiple defined mutations and the possibility of making more subtle defined mutations, such as point mutations.
Keywords: homologous recombination, haemolysin, phospholipase C, rapid cloning system
Abbreviations: hyg, hygromycin; kan, kanamycin; suc, sucrose; MCS, multiple cloning site
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
H. I. M. Boshoff, X. Xu, K. Tahlan, C. S. Dowd, K. Pethe, L. R. Camacho, T.-H. Park, C.-S. Yun, D. Schnappinger, S. Ehrt, et al. Biosynthesis and Recycling of Nicotinamide Cofactors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: AN ESSENTIAL ROLE FOR NAD IN NONREPLICATING BACILLI J. Biol. Chem., July 11, 2008; 283(28): 19329 - 19341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
K. Arora, D. C. Whiteford, D. Lau-Bonilla, C. M. Davitt, and J. L. Dahl Inactivation of lsr2 Results in a Hypermotile Phenotype in Mycobacterium smegmatis J. Bacteriol., June 15, 2008; 190(12): 4291 - 4300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. Goude, A. G. Amin, D. Chatterjee, and T. Parish The Critical Role of embC in Mycobacterium tuberculosis J. Bacteriol., June 15, 2008; 190(12): 4335 - 4341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
H. Safi, B. Sayers, M. H. Hazbon, and D. Alland Transfer of embB Codon 306 Mutations into Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Alters Susceptibility to Ethambutol, Isoniazid, and Rifampin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., June 1, 2008; 52(6): 2027 - 2034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Savvi, D. F. Warner, B. D. Kana, J. D. McKinney, V. Mizrahi, and S. S. Dawes Functional Characterization of a Vitamin B12-Dependent Methylmalonyl Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Propionate Metabolism during Growth on Fatty Acids J. Bacteriol., June 1, 2008; 190(11): 3886 - 3895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
B. K. M. Dass, R. Sharma, A. R. Shenoy, R. Mattoo, and S. S. Visweswariah Cyclic AMP in Mycobacteria: Characterization and Functional Role of the Rv1647 Ortholog in Mycobacterium smegmatis J. Bacteriol., June 1, 2008; 190(11): 3824 - 3834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Y. Hu, B. Henderson, P. A. Lund, P. Tormay, M. T. Ahmed, S. S. Gurcha, G. S. Besra, and A. R. M. Coates A Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mutant Lacking the groEL Homologue cpn60.1 Is Viable but Fails To Induce an Inflammatory Response in Animal Models of Infection Infect. Immun., April 1, 2008; 76(4): 1535 - 1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. H. Senaratne, B. Sidders, P. Sequeira, G. Saunders, K. Dunphy, O. Marjanovic, J. R. Reader, P. Lima, S. Chan, S. Kendall, et al. Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains disrupted in mce3 and mce4 operons are attenuated in mice J. Med. Microbiol., February 1, 2008; 57(2): 164 - 170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
F. Laval, R. Haites, F. Movahedzadeh, A. Lemassu, C. Y. Wong, N. Stoker, H. Billman-Jacobe, and M. Daffe Investigating the Function of the Putative Mycolic Acid Methyltransferase UmaA: DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS AND MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS PROTEINS J. Biol. Chem., January 18, 2008; 283(3): 1419 - 1427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. G. Amin, R. Goude, L. Shi, J. Zhang, D. Chatterjee, and T. Parish EmbA is an essential arabinosyltransferase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Microbiology, January 1, 2008; 154(1): 240 - 248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. Jakimowicz, A. Brzostek, A. Rumijowska-Galewicz, P. Zydek, A. Dolzblasz, A. Smulczyk-Krawczyszyn, T. Zimniak, L. Wojtasz, A. Zawilak-Pawlik, A. Kois, et al. Characterization of the mycobacterial chromosome segregation protein ParB and identification of its target in Mycobacterium smegmatis Microbiology, December 1, 2007; 153(12): 4050 - 4060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. R. Campbell, K. E. Chapman, K. J. Waldron, S. Tottey, S. Kendall, G. Cavallaro, C. Andreini, J. Hinds, N. G. Stoker, N. J. Robinson, et al. Mycobacterial Cells Have Dual Nickel-Cobalt Sensors: SEQUENCE RELATIONSHIPS AND METAL SITES OF METAL-RESPONSIVE REPRESSORS ARE NOT CONGRUENT J. Biol. Chem., November 2, 2007; 282(44): 32298 - 32310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
E. Sacco, A. S. Covarrubias, H. M. O'Hare, P. Carroll, N. Eynard, T. A. Jones, T. Parish, M. Daffe, K. Backbro, and A. Quemard The missing piece of the type II fatty acid synthase system from Mycobacterium tuberculosis PNAS, September 11, 2007; 104(37): 14628 - 14633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. J. Fields and R. L. Switzer Regulation of pyr Gene Expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis by PyrR-Dependent Translational Repression J. Bacteriol., September 1, 2007; 189(17): 6236 - 6245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Korycka-Machala, E. Rychta, A. Brzostek, H. R. Sayer, A. Rumijowska-Galewicz, R. P. Bowater, and J. Dziadek Evaluation of NAD+-Dependent DNA Ligase of Mycobacteria as a Potential Target for Antibiotics Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., August 1, 2007; 51(8): 2888 - 2897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Parish, G. Roberts, F. Laval, M. Schaeffer, M. Daffe, and K. Duncan Functional Complementation of the Essential Gene fabG1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Mycobacterium smegmatis fabG but Not Escherichia coli fabG J. Bacteriol., May 15, 2007; 189(10): 3721 - 3728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. F. Warner, S. Savvi, V. Mizrahi, and S. S. Dawes A Riboswitch Regulates Expression of the Coenzyme B12-Independent Methionine Synthase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Differential Methionine Synthase Function in Strains H37Rv and CDC1551 J. Bacteriol., May 1, 2007; 189(9): 3655 - 3659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
X. Pang, P. Vu, T. F. Byrd, S. Ghanny, P. Soteropoulos, G. V. Mukamolova, S. Wu, B. Samten, and S. T. Howard Evidence for complex interactions of stress-associated regulons in an mprAB deletion mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Microbiology, April 1, 2007; 153(4): 1229 - 1242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Ramon-Garcia, C. Martin, E. De Rossi, and J. A. Ainsa Contribution of the Rv2333c efflux pump (the Stp protein) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis to intrinsic antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium bovis BCG J. Antimicrob. Chemother., March 1, 2007; 59(3): 544 - 547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
E. E. Machowski, S. Barichievy, B. Springer, S. I. Durbach, and V. Mizrahi In Vitro Analysis of Rates and Spectra of Mutations in a Polymorphic Region of the Rv0746 PE_PGRS Gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis J. Bacteriol., March 1, 2007; 189(5): 2190 - 2195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. K. Karls, J. Guarner, D. N. McMurray, K. A. Birkness, and F. D. Quinn Examination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor mutants using low-dose aerosol infection of guinea pigs suggests a role for SigC in pathogenesis Microbiology, June 1, 2006; 152(6): 1591 - 1600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. D. Mougous, R. H. Senaratne, C. J. Petzold, M. Jain, D. H. Lee, M. W. Schelle, M. D. Leavell, J. S. Cox, J. A. Leary, L. W. Riley, et al. A sulfated metabolite produced by stf3 negatively regulates the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PNAS, March 14, 2006; 103(11): 4258 - 4263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Chauhan, M. V. V. S. Madiraju, M. Fol, H. Lofton, E. Maloney, R. Reynolds, and M. Rajagopalan Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cells Growing in Macrophages Are Filamentous and Deficient in FtsZ Rings. J. Bacteriol., March 1, 2006; 188(5): 1856 - 1865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. E. Posey, T. M. Shinnick, and F. D. Quinn Characterization of the Twin-Arginine Translocase Secretion System of Mycobacterium smegmatis J. Bacteriol., February 15, 2006; 188(4): 1332 - 1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Y. Hu, F. Movahedzadeh, N. G. Stoker, and A. R. M. Coates Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis {alpha}-Crystallin-Like hspX Gene Causes Increased Bacterial Growth In Vivo Infect. Immun., February 1, 2006; 74(2): 861 - 868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Dasgupta, P. Datta, M. Kundu, and J. Basu The serine/threonine kinase PknB of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphorylates PBPA, a penicillin-binding protein required for cell division Microbiology, February 1, 2006; 152(2): 493 - 504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. Casali, A. M. White, and L. W. Riley Regulation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mce1 Operon J. Bacteriol., January 15, 2006; 188(2): 441 - 449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. C. Cholo, H. I. Boshoff, H. C. Steel, R. Cockeran, N. M. Matlola, K. J. Downing, V. Mizrahi, and R. Anderson Effects of clofazimine on potassium uptake by a Trk-deletion mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis J. Antimicrob. Chemother., January 1, 2006; 57(1): 79 - 84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. G. Matsoso, B. D. Kana, P. K. Crellin, D. J. Lea-Smith, A. Pelosi, D. Powell, S. S. Dawes, H. Rubin, R. L. Coppel, and V. Mizrahi Function of the Cytochrome bc1-aa3 Branch of the Respiratory Network in Mycobacteria and Network Adaptation Occurring in Response to Its Disruption J. Bacteriol., September 15, 2005; 187(18): 6300 - 6308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
K. G. Papavinasasundaram, B. Chan, J.-H. Chung, M. J. Colston, E. O. Davis, and Y. Av-Gay Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pknH Gene Confers a Higher Bacillary Load during the Chronic Phase of Infection in BALB/c Mice J. Bacteriol., August 15, 2005; 187(16): 5751 - 5760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. M. Curry, R. Whalan, D. M. Hunt, K. Gohil, M. Strom, L. Rickman, M. J. Colston, S. J. Smerdon, and R. S. Buxton An ABC Transporter Containing a Forkhead-Associated Domain Interacts with a Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase and Is Required for Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice Infect. Immun., August 1, 2005; 73(8): 4471 - 4477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Brzostek, T. Sliwinski, A. Rumijowska-Galewicz, M. Korycka-Machala, and J. Dziadek Identification and targeted disruption of the gene encoding the main 3-ketosteroid dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium smegmatis Microbiology, July 1, 2005; 151(7): 2393 - 2402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. L. Dahl, K. Arora, H. I. Boshoff, D. C. Whiteford, S. A. Pacheco, O. J. Walsh, D. Lau-Bonilla, W. B. Davis, and A. G. Garza The relA Homolog of Mycobacterium smegmatis Affects Cell Appearance, Viability, and Gene Expression J. Bacteriol., April 1, 2005; 187(7): 2439 - 2447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. J. Woodruff, B. L. Carlson, B. Siridechadilok, M. R. Pratt, R. H. Senaratne, J. D. Mougous, L. W. Riley, S. J. Williams, and C. R. Bertozzi Trehalose Is Required for Growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis J. Biol. Chem., July 9, 2004; 279(28): 28835 - 28843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. C. Bopape, H. C. Steel, R. Cockeran, N. M. Matlola, P. B. Fourie, and R. Anderson Antimicrobial activity of clofazimine is not dependent on mycobacterial C-type phospholipases J. Antimicrob. Chemother., June 1, 2004; 53(6): 971 - 974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Bhakta, G. S. Besra, A. M. Upton, T. Parish, C. Sholto-Douglas-Vernon, K. J.C. Gibson, S. Knutton, S. Gordon, R. P. daSilva, M. C. Anderton, et al. Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase Is Required for Synthesis of Mycolic Acids and Complex Lipids in Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Represents a Novel Drug Target J. Exp. Med., May 3, 2004; 199(9): 1191 - 1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
K. C. Onwueme, J. A. Ferreras, J. Buglino, C. D. Lima, and L. E. N. Quadri Mycobacterial polyketide-associated proteins are acyltransferases: Proof of principle with Mycobacterium tuberculosis PapA5 PNAS, March 30, 2004; 101(13): 4608 - 4613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. Shimono, L. Morici, N. Casali, S. Cantrell, B. Sidders, S. Ehrt, and L. W. Riley Hypervirulent mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resulting from disruption of the mce1 operon PNAS, December 23, 2003; 100(26): 15918 - 15923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Parish Starvation Survival Response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis J. Bacteriol., November 15, 2003; 185(22): 6702 - 6706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. S. Dawes, D. F. Warner, L. Tsenova, J. Timm, J. D. McKinney, G. Kaplan, H. Rubin, and V. Mizrahi Ribonucleotide Reduction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Function and Expression of Genes Encoding Class Ib and Class II Ribonucleotide Reductases Infect. Immun., November 1, 2003; 71(11): 6124 - 6131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. V. Tullius, G. Harth, and M. A. Horwitz Glutamine Synthetase GlnA1 Is Essential for Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human THP-1 Macrophages and Guinea Pigs Infect. Immun., July 1, 2003; 71(7): 3927 - 3936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Parish, D. A. Smith, G. Roberts, J. Betts, and N. G. Stoker The senX3-regX3 two-component regulatory system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for virulence Microbiology, June 1, 2003; 149(6): 1423 - 1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. Dziadek, S. A. Rutherford, M. V. Madiraju, M. A. L. Atkinson, and M. Rajagopalan Conditional expression of Mycobacterium smegmatis ftsZ, an essential cell division gene Microbiology, June 1, 2003; 149(6): 1593 - 1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Parish, D. A. Smith, S. Kendall, N. Casali, G. J. Bancroft, and N. G. Stoker Deletion of Two-Component Regulatory Systems Increases the Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infect. Immun., March 1, 2003; 71(3): 1134 - 1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. A. Pashley, T. Parish, R. A. McAdam, K. Duncan, and N. G. Stoker Gene Replacement in Mycobacteria by Using Incompatible Plasmids Appl. Envir. Microbiol., January 1, 2003; 69(1): 517 - 523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. L. Mueller-Ortiz, E. Sepulveda, M. R. Olsen, C. Jagannath, A. R. Wanger, and S. J. Norris Decreased Infectivity despite Unaltered C3 Binding by a {Delta}hbhA Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infect. Immun., December 1, 2002; 70(12): 6751 - 6760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. Greendyke, M. Rajagopalan, T. Parish, and M. V. V. S. Madiraju Conditional expression of Mycobacterium smegmatis dnaA, an essential DNA replication gene Microbiology, December 1, 2002; 148(12): 3887 - 3900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. T. Cole Comparative and functional genomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Microbiology, October 1, 2002; 148(10): 2919 - 2928. [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. A. McAdam, S. Quan, D. A. Smith, S. Bardarov, J. C. Betts, F. C. Cook, E. U. Hooker, A. P. Lewis, P. Woollard, M. J. Everett, et al. Characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv transposon library reveals insertions in 351 ORFs and mutants with altered virulence Microbiology, October 1, 2002; 148(10): 2975 - 2986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Bardarov, S. Bardarov Jr, M. S. Pavelka Jr, V. Sambandamurthy, M. Larsen, J. Tufariello, J. Chan, G. Hatfull, and W. R. Jacobs Jr Specialized transduction: an efficient method for generating marked and unmarked targeted gene disruptions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis BCG and M. smegmatis Microbiology, October 1, 2002; 148(10): 3007 - 3017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Parish and N. G. Stoker The common aromatic amino acid biosynthesis pathway is essential in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Microbiology, October 1, 2002; 148(10): 3069 - 3077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. J. Williams, R. H. Senaratne, J. D. Mougous, L. W. Riley, and C. R. Bertozzi 5'-Adenosinephosphosulfate Lies at a Metabolic Branch Point in Mycobacteria J. Biol. Chem., August 30, 2002; 277(36): 32606 - 32615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. Dziadek, M. Rajagopalan, T. Parish, N. Kurepina, R. Greendyke, B. N. Kreiswirth, and M. V. V. S. Madiraju Mutations in the CCGTTCACA DnaA Box of Mycobacterium tuberculosis oriC That Abolish Replication of oriC Plasmids Are Tolerated on the Chromosome J. Bacteriol., July 15, 2002; 184(14): 3848 - 3855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
B. G. Gordhan, D. A. Smith, H. Alderton, R. A. McAdam, G. J. Bancroft, and V. Mizrahi Construction and Phenotypic Characterization of an Auxotrophic Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Defective in L-Arginine Biosynthesis Infect. Immun., June 1, 2002; 70(6): 3080 - 3084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
B. D. Kana, E. A. Weinstein, D. Avarbock, S. S. Dawes, H. Rubin, and V. Mizrahi Characterization of the cydAB-Encoded Cytochrome bd Oxidase from Mycobacterium smegmatis J. Bacteriol., December 15, 2001; 183(24): 7076 - 7086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
K. M. EDWARDS, M. H. CYNAMON, R. K. R. VOLADRI, C. C. HAGER, M. S. DESTEFANO, K. T. THAM, D. L. LAKEY, M. R. BOCHAN, and D. S. KERNODLE Iron-cofactored Superoxide Dismutase Inhibits Host Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., December 15, 2001; 164(12): 2213 - 2219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Galamba, K. Soetaert, X.-M. Wang, J. De Bruyn, P. Jacobs, and J. Content Disruption of adhC reveals a large duplication in the Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 genome Microbiology, December 1, 2001; 147(12): 3281 - 3294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. B. Harris and R. G. Barletta Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Veterinary Medicine Clin. Microbiol. Rev., July 1, 2001; 14(3): 489 - 512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. R. Sherman, M. Voskuil, D. Schnappinger, R. Liao, M. I. Harrell, and G. K. Schoolnik Regulation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis hypoxic response gene encoding alpha -crystallin PNAS, June 19, 2001; 98(13): 7534 - 7539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||