Genome editing in Kluyveromyces and Ogataea yeasts using a broad-host-range Cas9/gRNA co-expression plasmid
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2018
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Juergens, Hannes
Varela, Javier A.
Gorter de Vries, Arthur R.
Perli, Thomas
Gast, Veronica J. M.
Gyurchev, Nikola Y.
Rajkumar, Arun S.
Mans, Robert
Pronk, Jack T.
Morrissey, John P.
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Oxford University Press
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While CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing has transformed yeast research, current plasmids and cassettes for Cas9 and guide-RNA expression are species specific. CRISPR tools that function in multiple yeast species could contribute to the intensifying research on non-conventional yeasts. A plasmid carrying a pangenomic origin of replication and two constitutive expression cassettes for Cas9 and ribozyme-flanked gRNAs was constructed. Its functionality was tested by analyzing inactivation of the ADE2 gene in four yeast species. In two Kluyveromyces species, near-perfect targeting (≥96%) and homologous repair (HR) were observed in at least 24% of transformants. In two Ogataea species, Ade− mutants were not observed directly after transformation, but prolonged incubation of transformed cells resulted in targeting efficiencies of 9% to 63% mediated by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). In an Ogataea parapolymorpha ku80 mutant, deletion of OpADE2 mediated by HR was achieved, albeit at low efficiencies (<1%). Furthermore the expression of a dual polycistronic gRNA array enabled simultaneous interruption of OpADE2 and OpYNR1 demonstrating flexibility of ribozyme-flanked gRNA design for multiplexing. While prevalence of NHEJ prevented HR-mediated editing in Ogataea, such targeted editing was possible in Kluyveromyces. This broad-host-range CRISPR/gRNA system may contribute to exploration of Cas9-mediated genome editing in other Saccharomycotina yeasts
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Crispr/cas9 , Ribozymes , Kluyveromyces lactis , Kluyveromyces marxianus , Ogataea polymorpha , Hansenula polymorpha
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Juergens, H., Varela, J. A., Gorter de Vries, A. R., Perli, T., Gast, V. J. M., Gyurchev, N. Y., Rajkumar, A. S., Mans, R., Pronk, J. T., Morrissey, J. P. and Daran, J.-M. G. (2018) 'Genome editing in Kluyveromyces and Ogataea yeasts using a broad-host-range Cas9/gRNA co-expression plasmid', FEMS Yeast Research, 18(3), foy012(16pp). doi: 10.1093/femsyr/foy012