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Table 3 Bacterial strains, plasmids and oligonucleotides used in this study

From: Random mutagenesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 using an IS6100-based transposon vector identified the last unknown gene in the histidine biosynthesis pathway

Strain, plasmid, oligonucleotide

Relevant genotype/characteristics/information or sequencea

Source/reference

E. coli

  

DH5αMCR

F- endA1 supE44 mcrA thi-1 λ-recA1 gyrA96 relA1 deoR Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 (Φ80dlacZ ΔM15) Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC)

[104]

C. glutamicum

  

ATCC 13032

Nxr, wild-type

ATCC b

RES167

Nxr, Δ(cglIMR, cglIIR) Restriction deficient mutant of C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

[79]

CG281

Δcg0910

This study

Transposon vector

  

pAT6100

RP4mob, oriVE.c., Kmr

Mobilizable cloning vector pK18mob2 carrying the IS6100 insertion element

[31]

Plasmids

  

pK18mobsacB

sacB, lacZα, mcs, Kmr/mobilizable E. coli cloning vector, allows selection for double-crossover in C. glutamicum

[5]

pK18mobsacB-Δcg0910

pK18mobsacB with defined deletion derivative of cg0910

This study

pEC-XT99A

Tcr, lacIq, mcs, P trc

inducible E. coli – C. glutamicum shuttle expression vector

[52]

pEC-XT99A-cg0910 ex

pEC-XT99A with internal cg0910 exc fragment

This study

Oligonucleotides 5'-3'

  

IS6100x

GGTACAGGTAGGTCCACTTG

This study

IS6100y

CGGCAGGTGAAGTATCTCAA

This study

gs_trpP

CACCTGCATCAAGGTCGATT

This study

s6100e

GCGCCTTGTGGAGAGAGCTT

This study

s6100x

CGGATAGCGACAATACCAGC

This study

cg0910_del1

GATCTAGGATCCGATGGCACCTACAACTTCAC

This study

cg0910_del2

AACGATCCAGCGTCTCATCGTCGGCAAGTTCGGCAAGTTC

This study

cg0910_del3

CGATGAGACGCTGGATCGTT

This study

cg0910_del4

GATCTACTCGAGAGCTCTTCCAGCGTTCCATT

This study

cg0910_ex1

GATCTACAATTGAAAGGAGGACAACCATGAGCAAATATGCAGACGA

This study

cg0910_ex2

GATCTAGGATCCCTATTTTAAACGATCCAGCG

This study

  1. a r superscript indicates resistance. Nx, nalidixic acid; Km, kanamycin; Tc, tetracycline.
  2. b ATCC; American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD, USA.
  3. c the postfix ex indicates genes preceded by an artificial RBS