title: Large-scale engineering of the Corynebacterium glutamicum genome.
abstract: The engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum is important for enhanced production of biochemicals. To construct an improved C. glutamicum genome, we developed a precise genome excision method based on the Cre/loxP recombination system and successfully deleted 11 distinct genomic regions identified by comparative analysis of C. glutamicum genomes. Despite the loss of several predicted open reading frames, the mutant cells exhibited normal growth under standard laboratory conditions. With a total of 250 kb (7.5% of the genome), the 11 genomic regions were loaded with cryptic prophages, transposons, and genes of unknown function which were dispensable for cell growth, indicating recent horizontal acquisitions to the genome. This provides an interesting background for functional genomic studies and can be used in the improvement of cell traits.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Research Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizu-Cho, Soraku-Gun, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okayama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Yota
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuge
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yukawa
mesh_terms: D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics; D019426:Integrases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; C045073:Cre recombinase; D019426:Integrases