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Oxford University Press, Nucleic Acids Research, 13(50), p. 7739-7750, 2022

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac554

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Repurposing CRISPR RNA-guided integrases system for one-step, efficient genomic integration of ultra-long DNA sequences

Journal article published in 2022 by Zhou-Hua Cheng, Jie Wu, Jia-Qi Liu, Di Min, Dong-Feng Liu ORCID, Wen-Wei Li, Han-Qing Yu
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Abstract Genomic integration techniques offer opportunities for generation of engineered microorganisms with improved or even entirely new functions but are currently limited by inability for efficient insertion of long genetic payloads due to multiplexing. Herein, using Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 as a model, we developed an optimized CRISPR-associated transposase from cyanobacteria Scytonema hofmanni (ShCAST system), which enables programmable, RNA-guided transposition of ultra-long DNA sequences (30 kb) onto bacterial chromosomes at ∼100% efficiency in a single orientation. In this system, a crRNA (CRISPR RNA) was used to target multicopy loci like insertion-sequence elements or combining I-SceI endonuclease, thereby allowing efficient single-step multiplexed or iterative DNA insertions. The engineered strain exhibited drastically improved substrate diversity and extracellular electron transfer ability, verifying the success of this system. Our work greatly expands the application range and flexibility of genetic engineering techniques and may be readily extended to other bacteria for better controlling various microbial processes.