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Mutagenesis plays an essential role in molecular biology and biochemistry. It has also been used in enzymology and protein science to generate proteins which are more tractable for biophysical techniques. The ability to quickly and specifically mutate a residue(s) in protein is important for mechanistic and functional studies. Although many site-directed mutagenesis methods have been developed, a simple, quick and multi-applicable method is still desirable.
Schematic diagram of the primer design for site-directed mutagenesis. Primer designs are shown for site-directed mutation (A), deletion (B) and insertion (C). Triangles, DEL and INS indicate the locations of the mutations, deletion and insertion respectively in the primer sequences.
Using two primer pairs 3026L/M and 3051L/M, 3327L/M and 3056L/M (Table 1) double mutant 3026L/M-51L/M of gene CAG38830 and 3327L/M-56L/M of gene CAG38833 were engineered. Agarose gel electrophoresis of the amplified DNA and the colonies produced after transformation are shown in Figure 5. Although partial elongated plasmid DNA fragments were produced in the PCR amplifications, a large number of recombinants demonstrated that our mutagenesis protocol was effective for engineering double mutations. To test the efficiency for multiple-site deletion/insertion in a single step, mutagenesis was carried out using two primer pairs VRARN3 and VRARC5 to remove three residues at the N-terminus and five residues at C-terminus of a clone vraR gene in pDESVRAR for maximum likelihood of crystallisation. A similar experiment with two primer pairs VRARDHIS and VRARIHIS was set up to remove the N-terminal TEV protease cleavable His-tag and insert a C-terminal His-tag in a single reaction. Analysis of the PCR products is shown in Figure 5A. In addition to the full-length PCR products, some partial PCR fragments accumulated in these PCR reactions. These partial amplified DNA fragments were generated with a forward primer and a reverse primer of the downstream primer pair (schematically presented in Figure 1C, primer 1 and primer 4, primer 3 and primer 2) misbridging the "nicks" during the amplification. These partial DNA fragments share some overlap sequences within their primer pairs and could anneal via primer-primer overlapping sequences or act as megaprimers [6] annealed to the template and elongated into the full length plasmid DNA in the subsequent amplification cycles or similar to that described [7]. The synthesis of the full length PCR products for the double-site mutations (3026L/M-51L/M and 3327L/M-56L/M) was more efficient than the multiple-site deletions (Figure 5A). Nevertheless full-length products were produced and transformation of the E. coli cells with these products produced viable transformants. DNA sequencing showed that three of four transformants contained the desired mutations.
PCR amplification for multiple-site mutagenesis. A) Agarose gel electrophoresis of the PCR reactions indicating the amplification efficiency. The names of the mutants are shown on the top of each lane. B) Transformation and mutation efficiency for 3026L/M-51L/M, both Leu26 and Leu51 in CAG38830 substituted by methionines, 3327L/M-56L/M, both Leu27 and Leu56 in CAG38833 substituted by methionines, VraRDNH/ICH, a cloned vraR gene with its N-terminal His tag removed and C-terminal His tag inserted and VraRDN3/DC5, a cloned vraR gene with three residues from the N-terminus and five from the C-terminus deleted. Arrows indicate the partial PCR amplification products.
The modified primer design as with that proposed earlier [13] eliminates the problems associated with primer pair self-annealing, and Tm values can be designed as these for conventional PCR [23]. Moreover the restriction upon primer length is also lifted which enhances the utility of the technique. The removal of the primer length limitation allows adjacent multiple mutations to be made in a single step with a pair of mutagenesis primers without any limitation. We have successfully generated double mutations, double deletion and N-terminal deletion and C-terminal insertion mutants simultaneously in a single experiment, demonstrating that this modified method is efficient for multiple site-directed mutagenesis. PCR amplification for multiple-site mutagenesis produced partial DNA fragments with the forward primer in a primer pair (primer 1, Figure 1C) and the reverse primer of the downstream primer pair (primer 4, Figure 1C). These partial elongated DNA fragments annealed each other with their overlap sequences and extended to the full-length plasmid DNA in the subsequent PCR cycles [24] or functioned as the megaprimers in the subsequent cycles as described [11]. There is no distance restriction of the mutation sites. However a long single pair primer should be used for the adjacent multiple mutations. In our experiments the double mutations (3026L/M-51L/M and 3327L/M-56L/M) spanned around 80 base pairs produced more full-length plasmid suggesting that the short partial PCR products could act as megaprimers in the subsequent amplification cycles more efficiently in comparison with the longer PCR fragments (VraRDNH/ICH and VraRDN3/DC5). An extra a few cycles using Tm pp-5 as the annealing temperature can increase the synthesis of the full-length plasmid and placing the mutation sites within the primer-primer overlap sequence can increase the mutation efficiency. Although Tm pp and Tm no of the primer pairs can be variable, a Tm no volume of the primer pairs 5C to 10C higher than Tm pp is required for an efficient PCR amplification. Under our PCR conditions, no plasmid concatemers were detected.
Our results demonstrated that the modified protocol is a high efficient method for single site mutagenesis and can be extended to multiple site-directed insertion deletion mutagenesis protocol without any extra steps such as ligation or phosphorylation.
Six single-site mutations and three deletion mutants were generated using this modified protocol. The PCR amplifications with the primers designed by the new scheme revealed high amplification efficiency and required less parental DNA and PCR cycles. Sequence analysis the plasmid DNA revealed that in each mutagenesis reaction all four transformants contained the desired mutations or deletions. Four double-site mutations and two double-site deletions or deletion/insertion were generated using this method. A large number of recombinants demonstrated that our mutagenesis protocol was effective for engineering double mutations, deletions and insertions. Despite the fact that partial elongation products were produced and the syntheses of the full-length plasmid DNA variable, transformation of the resulting products into E. coli cells produced viable transformants. Three of four sequenced transformants contained the desired mutations.
Scientists and researchers turn to cloned DNA for various breakthrough studies as they provide multiple genetic copies and DNA segments suitable for wide-scale tests. In vitro mutagenesis is one useful application of cloned DNA, where researchers create a mutation in one segment of the target DNA. The cloned DNA is then transferred into a cell or organism and studied, which provides academics with a deeper understanding of biological processes.
Although not common to all four high-MIC strains, we identified three genes, ausA, sdrC and SA1584, that were mutated in three of four strains. While these genes were in part reported as virulence factors, their involvement in VCM resistance has not been documented. The ausA gene product is involved in the production of a peptide secondary metabolite of S. aureus called aureusimine. The first study of aureusimine demonstrated its involvement in S. aureus virulence31, which was followed by an opposing report from another research group32. The second sdrC gene encodes an adhesive molecule at the bacterial surface and contributes to the virulence potential33. We found two of three mutations (S746L in VR3 strain and D821N in VR-RN strain) within the repetitive regions (from the 718th to 893th amino acids) and one positioned in the carboxypeptidase regulatory-like domain (from the 625th to 685th amino acids). Alterations of the cell surface proteins might affect the accessibility of VCM to the target site. The third gene, SA1584, encodes a putative lysophospholipase L2 involved in phospholipid turnover, as reported in E. coli34. The altered phospholipid composition in the cytoplasmic membrane of S. aureus is associated with resistance against antibiotics, including VCM35. In addition, we found several mutated genes that were previously reported in VISA, such as graS, walK, rpoB and rpoC. The phenotypes of the highly VCM-resistant cells that we described in the present study share common features with those of the VISA strain harboring mutations in walK11 and rpoB8,9,12, such as cell wall thickening and growth defects. Because such genes known to be associated with VISA phenotypes are also mutated, we consider that our in vitro mutagenic approach to generate highly VCM-resistant strains reflects some aspects of future evolution in VCM resistance beyond VISA. One mutation site of the rpoB gene (the 406th arginine) in VR1 was the same as that previously described in VISA9,27, whereas the other sites were not. This suggests that the developmental paths to achieve high VCM resistance could vary, as discussed above. Although the actual mutagenic mechanisms and conditions are not identical to those of artificial EMS treatment, the host-invading bacteria are under continuous attack, not only by administered antibiotics but also by the immune system and various stresses (e.g., oxidative stress) that are likely to promote mutation and selection. By focusing on the above genes, including the VISA-related genes and those that have not yet gained focus in the context of VCM resistance, future analyses of the relationship between each gene mutation and resistance are required to clarify the evolutionary pathways to the development of high resistance to VCM. 2ff7e9595c
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