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Corynebacterium glutamicum strong constitutive promoter P0864

This is an endogenous strong promoter in the genome of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032. This promoter is linked upstream of the gene and can be expressed constitutively in Corynebacterium glutamicum with high expression intensity by transformation into it.

Usage

P0864 was used to express capA capB capC genes in our project. The promoter is a strong constitutive expression promoter, which can be well applied to the constitutive expression of genes, whether in Escherichia coli or Corynebacterium glutamicum. When the sequence to be transcribed is inserted downstream of P0864, the sequence will be transcribed with a strong intensity without the action of inducer.

Biology

P0864 is an endogenous constitutive expression promoter of Corynebacterium glutamicum, which can be recognized by bacterial sigma factor and start downstream gene transcription.

Characterization

This is a constitutive promoter in Corynebacterium glutamicum which had little information previously on the Registry. We use this promoter to control the expression of the γ-PGA synthetase genes in our project. Therefore, we need to test its strength in C. glutamicum first. Also, to fully characterized this new part, we also want to know if it works as well in the typical chassis E. coli.

We want to solve this by inserting a reporter gene behind P0864 to visually show its strength as a promoter. For convenience, we choose the fluorescent protein mCherry, whose excitation light and emission light both fall into the range of visible light. Also, we choose to use the shuttle vector pXMJ19 that is applicable to both E. coli and C. glutamicum. The genetic circuit we used as a device in testing is BBa_K3796219 and the blank control is BBa_K3796220. Particularly, you may notice that there is a tac promoter upstream of the MCS on pXMJ19, so a proper blank control to exclude the influence of Ptac leaky expression is needed. Ideally, the fluorescence intensity/OD₆₀₀ should be higher in experiment group than in the control group.

Fig.1 Experimental group genetic circuit

Fig.2 Control group genetic circuit

We built the genetic circuits using Clonexpress® Multi One Step Cloning kit from Vazyme to connect RBS sequence (BBa_K3796001, synthetic) and mCherry gene (BBa_J06504) downstream to P0864. We successfully constructed the above sequences and verified them by colony PCR and sequencing.

The transformed strains were cultured on LBG chloramphenicol resistant solid medium for 24 hours. In E.coli, two gene circuits showed different fluorescence. It has different performance under the irradiation of different light sources. The fluorescence of circuit containing P0864 is significantly brighter than that of another circuit. Under the irradiation of natural light, the colonies showed purplish red.

Fig.3 The difference of fluorescent protein expressed by positive Escherichia coli (including experimental group and control group). a. Image under excitation light.(Left: Experimental group, right: control group) b. Images in natural light.(Left: Experimental group, right: control group)

Fig.4 Difference of fluorescent proteins expressed by positive Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum a. Images of Corynebacterium glutamicum after centrifugation, including experimental group (left) and control group (right). b. Images of E. coli after centrifugation, including experimental group (left) and control group (right).

We designed a quantitative test to better characterize this promoter in different chassis. After the bacteria had been cultured at 37 ℃ for 26 hours, the fluorescence was measured with a fluorescence spectrophotometer and OD₆₀₀ was measured with a visible spectrophotometer. We use the ratio of fluorescence intensity/OD₆₀₀ to reflect the relative fluorescence intensity under the unit absorbance value.

Fig.6 After E.coli and C.glutamicum were cultured at 37 ℃ for 26 hours, the ratio of measured fluorescence data to OD600 data.

T-test was performed on the three groups of data.

The mean value of experimental group was significantly different from that of control group. We learned that P0864 is a constitutive promoter that works both in E. coli and C. glutamicum. Its strength tends to be stronger in C. glutamicum. If used in E. coli , codon-optimization may be carried out.To sum up, as a constitutive promoter, it can be used as a standardized element.

Sequence and Features