Novel Kanamycin/Neomycin Phosphotransferase Cassette Increases Transformation Efficiency in E. coli | Zendy

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Novel Kanamycin/Neomycin Phosphotransferase Cassette Increases Transformation Efficiency in E. coli

Author(s) -

Mohammad Bazlur Rashid,

Kojo MensaWilmot

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

biotechniques

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617

H-Index - 131

eISSN - 1940-9818

pISSN - 0736-6205

DOI - 10.2144/00281st03

Subject(s) - transformation (genetics) , selectable marker , biology , phosphotransferase , kanamycin , gene , plasmid , neomycin , untranslated region , expression cassette , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , vector (molecular biology) , messenger rna , recombinant dna , antibiotics

Stable transformation depends on the efficient delivery of DNA into cells and the robust expression of genes that encode proteins which provide resistance to selective (cytotoxic) compounds. We have examined the possibility that altering the 5'untranslated region (UTR) of a selectable marker may increase transformation efficiency. A 15-nucleotide synthetic UTR (the so-called universal translational enhancer [UTE]) was placed upstream of a kanamycin/neomycin phosphotransferase (kanaR) gene to create a novel expression cassette, UTE-kanaR. In comparison to a wild-type version of kanaR, UTE-kanaR produced up to 30-fold more transformants in E. coli. The superior performance of UTE-kanaR was independent of the promoter strength, indicating that the gene may find general use in routine transformation experiments.

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