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Target‐specific variants of Flp recombinase mediate genome engineering reactions in mammalian cells
Author(s) -
Shah Riddhi,
Li Feng,
Voziyanova Eugenia,
Voziyanov Yuri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/febs.13345
Subject(s) - recombinase , biology , genome , chinese hamster ovary cell , flp frt recombination , dna , cre recombinase , computational biology , genome engineering , site specific recombination , gene , human genome , genetics , genome editing , recombination , transgene , genetic recombination , cell culture , genetically modified mouse
Genome engineering relies on DNA ‐modifying enzymes that are able to locate a DNA sequence of interest and initiate a desired genome rearrangement. Currently, the field predominantly utilizes site‐specific DNA nucleases that depend on the host DNA repair machinery to complete a genome modification task. We show here that genome engineering approaches that employ target‐specific variants of the self‐sufficient, versatile site‐specific DNA recombinase Flp can be developed into promising alternatives. We demonstrate that the Flp variant evolved to recombine an FRT ‐like sequence, FL ‐ IL 10A , which is located upstream of the human interleukin‐10 gene, and can target this sequence in the model setting of Chinese hamster ovary and human embryonic kidney 293 cells. This target‐specific Flp variant is able to perform the integration reaction and, when paired with another recombinase, the dual recombinase‐mediated cassette exchange reaction. The efficiency of the integration reaction in human cells can be enhanced by ‘humanizing’ the Flp variant gene and by adding the nuclear localization sequence to the recombinase.