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RepB C-terminus mutation of a pRi-repABC binary vector affects plasmid copy number in Agrobacterium and transgene copy number in plants
Author(s) -
Zarir Vaghchhipawala,
Sharon E. Radke,
É. Nagy,
Mary L. Russell,
Susan Johnson,
Stanton B. Gelvin,
Larry A. Gilbertson,
Xudong Ye
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0200972
Subject(s) - biology , transformation (genetics) , agrobacterium , plasmid , genetics , agrobacterium tumefaciens , transgene , microbiology and biotechnology , mutation , gene
A native repABC replication origin from pRiA4b was previously reported as a single copy plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and can improve the production of transgenic plants with a single copy insertion of transgenes when it is used in binary vectors for Agrobacterium -mediated transformation. A high copy pRi- repABC variant plasmid, pTF::Ri, which does not improve the frequency of single copy transgenic plants, has been reported in the literature. Sequencing the high copy pTF::Ri repABC operon revealed the presence of two mutations: one silent mutation and one missense mutation that changes a tyrosine to a histidine (Y299H) in a highly conserved area of the C-terminus of the RepB protein (RepB Y299H ). Reproducing these mutations in the wild-type pRi- repABC binary vector showed that Agrobacterium cells with the RepB Y299H mutation grow faster on both solidified and in liquid medium, and have higher plasmid copy number as determined by ddPCR. In order to investigate the impact of the RepB Y299H mutation on transformation and quality plant production, the RepB Y299H mutated pRi- repABC binary vector was compared with the original wild-type pRi- repABC binary vector and a multi-copy oriV binary vector in canola transformation. Molecular analyses of the canola transgenic plants demonstrated that the multi-copy pRi- repABC with the RepB Y299H mutation provides no advantage in generating high frequency single copy, backbone-free transgenic plants in comparison with the single copy wild-type pRi- repABC binary vector.

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