Journal: Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Article Title: Effective Blocking of Microbial Transcriptional Initiation by dCas9-NG-Mediated CRISPR Interference
doi: 10.4014/jmb.2008.08058
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Chromosomal construction of Escherichia coli HK1160 ( P BAD -dCas9-NG-KmR) and structure of sgRNA plasmid. dCas9-NG protein is expressed by L-arabinose-inducible P BAD promoter. sgRNA is constitutively expressed by P j23119 promoter. ( B ) Regulation of gal operon transcription by dCas9-NG and sgRNA complex. In the absence of L-arabinose, dCas9-NG is not expressed and gal transcription can be initiated by RNA polymerase. In the presence of L-arabinose, dCas9-NG is expressed and dCas9-NG-sgRNA complex recognizes target DNA adjacent to functional PAM sequence. ( C ) Switch on/off of L-arabinose-inducible CRISPRi. In the presence of L-arabinose, Cas9 and dCas9 are expressed to repress the expression of D-galactose metabolizing enzymes (white colonies on MacConkey agar containing D-galactose). In the absence of L-arabinose, cells can utilize D-galactose (red colonies).
Article Snippet: Second, 3’-part (837 bp) of cas9-NG gene was codon-optimized using Codon Optimization Tool ( https://sg.idtdna.com/pages/tools/codon-optimization-tool ) and chemically synthesized (Integrated DNA Technologies, USA).
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Functional Assay, Sequencing, Expressing