FungalBraid: A GoldenBraid-based modular cloning platform for the assembly and exchange of DNA elements tailored to fungal synthetic biology. 2018

Miguel Hernanz-Koers, and Mónica Gandía, and Sandra Garrigues, and Paloma Manzanares, and Lynne Yenush, and Diego Orzaez, and Jose F Marcos
Department of Food Biotechnology, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Avda Agustín Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.

Current challenges in the study and biotechnological exploitation of filamentous fungi are the optimization of DNA cloning and fungal genetic transformation beyond model fungi, the open exchange of ready-to-use and standardized genetic elements among the research community, and the availability of universal synthetic biology tools and rules. The GoldenBraid (GB) cloning framework is a Golden Gate-based DNA cloning system developed for plant synthetic biology through Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation (ATMT). In this study, we develop reagents for the adaptation of GB version 3.0 from plants to filamentous fungi through: (i) the expansion of the GB toolbox with the domestication of fungal-specific genetic elements; (ii) the design of fungal-specific GB structures; and (iii) the ATMT and gene disruption of the plant pathogen Penicillium digitatum as a proof of concept. Genetic elements domesticated into the GB entry vector pUPD2 include promoters, positive and negative selection markers and terminators. Interestingly, some GB elements can be directly exchanged between plants and fungi, as demonstrated with the marker hph for HygR or the fluorescent protein reporter YFP. The iterative modular assembly of elements generates an endless number of diverse transcriptional units and other higher order combinations in the pDGB3α/pDGB3Ω destination vectors. Furthermore, the original plant GB syntax was adapted here to incorporate specific GB structures for gene disruption through homologous recombination and dual selection. We therefore have successfully adapted the GB technology for the ATMT of fungi. We propose the name of FungalBraid (FB) for this new branch of the GB technology that provides open, exchangeable and collaborative resources to the fungal research community.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007202 Indicators and Reagents Substances used for the detection, identification, analysis, etc. of chemical, biological, or pathologic processes or conditions. Indicators are substances that change in physical appearance, e.g., color, at or approaching the endpoint of a chemical titration, e.g., on the passage between acidity and alkalinity. Reagents are substances used for the detection or determination of another substance by chemical or microscopical means, especially analysis. Types of reagents are precipitants, solvents, oxidizers, reducers, fluxes, and colorimetric reagents. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p301, p499) Indicator,Reagent,Reagents,Indicators,Reagents and Indicators
D010407 Penicillium A mitosporic Trichocomaceae fungal genus that develops fruiting organs resembling a broom. When identified, teleomorphs include EUPENICILLIUM and TALAROMYCES. Several species (but especially PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM) are sources of the antibiotic penicillin. Penicilliums
D010944 Plants Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of kingdom Plantae. Plants acquired chloroplasts by direct endosymbiosis of CYANOBACTERIA. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absence of nervous and sensory systems; and an alternation of haploid and diploid generations. It is a non-taxonomical term most often referring to LAND PLANTS. In broad sense it includes RHODOPHYTA and GLAUCOPHYTA along with VIRIDIPLANTAE. Plant
D003001 Cloning, Molecular The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells. Molecular Cloning
D004271 DNA, Fungal Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of fungi. Fungal DNA
D005658 Fungi A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies. Fungi, Filamentous,Molds,Filamentous Fungi,Filamentous Fungus,Fungus,Fungus, Filamentous,Mold
D058615 Synthetic Biology A field of biological research combining engineering in the formulation, design, and building (synthesis) of novel biological structures, functions, and systems. Biologies, Synthetic,Biology, Synthetic,Synthetic Biologies

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