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Development of additional selectable markers for the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii based on the leuB and trpA genes.


ABSTRACT: Since most archaea are extremophilic and difficult to cultivate, our current knowledge of their biology is confined largely to comparative genomics and biochemistry. Haloferax volcanii offers great promise as a model organism for archaeal genetics, but until now there has been a lack of a wide variety of selectable markers for this organism. We describe here isolation of H. volcanii leuB and trpA genes encoding 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase and tryptophan synthase, respectively, and development of these genes as a positive selection system. DeltaleuB and DeltatrpA mutants were constructed in a variety of genetic backgrounds and were shown to be auxotrophic for leucine and tryptophan, respectively. We constructed both integrative and replicative plasmids carrying the leuB or trpA gene under control of a constitutive promoter. The use of these selectable markers in deletion of the lhr gene of H. volcanii is described.

SUBMITTER: Allers T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC348920 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Development of additional selectable markers for the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii based on the leuB and trpA genes.

Allers Thorsten T   Ngo Hien-Ping HP   Mevarech Moshe M   Lloyd Robert G RG  

Applied and environmental microbiology 20040201 2


Since most archaea are extremophilic and difficult to cultivate, our current knowledge of their biology is confined largely to comparative genomics and biochemistry. Haloferax volcanii offers great promise as a model organism for archaeal genetics, but until now there has been a lack of a wide variety of selectable markers for this organism. We describe here isolation of H. volcanii leuB and trpA genes encoding 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase and tryptophan synthase, respectively, and developmen  ...[more]

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