CA1293460C - Site-specific recombination of dna in yeast - Google Patents
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Abstract
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Site-Specific Recombination of DNA in Yeast ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast at regions designated lox sites is disclosed.
Site-Specific Recombination of DNA in Yeast ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast at regions designated lox sites is disclosed.
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Site-Specific Recombination of DNA in Yeast BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field o~ the Invention 5This invention relates to a method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast.
Background of the Invention Yeast are a promising host for commercial applications of genetic engineering.
A method for producing site-specific recombi-nation of DNA in yeast would enhance the commercial potential of yeast as hosts for genetically engineered products.
15Abremski et al., Cell, 32: 1301-1311 l1983) disclose a site-specific recombination system of bacteriophage P1. The system consists of a recombination site designated loxP and a recombinase designated Cre. The authors show that recombination between loxP sites on supercoiled, nicked-circle or linear DNA occurs in the presence of Cre.
Brent et al., Nature, 312: 612-615 [1984) disclose that a bacterial repressor protein or a yeast transcriptional terminator can block upstream activation of a yeast gene.
Disclosed experiments are said to provide genetic evidence that a bacterial repressor protein manufactured in the yeast cytoplasm can enter the yeast nucleus, recognize its operator and repress gene transcription from a yeast promoter.
Barnes et al~, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci~
82: 1354-1358 ~1985) disclose that the bacterial ; CR-8408 35 restriction enzyme Eco RI is able to enter and ; ~
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function within the nucleus of Saccharo~yces cerivisiae when the procaryotic protein is synthesized in vivo.
~ac~man et al., Bio/Technology (December, 1984) disclose a site-specific recombination system of the bacteriophage lambda. The system catalyzes recombination between two dif~erent sites in DNA, designated attP and attB, to yield two other different sites, designated attR and attL, or vice versa.
Recombination occurs only in the presence of certain E. coli proteins and the Int protein of bacteriophage lambda and can be used to regulate gene expression of _ coli. Langeveld et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 199:396-400 ~1985) disclose expression of an E. coli E~ gene in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Summary of the Invention ~he present invention provides a method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast. The method comprises introducing into the DNA the following sequences:
a) a first DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, b) a second DNA sequence comprising a first lox site, and c) a third DNA sequence comprising a second lox site.
The regulatory nucleotide sequence is activated thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing the site-specific recombination. In a preferred embodiment, the second and third DNA
sequences are inserted into DNA in yeast connected by a pre-selected DNA segment.
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~Z~3~0 Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 represents the construction of plasmids pBS39 and pss4g, containing the GALl promoter and the cre gene.
Figure 2 represents the construction of plasmids pBS42 and pBS43, containing a functional LEU2 gene flanked by lox sites in the ~ame ~rientation. The lox sites are indicated by ~ , Figure 3 represents the modification of chromosome 7 of yeast strain DsY931 after homologous recombination with pBS42 (panel A) or pBS43 (p~nel ~). The lox sites are indicated by 4 . The centromere is indicated by o Figure 4 shows the deletion of the ~EU2 gene from yeast strain BSY38 after activation of the GALl promoter as described in Example 1.
Figure 5 shows that the deletion of the LEU2 gene occurs at the lox sites, as described in Example 1. rrhe lox sites are indicated by ~ ; Eco RI sites are indicated by ~ . The distance between Eco RI sites is indicated in kilobases (kb).
Figure 6 represents the modification of chromosome 13 of yeast strain DBY931 after homoloyous recombination with pBS44 (panel A) or pBS47 (panel ~), as described in Example 3.
Detailed_Description of the Invention The present invention provides a method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast. DNA sequences comprising a cre ~-z~
gene and first and second lox sites are intro-duced into the DNA and expression of the cre gene produces recombination at the lox sites.
The location and orientation of the lox sites determines the nature of the recombination.
As used herein, the expression "site-specific recombination" is intended to include the following three events:
1. deletion of a pre-selected DNA
segment flanked by lox sites, 2. inversion of the nucleotide sequence of a pre-selected ~NA
segment flan~ed by lox sites, and 3. reciprocal exchange of DNA
segments proximate to lox sites located on different DNA
molecules.
"DNA segment" refers to a linear fragment of single- or double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid ~DNA), which can be derived from any source.
The expression "DNA in yeast" includes all DNA
present in yeast cells. As used herein, a "gene" is intended to mean a DNA segment which is normally regarded as a gene by those skilled in the art. The expression "regulatory molecule" refers to a polymer of ribonucleic acid ~XNA) or a polypeptide which is capable of enhancing or inhibiting expression of a gene.
"Regulatory nucleotide sequence", as used herein, refers to a nucleotide sequence located 5' to a qene whose transcription is controlled by the regulatory nucleotide sequence in conjunction with the gene expression apparatus of the cell. The expression "nucleotide sequence" refers to a polymer of DNA
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or RNA, which can be single- or double-stranded, optionally containlng synthetic, non-natural, or altered nucleotides capable of incorporation into DNA or RNA polymers. As used herein, a "regulatory nucleotide sequence" can ;.nclude a promoter region, as that tecm is conventionally employed by those skilled in the art. A
promoter region can include an association region recognized by an RNA polymerase, one or more regions which control the effectiveness of transcription initiation in response to physiological conditions, and a transcription initiation sequence. "Gene product" refers to a polypeptide resulting from transcription, translation, and, optionally, post-~ranslational processing of a selected D~A segment.
In the present method, a first DNA
sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is introduced into DNA
in yeast. Suitable regulatory nucleotide sequences include GALl, GAL10, ADH1, CYC1, and TRP5 promoters. GAL1 and GAL10 promoters are present on plasmid p~M150 which is described by Johnston and Davis, Molec. Cell. siol., 4:1440 (lg84). The ADH1 promoter, also called ADCl, is present on plasmid pAAHS which is described by Ammer, Methods Enzymol., 101:192 (1983). The CYC1 promoter is described by Stiles et al., Cell, 25:277 (1981). The TRP5 promoter is described by Zalkin and Yanofsky, J. Biol.
Chem., 257:1491 (1982). Preferably, the regulatory nucleotide sequence is a GAL
promoter.
~he gene product of the cre gene is a recombinase herein designated "Cre" which ~3~
effects site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast at lox sites. As used herein, the expression "cre gene" means a nucleotide sequence which codes for a gene produc:t which effects site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast at lox sites. ~ne cre gene ca~ be isolated from bacteriophage P1 by methods known in the art. One method for isolating a cre gene from bacteriophage Pl is disclosed by Abremski et al., Cell, _ :1301-1311 (1983). R. coli DH1 -and yeast strain pBSY90 transformed with plasmid pBS39 carrying a cre gene isolated from bacteriophage Pl and a GALl regulatory nucleotide sequence have been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and bear deposit accession numbers ATCC 53255 and ATCC
207~2, respectively. ~he cre gene can be isolated from plasmid psS39 with restriction enzymes Xho I and Sal 1.
Second and third DNA sequences comprising a first lox site and a second lox site, respectively, are also introduced into the DNA. As used herein the expression "lox site"
means a nucleotide sequence at which the gene product of the cre gene can catalyze a site-specific recombination. LoxP site is a 34 base pair nucleotide sequence which can be isolated from bacteriophage P1 by methods known in the art. One method for isolating a LoxP site from 3~ bacteriophage P1 is disclosed by Hoess et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 79:3398 ~1982). The LoxP site consists of two 13 base pair inverted repeats separated by an 8 base pair spacer region. The nucleotide sequences of the insert repeats and the spacer region as follows.
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E. coli DH5 ~lac and yeast strain BSY23 trans-formed with plasmid pss44 carrying two loxP
sites connected with a LEU2 gene have been deposited with the ATCC and bear deposit accession numbers ATCC 53254 and ATCC 20773, respectively. The lox sites can be isolated from plasmid pBS44 with restriction enzymes Eco RI and Sal 1, or Xho I and Bam I. In addition, a pre-selected DNA segment can be inserted into pBS44 at either the Sal I or Bam I restriction enzyme sites by techniques known in the art.
Other suitable lox sites include LoxB, LoxL and I.oxR sites which are nucleotide sequences isolated from E. coli. These sequences are disclosed and described by Hoess et al., Proc.
Matl. Acad. Sci USA, 79:339~ (1982).
Preferably, thë lox site is a LoxP site. Lox sites can also be produced by a variety of synthetic techniques which are known in the art Synthetic techniques for producing lox sites are disclosed by Ito et al., Nuc. Acid Res., 10:1755 (1982) and Ogilvie et al., Science, 214:270 ( 19~1 ) .
Methods for introducing DNA sequences into DNA in yeast at pre-selected regions are known in the art. Preferably, the DNA sequences are introduced by a plasmid capable of transforming yeast while carrying a DNA
sequence. In one embodiment, the first, second, and third DNA sequences are intoduced into one strain of yeast. Alternatively, the DNA
sequences are introduced into two dif~erent :~293460 strains of yeast of opposite mating types which are subsequently mated to form a single strain having all three DNA sequences. Preferably, the plasmid contains either ~1) a nucleotide sequence of DNA homologous to a resident yeast seguence to permit integration into the yeast DNA by the yeast's recombination system or (2) a nucleotide sequence of DNA which permits auton~m~us replication in yeast. One nucleotide sequence which permits autonomous replication in yeast is an ARS sequence described by Stinchcomb et al., Nature, 282:39 (1979). A partial list of plasmids capable of transforming yeast includes YIP5, YRP17 and YEP24. These plasmids are disclosed and described by Botstein and Davis, The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Metabolism and Gene Expres6ion (ed. Strathern et al.), (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1982), at page 607. Most preferably, the plasmid for introducing a DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is pBS39 or pBS49 and the plasmid or introducing a DNA sequence comprising a lox site is pBS44, 2S pBS47, pBS42, pBS43 or derivatives thereof carrying a pre-selected DNA segment other than or in addition to the LEV2 gene located between the first and second _ sites. E. coli DHl and DH5 ~lac transformed with plasmids pBS39 and pBS44, respectively, have been deposited with the ATCC and bear deposit accession numbers ; 53255 and 53254, respectively. Yeast strains BSY9~ and ssY23 transformed with plasmids pBS39 and pBS44, respectively, have also been deposited with the ATCC and bear deposit .~
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accession numbers ATCC 20772`-and ATCC 20773, respectively. These yeast strains are opposite mating types and can be mated to form a single strain having plasmid pBS39 and a pBS44 modified chromosome. ~he deposits are available to the public upon the grant of a patent to the assignee. However, it should be understood that the availability of a deposit does not con-;~ stitute a license to practice the &ubject inven-tion in derogation of patent rights qranted by governmental action.
The lox site is an asymmetrical nucleotide sequence. Thus, two lox sites on the same DNA molecule can have the same or opposite orientations with respect to each other.
Recombinations between lox sites in the same orientation result in a deletion of the DNA
segment located between the two lox sites. The deleted DNA segment forms a circular molecule of DNA. The original DNA and the resulting ; circular molecule each contain a single lox site. Recombination between lox sites in opposite orientations on the same DNA molecule result in an inversion of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA segment located between the - two lox sites. In addition, reciprocal exchange of DNA segments proximate to lox sites located on two different DNA molecules can occur. All of these recombination events are catalyzed by the gene product of the cre gene.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second and third DNA
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S If the first and second lox sites have the sa~e orientation, activation of the regulatory nucleotide sequence produces a deletion of the pre-selected DNA segment. If the first and second lox sites have opposite orientation, activation of the regulatory nucleotide sequence produces an inversion of the nucleotide sequence of the pre-selected DNA segment.
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Genes engineered into yeast for producing a foreign protein are often placed under the control of a highly active promoter.
The activity of the promoter can result in an overproduction of the protein which interferes with the growth of the engineered yeast. This overproduction of the protein can make it difficult to grow engineered yeast in sufficient quantity to make protein production economically feasible. The present invention provides a method whereby engineered yeast can be grown to a desired density prior to expressing the engineered gene. ~he engineered gene is expressed, as desired, by activating a regulatory nucleotide sequence responsible for controlling expression of the cre gene. Methods of controlling the expression of an engineered gene accordlng to the present invention include the following:
~ lJ A DNA segment flanked by lox sites in the same orientation is introduced into DNA in yeast between a promoter and an .~
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engineered gene to render the promoter incapable of expressing the gene. A second DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is also introduced in the DNA. ~fter the engineered yeast are grown to a desired density, the regulatory nucleotide seyuence is activated thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing a deletion of the DNA
segment. The engineered gene would then be expressed.
(2j A gene for a regulatory molecule flanked by lox sites in the same orientation is introduced into VNA in yeast. The regulatory molecule inhibits expression of an engineered gene. A second DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is also int~oduced into the DNA. After the engineered yeast are grown to a desired density, the regu~atory nucleotide sequence is activated thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing a deletion of the gene for the regulatory molecule. The engineered gene would ; then be expressed.
~3) An engineered gene lacking a promoter and flanked by two lox sites in opposite orientations is introduced into DNA in yeast such that the 3' end of the gene lies adjacent to the transcription start site of a regulatory nucleotide sequence. A second DNA
sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is also introduced into the DNA. Since the engineered gene would be transcribed in the antisense direction, no engineered protein would be produced. After the engineered yeast is grown to a desired density, , -~Z~3~
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Materials and Methods Unless otherwise specified, parts and percentages used in this section are by weight and degrees are Celsius.
Strains and Media E. coli strains DH1 and D~5 ~lacU169, or a derivative thereof, served as the E. coli hosts for all plasmids used in all experiments.
The DH5 ~lacU169 strain was obtained from Dr.
Michael Berman, L.itton ~ionetics, and is a derivative of D~15, a variant of DHl which is disclosed and described by Hanahan, J. Mol.
Biol., 166:557 (1983). Media used for bacterial growth are described in Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloninq:A Laboratory Manual tCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1982).
The leu2 ura3 yeast strains DsY745 (mating type alpha) and DsY931 ¦mating type a) were used in all experiments. These strains are disclosed and described in Falco, Rose, and Botstein, Genetics, 105:843 (1983). A rich growth medium ~YEPD~ containing yeast extract peptone and dextrose (glucose) was used for non-selective yeast growth. A minimal growth medium ~SD) containing dextrose and appropriate supplements was used for selective growth and scoring of nutritional markers. These media are described by Sherman et al., Methods in Yeast Genetics ~Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1974). In experiments involving growth on ~' ~z93L~~
galactose, 2% galactose was substituted for glucose. To add the selective agent sulfometuron methyl (molecular weight 364) to solid media, it was dissolved in acetone at 2 mg/mL and added to media to obtain a final concentration of 30 ~g/mL immediately prior to pouring into culture dishes.
DNA Preparation and Manipulations Plasmid DNA was prepared from E. coli according to (1) a rapid method substantially similar to that described by Quigley and Holmes Anal. Biochem. 1 :193 (1981), or ~2) a cesium chloride density gradient method substantially ~5 similar to that disclosed by Davis et al., Advanced Bacterial Genetics: ~ Manual for Genetic Engineering (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, (1980)). Yeast DNA was prepared by a method similar to that described by Davis et al. Methods in Enzymoloqy, 65: Part I (Academic Press, New York, 1980).
Selected host strains of yeast were transformed by a method similar to that of Hinnen et al., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA
75: 1929 (197B), except for the following modification. ~ecipient cells were incubated with glusulase for 2 hours at 30 in 1 M
sorbitol containing 1~ beta-mercaptoethanol and 0.1 M sodium citrate, pH 5.8, to form spheroplasts. E. coli strains were transformed `~ ~ according to (1) a method similar to that of Mandel and Higa, J. Mol. Biol. 53: 159 (1970) or -(2) a method similar to that of Hanahan, J. Mol.
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are described by Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1982).
Southern Analysis and DNA Sequencing DNA was transferred to nitrocellulose membranes from agarose gels and probed with specific labeled DNA fragments accordinq to a method similar to that described by Southern, J.
Mol. Biol. 98: 503 (1975), herein referred to as "Southern analysis". DNA segments were seguenced, using a dideoxynucleotide procedure similar to that of Sanger et al., J. Mol. siol.
143 161 (1980).
The method of the present invention is further described by the following examples, wherein all parts and percentages are by weight and degrees as Celsius.
Example 1 Site-Specific Deletion of LEU2 Gene in Yeast on Chromosome 7 Site-specific deletion of a LEU2 gene present in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA
was effected according to the following procedure. Yeast strains which were auxotrophic for leucine because of a leu2 gene mutation were transformed with the following plasmids--(l) pBS49 carrying a cre gene under regulatory control of a GAL1 promoter and (2) pBS42 or p8S43 carrying a functional kEU2 gene flanked by loxP sites in the same orientation. The transformed yeast strain contained a functional .
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Construction of pBS39 and pBS49 A flow chart illustrating the method used for construction of plasmids pBS39 and pBS49 is set forth in Figure 1. Plasmid pss7, a portion of which is shown in Figure 1, is a derivative of plasmid pRH103 which contains the ~6 deletion. Plasmid p~S7 differs from pR~103 in that the first DNA sequence - ATG -encountered on the cre coding strand of pBS7starting at the Xho I site is that of an intact cre gene. Plasmid pBS7 also has a promoter which controls expression of the cre gene in E.
coli. Plasmid pBS7 was digested with Xho I and a ~u Bgl II-Xho I adapter (DNA sequence:
TCGAGTAGATCTAC) was ligated to the digested plasmid. The resulting construct was then digested with Bgl II and Sal I. The digestion generated a cre containing fragment which was purified and then ligated to plasmid pBM150, described by Johnston and Davis, Mol. Cell.
Biol. 4: 1440 (1984). The resulting plasmid, designated pBS3g, was an autonomously replicating centromere containing yeast vector having a cre gene under control of a GAL1 promoter.
Plasmid pss49 containing the cre gene under the control of the GAL1 promoter was derived from plasmid pBS39 according to the method shown in Figure 1. The Xho I - Sal I
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site and the resulting Sal I-sam HI fragment was inserted into psS39 which had been digested by Sal I and Bam HI, to form pBS49.
Plasmid pBS49 shares with psS39 the ability to replicate autonomously in ~. coli and yeast. Both plasmids have a cre gene under control of a GA~1 promoter. In addition, pBS49 contains a mammalian polyadenylation signal, provided by the MT-1 gene, located 3' to the cre gene. The polyadenylation signal may facilitate expression of the cre gene in other eucaryotic cells. However, DNA sequences derived from MT-1 are unnecessary for cre gene expression from plasmid pBS49 in yeast, as shown below.
Construction of pBS42 and pBS43 A flow chart illustrating the method used for construction of plasmids pBS42 and pBS43 is set forth in Figure 2. A LEU2 gene flanked by loxP sites in the same orientation was obtained from plasmid pRH499 according to the following method. The Hind III site was removed from plasmid pRH499 to form plasmid pBS30. The 6.1 kilobase (kb) Hind III fragment of p3M53 is homologous to a region located between TRP5, a gene having a known location on ,~
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Transforming Yeast with pss42 and pss43 Plasmids pBS42 and pBS43 were linearized with Hind III and transformed into yeast strain DBY931 ,which contains a leu2 mutation. Yeast cells that did not require leucine for growth were selected. Fiqure 3 shows that integration of these plasmids into ~ 20 chromosome 7 results in a leu2 gene 1anked by : loxP sites. The orientation of the lox sites relative to the centromere depends on whether pBS42 or psS43 was the transforming plasmid.
Integration of pBS42 generates yeast strain BSY4 having a substrate chromosome with loxP sites pointing away from the centromere of chromosome 7 as shown in ~igure 3A. Integration of pBS43 generates yeast strain BSY16 having the loxP
sites pointing toward the centromere of chromosome 7 as shown in Fiqure 3B.
Transforming Yeast with pBS49 The cre gene was then introduced into the yeast strains transformed with plasmids 3S pBS42 and pBS43 according to the following ;::
procedure. Yeast strain D~Y745, containing mutant genes ura3 and leu2l was transformed with plasmid p~S49 which carries a functional URA3 gene. Transformed yeast not requiring uracil for growth were selected~ and designated yeast strain BSY3. Yeast strain ssY4 which contains the loxP substrate on its chromosome 7 was then mated with yeast strain BSY3 which contains plasmid psS49 having cre gene under the control of the GALl promoter. This mating generated a diploid yeast strain designated BSY38. As a control, the isogenic diploid yeast strain ~SY63 was constructed which differs from yeast strain ~SY38 only in that it lacked plasmid pBS49.
Similarly, yeast strain BsY16 was mated with yeast strain sSY3 to produce a diploid yeast strain designated ~SY45 which contained both a cre gene and a modified chromosome 7. Yeast strain BSY16 was also mated with yeast strain Dsy745 to produce the isogenic control strain sSY70 which lacked plasmid pB549 and therefore the cre gene.
Effecting Production of the cre Gene Product St. John and Davis, Cell 16: 443 ~1979), disclose that the AL1 promoter is inactive in cells growing on glucose but is induced to a 1000 fold greater activity in the presence of galactose. The strains shown in Table I were grown on plates containing either 3a glucose or galactose. The resulting colonies were replicated to selective media to determine whether or not they required leucine for growth ~a Leu phenotype). The results are shown in Table I-. ., . ".
lZ~3460 TAsLE 1 Deletion of LEU2 Gene Plasmid Plasmid Carbon Colonies Total Yeast with l~x with Source requiring Colonies 5 Strain sites cre gene leucine BSY38 pBS42 pBS49 glu 0 610 ~: ~SY38 pBS42 pBS49 gal 610 610 :~: 10 BSY63 pBS42 none glu 086 ; sSY63 p~S42 none gal 080 ~ BSY45 pBS43 pBS49 glu 077 :~ :BSY45 pBS43 pBS49 gal 100 100 lS ~SY70 pBS43 none glu 0B0 BSY70 pBS43 none gal 0100 glu ~ glucose gal ~ galactose Yeast strains transformed with plasmidpBS49 carrying the cre gene, became leucine requiring (Leu ) when grown on qalactose but not when grown on glucose. Yeast strains lacking plasmid pBS49 showed a completely stable non leucine requiring (Leu+) phenotype. The results demonstrate that the gene product of the cre gene (1) can be expressed under the control of the GAL1 promoter, (2) is able to enter the yeast nucleus after translation in the yeast cytoplasm, and (3) does effect the recombination between two lox sites inserted into yeast DNA.
Moreover, the recombination at lox sites occurs `~ ~ with sites haviny both orientations with respect to the centromere. The orientation does not affect the accessibility of the lox sites by the gene product of the cre gene.
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hours after induction with galactose. After 24 hours 98% of the initial culture had deleted the LEU2 gene as shown by this assay.
Physical evidence was obtained to demonstrate that the qene product of the cre gene produced recombination at the lox sites located on chromosome 7. Eight independent leucine requiring isolates of yeast strain BSY38 were obtained by plating 8SY38 on agar medium containing leucine and galactose. The total DNA
from each of these leucine requiring isolates was digested with Eco RI and the structure of the region at which p8S42 had integrated into chromosome 7 was determined by the method of Southern, J. Mol. Biol. 98: 503 (1975) using plasmid pBS78 as a probe. Plasmid pBS78 is derived from p~S42 by cre mediated recombination at the lox sites in an ~. coli stain. Plasmid pBS78 contains sequences homologous to the AmpR
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Also shown are the marker plasmids psS78 and pBS42. The analysis shows that all leucine requiring derivatives lost the 3.4 kb fragment of DNA detected by the probe. Instead, leucine requieing derivatives are shown in Figure 5 to have a 1.8 kb fragment of DNA as predicted by a deletion of the LEU2 gene. The derivatives all show exactly the same structure indicating deletion had occured only on the modified chromosome 7 and only at the lox sites. To further show that the specific deletion had occurred, integrated plasmid DNA from each of three of the leucine requiring isolates was recovered by cleavin~ the genomic DNA with Rind III. The DNA from each isolate was re-ligated and used to transform E. coli. The region proximate to the lox site was sequenced for two of the plasmids. ~he sequences were found to be identical to that predicted by recombination at the lox sites. The third plasmid was found to be identical to the other two by restriction mapping, but no sequencing was conducted.
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The resulting DNA was religated to form plasmid pBS77 which is identical to psS49 except that it contains a mutant cre gene which is inactive in E. coli. Diploid yeast strains 8SY91 and BSY93 were constructed according to the foltowing procedure. Yeast strain DBY745 was transformed with pBS77 and yeast cells able to grow in the absence of uracil were selected. The resulting yeast strain sSY92 was mated with BSY4 to produce BSY93. Similarly, yeast strain DBY745 was also transformed with plasmid pBS39 -identical to psS49 except it lacks the mouse MT-l DNA sequences - to yield a yeast strain designated BSY90. Yeast strain sSYgO was mated with BSY4 to generate a diploid yeast strain designated BSY91.
The yeast strains shown in Table II
were grown on agar medium containing galactose and leucine. Individual colonies were transferred onto agar medium containing glucose and leucine and were then tested for their ability to grow in the absence of leucine by replica plating to appropriate plates. The results are shown in Table II.
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Deletion of LEU2 Gene -Plasmid Plasmid Colonies Total Yeast with lox with requiring Colonies Strain sites cre gene leucine BSY38 pss42 psS49 10 10 BSY91 pBS42 pBS39 10 10 BSY93 pBS42 pBS77 0 10 BSY63 pBS42 none 0 10 ~, Table II shows that the presene of galactose does not affect deletion of the LEU2 gene in yeast transformed with pBS77 containing the mutant cre gene. Table II also shows that psS39, which lacks the portion of the mouse metallothionein gene present in pBS49, is capable of express;.ng the cre gene and affecting recombination at lox sites in yeast DNA.
Therefore, no portion of the MT-1 gene is required for expression or function of the cre gene in yeast transformed with plasmid pBS39.
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Plasmids for inserting a DNA sequence comprising the LEU2 sene flanked by lox sites at the ILV2 locus on chromosome 13 were constructed according to the following method. An allele of ILV2 which codes for sulfometuron methyl resistance is present on plasmid pCP2-4-10 which 3L29tL~ 6~v is disclosed and described by Falco and Dumas, Genetics 109: 21 (1985). Plasmid pCP2-4-10 is deposited in the American Type Culture Collection and bears deposit accession number 39606. The Cla I and Hind III sites flanking the ILV2 gene on pCP2-4-10 were converted to Xho I sites. The fragment resulting from digestion : with Xho I was inserted into the Xho I site of pBS30 to form plasmids pBS44 and psS47 which differ only in the orientation of the inserted Xho I fragment containing the ILV2 gene. These two plasmids were integrated into chromosome 13 by transforming yeast strain DBY931 and selecting for non-leucine requiring transformants according to a procedure similar to that described in Example 1. Integration of plasmid pBS44 into the ILV2 locus on chromosome 13 yielded yeast strain BSY23. Integration of plasmid pBS47 into the ILV2 locus resulted in yeast strain sSY27. Non-leucine requiring transformants obtained by transforming yeast cells with pBS44 - such as yeast strain sSY23 -differ from those obtained by transforming them with pBS47 - such as yeast strain BSY27 - in that the inserted LEU2 gene has flanking lox sites in opposite orientations with respect to each other, as shown in Figure 6. The structures of these chromosomes were verified by Southern analysis. Diploid strains of yeast containing one of these chromosomes, and pBS49 which provided a cre gene under control of ALl promoter were constructed by 1) mating BSY23 with BSY3 to generate yeast strain BSY31 and also with yeast strain DBY745 to generate the 35 Cre control yeast strain sSY56, and 2) mating : `~; 24 .~.
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BSY35 psS47 psS49 5 5 BSY59 psS47 none 0 5 Table III shows that transformed strains which contain a cre gene delete the L~U2 gene when grown on galactose containing medium. Thus, the gene product o the cre gene is able to recombine lox sites in either orientation with respect to normal sequence of chromosome 13 to generate chromosomal deletions on chromosome 13 as well as on chromosome 7.
Example 4 Site-Specific Inversion of LEU2 Gene in Yeast Site-specific inversion of LEU2 gene present in yeast DNA is effected according to ~293~6(~
the following method. A first plasmid con-taining a cre gene under control of the GAL1 promoter is constructed according to a method similar to that used to construct pBS39 and pBS49 as shown in Figure 1. A second plasmid containing a selectable marker such as sulfometuron methyl resistance and a LEU2 gene flanked by loxP sites is constructed according to a method similar to that used to construct pss44 and pss47 except that the LEU2 gene is inserted into the plasmid [1) without a promoter, (2) with flanking loxP sites in opposite orientations with respect to each other and (3) with 3' end of the LEU2 gene proxmiate to a nucleotide regulatory sequence such that the gene is transcribed in an antisense direction.
A yeast strain which is auxotrophic for leucine is transformed with both plasmids accordiny to a method similar to that described in Example 1 and Example 3. The resulting yeast are grown in a media containing glucose and leucine. The yeast require leucine to gr~w since the LEU2 gene is inverted with respect to its promoter. The GALl promoter i5 activated by the presence of galactose as described in Example 1 thereby effectinq expression of the cre gene and producing the inversion of the LEU2 gene. The resultinq yeast are capable of growing in the absence of leucine.
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Site-Specific Recombination of DNA in Yeast BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field o~ the Invention 5This invention relates to a method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast.
Background of the Invention Yeast are a promising host for commercial applications of genetic engineering.
A method for producing site-specific recombi-nation of DNA in yeast would enhance the commercial potential of yeast as hosts for genetically engineered products.
15Abremski et al., Cell, 32: 1301-1311 l1983) disclose a site-specific recombination system of bacteriophage P1. The system consists of a recombination site designated loxP and a recombinase designated Cre. The authors show that recombination between loxP sites on supercoiled, nicked-circle or linear DNA occurs in the presence of Cre.
Brent et al., Nature, 312: 612-615 [1984) disclose that a bacterial repressor protein or a yeast transcriptional terminator can block upstream activation of a yeast gene.
Disclosed experiments are said to provide genetic evidence that a bacterial repressor protein manufactured in the yeast cytoplasm can enter the yeast nucleus, recognize its operator and repress gene transcription from a yeast promoter.
Barnes et al~, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci~
82: 1354-1358 ~1985) disclose that the bacterial ; CR-8408 35 restriction enzyme Eco RI is able to enter and ; ~
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~ac~man et al., Bio/Technology (December, 1984) disclose a site-specific recombination system of the bacteriophage lambda. The system catalyzes recombination between two dif~erent sites in DNA, designated attP and attB, to yield two other different sites, designated attR and attL, or vice versa.
Recombination occurs only in the presence of certain E. coli proteins and the Int protein of bacteriophage lambda and can be used to regulate gene expression of _ coli. Langeveld et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 199:396-400 ~1985) disclose expression of an E. coli E~ gene in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Summary of the Invention ~he present invention provides a method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast. The method comprises introducing into the DNA the following sequences:
a) a first DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, b) a second DNA sequence comprising a first lox site, and c) a third DNA sequence comprising a second lox site.
The regulatory nucleotide sequence is activated thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing the site-specific recombination. In a preferred embodiment, the second and third DNA
sequences are inserted into DNA in yeast connected by a pre-selected DNA segment.
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Figure 2 represents the construction of plasmids pBS42 and pBS43, containing a functional LEU2 gene flanked by lox sites in the ~ame ~rientation. The lox sites are indicated by ~ , Figure 3 represents the modification of chromosome 7 of yeast strain DsY931 after homologous recombination with pBS42 (panel A) or pBS43 (p~nel ~). The lox sites are indicated by 4 . The centromere is indicated by o Figure 4 shows the deletion of the ~EU2 gene from yeast strain BSY38 after activation of the GALl promoter as described in Example 1.
Figure 5 shows that the deletion of the LEU2 gene occurs at the lox sites, as described in Example 1. rrhe lox sites are indicated by ~ ; Eco RI sites are indicated by ~ . The distance between Eco RI sites is indicated in kilobases (kb).
Figure 6 represents the modification of chromosome 13 of yeast strain DBY931 after homoloyous recombination with pBS44 (panel A) or pBS47 (panel ~), as described in Example 3.
Detailed_Description of the Invention The present invention provides a method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast. DNA sequences comprising a cre ~-z~
gene and first and second lox sites are intro-duced into the DNA and expression of the cre gene produces recombination at the lox sites.
The location and orientation of the lox sites determines the nature of the recombination.
As used herein, the expression "site-specific recombination" is intended to include the following three events:
1. deletion of a pre-selected DNA
segment flanked by lox sites, 2. inversion of the nucleotide sequence of a pre-selected ~NA
segment flan~ed by lox sites, and 3. reciprocal exchange of DNA
segments proximate to lox sites located on different DNA
molecules.
"DNA segment" refers to a linear fragment of single- or double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid ~DNA), which can be derived from any source.
The expression "DNA in yeast" includes all DNA
present in yeast cells. As used herein, a "gene" is intended to mean a DNA segment which is normally regarded as a gene by those skilled in the art. The expression "regulatory molecule" refers to a polymer of ribonucleic acid ~XNA) or a polypeptide which is capable of enhancing or inhibiting expression of a gene.
"Regulatory nucleotide sequence", as used herein, refers to a nucleotide sequence located 5' to a qene whose transcription is controlled by the regulatory nucleotide sequence in conjunction with the gene expression apparatus of the cell. The expression "nucleotide sequence" refers to a polymer of DNA
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or RNA, which can be single- or double-stranded, optionally containlng synthetic, non-natural, or altered nucleotides capable of incorporation into DNA or RNA polymers. As used herein, a "regulatory nucleotide sequence" can ;.nclude a promoter region, as that tecm is conventionally employed by those skilled in the art. A
promoter region can include an association region recognized by an RNA polymerase, one or more regions which control the effectiveness of transcription initiation in response to physiological conditions, and a transcription initiation sequence. "Gene product" refers to a polypeptide resulting from transcription, translation, and, optionally, post-~ranslational processing of a selected D~A segment.
In the present method, a first DNA
sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is introduced into DNA
in yeast. Suitable regulatory nucleotide sequences include GALl, GAL10, ADH1, CYC1, and TRP5 promoters. GAL1 and GAL10 promoters are present on plasmid p~M150 which is described by Johnston and Davis, Molec. Cell. siol., 4:1440 (lg84). The ADH1 promoter, also called ADCl, is present on plasmid pAAHS which is described by Ammer, Methods Enzymol., 101:192 (1983). The CYC1 promoter is described by Stiles et al., Cell, 25:277 (1981). The TRP5 promoter is described by Zalkin and Yanofsky, J. Biol.
Chem., 257:1491 (1982). Preferably, the regulatory nucleotide sequence is a GAL
promoter.
~he gene product of the cre gene is a recombinase herein designated "Cre" which ~3~
effects site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast at lox sites. As used herein, the expression "cre gene" means a nucleotide sequence which codes for a gene produc:t which effects site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast at lox sites. ~ne cre gene ca~ be isolated from bacteriophage P1 by methods known in the art. One method for isolating a cre gene from bacteriophage Pl is disclosed by Abremski et al., Cell, _ :1301-1311 (1983). R. coli DH1 -and yeast strain pBSY90 transformed with plasmid pBS39 carrying a cre gene isolated from bacteriophage Pl and a GALl regulatory nucleotide sequence have been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and bear deposit accession numbers ATCC 53255 and ATCC
207~2, respectively. ~he cre gene can be isolated from plasmid psS39 with restriction enzymes Xho I and Sal 1.
Second and third DNA sequences comprising a first lox site and a second lox site, respectively, are also introduced into the DNA. As used herein the expression "lox site"
means a nucleotide sequence at which the gene product of the cre gene can catalyze a site-specific recombination. LoxP site is a 34 base pair nucleotide sequence which can be isolated from bacteriophage P1 by methods known in the art. One method for isolating a LoxP site from 3~ bacteriophage P1 is disclosed by Hoess et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 79:3398 ~1982). The LoxP site consists of two 13 base pair inverted repeats separated by an 8 base pair spacer region. The nucleotide sequences of the insert repeats and the spacer region as follows.
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E. coli DH5 ~lac and yeast strain BSY23 trans-formed with plasmid pss44 carrying two loxP
sites connected with a LEU2 gene have been deposited with the ATCC and bear deposit accession numbers ATCC 53254 and ATCC 20773, respectively. The lox sites can be isolated from plasmid pBS44 with restriction enzymes Eco RI and Sal 1, or Xho I and Bam I. In addition, a pre-selected DNA segment can be inserted into pBS44 at either the Sal I or Bam I restriction enzyme sites by techniques known in the art.
Other suitable lox sites include LoxB, LoxL and I.oxR sites which are nucleotide sequences isolated from E. coli. These sequences are disclosed and described by Hoess et al., Proc.
Matl. Acad. Sci USA, 79:339~ (1982).
Preferably, thë lox site is a LoxP site. Lox sites can also be produced by a variety of synthetic techniques which are known in the art Synthetic techniques for producing lox sites are disclosed by Ito et al., Nuc. Acid Res., 10:1755 (1982) and Ogilvie et al., Science, 214:270 ( 19~1 ) .
Methods for introducing DNA sequences into DNA in yeast at pre-selected regions are known in the art. Preferably, the DNA sequences are introduced by a plasmid capable of transforming yeast while carrying a DNA
sequence. In one embodiment, the first, second, and third DNA sequences are intoduced into one strain of yeast. Alternatively, the DNA
sequences are introduced into two dif~erent :~293460 strains of yeast of opposite mating types which are subsequently mated to form a single strain having all three DNA sequences. Preferably, the plasmid contains either ~1) a nucleotide sequence of DNA homologous to a resident yeast seguence to permit integration into the yeast DNA by the yeast's recombination system or (2) a nucleotide sequence of DNA which permits auton~m~us replication in yeast. One nucleotide sequence which permits autonomous replication in yeast is an ARS sequence described by Stinchcomb et al., Nature, 282:39 (1979). A partial list of plasmids capable of transforming yeast includes YIP5, YRP17 and YEP24. These plasmids are disclosed and described by Botstein and Davis, The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Metabolism and Gene Expres6ion (ed. Strathern et al.), (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1982), at page 607. Most preferably, the plasmid for introducing a DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is pBS39 or pBS49 and the plasmid or introducing a DNA sequence comprising a lox site is pBS44, 2S pBS47, pBS42, pBS43 or derivatives thereof carrying a pre-selected DNA segment other than or in addition to the LEV2 gene located between the first and second _ sites. E. coli DHl and DH5 ~lac transformed with plasmids pBS39 and pBS44, respectively, have been deposited with the ATCC and bear deposit accession numbers ; 53255 and 53254, respectively. Yeast strains BSY9~ and ssY23 transformed with plasmids pBS39 and pBS44, respectively, have also been deposited with the ATCC and bear deposit .~
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accession numbers ATCC 20772`-and ATCC 20773, respectively. These yeast strains are opposite mating types and can be mated to form a single strain having plasmid pBS39 and a pBS44 modified chromosome. ~he deposits are available to the public upon the grant of a patent to the assignee. However, it should be understood that the availability of a deposit does not con-;~ stitute a license to practice the &ubject inven-tion in derogation of patent rights qranted by governmental action.
The lox site is an asymmetrical nucleotide sequence. Thus, two lox sites on the same DNA molecule can have the same or opposite orientations with respect to each other.
Recombinations between lox sites in the same orientation result in a deletion of the DNA
segment located between the two lox sites. The deleted DNA segment forms a circular molecule of DNA. The original DNA and the resulting ; circular molecule each contain a single lox site. Recombination between lox sites in opposite orientations on the same DNA molecule result in an inversion of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA segment located between the - two lox sites. In addition, reciprocal exchange of DNA segments proximate to lox sites located on two different DNA molecules can occur. All of these recombination events are catalyzed by the gene product of the cre gene.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second and third DNA
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S If the first and second lox sites have the sa~e orientation, activation of the regulatory nucleotide sequence produces a deletion of the pre-selected DNA segment. If the first and second lox sites have opposite orientation, activation of the regulatory nucleotide sequence produces an inversion of the nucleotide sequence of the pre-selected DNA segment.
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Genes engineered into yeast for producing a foreign protein are often placed under the control of a highly active promoter.
The activity of the promoter can result in an overproduction of the protein which interferes with the growth of the engineered yeast. This overproduction of the protein can make it difficult to grow engineered yeast in sufficient quantity to make protein production economically feasible. The present invention provides a method whereby engineered yeast can be grown to a desired density prior to expressing the engineered gene. ~he engineered gene is expressed, as desired, by activating a regulatory nucleotide sequence responsible for controlling expression of the cre gene. Methods of controlling the expression of an engineered gene accordlng to the present invention include the following:
~ lJ A DNA segment flanked by lox sites in the same orientation is introduced into DNA in yeast between a promoter and an .~
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segment. The engineered gene would then be expressed.
(2j A gene for a regulatory molecule flanked by lox sites in the same orientation is introduced into VNA in yeast. The regulatory molecule inhibits expression of an engineered gene. A second DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is also int~oduced into the DNA. After the engineered yeast are grown to a desired density, the regu~atory nucleotide sequence is activated thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing a deletion of the gene for the regulatory molecule. The engineered gene would ; then be expressed.
~3) An engineered gene lacking a promoter and flanked by two lox sites in opposite orientations is introduced into DNA in yeast such that the 3' end of the gene lies adjacent to the transcription start site of a regulatory nucleotide sequence. A second DNA
sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene is also introduced into the DNA. Since the engineered gene would be transcribed in the antisense direction, no engineered protein would be produced. After the engineered yeast is grown to a desired density, , -~Z~3~
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Materials and Methods Unless otherwise specified, parts and percentages used in this section are by weight and degrees are Celsius.
Strains and Media E. coli strains DH1 and D~5 ~lacU169, or a derivative thereof, served as the E. coli hosts for all plasmids used in all experiments.
The DH5 ~lacU169 strain was obtained from Dr.
Michael Berman, L.itton ~ionetics, and is a derivative of D~15, a variant of DHl which is disclosed and described by Hanahan, J. Mol.
Biol., 166:557 (1983). Media used for bacterial growth are described in Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloninq:A Laboratory Manual tCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1982).
The leu2 ura3 yeast strains DsY745 (mating type alpha) and DsY931 ¦mating type a) were used in all experiments. These strains are disclosed and described in Falco, Rose, and Botstein, Genetics, 105:843 (1983). A rich growth medium ~YEPD~ containing yeast extract peptone and dextrose (glucose) was used for non-selective yeast growth. A minimal growth medium ~SD) containing dextrose and appropriate supplements was used for selective growth and scoring of nutritional markers. These media are described by Sherman et al., Methods in Yeast Genetics ~Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1974). In experiments involving growth on ~' ~z93L~~
galactose, 2% galactose was substituted for glucose. To add the selective agent sulfometuron methyl (molecular weight 364) to solid media, it was dissolved in acetone at 2 mg/mL and added to media to obtain a final concentration of 30 ~g/mL immediately prior to pouring into culture dishes.
DNA Preparation and Manipulations Plasmid DNA was prepared from E. coli according to (1) a rapid method substantially similar to that described by Quigley and Holmes Anal. Biochem. 1 :193 (1981), or ~2) a cesium chloride density gradient method substantially ~5 similar to that disclosed by Davis et al., Advanced Bacterial Genetics: ~ Manual for Genetic Engineering (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, (1980)). Yeast DNA was prepared by a method similar to that described by Davis et al. Methods in Enzymoloqy, 65: Part I (Academic Press, New York, 1980).
Selected host strains of yeast were transformed by a method similar to that of Hinnen et al., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA
75: 1929 (197B), except for the following modification. ~ecipient cells were incubated with glusulase for 2 hours at 30 in 1 M
sorbitol containing 1~ beta-mercaptoethanol and 0.1 M sodium citrate, pH 5.8, to form spheroplasts. E. coli strains were transformed `~ ~ according to (1) a method similar to that of Mandel and Higa, J. Mol. Biol. 53: 159 (1970) or -(2) a method similar to that of Hanahan, J. Mol.
Biol. 166: 557 ~1983), when high efficiency was desired.
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are described by Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1982).
Southern Analysis and DNA Sequencing DNA was transferred to nitrocellulose membranes from agarose gels and probed with specific labeled DNA fragments accordinq to a method similar to that described by Southern, J.
Mol. Biol. 98: 503 (1975), herein referred to as "Southern analysis". DNA segments were seguenced, using a dideoxynucleotide procedure similar to that of Sanger et al., J. Mol. siol.
143 161 (1980).
The method of the present invention is further described by the following examples, wherein all parts and percentages are by weight and degrees as Celsius.
Example 1 Site-Specific Deletion of LEU2 Gene in Yeast on Chromosome 7 Site-specific deletion of a LEU2 gene present in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA
was effected according to the following procedure. Yeast strains which were auxotrophic for leucine because of a leu2 gene mutation were transformed with the following plasmids--(l) pBS49 carrying a cre gene under regulatory control of a GAL1 promoter and (2) pBS42 or p8S43 carrying a functional kEU2 gene flanked by loxP sites in the same orientation. The transformed yeast strain contained a functional .
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Construction of pBS39 and pBS49 A flow chart illustrating the method used for construction of plasmids pBS39 and pBS49 is set forth in Figure 1. Plasmid pss7, a portion of which is shown in Figure 1, is a derivative of plasmid pRH103 which contains the ~6 deletion. Plasmid p~S7 differs from pR~103 in that the first DNA sequence - ATG -encountered on the cre coding strand of pBS7starting at the Xho I site is that of an intact cre gene. Plasmid pBS7 also has a promoter which controls expression of the cre gene in E.
coli. Plasmid pBS7 was digested with Xho I and a ~u Bgl II-Xho I adapter (DNA sequence:
TCGAGTAGATCTAC) was ligated to the digested plasmid. The resulting construct was then digested with Bgl II and Sal I. The digestion generated a cre containing fragment which was purified and then ligated to plasmid pBM150, described by Johnston and Davis, Mol. Cell.
Biol. 4: 1440 (1984). The resulting plasmid, designated pBS3g, was an autonomously replicating centromere containing yeast vector having a cre gene under control of a GAL1 promoter.
Plasmid pss49 containing the cre gene under the control of the GAL1 promoter was derived from plasmid pBS39 according to the method shown in Figure 1. The Xho I - Sal I
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fragment of pBS7 containing the cre qene was inserted into the Xho I site present in mouse metallothionein gene MT-1, described by Pavlakis and Hamer, Proc. Nat. Acad~ Sci. USA 80:397 (1983). The resulting plasmid, designated pBS31, contained a cre gene upstream from the mouse MT-1 gene and, in particular, a 3' region of the MT-1 gene which contained a polyadenylation signal. The Eco RI site at the 3' end of the MT-l gene was converted to a Sal I
site and the resulting Sal I-sam HI fragment was inserted into psS39 which had been digested by Sal I and Bam HI, to form pBS49.
Plasmid pBS49 shares with psS39 the ability to replicate autonomously in ~. coli and yeast. Both plasmids have a cre gene under control of a GA~1 promoter. In addition, pBS49 contains a mammalian polyadenylation signal, provided by the MT-1 gene, located 3' to the cre gene. The polyadenylation signal may facilitate expression of the cre gene in other eucaryotic cells. However, DNA sequences derived from MT-1 are unnecessary for cre gene expression from plasmid pBS49 in yeast, as shown below.
Construction of pBS42 and pBS43 A flow chart illustrating the method used for construction of plasmids pBS42 and pBS43 is set forth in Figure 2. A LEU2 gene flanked by loxP sites in the same orientation was obtained from plasmid pRH499 according to the following method. The Hind III site was removed from plasmid pRH499 to form plasmid pBS30. The 6.1 kilobase (kb) Hind III fragment of p3M53 is homologous to a region located between TRP5, a gene having a known location on ,~
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Transforming Yeast with pss42 and pss43 Plasmids pBS42 and pBS43 were linearized with Hind III and transformed into yeast strain DBY931 ,which contains a leu2 mutation. Yeast cells that did not require leucine for growth were selected. Fiqure 3 shows that integration of these plasmids into ~ 20 chromosome 7 results in a leu2 gene 1anked by : loxP sites. The orientation of the lox sites relative to the centromere depends on whether pBS42 or psS43 was the transforming plasmid.
Integration of pBS42 generates yeast strain BSY4 having a substrate chromosome with loxP sites pointing away from the centromere of chromosome 7 as shown in ~igure 3A. Integration of pBS43 generates yeast strain BSY16 having the loxP
sites pointing toward the centromere of chromosome 7 as shown in Fiqure 3B.
Transforming Yeast with pBS49 The cre gene was then introduced into the yeast strains transformed with plasmids 3S pBS42 and pBS43 according to the following ;::
procedure. Yeast strain D~Y745, containing mutant genes ura3 and leu2l was transformed with plasmid p~S49 which carries a functional URA3 gene. Transformed yeast not requiring uracil for growth were selected~ and designated yeast strain BSY3. Yeast strain ssY4 which contains the loxP substrate on its chromosome 7 was then mated with yeast strain BSY3 which contains plasmid psS49 having cre gene under the control of the GALl promoter. This mating generated a diploid yeast strain designated BSY38. As a control, the isogenic diploid yeast strain ~SY63 was constructed which differs from yeast strain ~SY38 only in that it lacked plasmid pBS49.
Similarly, yeast strain BsY16 was mated with yeast strain sSY3 to produce a diploid yeast strain designated ~SY45 which contained both a cre gene and a modified chromosome 7. Yeast strain BSY16 was also mated with yeast strain Dsy745 to produce the isogenic control strain sSY70 which lacked plasmid pB549 and therefore the cre gene.
Effecting Production of the cre Gene Product St. John and Davis, Cell 16: 443 ~1979), disclose that the AL1 promoter is inactive in cells growing on glucose but is induced to a 1000 fold greater activity in the presence of galactose. The strains shown in Table I were grown on plates containing either 3a glucose or galactose. The resulting colonies were replicated to selective media to determine whether or not they required leucine for growth ~a Leu phenotype). The results are shown in Table I-. ., . ".
lZ~3460 TAsLE 1 Deletion of LEU2 Gene Plasmid Plasmid Carbon Colonies Total Yeast with l~x with Source requiring Colonies 5 Strain sites cre gene leucine BSY38 pBS42 pBS49 glu 0 610 ~: ~SY38 pBS42 pBS49 gal 610 610 :~: 10 BSY63 pBS42 none glu 086 ; sSY63 p~S42 none gal 080 ~ BSY45 pBS43 pBS49 glu 077 :~ :BSY45 pBS43 pBS49 gal 100 100 lS ~SY70 pBS43 none glu 0B0 BSY70 pBS43 none gal 0100 glu ~ glucose gal ~ galactose Yeast strains transformed with plasmidpBS49 carrying the cre gene, became leucine requiring (Leu ) when grown on qalactose but not when grown on glucose. Yeast strains lacking plasmid pBS49 showed a completely stable non leucine requiring (Leu+) phenotype. The results demonstrate that the gene product of the cre gene (1) can be expressed under the control of the GAL1 promoter, (2) is able to enter the yeast nucleus after translation in the yeast cytoplasm, and (3) does effect the recombination between two lox sites inserted into yeast DNA.
Moreover, the recombination at lox sites occurs `~ ~ with sites haviny both orientations with respect to the centromere. The orientation does not affect the accessibility of the lox sites by the gene product of the cre gene.
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The recombination event was shown to be efficient. A log phase culture of yeast strain BSY38 was grown with glucose as the carbon source then transferred to growth medium containing galactose. Aliquots of the yeast were removed from the medium containing galactose at the time intervals shown in Figure 4 and plated on a non-selective medium ; containing leucine and glucose. The resulting colonies were assayed by replica plating to a selective medium without leucine. The resulting plates were scored after one day and the results are shown in Figure 4. The presence of yeast requiring leucine for growth was detected B
hours after induction with galactose. After 24 hours 98% of the initial culture had deleted the LEU2 gene as shown by this assay.
Physical evidence was obtained to demonstrate that the qene product of the cre gene produced recombination at the lox sites located on chromosome 7. Eight independent leucine requiring isolates of yeast strain BSY38 were obtained by plating 8SY38 on agar medium containing leucine and galactose. The total DNA
from each of these leucine requiring isolates was digested with Eco RI and the structure of the region at which p8S42 had integrated into chromosome 7 was determined by the method of Southern, J. Mol. Biol. 98: 503 (1975) using plasmid pBS78 as a probe. Plasmid pBS78 is derived from p~S42 by cre mediated recombination at the lox sites in an ~. coli stain. Plasmid pBS78 contains sequences homologous to the AmpR
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Also shown are the marker plasmids psS78 and pBS42. The analysis shows that all leucine requiring derivatives lost the 3.4 kb fragment of DNA detected by the probe. Instead, leucine requieing derivatives are shown in Figure 5 to have a 1.8 kb fragment of DNA as predicted by a deletion of the LEU2 gene. The derivatives all show exactly the same structure indicating deletion had occured only on the modified chromosome 7 and only at the lox sites. To further show that the specific deletion had occurred, integrated plasmid DNA from each of three of the leucine requiring isolates was recovered by cleavin~ the genomic DNA with Rind III. The DNA from each isolate was re-ligated and used to transform E. coli. The region proximate to the lox site was sequenced for two of the plasmids. ~he sequences were found to be identical to that predicted by recombination at the lox sites. The third plasmid was found to be identical to the other two by restriction mapping, but no sequencing was conducted.
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The resulting DNA was religated to form plasmid pBS77 which is identical to psS49 except that it contains a mutant cre gene which is inactive in E. coli. Diploid yeast strains 8SY91 and BSY93 were constructed according to the foltowing procedure. Yeast strain DBY745 was transformed with pBS77 and yeast cells able to grow in the absence of uracil were selected. The resulting yeast strain sSY92 was mated with BSY4 to produce BSY93. Similarly, yeast strain DBY745 was also transformed with plasmid pBS39 -identical to psS49 except it lacks the mouse MT-l DNA sequences - to yield a yeast strain designated BSY90. Yeast strain sSYgO was mated with BSY4 to generate a diploid yeast strain designated BSY91.
The yeast strains shown in Table II
were grown on agar medium containing galactose and leucine. Individual colonies were transferred onto agar medium containing glucose and leucine and were then tested for their ability to grow in the absence of leucine by replica plating to appropriate plates. The results are shown in Table II.
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Deletion of LEU2 Gene -Plasmid Plasmid Colonies Total Yeast with lox with requiring Colonies Strain sites cre gene leucine BSY38 pss42 psS49 10 10 BSY91 pBS42 pBS39 10 10 BSY93 pBS42 pBS77 0 10 BSY63 pBS42 none 0 10 ~, Table II shows that the presene of galactose does not affect deletion of the LEU2 gene in yeast transformed with pBS77 containing the mutant cre gene. Table II also shows that psS39, which lacks the portion of the mouse metallothionein gene present in pBS49, is capable of express;.ng the cre gene and affecting recombination at lox sites in yeast DNA.
Therefore, no portion of the MT-1 gene is required for expression or function of the cre gene in yeast transformed with plasmid pBS39.
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~J Site-Specific Deletion of LEU2 Gene in Yeast on Chromosome 13 This example demonstrates that Cre mediated recombination at lox sites can occur on a yeast chromosome other than Chromosome 7.
Plasmids for inserting a DNA sequence comprising the LEU2 sene flanked by lox sites at the ILV2 locus on chromosome 13 were constructed according to the following method. An allele of ILV2 which codes for sulfometuron methyl resistance is present on plasmid pCP2-4-10 which 3L29tL~ 6~v is disclosed and described by Falco and Dumas, Genetics 109: 21 (1985). Plasmid pCP2-4-10 is deposited in the American Type Culture Collection and bears deposit accession number 39606. The Cla I and Hind III sites flanking the ILV2 gene on pCP2-4-10 were converted to Xho I sites. The fragment resulting from digestion : with Xho I was inserted into the Xho I site of pBS30 to form plasmids pBS44 and psS47 which differ only in the orientation of the inserted Xho I fragment containing the ILV2 gene. These two plasmids were integrated into chromosome 13 by transforming yeast strain DBY931 and selecting for non-leucine requiring transformants according to a procedure similar to that described in Example 1. Integration of plasmid pBS44 into the ILV2 locus on chromosome 13 yielded yeast strain BSY23. Integration of plasmid pBS47 into the ILV2 locus resulted in yeast strain sSY27. Non-leucine requiring transformants obtained by transforming yeast cells with pBS44 - such as yeast strain sSY23 -differ from those obtained by transforming them with pBS47 - such as yeast strain BSY27 - in that the inserted LEU2 gene has flanking lox sites in opposite orientations with respect to each other, as shown in Figure 6. The structures of these chromosomes were verified by Southern analysis. Diploid strains of yeast containing one of these chromosomes, and pBS49 which provided a cre gene under control of ALl promoter were constructed by 1) mating BSY23 with BSY3 to generate yeast strain BSY31 and also with yeast strain DBY745 to generate the 35 Cre control yeast strain sSY56, and 2) mating : `~; 24 .~.
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The yeast strains shown in Table III
were grown on agar medium containing galactose and leucine. Individual colonies were transferred onto agar medium containing glucose and leucine and were then tested for their ability to grow in the absence of leucine by replica plating to appropriate plates. The results are shown in Table III.
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BSY35 psS47 psS49 5 5 BSY59 psS47 none 0 5 Table III shows that transformed strains which contain a cre gene delete the L~U2 gene when grown on galactose containing medium. Thus, the gene product o the cre gene is able to recombine lox sites in either orientation with respect to normal sequence of chromosome 13 to generate chromosomal deletions on chromosome 13 as well as on chromosome 7.
Example 4 Site-Specific Inversion of LEU2 Gene in Yeast Site-specific inversion of LEU2 gene present in yeast DNA is effected according to ~293~6(~
the following method. A first plasmid con-taining a cre gene under control of the GAL1 promoter is constructed according to a method similar to that used to construct pBS39 and pBS49 as shown in Figure 1. A second plasmid containing a selectable marker such as sulfometuron methyl resistance and a LEU2 gene flanked by loxP sites is constructed according to a method similar to that used to construct pss44 and pss47 except that the LEU2 gene is inserted into the plasmid [1) without a promoter, (2) with flanking loxP sites in opposite orientations with respect to each other and (3) with 3' end of the LEU2 gene proxmiate to a nucleotide regulatory sequence such that the gene is transcribed in an antisense direction.
A yeast strain which is auxotrophic for leucine is transformed with both plasmids accordiny to a method similar to that described in Example 1 and Example 3. The resulting yeast are grown in a media containing glucose and leucine. The yeast require leucine to gr~w since the LEU2 gene is inverted with respect to its promoter. The GALl promoter i5 activated by the presence of galactose as described in Example 1 thereby effectinq expression of the cre gene and producing the inversion of the LEU2 gene. The resultinq yeast are capable of growing in the absence of leucine.
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Claims (10)
1. A method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in yeast, comprising:
a) introducing into the DNA the following DNA sequences:
i) a first DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, ii) a second DNA sequence comprising a first lox site, and iii) a third DNA sequence comprising a second lox site, and b) activating the regulatory nucleotide sequence thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing the site-specific recombination.
a) introducing into the DNA the following DNA sequences:
i) a first DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, ii) a second DNA sequence comprising a first lox site, and iii) a third DNA sequence comprising a second lox site, and b) activating the regulatory nucleotide sequence thereby effecting expression of the cre gene and producing the site-specific recombination.
2. A method as defined in Claim 1, wherein the second and third DNA sequences are introduced into the DNA in yeast connected by a pre-selected DNA
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3. A method as defined in Claim 2, wherein the cre gene is isolated from bacteriophage Pl.
4. A method as defined in Claim 3, wherein the first and second lox sites are loxP sites.
5. A method as defined in Claim 4, wherein the pre-selected DNA segment is a gene for a functional protein, an enzyme, or a regulatory molecule.
6. A strain of yeast transformed with the following DNA sequences:
i) a first DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, ii) a second DNA sequence comprising a first lox site, and iii) a third DNA sequence comprising a second lox site.
i) a first DNA sequence comprising a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, ii) a second DNA sequence comprising a first lox site, and iii) a third DNA sequence comprising a second lox site.
7. A strain of yeast as defined in Claim 6, wherein the second and third DNA sequences are connected by a pre-selected DNA segment.
8. A strain of yeast as defined in Claim 7, wherein the pre-selected DNA segment is a gene for a structural protein, an enzyme, or a regulatory molecule.
9. A plasmid having a regulatory nucleotide sequence and a cre gene, said plasmid being capable of transforming yeast.
10. A plasmid as defined in Claim 9, wherein the cre gene is isolated from bacteriophage Pl.
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