Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology and cell biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to a CRISPR-CAS system for a yeast host cell.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for modification of a host cell at a target locus, which method comprises: providing a host cell comprising, at a first locus, at least two site-specific recombination sites and a nucleic acid having an essential function or encoding a product having an essential function; introducing into the host cell, at the target locus, a further nucleic acid having the essential function or encoding for a product having the essential function; and carrying out recombination at the first locus via the at least two site-specific recombination sites, so that the nucleic acid having an essential function or encoding a product having an essential function is rendered non-functional, thereby to modify the host cell at the target locus. The invention also relates to a cell obtainable by a method of the invention.
Abstract:
A method for the production of a polypeptide of interest in a host cell, which method comprises: a. providing a host cell which harbours a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide of interest, wherein the polypeptide of interest is modified so that it comprises fewer methionine and/or lysine residues than a reference polypeptide, excluding any initial methionine amino acid located at the N-terminal end of the polypeptide sequence; b. cultivating the host cell under conditions suitable for production of the polypeptide; and, optionally, c. recovering the compound of interest. The invention also relates to a modified polypeptide which comprises fewer methionine and/or lysine residues than a reference polypeptide, excluding any initial methionine amino acid located at the N-terminal end of the polypeptide sequence.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology and cell biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to a CRISPR-Cas system for a Labyrinthulomycetes host cell.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology and cell biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to a CRISPR-CAS system for a lipolytic yeast host cell.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a library of host cells, a plurality of which comprise an assembled polynucleotide at a target locus, which method comprises: (a) providing a plurality of polynucleotides comprising two or more polynucleotide subgroups, wherein: (i) a plurality of polynucleotides in each polynucleotide subgroup comprises sequence encoding a peptide or polypeptide and/or a regulatory sequence; (ii) a plurality of peptides or polypeptides encoded by, or a plurality of regulatory sequences comprised within, each polynucleotide subgroup share an activity and/or function; (iii) at least one polynucleotide subgroup comprises at least two non-identical polynucleotide species; (iv) a plurality of polynucleotides of each polynucleotide subgroup comprises sequence enabling homologous recombination with a plurality of polynucleotides from one or more other polynucleotide subgroups; and (v) a plurality of polynucleotides in two polynucleotide subgroups comprise a nucleotide sequence enabling homologous recombination with a target locus in host cells; and (b) assembling the plurality of polynucleotides at the target locus by homologous recombination in vivo in host cells, thereby to generate a library of host cells, a plurality of which comprise an assembled polynucleotide at the target locus. The assembled polynucleotides may be recovered, thereby to prepare a library of nucleic acids.
Abstract:
The present invention is based on the advantageous use of single-stranded oligonucleotides in the in vivo (within a cell) assembly of double-stranded oligonucleotides into a single double-stranded nucleic acid construct. The present invention relates to the use of at least a first and a second single-stranded oligonucleotide in the assembly within a cell of at least two double-stranded nucleic acid molecules into a single double-stranded nucleic acid construct of pre-determined sequence, wherein the first and second single-stranded oligonucleotide are essentially complementary to each other.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for modification of a host cell at a target locus, which method comprises: providing a host cell comprising, at a first locus, at least two site-specific recombination sites and a nucleic acid having an essential function or encoding a product having an essential function; introducing into the host cell, at the target locus, a further nucleic acid having the essential function or encoding for a product having the essential function; and carrying out recombination at the first locus via the at least two site-specific recombination sites, so that the nucleic acid having an essential function or encoding a product having an essential function is rendered non-functional, thereby to modify the host cell at the target locus. The invention also relates to a cell obtainable by a method of the invention.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology and cell biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to a CRISPR-CAS system for a lipolytic yeast host cell.