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Methods for in vitro joining and combinatorial assembly of nucleic acid molecules

a nucleic acid molecule and in vitro joining technology, applied in the direction of nucleotide libraries, transferases, ligases, etc., can solve the problem that no suggestion is made of using these techniques systematically to assemble the desired nucleic acid molecul

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-03-01
SYNTHETIC GENOMICS INC
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[0026]The recombinant methods of the invention have a wide variety of applications, permitting, for example, the design of pathways for the synthesis of useful products, including pharmaceuticals, biofuels, diagnostics, veterinary products, agricultural chemicals, growth factors, and the like—i.e., any molecule that can be assembled in a cell culture or in a transgenic animal or plant. As a simple example, the acetate pathway of E. coli can be adapted to produce biofuels such as ethanol, butanol and the like. Enzymes on a synthetic pathway for a secondary metabolite, such as a polyketide, can also be optimized using the methods of the invention. Thus, the DNA molecules that result from the systemic combinatorial procedures of the invention may be employed in a wide variety of contexts to produce useful products.

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However, no suggestion is made of using these techniques systematically to assemble a desired nucleic acid molecule.

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[0208]In the following examples, all temperatures are set forth in uncorrected degrees Celsius; and, unless otherwise indicated, all parts and percentages are by weight.

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Thermocycled Exonuclease III One-Step Assembly System Protocol

[0209]A thermocycled one-step assembly was developed based on the use of an isolated non-thermostable 3′ to 5′ exonuclease and an isolated heat-activated DNA polymerase as follows. A reaction was set up on ice in a 0.2 ml PCR tube containing the following: 100 ng each substrate DNA to be assembled, 20 μl of 4×CBAR buffer, 0.7 μl of exonuclease III (4 U / μl, NEB), 8.0 μl of Taq DNA ligase (40 U / μl, NEB), 0.5 μl of AmpliTaq® Gold (5 U / μl, Applied Biosystems), and water to 80 μl. The 4×CBAR (Chew-back, Anneal, and Repair) Buffer was 20% PEG-8000, 600 mM Tris-Cl, 40 mM MgCl2, 40 mM DTT, 4 mM NAD, and 800 μM each dNTP (pH 7.5).

[0210]This gave a final concentration of 1.25 ng / μl of each DNA that was to be assembled, 5% PEG-8000, 150 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.5, 10 mM MgCl2, 10 mM DTT, 200 μM each dNTP, 1 mM NAD, 0.035 U / μl exonuclease III, 4 U / μl Taq DNA ligase, and 0.03 U / μl AmpliTaq® Gold.

[0211]100 ng substrate DNA was found to be ideal...

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Isothermal T5 Exonuclease One-Step Assembly Protocol for Nucleic Acids

[0214]An isothermal one-step assembly was developed based on the use of an isolated non-thermostable 5′ to 3′ exonuclease that lacks 3′ exonuclease activity as follows. A reaction was set up containing the following: 100 fmol each dsDNA substrate or 3.6 μmol each ssDNA to be assembled, 16 μl 5×ISO buffer, 16 μl T5 exonuclease (0.2 U / μl, Epicentre), 8.0 μl Taq DNA ligase (40 U / μl, NEB), 1.0 μl Phusion™ DNA polymerase (2 U / μl, NEB), and water to 80 μl. The 5×ISO (ISOthermal) buffer was 25% PEG-8000, 500 mM Tris-Cl, 50 mM MgCl2, 50 mM DTT, 5 mM NAD, and 1000 μM each dNTP (pH 7.5).

[0215]This gave a final concentration of 1.25 fmol / μl each dsDNA (or 45 fmol / μl each ssDNA) that was to be assembled, 5% PEG-8000, 100 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.5, 10 mM MgCl2, 10 mM DTT, 200 μM each dNTP, 1 mM NAD, 0.02 U / μl T5 exonuclease, 4 U / μl Taq DNA ligase, and 0.03 U / μl Phusion™ DNA polymerase.

[0216]Methods used 1.64 μl 0.2 U / μl T5 exonuclease...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to methods of joining two or more double-stranded (ds) or single-stranded (ss) DNA molecules of interest in vitro, wherein the distal region of the first DNA molecule and the proximal region of the second DNA molecule of each pair share a region of sequence identity. The method allows the joining of a large number of DNA fragments, in a predetermined order and orientation, without the use of restriction enzymes. It can be used, e.g., to join synthetically produced sub-fragments of a gene or genome of interest. Kits for performing the method are also disclosed. The methods of joining DNA molecules may be used to generate combinatorial libraries useful to generate, for example, optimal protein expression through codon optimization, gene optimization, and pathway optimization.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 371,543, filed Feb. 13, 2009 which claims benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 61 / 029,312 filed 15 Feb. 2008; U.S. 61 / 064,107 filed 15 Feb. 2008; U.S. 61 / 052,614 filed 12 May 2008; U.S. 61 / 098,202 filed 18 Sep. 2008; and U.S. 61 / 142,101 filed 31 Dec. 2008. The contents of these applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The invention concerns methods for in vitro joining of single-stranded and / or double-stranded nucleic acid molecules permitting efficient one-step assembly of multiple nucleic acid molecules with overlapping terminal sequences. Invention methods are particularly useful in effecting systematic combinatorial assembly of fragments of nucleic acid sequence variants to modify properties of the joined nucleic acid sequence, for example, nucleic acid sequences providing variants of codon usage, control sequences, genes, ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12P19/34C40B40/06C07H21/04C12N9/12
CPCC12N15/10C12N15/66C12N15/64C12N15/1027C12P19/34C12N9/22C12N9/93
Inventor GIBSON, DANIEL G.SMITH, HAMILTON O.HUTCHISON, CLYDE A.YOUNG, LEIVENTER, J. CRAIG
Owner SYNTHETIC GENOMICS INC
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