1002 results about "Site-directed mutagenesis" patented technology

This disclosure provides several methods to generate nucleic acid mutations in vivo, for instance in such a way that no heterologous sequence is retained after the mutagenesis is complete. The methods employ integrative recombinant oligonucleotides (IROs). Specific examples of the described mutagenesis methods enable site-specific point mutations, deletions, and insertions. Also provided are methods that enable multiple rounds of mutation and random mutagenesis in a localized region. The described methods are applicable to any organism that has a homologous recombination system.

The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby.

The present invention relates to a reliable, reproducible method for improving the producibility of an antibody. More specifically, this invention provides a method for modifying the heavy chain of an antibody to improve its producibility in eukaryotic cells. Additionally, the method of the invention may improve both antibody producibility and one or more antigen binding characteristics. The invention further provides modified antibodies which are better produced and which have either no change in their antigen binding characteristics or exhibit improved antigen binding characteristics.

The invention belongs to the technical field of bioengineering and in particular relates to a gene site-directed mutation vector as well as a construction method and application thereof. The invention provides the gene site-directed mutation vector due to lots of optimizations, cytosine deaminase is guided to be close to cytosine through a CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) system, the cytosine is changed into uracil, then uracil is changed into thymine through self-repair in plant cells, and finally, site-specific mutagenesis from C to T is realized in plants so as to generate resistance to herbicides. In addition, point mutation can be produced in a non-sgRNA targeted area, and novel herbicide-resistant great agronomic traits are brought.

The invention discloses a compiling vector of a kiwi fruit gene AcPDS based on CRISPR-Cas9 as well as a construction method and application thereof. The compiling vector of the kiwi fruit gene AcPDS based on CRISPR-Cas9 established can quickly and simply perform efficient site-specific mutagenesis on the kiwi fruit gene, so that the blank of a gene fixed point compiling technology in kiwi fruit is filled. Experimental results verify that by means of agrobacterium-mediated kiwi fruit genetic transformation, the compiling vector of the kiwi fruit gene AcPDS based on CRISPR-Cas9 performs site-specific mutagenesis on two target spots of the kiwi fruit gene AcPDS successfully, and meanwhile, an albefactedphenotype is induced.

The present invention provides mutant-type lipases which demonstrate superior lipolytic and esterific activities. The mutant-type lipases are characterized by an amino acid alteration at the residue immediately followed either the serine residue or the histidine residue or both residues of the Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad. The Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad is known to be the three residues, although occur far apart in the amino acid sequence of a lipase, that contribute to the hydrolytic activity in the active site of the lipase. The amino acid residue that follows the serine residue of the Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad is alanine. The amino acid residue that follows the histidine residue of the Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad is isoleucine. The wild-type lipase is preferably originated from Staphylococcus, particularly Staphylococcus epidermindis. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the mutant-type lipases by site-directed mutagenesis using PCR and a method for utilizing the mutant-type lipase to catalyze synthesis of flavor esters to be used in food industry.

The invention relates to the field of microorganisms, in particular to a site-directed mutation method for genomes of saccharomyces cerevisiae. To-be-repaired single-base mutation sites on the genomes of the saccharomyces cerevisiae can be repaired by the aid of CRISPR/Cas9 technologies. Effects can be realized near the to-be-repaired sites by Cas9 proteins under the guidance actions of guide RNA (ribonucleic acid) if the mutation sites are positioned in PAM sequences (NGG) or front 11bp of the PAM sequences, and the genomes of the saccharomyces cerevisiae can be subjected to double-strand break at cut positions, so that donor DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) can be efficiently recombined. Compared with existing results, the site-directed mutation method has the advantages that the sites of the genomes of the saccharomyces cerevisiae can be efficiently and quickly mutated, and screening markers do not need to be integrated for the genomes of the saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The invention provides a method for site-directed mutation of rice CENH3 gene by using a CRISPR-CAS9 technology. A CRISPR-CAS9-based sgRNA sequence is designed for the rice CENH3 gene, and a DNA fragment containing the sgRNA sequence is connected to a vector carrying the CRISPR/Cas to convert rice in order to realize the site-directed mutation of rice CENH3 gene, wherein the nucleotide sequence of the sgRNA action site is represented by SEQ ID NO:1. Rice endogenous gene CENH3 is edited through the CRISPR-CAS9 technology to obtain a CENH3 mutant, so a CENH3 mediated chromosome elimination mechanism is hopeful to be applied to the double haploid breeding process of rice.

The invention discloses a tobacco polyphenol oxidase gene NtPPO1 and a site-directed mutagenesis method and application thereof. The nucleotide sequence of the tobacco polyphenol oxidase gene NtPPO1 is shown in SEQ ID:No.1, the coded amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID:No.2. The invention further discloses a clone method of the tobacco polyphenol oxidase gene NtPPO1. The clone method comprisesthe specific steps that firstly, cDNAs of tobacco leaves are synthesized; secondly, PCR amplification of the NtPPO1 gene is conducted; thirdly, a CRISPR/Cas9 carrier of the NtPPO1 gene is constructed;fourthly, sequencing detection of the NtPPO1 gene mutation is conducted. The NtPPO1 gene has a wide application prospect in preventing tobacco browning. The tobacco polyphenol oxidase gene and the encoded protein thereof provide the gene and technology support for crops especially for anti-browning breeding of tobaccos.

The invention provides a method for site-directed mutation of a maize gene by means of a CRISPR/Cas9 system. An sgRNA sequence based on CRISPR/Cas9 is designed aiming at a target gene in maize, a DNA fragment for encoding the sgRNA sequence is connected to a vector carrying CRISPR/Cas9, and then maize transformation is conducted, so that site-directed mutation of a specific gene in maize is realized. Further, the vector containing CRISPR/Cas9 is transferred to an acceptor material carrying the target gene by means of a genetic transformation method, so as to obtain a site-directed mutation regeneration plant of the target gene. By the adoption of the method, site-directed mutation of a maize genome can be achieved. The method has the advantages that the experimental period is short, and operation is easy. Different target genes can be transformed in a site-directed mode by means of CRISPR/Cas9 systems with different targeting directions, a novel method is provided for improved breeding of maize, and the method is of great practical significance for maize trait improvement.

Site-specific mutation in methylated circular stranded DNA molecules is conferred by mutagenic primer pairs and methylase deficient Escherichia coli. The mutagenic primer pairs are complementary at 5′ end or 3′ end, or completely complementary to each other. Firstly, mutagenic primer pair is annealed to opposite strands of the methylated circular double-stranded parent DNA molecules. Then, polymerase chain reaction is performed by using unmethylated dNTPs to create unmethylated mutagenized double-stranded daughter DNA molecules. Finally, the reaction mixture of the methylated parent DNA molecules and unmethylated mutagenized daughter DNA molecules is transformed into a methylase deficient E. coli. The replication of methylated parent DNA is inhibited in methylase deficient host cell. In contrast, the unmethylated daughter DNA, which contains the desired mutation, are efficiently replicated in methylase deficient host cell and recovered thereafter. The invention also provides a kit for introducing site-specific mutations in accordance with the described method.

The invention relates to production and preparation for protein or peptide labeled by an unnatural amino acid. For example, the invention relates to human interferon alpha2b subjected to site directed mutagenesis and human interferon alpha2b subjected to site directed modification, and the interferon can be different species or different types. The invention also relates to a method for site directed mutagenesis and site directed modification of interferon. The method comprises using a gene codon expansion technology to introduce an unnatural amino acid to the interferon gene in a site directed way, and having the aid of an unnatural amino acid or a modification agent to realize site directed linkage between growth hormone, and, for example, polyethylene glycol. The invention further relates to application of interferon subjected to site directed mutagenesis or modification, such as application thereof as a stable long-acting interferon, and the like.

This invention relates to nitrilase mutants having improved nitrilase activity for converting 3-hydroxynitriles to 3-hydroxycarboxylic acids. More specifically, the Acidovorax facilis 72W (ATCC 55746) nitrilase gene was mutated using error-prone PCR and site-directed mutagenesis to create nitrilase enzymes having improved nitrilase activity for converting 3-hydroxynitriles (e.g., 3-hydroxybutyronitrile or 3-hydroxyvaleronitrile) to the corresponding 3-hydroxycarboxylic acids. A process using these improved mutants to produce the 3-hydroxycarboxylic acids is also provided.

The invention relates to a single-domain heavy chain antibody and polypeptide for Listeria monocytogenes. The antibody has the protein or polypeptide with the amino acid sequence disclosed as SEQ ID NO:1, and can be used in the fields of immune detection, antigen enrichment purification and the like. The amino acid sequence provided by the invention can be used as a precursor, can be modified by using a random or site-directed mutagenesis technique to obtain a mutant with better properties (affinity, specificity, stability and the like), and is used for developing proteins or polypeptides which are further used in medicine, industry and agriculture.

The invention relates to a construction method and application of an eggplant CRISPR/Cas9 gene knock-out vector, and belongs to the field of a biological technology. The method comprises the followingsteps: designing a target site gRNA by taking genome DNA sequence of an eggplant WRKY26 gene as reference; constructing an expression box of the target site gRNA and Cas9 protein; inserting the expression box of the gRNA and the Cas9 protein into a binary expression vector; transferring recombinant plasmid into an agrobacterium EHA105 strain, mediating by EHA105 and transferring eggplant seed leaves to obtain a genetic transformation plant, and performing PCR and sequencing verification to determine a mutation strain. An eggplant SmWRKY26 gene serves as an example, and the eggplant gene is subjected to geodesic mutation rapidly, simply and efficiently.

The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. Also disclosed are therapeutic methods for using the cysteine variants of the invention.

Barley α-glucosidase is an important enzyme in the conversion of barley starch to fermentable sugars during the industrial production of ethanol, as in brewing and fuel ethanol production. The enzyme is, however, relatively thermolabile, a disadvantage for an enzyme useful in industrial processes which are preferably conducted at elevated temperatures. Site directed mutagenesis has been conducted to make mutant forms of barley α-glucosidase which have improved thermostability. The sites for this site-directed mutagenesis were selected by sequence comparisons with the sequences of other α-glucosidase proteins which are more thermostable. The recombinant mutant enzymes thus produced have been demonstrated to improve the thermostability of the enzyme.

The invention belongs to biology technology field, which concretely refers to controlled release tissue factor path inhibitor (LTFPI) and the manufacturing method, and the application. The invention analyzes and experiments the biology information science and structure molecular biology science of tissue factor path inhibitor (TFPI) and its acceptor low density lipoprotein acceptor correspondent protein (LRP), it ascertains the part where the TFPI carboxy end combines with LRP and is eliminated. It designs TFPI carboxy end mutant, which is recombined with primary nucleus or eukarya expressing carrier after constructing LTFPI gene through PCR location, it converts bacillus coli or bici yeast, sifts the high expression project fungus. The primary project fungus are yeasted and expanded, crushed, then they are centrifugated and collects the inclusion body, purifies the LTFPI through molecular sift and ion interchanging two-step method; the eukarya project fungus are carried on with two-step purifying directly. The half-life are prolonged, it has good pour-depressant function.

The invention relates to a gene, mutant plasmid and engineering bacteria which have improved synthesis performance to penicillin G acylase and are obtained by a gene site-directed mutagenesis method, and mutant enzyme can also be obtained with improved synthesis performance to penicillin G acylase by fermenting and purifying the engineering bacteria. Two enzymes Kpn I and Pst I are firstly used for cutting pUC18 by the invention, then T4 polymerase is adopted to make the ends blunt, and pZ01 is obtained through self-linkage; the enzyme of EcoR I is used for cutting pZ01, and then connected with pEES102 that is also cut by the enzyme of EcoR I, thereby obtaining the recombinant plasmid pY020; the pY020 is adopted as a template plasmid, and TaKaRa MuTanBEST Kit is utilized for conducting the site-directed mutagenesis to B.megaterium PGA, thereby obtaining the mutant plasmid with improved synthesis performance to the penicillin G acylase. The mutant plasmid is transformed to bacillus subtilis to obtain the required engineering bacteria. The engineering bacteria are amplified and fermented, and the mutant enzyme with improved maximum conversion rate of 7-ADCA and the ratio of synthetic product/hydrolysate can be obtained after the engineering bacteria are purified.

The invention discloses viromembrane protein with site-specific mutagenesis and site-specific decoration, a preparation method and applications of the viromembrane protein. Amber codon TAG is introduced to the specific site of envelope protein G (VSV G) gene of vesicular stomatitis virus, unnatural amino acid DiZPK with photo-crosslinking property is introduced to the specific site of VSV G by utilizing the orthorhombic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-tRNA through site-specific mutagenesis. In the interaction process of virus and host cells, the DiZPK photo-crosslinking reaction is triggered by 365nm ultraviolet light, the covalent bond is formed between the VSV G and interacting protein, the interaction dissociation can be avoided, and the powerful measure is provided for the research of the interaction of the virus and protein of the host cells.

The invention relates to an acid and high temperature resistant alpha-amylase, and its gene, engineering bacterium and preparation method. A technical proposal of the method consists of: utilizing a recombinant DNA technology for site-directed mutagenesis of a high temperature resistant alpha-amylase gene of Bacillus licheniformis, thus obtaining an acid resistant mutant gene of the high temperature resistant alpha-amylase, i.e. an acid and high temperature resistant alpha-amylase gene, and making use of a Bacillus subtilis expression system for secreting expression of the acid and high temperature resistant alpha-amylase. The acid and high temperature resistant alpha-amylase provided in the invention solves the problem of limited application of current high temperature resistant alpha-amylase due to its poor acid resistance and absence of high temperature resistance and acid resistance at the same time, satisfies some requirements for conducting a starch raw material liquefaction process under an acid and high temperature environment, and can improve product yield and quality as well as simplify the process.

The present invention relates to an isolated mutant acid phosphatase/phytase with improved enzymatic properties. The mutant acid phosphatase/phytase composition is particularly useful in animal feed compositions.