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Table 3 Bacterial strains and plasmids used or constructed in this study

From: High external pH enables more efficient secretion of alkaline α-amylase AmyK38 by Bacillus subtilis

Strain or plasmid

Relevant properties

Source or reference

Strain

  

Bacillus subtilis

  

168

trpC2

[5]

MGB625

MGB604 Δ(yeeK-yesX)

[8]

MGB723

MGB625 Δ(pdp-rocR)

[8]

MGB874

MGB860 Δ(yncM-yndN)

[8]

MGB625Δr1

MGB625 Δ(pdp-yxeD)::cat

[11]

MGB625Δr2

MGB625 Δ(yxeC-yxnA)::cat

[11]

MGB625Δr3

MGB625 Δ(yxaD-fbp)::cat

[11]

MGB625Δr4

MGB625 Δ(yydD-rocR)::cat

[11]

MGB625ΔyydD-yycN

MGB625 Δ(yydD-yycN)::cat

[11]

MGB625ΔrapG-phrG

MGB625 Δ(rapG-phrG)::cat

[11]

MGB625ΔrocF-rocR

MGB625 Δ(rocF-rocR)::cat

[11]

MGB625Δpdp-rocD

MGB625 Δ(pdp-rocD)::cat

This study

874DEFR

MGB874 cat-rocDEF-rocR was inserted at the Δ(pdp-rocR) locus

[11]

874RocR

MGB874 cat -rocR was inserted at the Δ(pdp-rocR) locus

This study

874DEFRΔrocG

874DEFR ΔrocG::spec

[11]

874DEFRΔrocABC

874Δ DEFRΔrocABC::spec

This study

R-726

MGB874 ΔaprE::Pspac-rocG spec (pAPNC213-rocG)

This study

R-1645

168 ΔamyE::PhtrB-lacZ cat (pDN110)

This study

R-1646

MGB874 ΔamyE::PhtrB-lacZ cat (pDN110)

This study

R-1926

MGB874 ΔaprE::Pspac-rocG spec ΔamyE::PhtrB-lacZ cat (pDN110)

This study

168ΔcssRS

168 ΔcssRS::spec

This study

874ΔcssRS

MGB874 ΔcssRS::spec

This study

168ΔdltB

trpC2 ΔdltB::neo

This study

874ΔdltB

MGB874 ΔdltB::neo

This study

Escherichia coli

  

HB101

supE44 Δ(mcrC-mrr) recA13 ara-14 proA2 lacY1 galK2 rpsL20 xyl-5 mtl-1 leuB6 thi-1

Takara Bio

Plasmid

  

pHY300PLK

Shuttle vector for E. coli and B. subtilis

Takara Bio

pHYK38

pHY300PLK carrying the gene for AmyK38 from Bacillus sp. strain KSM-K38 fused to the promoter, SD, and leader peptide sequences of egl-237, containing amp and tet

This study

pAPNC213

The integration vector containing Pspac promoter into the aprE locus by double crossover using spec

[35]

pAPNC213-rocG

pAPNC213 containing the SD sequence and coding region of rocG (−25 to 1275, 1325 bp)

This study

pDL2

Integration vector for introduction of single-copy transcriptional fusions to lacZ by double crossover at the amyE locus (cat)

[36]

  1. Antibiotic resistance genes are abbreviated in the table as follows: amp, ampicillin; tet, tetracycline; cat, chloramphenicol; spec, spectinomycin; and neo, neomycin. SD, Shine-Dalgarno.