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Table 1 Plasmids and strains used in this study

From: Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for enhanced arginine biosynthesis

Plasmid/Strain

Relevant characteristics/genotype

Source/Reference

Plasmids

  

pKH15

pCA24N (clone JW2786), argA214

ASKA- collection [26], this work

pKH19

pCA24N (clone JW2786), argA215

ASKA- collection [26], this work

pTrc99a

Amp-R, lacIq

Lab stock

pTrcArgP216

pTrc99a with a mutant argP216 allele

This work

pJB044

pBR322 derived, infA, rop-

Lab stock [27]

pJB044argA15

pJB044 with argA214 downstream of infA

This work

pJB044p1argA15

Same as pJB044argA15 but with rrsBp1

This work

pArgObla

Arginine bio-sensor plasmid with bla (Amp-R) under transcriptional control of argOp

This work

pArgObla10C

Arginine bio-sensor plasmid with bla (Amp-R) under transcriptional control of argOp with mutation in RBS

This work

pTrcArgP216

pTrc99a with argP216 cloned under transcriptional control of trc promoter

This work

pJB044argAO

pJB044argA15 with argO cloned downstream of argA214

This work

pJB044argAP

pJB044argA15 with argp216 cloned downstream of argA214

This work

Strains

  

E. coli K-12 C600

thr-,1 leuB6, thi-1, lacY1, glnV44, supE44, rfbD1, mcrA1

Lab stock [28]

MG1655

ilvG-, rfb-50, rph-1

Lab stock

C600+

Same as C600 but thr + , leu +

This work

C600+∆4

Same as C600+ but ∆adiA, ∆speC, ∆speF, ∆argR

This work

pTrcArgP216/C600+∆4

C600+ ∆4 with a mutant argP216 allele

This work

JW3932

Auxotrophic for arginine ∆argH

[29]

SJB001

Glutamate independent mutant of C600+∆4 with pKH15 (clone 2)

This work

SJB003

Glutamate independent mutant of C600+∆4 with pKH19 (clone 2)

This work

SJB004

Glutamate independent mutant of C600+∆4 with pKH19 (clone 4)

This work

SJB003A

SJB003 but no plasmid

This work

SJB005

SJB003A but ∆argA

This work

SJB015

SJB005 with pJB044argA15

This work

SJB025

SJB005 with pJB044p1argA15

This work

SJB006

Arginine producing mutant of C600+∆4 from biosensor selection, argP216

This work

SJB007

Derivative of SJB006 from second round biosensor selection

This work

SJB009

SJB005 with pJB044argAO

This work

SJB010

SJB005 with pJB044argAP

This work