CRISPR-Cas12a/Cpf1-assisted precise, efficient and multiplexed genome-editing in Yarrowia lipolytica
| dc.contributor.author | Yang, Zhiliang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Edwards, Harley | |
| dc.contributor.author | Xu, Peng | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-17T17:21:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-17T17:21:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-11-22 | |
| dc.description.abstract | CRISPR-Cas9 has been widely adopted as the basic toolkit for precise genome-editing and engineering in various organisms. Alternative to Cas9, Cas12 or Cpf1 uses a simple crRNA as a guide and expands the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequence to TTTN. This unique PAM sequence of Cpf1 may significantly increase the on-target editing efficiency due to lower chance of Cpf1 misreading the PAMs on a high GC genome. To demonstrate the utility of CRISPR-Cpf1, we have optimized the CRISPR-Cpf1 system and achieved high-editing efficiency for two counter-selectable markers in the industrially-relevant oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica: arginine permease (93% for CAN1) and orotidine 5′-phosphate decarboxylase (~96% for URA3). Both mutations were validated by indel mutation sequencing. For the first time, we further expanded this toolkit to edit three sulfur house-keeping genetic markers (40%–75% for MET2, MET6 and MET25), which confers yeast distinct colony color changes due to the formation of PbS (lead sulfide) precipitates. Different from Cas9, we demonstrated that the crRNA transcribed from a standard type II RNA promoter was sufficient to guide Cpf1 endonuclease activity. Furthermore, modification of the crRNA with 3′ polyUs facilitates the faster maturation and folding of crRNA and improve the genome editing efficiency. We also achieved multiplexed genome editing, and the editing efficiency reached 75%–83% for duplex genomic targets (CAN1-URA3 and CAN1-MET25) and 41.7% for triplex genomic targets (CAN1-URA3-MET25). Taken together, this work expands the genome-editing toolbox for oleaginous yeast species and may accelerate our ability to engineer oleaginous yeast for both biotechnological and biomedical applications. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Dr. Zhiliang Yang was supported by the Bill&Melinda Gates Foun-dation under grant no. OPP1188443. Harley Edward was supported byNational Science Foundation under grant no. 1805139. Dr. Xu would liketo thank the helpful discussion and suggestions with Prof. Jef Boeke andthe Boeke lab members at NYU Langone Medical School. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030119300252?via%3Dihub | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 8 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2xczp-9iuo | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Zhiliang Yang, Harley Edwards and Peng Xu, CRISPR-Cas12a/Cpf1-assisted precise, efficient and multiplexed genome-editing in Yarrowia lipolytica, Metabolic Engineering Communications Volume 10, e00112 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mec.2019.e00112 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mec.2019.e00112 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19442 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.title | CRISPR-Cas12a/Cpf1-assisted precise, efficient and multiplexed genome-editing in Yarrowia lipolytica | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |