A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments

Despite the development of various methods and commercial kits, site-directed mutagenesis of large plasmids remains a challenge in many laboratories. A site-directed mutagenesis method was developed for large plasmids by directly transforming two overlapping PCR fragments into Escherichia coli. This...

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Main Authors: Zhibo Yang, Zan Chen, Yueping Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/btn-2022-0085
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description Despite the development of various methods and commercial kits, site-directed mutagenesis of large plasmids remains a challenge in many laboratories. A site-directed mutagenesis method was developed for large plasmids by directly transforming two overlapping PCR fragments into Escherichia coli. This method successfully generated mutations for plasmids of 8.3 kb and 11.0 kb with high efficiencies. The method only requires Q5 DNA polymerase and DpnI, which greatly reduces costs. The procedure is simple, including PCR reaction, DpnI treatment and transformation. This simple, efficient and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids is likely to be widely applied in the future.
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spelling doaj-art-7527ab267eb84f61ba1b7626269fd1e12025-08-20T02:25:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupBioTechniques0736-62051940-98182022-11-0173523924510.2144/btn-2022-0085A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragmentsZhibo Yang0Zan Chen1Yueping Zhang21College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China1College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China1College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, ChinaDespite the development of various methods and commercial kits, site-directed mutagenesis of large plasmids remains a challenge in many laboratories. A site-directed mutagenesis method was developed for large plasmids by directly transforming two overlapping PCR fragments into Escherichia coli. This method successfully generated mutations for plasmids of 8.3 kb and 11.0 kb with high efficiencies. The method only requires Q5 DNA polymerase and DpnI, which greatly reduces costs. The procedure is simple, including PCR reaction, DpnI treatment and transformation. This simple, efficient and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids is likely to be widely applied in the future.https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/btn-2022-0085Escherichia coliGibson assemblyin vivo assemblyin vivo recombinationoverlapping extension PCRPCR-based site-directed mutagenesis
spellingShingle Zhibo Yang
Zan Chen
Yueping Zhang
A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments
BioTechniques
Escherichia coli
Gibson assembly
in vivo assembly
in vivo recombination
overlapping extension PCR
PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis
title A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments
title_full A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments
title_fullStr A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments
title_full_unstemmed A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments
title_short A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping PCR fragments
title_sort simple and economical site directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlapping pcr fragments
topic Escherichia coli
Gibson assembly
in vivo assembly
in vivo recombination
overlapping extension PCR
PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis
url https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/btn-2022-0085
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