Research Article

Development of the Multiple Gene Knockout System with One-Step PCR in Thermoacidophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Table 1

Strains and DNA used in this study.

Strain or plasmidsRelevant characteristic(s)Source or reference

Strains
S. acidocaldarius
 SK-1MR31 [32] with ΔsuaI[8]
 DP-1 IntSK-1 with Δphr::3 region of phr-pyrE-lacSThis study
 DP-1SK-1 with ΔphrThis study
 SK-5 IntSK-1 with ΔargD::5 region of argD-pyrE-lacSThis study
 SK-5SK-1 with ΔargDThis study
Plasmids
 pSAV2Sulfolobus-E. coli shuttle vector, based on pBluescript II KS (−) and pRN1, with the SsopyrEF marker[8]
 pSAV2-argDSsopyrEF marker in pSAV2 replaced by SsoargD markerThis study
 pSuaIPOPpBluescript II KS (−) carrying the 800 bp of 5 and 3 regions of suaI, pyrE, and 800 bp of 3 region of suaI[8]
 placSpyrEpSuaIPOP derivative carrying 800 bp of 5 and 3 homologous regions of suaI locus at both ends of pyrE-lacS dual markerThis study
PCR product
 pyrElacS800Linear DNA carrying 800 bp of 5 and 3 homologous regions of suaI locus at both ends of pyrE-lacS dual markerThis study