A genetic system for RNase E variant-controlled overproduction of ColE1-type plasmid DNA

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Escherichia coli endoribonuclease RNase E (Rne) regulates replication of ColE1-type plasmids by cleaving RNA I transcripts, which are synthesized from the plasmid and regulate the plasmid replication as antisense RNA. Here, we report the development of a genetic system that efficiently overproduces ColE1-type plasmid DNA when an RNase E variant that confers a hyperactive phenotype in RNA I cleavage is conditionally expressed from chromosome. This genetic system offers a method for isolation of large quantities of pure ColE1-type plasmid DNA, which have been most commonly used as molecular biology and biotechnology tools for research and industrial purposes. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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