Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome
- PMID: 27013737
- DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6253
Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome
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Correction to Spotlight Article Published in Vol 11 Issue 4.ACS Chem Biol. 2016 May 20;11(5):1463. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00374. Epub 2016 May 6. ACS Chem Biol. 2016. PMID: 27152473 No abstract available.
Abstract
We used whole-genome design and complete chemical synthesis to minimize the 1079-kilobase pair synthetic genome of Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0. An initial design, based on collective knowledge of molecular biology combined with limited transposon mutagenesis data, failed to produce a viable cell. Improved transposon mutagenesis methods revealed a class of quasi-essential genes that are needed for robust growth, explaining the failure of our initial design. Three cycles of design, synthesis, and testing, with retention of quasi-essential genes, produced JCVI-syn3.0 (531 kilobase pairs, 473 genes), which has a genome smaller than that of any autonomously replicating cell found in nature. JCVI-syn3.0 retains almost all genes involved in the synthesis and processing of macromolecules. Unexpectedly, it also contains 149 genes with unknown biological functions. JCVI-syn3.0 is a versatile platform for investigating the core functions of life and for exploring whole-genome design.
Copyright © 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Comment in
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The minimal genome comes of age.Nat Biotechnol. 2016 Jun 9;34(6):623-4. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3593. Nat Biotechnol. 2016. PMID: 27281422 No abstract available.
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