Improving the efficiency of transposon mutagenesis in Salmonella enteritidis by overcoming host-restriction barriers

Mol Biotechnol. 2014 Nov;56(11):1004-10. doi: 10.1007/s12033-014-9779-4.

Abstract

Transposon mutagenesis using transposome complex is a powerful method for functional genomics analysis in diverse bacteria by creating a large number of random mutants to prepare a genome-saturating mutant library. However, strong host restriction barriers can lead to limitations with species- or strain-specific restriction-modification systems. The purpose of this study was to enhance the transposon mutagenesis efficiency of Salmonella Enteritidis to generate a larger number of random insertion mutants. Host-adapted Tn5 DNA was used to form a transposome complex, and this simple approach significantly and consistently improved the efficiency of transposon mutagenesis, resulting in a 46-fold increase in the efficiency as compared to non-adapted transposon DNA fragments. Random nature of Tn5 insertions was confirmed by high-throughput sequencing of the Tn5-junction sequences. The result based on S. Enteritidis in this study should find broad applications in preparing a comprehensive mutant library of other species using transposome complex.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA Transposable Elements*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Mutagenesis, Insertional / methods*
  • Salmonella enteritidis / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • DNA, Bacterial