Gene regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae - RePub - Erasmus ...
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Materials and Methods<br />
Bacterial stra<strong>in</strong>s and media<br />
Bacterial stra<strong>in</strong>s and plasmids used <strong>in</strong> this study are listed <strong>in</strong> Table 1. All<br />
pneumococcal stra<strong>in</strong>s used <strong>in</strong> this study were grown <strong>in</strong> Todd-Hewitt Yeast broth at 37�C or on<br />
Colombia base agar supplemented with 5% sheep blood (Biotrad<strong>in</strong>g). Pneumococcal stra<strong>in</strong>s<br />
were ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> 10% glycerol, 10% skim milk at -80�C. Escherichia coli DH5α (Table 1)<br />
was grown <strong>in</strong> Luria Broth at 37�C while shak<strong>in</strong>g or on Luria Broth agar supplemented with<br />
appropriate antibiotics (50 mg/l ampicil<strong>in</strong> and/or 20 mg/l trimethoprim).<br />
Table 1. Bacterial stra<strong>in</strong>s and plasmids used <strong>in</strong> this study.<br />
Stra<strong>in</strong>s<br />
E. coli<br />
Antibiotic resistance Reference<br />
BL21 (DE3) Stratagene<br />
DH5α Stratagene<br />
S. <strong>pneumoniae</strong><br />
D39 wild-type NCTC 7466<br />
D39 ΔcodY trimethoprim this study<br />
D39 Δcps kanamyc<strong>in</strong> (7)<br />
D39 ΔcpsΔcodY kanamyc<strong>in</strong>; trimethoprim this study<br />
D39 ΔcpsΔpcpA spect<strong>in</strong>omyc<strong>in</strong>; kanamyc<strong>in</strong> this study<br />
D39 ΔcpsΔcodYΔpcpA kanamyc<strong>in</strong>; trimethoprim; erythromyc<strong>in</strong> this study<br />
Plasmids<br />
pBluescript KS+ Stratagene<br />
pCR2.1 Invitrogen<br />
pET11C New England Biolabs<br />
pR412T7 (4)<br />
pKOT This study<br />
pKOCOD This study<br />
Construction of mutant stra<strong>in</strong>s<br />
The CodY regulon of S. <strong>pneumoniae</strong><br />
The gene encod<strong>in</strong>g codY (spd1412) was deleted from stra<strong>in</strong> D39 by allelic replacement<br />
with the dfr13 cassette conferr<strong>in</strong>g trimethoprim resistance (2). To this end, codY with 1000 bp<br />
of upstream and downstream flank<strong>in</strong>g sequences was amplified from chromosomal D39 DNA<br />
us<strong>in</strong>g primer pair CodSacFwd and CodKpnRv (Table 2). This amplicon was cloned <strong>in</strong>to<br />
pBlueScript KS+. Cod<strong>in</strong>g DNA of codY was deleted from the plasmid by perform<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
<strong>in</strong>verse PCR with primer pair CodH<strong>in</strong>dFwd<strong>in</strong>v and CodPstRv<strong>in</strong>v, amplify<strong>in</strong>g the codY-<br />
flank<strong>in</strong>g sequences and pBlueScript KS+ and <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g H<strong>in</strong>dIII and PstI restriction sites for<br />
further clon<strong>in</strong>g. This amplicon was ligated with the dfr13-cassette excised from pKOT with<br />
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