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US 8,883,482 · App. 13/930,663 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Methods for increasing homologous recombination of a nucleic acid sequence

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Patent No.
US 8,883,482
App. No.
13/930,663
Granted
Nov 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for increasing homologous recombination of a nucleic acid sequence introduced into a host cell, comprising: (a) introducing into a population of filamentous fungal host cells a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a recombination protein and a second nucleic acid sequence comprising one or more regions which are homologous with the genome of the filamentous fungal host cell, wherein (i) the recombination protein promotes the recombination of the one or more regions with the corresponding homologous region in the host's genome to incorporate the second nucleic acid sequence by homologous recombination, and (ii) the number of host cells comprising the incorporated second nucleic acid sequence in the population is increased at least 20% compared to the same population without the first nucleic acid sequence; (b) and isolating from the population a filamentous fungal cell comprising the incorporated second nucleic acid sequence.

Claims (4)

1. A recombinant filamentous fungal host cell, comprising a nucleic acid encoding a recombination protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, or SEQ ID NO: 6, wherein the recombination protein is heterologous to the recombinant filamentous fungal host cell.

2. The recombinant filamentous fungal host cell of claim 1 , wherein the recombination polypeptide consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6.

3. The recombinant filamentous fungal host cell of claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 5.

4. The recombinant filamentous fungal host cell of claim 1 , wherein the recombination protein is encoded by the nucleic acid sequence contained in plasmid pZL1rdhA13 which is contained in Escherichia coli NRRL B-30503; plasmid pZL1rdhB6 which is contained in Escherichia coli NRRL B-30504, plasmid pZL1rdhD17 which is contained in Escherichia coli NRRL B-30505, or plasmid pZL1rdhD10 which is contained in Escherichia coli NRRL B-30506.