A GoldenBraid cloning system for synthetic biology in social amoebae

Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 May 7;48(8):4139-4146. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa185.

Abstract

GoldenBraid is a rapid, modular, and robust cloning system used to assemble and combine genetic elements. Dictyostelium amoebae represent an intriguing synthetic biological chassis with tractable applications in development, chemotaxis, bacteria-host interactions, and allorecognition. We present GoldenBraid as a synthetic biological framework for Dictyostelium, including a library of 250 DNA parts and assemblies and a proof-of-concept strain that illustrates cAMP-chemotaxis with four fluorescent reporters coded by one plasmid.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Chemotaxis
  • Cloning, Molecular / methods*
  • Cyclic AMP / physiology
  • Dictyostelium / genetics*
  • Dictyostelium / physiology
  • Luminescent Proteins / genetics
  • Synthetic Biology / methods

Substances

  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Cyclic AMP