Pooled clone collections by multiplexed CRISPR-Cas12a-assisted gene tagging in yeast

Benjamin C. Buchmullen, Konrad Herbst, Matthias Meurer, Daniel Kirrmaier, Ehud Sass, Emmanuel D. Levy, Michael Knop

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Abstract

Clone collections of modified strains ("libraries") are a major resource for systematic studies with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Construction of such libraries is time-consuming, costly and confined to the genetic background of a specific yeast strain. To overcome these limitations, we present CRISPR-Cas12a (Cpf1)-assisted tag library engineering (CASTLING) for multiplexed strain construction. CASTLING uses microarray-synthesized oligonucleotide pools and in vitro recombineering to program the genomic insertion of long DNA constructs via homologous recombination. One simple transformation yields pooled libraries with >90% of correctly tagged clones. Up to several hundred genes can be tagged in a single step and, on a genomic scale, approximately half of all genes are tagged with only similar to 10-fold oversampling. We report several parameters that affect tagging success and provide a quantitative targeted next-generation sequencing method to analyze such pooled collections. Thus, CASTLING unlocks avenues for increasing throughput in functional genomics and cell biology research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2960
Number of pages13
JournalNature Communications
Volume10
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jul 2019

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