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. 2017 Apr 27;45(10):5980–5994. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx296

Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids.

Strain or plasmid Description Reference
Strains
E. coli
TOP10 Competent E. coli for plasmid transformation Invitrogen
DC10B Competent E. coli for direct plasmid transformation into clinical isolates of S. aureus (46)
BL21 (DE3) E. coli for expression of recombinant proteins with IPTG Promega
S. aureus
ISP479C 8325-4 derivative, with SaeSL allele (47)
CYL316 RN4220(pYL112Δ19), L54 int gene, (34)
RN4220 Restriction-deficient S. aureus strain (48)
RN4220-30 RN4220 saeP::kanA This work
RN4220-217 RN4220 rny::ermC (11)
Newman Wild-type (49)
Newman-29 Newman, sae::kanA (20)
Newman-30 Newman saeP::kanA This study
Newman-217 Newman rny::ermC (11)
Newman-217-30 Newman rny::ermC, saeP::kanA This work
PR01 ΔpyrFE mutant of the clinical strain SA564RD (39)
PR01-01 PR01 with the RNase J1 gene deleted (39)
Plasmids
For SaeP mutant construction
pMAD Vector for allelic replacement (33)
pBT2 Cloning vector (31)
pCWsae30 pMAD with cloned saeP::kanA This study
For PCR template
pCWsae19 pCR2.1-Topo with saePQRS with stop codon in saeP (T. Geiger, unpublished)
Integrative plasmids
pCG188 pCL84 with truncated gfp gene cassette from pc183 (11)
pCG212 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 (11)
pCG213 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of 13 bp in the CS This work
pCG218 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the left stem loop (terminator) This work
pCG219 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the right stem loop This work
pCG223 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the entire region between the two stem loops This work
pCG379 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the two stem loops This work
pCG301 pCG188 with sae region between the 2 stem loops under the native P1 promoter This work
pCG392 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the sequence downstream of CS (Rrs) This work
pCG394 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the CS and alternative CS (aCS) This work
pCG484 pCG188 with sae region from P1 to upstream of P3 with deletion of the Rrs counterpart This work
pCG589 pCG212 with sae region with mutated CS (C instead of T) This work
Replicative plasmids
pCG246 E. coli/Staphylococcus shuttle vector, pCN47 derivative with cat cassette (50)
pCG599 pCG246 with sae-gfp region from plasmid pCG212 This work
pCG600 pCG246 with sae-gfp region from plasmid pCG484 This work
pCG601 pCG246 with sae-gfp region from plasmid pCG392 This work
pCG616 pCG246 with sae-gfp region from plasmid pCG589 This work
pCG618 pCG599 with sae region with point mutation which affect Rrs secondary structure: CC in +3 and +8 instead of AA, CC in +14 and +15 instead of TT (the position is indicated as distance to the cleavage site) This work
pCG620 pCG246 with sae-gfp region from plasmid pCG223 This work
For complementation
pCG296 pCG246 with rny for complementation (11)
pCG322 pCG246 with rny without active site for complementation This work
pCG596 pCG246 with rny carrying mutations in the active site (H367A D368A) This work
For protein purification
pET15b Protein expression vector, IPTG inducible Novagen
pCG249 pET15b with rny (without transmembrane domain) This work