Figure 3.
Plasmid maps of pKaKa3, pKaKa4, and pKaKa5 to expand the utility of λ-red recombineering to non-naturally competent Burkholderia species. Abbreviations: araC on pKaKa3 and pKaKa5, activator of the arabinose-inducible promoter (Para) from E. coli; araBCDEFGHI on pKaKa4, B. thailandensis arabinose utilization operon38; gam-exo-bet, λ-red recombineering genes39; mob; RP4-dependent conjugal origin of transfer of B. bronchiseptica cryptic plasmid pBBR1; ori-rep; bhr replicon of B. bronchiseptica pBBR1 plasmid40; nptII, encodes kanamycin resistance41; Para, arabinose inducible promoter42; Prha, rhamnose inducible promoter43; PCS12, constitutive promoters of B. pseudomallei and B. cenocepacia rpsL gene44; pheS, engineered gene encoding a mutant version of α-subunit of phenylalanyl tRNA synthase45; rhaR and rhaS, regulators of the rhamnose inducible promoter43; sacB, encoding for a modified levansucrase counter-selectable marker46. TcR, tetracycline resistance.