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. 2022 Aug 10;13:4691. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32269-1

Fig. 5. Construction of the MGCΔcac1502-CA_C0764-408s::CT and MGCΔcac1502-gltb181s::CT mutants.

Fig. 5

a Schematic representation of the CA_C0764 gene with a group II intron inserted at position 408 on the sense strand of CA_C0764. b PCR screening for the identification of putative CA_C0764-408s::CT mutants using gene-specific primers flanking the intron insertion site (lanes 2–5) (expected size 2060 bp) and PCR control with wild-type DNA (lane 7) (expected size 270 bp), lanes 1 and 8 DNA ladder. c Southern hybridization to demonstrate the presence of a single intron insertion in the selected MGCΔcac1502cac0764-408s::CT mutant. The intron probe was DIG-labeled and hybridized to HindIII-HF digested genomic DNA of the MGCΔcac1502cac0764-408s::CT mutant (lane 2) with an expected size of 1970 bp. The HindIII-HF digested genomic DNA of the C. acetobutylicum MGCΔcac1502 strain (lane 1) was also tested as a negative control. Lane 3 is a 1 kb DNA ladder. d PCR screening for the identification of one putative gltb181s::CT mutant (among three colonies that were tested) using gene-specific primers flanking the intron insertion site (lanes 1–3) (expected size 2200 bp) and PCR control with wild-type DNA (lane 4) (expected size 500 bp), lane 1 DNA ladder. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.