Iterative capped assembly: rapid and scalable synthesis of repeat-module DNA such as TAL effectors from individual monomers
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Briggs, Adrian W.; Rios, Xavier; Chari, Raj; Yang, Luhan; Zhang, Feng; Mali, Prashant; Church, George M.; ... Show more Show less
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DNA built from modular repeats presents a challenge for gene synthesis. We present a solid surface-based sequential ligation approach, which we refer to as iterative capped assembly (ICA), that adds DNA repeat monomers individually to a growing chain while using hairpin ‘capping’ oligonucleotides to block incompletely extended chains, greatly increasing the frequency of full-length final products. Applying ICA to a model problem, construction of custom transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) for genome engineering, we demonstrate efficient synthesis of TALE DNA-binding domains up to 21 monomers long and their ligation into a nuclease-carrying backbone vector all within 3 h. We used ICA to synthesize 20 TALENs of varying DNA target site length and tested their ability to stimulate gene editing by a donor oligonucleotide in human cells. All the TALENS show activity, with the ones >15 monomers long tending to work best. Since ICA builds full-length constructs from individual monomers rather than large exhaustive libraries of pre-fabricated oligomers, it will be trivial to incorporate future modified TALE monomers with improved or expanded function or to synthesize other types of repeat-modular DNA where the diversity of possible monomers makes exhaustive oligomer libraries impractical.
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2012-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesJournal
Nucleic Acids Research
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Oxford University Press
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Briggs, A. W., X. Rios, R. Chari, L. Yang, F. Zhang, P. Mali, and G. M. Church. “Iterative Capped Assembly: Rapid and Scalable Synthesis of Repeat-Module DNA Such as TAL Effectors from Individual Monomers.” Nucleic Acids Research 40, no. 15 (June 26, 2012): e117–e117.
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0305-1048
1362-4962