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Replacement of the Genomic Scaffold Improves the Replication Efficiency of Synthetic Klebsiella Phages. / Baykov, Ivan K.; Kurchenko, Olga M.; Mikhaylova, Ekaterina E. и др.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Replacement of the Genomic Scaffold Improves the Replication Efficiency of Synthetic Klebsiella Phages
AU - Baykov, Ivan K.
AU - Kurchenko, Olga M.
AU - Mikhaylova, Ekaterina E.
AU - Miroshnikova, Anna V.
AU - Morozova, Vera V.
AU - Khlebnikova, Marianna I.
AU - Tikunov, Artem Yu
AU - Kozlova, Yuliya N.
AU - Tikunova, Nina V.
N1 - This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 24-24-00553.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - In this study, the impact of the genomic scaffold on the properties of bacteriophages was investigated by swapping the genomic scaffolds surrounding the tailspike genes between two Przondovirus phages, KP192 and KP195, which infect Klebsiella pneumoniae with different capsular types. A yeast-based transformation-associated recombination cloning technique and subsequent “rebooting” of synthetic phage genomes in bacteria were used to construct the phages. Using Klebsiella strains with K2, K64, and KL111 capsular types, it was shown that the capsular specificity of the synthetic phages is fully consistent with that of the tailspike proteins (tsp). However, the efficiency of plating and the lytic efficiency of these phages strongly depended on the genomic scaffold used and the Klebsiella strain used. Synthetic phages with swapped genomic scaffolds demonstrated superior reproduction efficiency using a number of strains compared to wild-type phages, indicating that some elements of the swapped genomic scaffold enhance phage replication efficiency, presumably by blocking some of the host anti-phage defense systems. Our findings demonstrate that even in the case of closely related phages, the selection of the genomic scaffold used for tsp gene transplantation can have a profound impact on the efficiency of phage propagation on target bacterial strains.
AB - In this study, the impact of the genomic scaffold on the properties of bacteriophages was investigated by swapping the genomic scaffolds surrounding the tailspike genes between two Przondovirus phages, KP192 and KP195, which infect Klebsiella pneumoniae with different capsular types. A yeast-based transformation-associated recombination cloning technique and subsequent “rebooting” of synthetic phage genomes in bacteria were used to construct the phages. Using Klebsiella strains with K2, K64, and KL111 capsular types, it was shown that the capsular specificity of the synthetic phages is fully consistent with that of the tailspike proteins (tsp). However, the efficiency of plating and the lytic efficiency of these phages strongly depended on the genomic scaffold used and the Klebsiella strain used. Synthetic phages with swapped genomic scaffolds demonstrated superior reproduction efficiency using a number of strains compared to wild-type phages, indicating that some elements of the swapped genomic scaffold enhance phage replication efficiency, presumably by blocking some of the host anti-phage defense systems. Our findings demonstrate that even in the case of closely related phages, the selection of the genomic scaffold used for tsp gene transplantation can have a profound impact on the efficiency of phage propagation on target bacterial strains.
KW - Klebsiella
KW - bacteriophage
KW - genome assembly
KW - receptor-binding protein
KW - synthetic biology
KW - tailspike depolymerase
KW - transformation-associated recombination cloning
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105011856757
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/52b46eae-b936-3710-8634-7b313b20c1b0/
U2 - 10.3390/ijms26146824
DO - 10.3390/ijms26146824
M3 - Article
C2 - 40725069
VL - 26
JO - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
SN - 1661-6596
IS - 14
M1 - 6824
ER -
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