User-defined single pot mutagenesis using unamplified oligo pools

Abstract

User-defined mutagenic libraries are fundamental for applied protein engineering workflows. Here we show that unamplified oligo pools can be used to prepare site saturation mutagenesis libraries from plasmid DNA with near-complete coverage of desired mutations and few off-target mutations. We find that oligo pools yield higher quality libraries when compared to individually synthesized degenerate oligos. We also show that multiple libraries can be multiplexed into a single oligo pool, making preparation of multiple libraries less expensive and more convenient. We provide software for automatic oligo pool design that can generate mutagenic oligos for saturating or focused libraries.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2019
Source ID
10.1093/protein/gzz013

Entities

People

  • Alexandra N. Borelli
  • Angélica V. Medina-cucurella
  • Jesús Beltrán
  • Matthew S Faber
  • Monica B Kirby
  • Paul J Steiner
  • Sean Cutler
  • Timothy A Whitehead

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Michigan State University
  • National Institutes of Health
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of California
  • University of Colorado

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology