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Transformation of Penicillium chrysogenum by a vector containing a mitochondrial origin of replication

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In order to establish a transformation system for P. chrysogenum autonomously replicating vectors were constructed using mitochondrial DNA sequences from the fungus. A physical map of the mt DNA of a production strain was established using ten different restriction enzymes. Unexpectedly, the mt DNA of this strain proved to be significantly smaller than that of a second strain from a culture collection (27 kb versus 49 kb). Various fragments representing about 71% of the 27 kb mt DNA were cloned and, at first, preselected for replicating activity in an intermediate host (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Two of these fragments also promoted autonomous replication in P. chrysogenum, which was confirmed by isolation of bulk DNA and transfer into E. coli. For selection of transformants in P. chrysogenum the prokaryotic kanamycin resistance gene was used which increased about twofold the resistance against G418.

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Present address: Institut für Biotechnologie, Fachgebiet Mikrobiologie, Techn. Universität Berlin, Seestr. 13, D-1000 Berlin 65

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Stahl, U., Leitner, E. & Esser, K. Transformation of Penicillium chrysogenum by a vector containing a mitochondrial origin of replication. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 26, 237–241 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286316

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