Construction of Processing Tomato α-Man Mutant Based on CRISPR/Cas9

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2019-0134

Abstract

Abstract:

In order to cultivate tomato variety with low-softening-degree and long-shelf-duration fruit,the first exon of the N-glycan processing enzyme gene（α-Man）was edited directly by the hCas9 nuclease combined with 21 bp guide RNA（gRNA）and while driven by tomato U6 promoter. Firstly,the plant expression vector based on CRISPR/Cas9 system was constructed,and the transgenic lines of tomato were obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. Then the DNA fragment near α-Man’s editing site from the genomic DNA of transgenic tomato leaves was detected and sequenced by restriction endonuclease and PCR amplification. The results showed that 2 of 14 transgenic tomato strains were detected to have mutations. The sequencing results of the α-Man mutant TA clone suggested that there were 2 types of editing,one was a 52 bp deletion mutation and the other was a single base mutation. This indicates that the editing of tomato α-Man gene is achieved.

Key words: processed tomato, CRISPR/Cas9, α-Man, fruit ripening and softening

ZHANG Yuan-yuan, SHAO Dong-nan, CUI Bai-ming. Construction of Processing Tomato α-Man Mutant Based on CRISPR/Cas9[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2019, 35(6): 9-16.

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