Table 1 List of the significant variants found after the IPTG-induction of KS1 in strain C5 at passage three (sample p3IPTG).

From: A genetic toolkit and gene switches to limit Mycoplasma growth for biosafety applications

POS

QUAL

TOT

REFN

ALTN

FRAC

REF

ALT

IMPACT

AFF

MUT

EFF

INFO

566053

1.95E-13

559

446

113

25.3

CGCAAA

TGCTAT

HIGH

LacI4

LR208*

stop gained

Expression of Nter fragment of LacI; Intact DNA-binding domain

569125

0.00E+00

534

463

71

15.3

ATCAAACT

GTCAACC

HIGH

cas9B

K896fs

frameshift variant

Expression of truncated Cas9; Deletion of RuvCIII domain (affecting the Nuc lobe) and PAM-Interacting (PI) domain. The deletions of PI domain abolish cleavage activity

566053

0.00E+00

271

224

47

21.0

CGCAA

CACAT

MODERATE

LacI4

LR208MC

missense variant

Mutation of a critical residue in the LacI protein for IPTG binding. It does not affect LacI structure

566419

1.17E-13

609

571

38

6.7

G

A

MODERATE

LacI4

A87V

missense variant

Mutation that affects the hydrophobic surface of the IPTG binding pocket in the LacI protein

566416

3.47E-14

281

255

26

10.2

GGTGCGT

CGTTCTT

MODERATE

LacI4

HAP86QER

missense variant

Mutation that affects the hydrophobic surface of the IPTG binding pocket in the LacI protein

569127

8.08E-15

235

210

25

11.9

CAAACT

CAACT

HIGH

cas9B

P897fs

frameshift variant

Expression of truncated Cas9; Deletion of RuvCIII domain (affecting the Nuc lobe) and PAM-Interacting (PI) domain. The deletions of PI domain abolish Cas9 cleavage activity

571681

0.00E+00

481

469

12

2.6

ATTTTTTTTGATA

ATTTTTTTGATA

HIGH

cas9B

N46fs

frameshift variant

Loss of reading frame that prevents expression of Cas9; The mutation affects the protein from its first domain RuvCI

566420

0.00E+00

607

596

11

1.8

C

A

MODERATE

LacI4

A87S

missense variant

Mutation that affects the hydrophobic surface of the IPTG binding pocket in the LacI protein

566423

9.10E-15

616

606

10

1.7

G

A

MODERATE

LacI4

H86Y

missense variant

Mutation that affects the hydrophobic surface of the IPTG binding pocket in the LacI protein

571681

7.90E-15

191

182

9

4.9

ATTTTTTTTGATACT

ATTTCTTTAGAAACA

HIGH

cas9B

SIKK42*

stop gained

Expression of a small Nter fragment of the Cas9 that has only a portion of the RuvCI domain

566193

7.10E-15

291

284

7

2.5

CACGTCGAGAAAT

TATGACGAAAAAA

MODERATE

LacI4

LFLDV158FFFVI

missense variant

Mutation of a critical residue in the LacI protein for IPTG binding. It does not affect LacI structure

566423

1.70E-14

292

285

7

2.5

G

A

MODERATE

LacI4

H86Y

missense variant

Mutation that affects the hydrophobic surface of the IPTG binding pocket in the LacI protein

568288

0.00E+00

231

225

6

2.7

ATTTTTTTCAAAGGA

ATTTTTTTCTATGGT

MODERATE

cas9B

SF1173TI

missense variant

Mutation in the PAM-recognition domain of the Cas9 protein; Deletion of the PI domain abolish Cas9 cleavage activity

565983

2.26E-16

299

293

6

2.0

C

A

MODERATE

LacI4

W232C

missense variant

Mutation that affects the hydrophobic surface of the IPTG binding pocket in the LacI protein

569609

0.00E+00

206

201

5

2.5

ATACCTTTTTTAATAG

TTACTTTTTTTAATAG

MODERATE

cas9B

GI736SN

missense variant

Mutation in the mid helix A in RuvCII domain on Nuc lobe of the Cas9 that may affect the interaction with gRNA

569662

1.25E-15

207

202

5

2.5

ACTATCG

TCTTTCG

MODERATE

cas9B

DS718ER

missense variant

Mutation in the RuvCII domain of Cas9

565929

6.21E-15

232

227

5

2.2

AACAATCCCCTCATTTAA

AACAATCCCCTTTTTTTA

HIGH

LacI4

LNE245*

stop gained

Expression of Nter fragment of LacI; Intact DNA-binding domain

570703

0.00E+00

237

232

5

2.2

AAA

GAT

MODERATE

cas9B

F372I

missense variant

Mutation in the domain REC1 of Cas9

566136

0.00E+00

243

238

5

2.1

TAAGCGGGTCCCATCTTCGT

TTAGCCGGTCCCATCTTCGT

HIGH

LacI4

RL180*

stop gained

Expression of Nter fragment of LacI; Intact DNA-binding domain

571104

0.00E+00

193

189

4

2.1

CAAATAAGCCA

CTATTAAGCCA

MODERATE

cas9B

F238I

missense variant

Mutation in the domain REC2 of Cas9

565908

0.00E+00

246

242

4

1.7

CGCCACGAG

TGCCTCGTG

MODERATE

LacI4

LV255HE

missense variant

Mutation next to a Hotspot point mut Is phenotype; LacI incapable of induction

568065

0.00E+00

200

197

3

1.5

TATCTT

CATCAT

MODERATE

cas9B

EDN1250DDD

missense variant

Mutation in the PI domain of Cas9

568703

5.38E-15

200

197

3

1.5

TAAAAG

CAATAC

MODERATE

cas9B

FFY1037LYC

missense variant

Mutation in the RuvCIII domain of Cas9

  1. Columns correspond to genome loci (base pair position in the C5 genome; POS); Estimate of the probability of a polymorphism at the loci described by the record (QUAL). This value is presented in phred scale and takes into consideration both mapping and genotype quality for a specific variant; total number of reads obtained for the loci (TOT); Total number of reads matching the reference (REFN); number of reads presenting a variant (ALTN); Frequency of the variant normalised by the total reads found mapping that specific loci (FRAC); Reference sequence in the genome (REF); variant sequence (ALT); Degree of impact of the variant (IMPACT), which is classified as 'LOW' (synonymous mutations), 'MODERATE' (missense), “HIGH” (nonsynonymous mutations, start or stop loss), or MODIFIER (variant found in an intergenic region); gene affected (AFF, in case the mutation is found intergenic, it is reported the closest downstream gene); Mutation or variant (MUT; an asterisk indicating stop codon); potential effect of the variant as given by snpeff102 (EFF); and, in last column (INFO), short explanation of the expected effect of the variant in the mechanism of the kill-switch based on the literature (see references 48 and 81). The full list of variants is provided in Supplementary Data 3.