Development and application of a recombination-based library versus library highthroughput yeast two-hybrid (RLL-Y2H) screening system

Abstract

Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network maintains proper function of all organisms. Simple highthroughput technologies are desperately needed to delineate the landscape of PPI networks. While recent state-of-the-art yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) systems improved screening efficiency, either individual colony isolation, library preparation arrays, gene barcoding or massive sequencing are still required. Here, we developed a recombination-based 'library vs library' Y2H system (RLL-Y2H), by which multilibrary screening can be accomplished in a single pool without any individual treatment. This system is based on the phiC31 integrase-mediated integration between bait and prey plasmids. The integrated fragments were digested by MmeIand subjected to deep sequencing to decode the interaction matrix. We applied this system to decipher the trans-kingdom interactome betweenMycobacterium tuberculosisand host cells and further identified Rv2427c interfering with the phagosome-lysosome fusion. This concept can also be applied to other systems to screen protein-RNA and protein-DNA interactions and delineate signaling landscape in cells.