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Evolución paralela de cuellos de botella y eliminación de cuellos de botella y reprogramación de promotores para

Di Liu^1,2, Xiaoxiang Hu^2,3, Xiwen Liu¹

¹College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China.

ACS synthetic biology

|December 17, 2025

Resumen

Este estudio desarrolló una estrategia escalable para superar la epistasis enzimática en la biosíntesis microbiana. Al integrar la evolución guiada y la selección de biosensores, los investigadores mejoraron la producción de pinosílvina, ofreciendo un enfoque generalizable para la ingeniería metabólica compleja.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ingeniería Metabólica
Biología Sintética
Biocatálisis

Sus antecedentes:

Las interacciones epistáticas entre enzimas son un desafío importante en la ingeniería de vías metabólicas.
El diseño de vías biosintéticas complejas a menudo se ve obstaculizado por interacciones impredecibles entre genes.

Objetivo del estudio:

Desarrollar una estrategia generalizable para superar las barreras epistáticas en vías biosintéticas complejas.
Diseñar la biosíntesis microbiana de pinosílvina integrando enfoques evolutivos y de ingeniería genética.

Principales métodos:

Se mapearon las trayectorias evolutivas de las enzimas de la biosíntesis de pinosílvina.
Se desarrolló un biosensor basado en factores de transcripción para la evolución paralela de enzimas.
Se implementó análisis combinatorio y reprogramación dirigida de promotores.

Principales resultados:

Identificó epistasis prevalente entre genes que afecta el flujo metabólico.
Reequilibró el flujo transcripcional a través de la reprogramación del promotor, restaurando la coordinación de la vía.
Se lograron 931,04 mg/L de pinosílvina en fermentación por lotes alimentados, superando los sistemas anteriores.

Conclusiones:

Se estableció una estrategia escalable que combina la evolución guiada por el paisaje, la selección de biosensores y el control de la expresión modular.
Se demostró un enfoque generalizable para superar las barreras epistáticas en el diseño biosintético complejo.
La cepa de ingeniería logró altos títulos de pinosílvina sin modificaciones del huésped.

Palabras clave:

biosensor evolución dirigida interacción epistática cribado de alto rendimiento eliminación de cuellos de botella de vías chasis de pinosílvina

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