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A Toolkit to Enable Hydrocarbon Conversion in Aqueous Environments
Published on: October 2, 2012
针对2 - 基托 - 3 - 脱氧 - 6 - 斯 Galactonate Aldolase的进化,以取代3 - 脱氧 - D - 阿拉比诺 - 赫普图酸7 - 酸合成酶
1Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 25, 2007
概括
定向进化改善了2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogalactonate (KDPGal) 尔多酶,用于微生物生产什基酸盐路产物. 这种工程酶增强了来自大肠杆菌中的葡萄糖的3-脱基胺酸合成.
科学领域:
- 代谢工程是代谢工程.
- 酵素工程是什么意思 酵素工程
- 合成生物学 合成生物学
背景情况:
- 石基胺路径产品对于制药和农业化学品至关重要.
- 对基酸的竞争限制了这些化合物的微生物合成.
- 定向进化提供了一种克服代谢瓶的策略.
研究的目的:
- 为了设计2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogalactonate (KDPGal) 阿尔多酶,以增强微生物生产石基胺途径中间体.
- 为了规避Escherichia coli.中的烯酸 (PEP) 竞争.
- 为了提高KDPGal阿尔多酶的催化效率,用于合成3-脱氧-D-阿拉比诺-酸7-酸盐 (DAHP).
主要方法:
- 使用易发生错误的PCR,DNA混杂和局部导向突变的E. coli KDPGal 酸酶的定向进化.
- 为提高催化效率 (kcat/KM) 的进化变体的表征.
- 使用工程化大肠杆菌菌株进行发酵研究,以生产3-脱化基胺酸.
主要成果:
- 一种进化的KDPGal阿尔多酶变体 (NR8.276-2) 在DAHP合成的kcat/KM中显示出60倍的改善.
- 由工程设计的大肠杆菌从葡萄糖中产生了13g/L的3-脱基胺酸.
- 3-脱酸合成酶的联合表达使得产量增加到19 g/L,而转基托酶的联合放大产生了16 g/L.
结论:
- 定向进化成功增强了DAHP形成的KDPGal阿尔多酶活性.
- 工程化大肠杆菌菌株显示出有效的微生物合成3-脱化基酸.
- 代谢工程策略可用于优化石基马酸途径产品产量.
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