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Wang J, Kim YM, Rhee HS, Lee MW, Park JM. Bioethanol production from mannitol by a newly isolated bacterium, Enterobacter sp. JMP3. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 135:199-206. [PMID: 23186687 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this study a new bacterium capable of growing on brown seaweed Laminaria japonica, Enterobacter sp. JMP3 was isolated from the gut of turban shell, Batillus cornutus. In anaerobic condition, it produced high yields of ethanol (1.15 mol-EtOH mol-mannitol(-1)) as well as organic acids from mannitol, the major carbohydrate component of L. japonica. Based on carbon distribution and metabolic flux analysis, it was revealed that mannitol was more favorable than glucose for ethanol production due to their different redox states. This indicates that L. japonica is one of the promising feedstock for bioethanol production. Additionally, the mannitol dehydrogenation pathway in Enterobacter sp. JMP3 was examined and verified. Finally, an attempt was made to explore the possibility of controlling ethanol production by altering the redox potential via addition of external NADH in mannitol fermentation.
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- Jing Wang
- School of Environmental Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, South Korea
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Polysaccharide hydrolysis with engineered Escherichia coli for the production of biocommodities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 40:401-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1245-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Escherichia coli can ferment a broad range of sugars, including pentoses, hexoses, uronic acids, and polyols. These features make E. coli a suitable microorganism for the development of biocatalysts to be used in the production of biocommodities and biofuels by metabolic engineering. E. coli cannot directly ferment polysaccharides because it does not produce and secrete the necessary saccharolytic enzymes; however, there are many genetic tools that can be used to confer this ability on this prokaryote. The construction of saccharolytic E. coli strains will reduce costs and simplify the production process because the saccharification and fermentation can be conducted in a single reactor with a reduced concentration or absence of additional external saccharolytic enzymes. Recent advances in metabolic engineering, surface display, and excretion of hydrolytic enzymes provide a framework for developing E. coli strains for the so-called consolidated bioprocessing. This review presents the different strategies toward the development of E. coli strains that have the ability to display and secrete saccharolytic enzymes to hydrolyze different sugar-polymeric substrates and reduce the loading of saccharolytic enzymes.
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Mazumdar S, Lee J, Oh MK. Microbial production of 2,3 butanediol from seaweed hydrolysate using metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 136:329-36. [PMID: 23567699 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A variety of biofuel and biorefinery products have been produced from engineered Escherichia coli till date. Most of these products had been derived from simple sugars in its pure form, rather than deriving it from alternative, renewable and carbon neutral sources, such as marine alga biomass. Engineering E. coli to use algal hydrolysate can make these an attractive carbon source for the industrial production of value added fuels and chemicals. This work reports the engineering of E. coli by a combination of gene deletion and synthetic pathway incorporation, for the efficient utilization of algal hydrolysate to produce BA (2,3 butanediol+acetoin) under microaerobic condition. Engineered strain produced ~19 g/L of total BA from algal hydrolysate in defined M9 salt media at a yield of 0.43 g/g.
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- Suman Mazumdar
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Synthesis of customized petroleum-replica fuel molecules by targeted modification of free fatty acid pools in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:7636-41. [PMID: 23610415 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215966110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Biofuels are the most immediate, practical solution for mitigating dependence on fossil hydrocarbons, but current biofuels (alcohols and biodiesels) require significant downstream processing and are not fully compatible with modern, mass-market internal combustion engines. Rather, the ideal biofuels are structurally and chemically identical to the fossil fuels they seek to replace (i.e., aliphatic n- and iso-alkanes and -alkenes of various chain lengths). Here we report on production of such petroleum-replica hydrocarbons in Escherichia coli. The activity of the fatty acid (FA) reductase complex from Photorhabdus luminescens was coupled with aldehyde decarbonylase from Nostoc punctiforme to use free FAs as substrates for alkane biosynthesis. This combination of genes enabled rational alterations to hydrocarbon chain length (Cn) and the production of branched alkanes through upstream genetic and exogenous manipulations of the FA pool. Genetic components for targeted manipulation of the FA pool included expression of a thioesterase from Cinnamomum camphora (camphor) to alter alkane Cn and expression of the branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase complex and β-keto acyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III from Bacillus subtilis to synthesize branched (iso-) alkanes. Rather than simply reconstituting existing metabolic routes to alkane production found in nature, these results demonstrate the ability to design and implement artificial molecular pathways for the production of renewable, industrially relevant fuel molecules.
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Pirie CM, De Mey M, Prather KLJ, Ajikumar PK. Integrating the protein and metabolic engineering toolkits for next-generation chemical biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:662-72. [PMID: 23373985 DOI: 10.1021/cb300634b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Through microbial engineering, biosynthesis has the potential to produce thousands of chemicals used in everyday life. Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology are fields driven by the manipulation of genes, genetic regulatory systems, and enzymatic pathways for developing highly productive microbial strains. Fundamentally, it is the biochemical characteristics of the enzymes themselves that dictate flux through a biosynthetic pathway toward the product of interest. As metabolic engineers target sophisticated secondary metabolites, there has been little recognition of the reduced catalytic activity and increased substrate/product promiscuity of the corresponding enzymes compared to those of central metabolism. Thus, fine-tuning these enzymatic characteristics through protein engineering is paramount for developing high-productivity microbial strains for secondary metabolites. Here, we describe the importance of protein engineering for advancing metabolic engineering of secondary metabolism pathways. This pathway integrated enzyme optimization can enhance the collective toolkit of microbial engineering to shape the future of chemical manufacturing.
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- Christopher M. Pirie
- Manus Biosynthesis Inc., Suite 102, 790 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139,
United States
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- Manus Biosynthesis Inc., Suite 102, 790 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139,
United States
- Centre of
Expertise−Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02139, United States
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- Manus Biosynthesis Inc., Suite 102, 790 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139,
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Lee SJ, Lee SJ, Lee DW. Design and development of synthetic microbial platform cells for bioenergy. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:92. [PMID: 23626588 PMCID: PMC3630320 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The finite reservation of fossil fuels accelerates the necessity of development of renewable energy sources. Recent advances in synthetic biology encompassing systems biology and metabolic engineering enable us to engineer and/or create tailor made microorganisms to produce alternative biofuels for the future bio-era. For the efficient transformation of biomass to bioenergy, microbial cells need to be designed and engineered to maximize the performance of cellular metabolisms for the production of biofuels during energy flow. Toward this end, two different conceptual approaches have been applied for the development of platform cell factories: forward minimization and reverse engineering. From the context of naturally minimized genomes,non-essential energy-consuming pathways and/or related gene clusters could be progressively deleted to optimize cellular energy status for bioenergy production. Alternatively, incorporation of non-indigenous parts and/or modules including biomass-degrading enzymes, carbon uptake transporters, photosynthesis, CO2 fixation, and etc. into chassis microorganisms allows the platform cells to gain novel metabolic functions for bioenergy. This review focuses on the current progress in synthetic biology-aided pathway engineering in microbial cells and discusses its impact on the production of sustainable bioenergy.
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- Sang Jun Lee
- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Daejeon, South Korea
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Venditti V, Ghirlando R, Clore GM. Structural basis for enzyme I inhibition by α-ketoglutarate. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:1232-40. [PMID: 23506042 PMCID: PMC3735840 DOI: 10.1021/cb400027q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Creating new bacterial strains in which carbon and nitrogen metabolism are uncoupled is potentially very useful for optimizing yields of microbial produced chemicals from renewable carbon sources. However, the mechanisms that balance carbon and nitrogen consumption in bacteria are poorly understood. Recently, α-ketoglutarate (αKG), the carbon substrate for ammonia assimilation, has been observed to inhibit Escherichia coli enzyme I (EI), the first component of the bacterial phosphotransferase system (PTS), thereby providing a direct biochemical link between central carbon and nitrogen metabolism. Here we investigate the EI-αKG interaction by NMR and enzymatic assays. We show that αKG binds with a KD of ∼2.2 mM at the active site of EI, acting as a competitive inhibitor. In addition, we use molecular docking simulations to derive a structural model of the enzyme-inhibitor complex that is fully consistent with NMR and analytical ultracentrifugation data. We expect that the EI-αKG structure presented here will provide a starting point for structure-based design of EI mutants resistant to αKG.
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- Vincenzo Venditti
- Laboratorie of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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- Laboratorie of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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- Laboratorie of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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Reed B, Chen R. Biotechnological applications of bacterial protein secretion: from therapeutics to biofuel production. Res Microbiol 2013; 164:675-82. [PMID: 23541476 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Recent years have witnessed significant progresses in engineering of recombinant protein secretion. The relatively simple secretion mechanisms, Type I and Type V (autotransporters), are increasingly used for secretion of recombinant proteins. The secretion level of target proteins varied from milligrams to grams per liter. The range of proteins was significantly expanded beyond medical application. Notable additions include biofuel productions from renewable feedstock. Despite the progress, almost all successes in the engineering efforts come with significant trials and errors, highlighting the need for a better understanding of secretion systems and rational based methods.
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- Ben Reed
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Galanie S, Siddiqui MS, Smolke CD. Molecular tools for chemical biotechnology. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2013; 24:1000-9. [PMID: 23528237 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 03/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Biotechnological production of high value chemical products increasingly involves engineering in vivo multi-enzyme pathways and host metabolism. Recent approaches to these engineering objectives have made use of molecular tools to advance de novo pathway identification, tunable enzyme expression, and rapid pathway construction. Molecular tools also enable optimization of single enzymes and entire genomes through diversity generation and screening, whole cell analytics, and synthetic metabolic control networks. In this review, we focus on advanced molecular tools and their applications to engineered pathways in host organisms, highlighting the degree to which each tool is generalizable.
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- Stephanie Galanie
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, MC 4201, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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Ritchie RJ, Guy K, Philp JC. Policy to support marine biotechnology-based solutions to global challenges. Trends Biotechnol 2013; 31:128-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Lee OK, Kim AL, Seong DH, Lee CG, Jung YT, Lee JW, Lee EY. Chemo-enzymatic saccharification and bioethanol fermentation of lipid-extracted residual biomass of the microalga, Dunaliella tertiolecta. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 132:197-201. [PMID: 23411448 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Revised: 12/29/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Chemo-enzymatic saccharification and bioethanol fermentation of the residual biomass of Dunaliella tertiolecta after lipid extraction for biodiesel production were investigated. HCl-catalyzed saccharification of the residual biomass at 121 °C for 15 min produced reducing sugars with a yield of 29.5% (w/w) based on the residual biomass dry weight. Various enzymes were evaluated for their ability to saccharify the residual biomass. Enzymatic saccharification using AMG 300 L produced 21.0 mg/mL of reducing sugar with a yield of 42.0% (w/w) based on the residual biomass at pH 5.5 and 55 °C. Bioethanol was produced from the enzymatic saccharification products without additional pretreatment by Saccharomyces cerevisiae with yields of 0.14 g ethanol/g residual biomass and 0.44 g ethanol/g glucose produced from the residual biomass. The waste residual biomass generated during microalgal biodiesel production could be used for the production of bioethanol to improve the economic feasibility of microalgal biorefinery.
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- Ok Kyung Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Republic of Korea
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Wang YH, Wei KY, Smolke CD. Synthetic biology: advancing the design of diverse genetic systems. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2013; 4:69-102. [PMID: 23413816 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061312-103351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A major objective of synthetic biology is to make the process of designing genetically encoded biological systems more systematic, predictable, robust, scalable, and efficient. Examples of genetic systems in the field vary widely in terms of operating hosts, compositional approaches, and network complexity, ranging from simple genetic switches to search-and-destroy systems. While significant advances in DNA synthesis capabilities support the construction of pathway- and genome-scale programs, several design challenges currently restrict the scale of systems that can be reasonably designed and implemented. Thus, while synthetic biology offers much promise in developing systems to address challenges faced in the fields of manufacturing, environment and sustainability, and health and medicine, the realization of this potential is currently limited by the diversity of available parts and effective design frameworks. As researchers make progress in bridging this design gap, advances in the field hint at ever more diverse applications for biological systems.
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- Yen-Hsiang Wang
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Wei N, Quarterman J, Jin YS. Marine macroalgae: an untapped resource for producing fuels and chemicals. Trends Biotechnol 2013; 31:70-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 424] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yanagisawa M, Kawai S, Murata K. Strategies for the production of high concentrations of bioethanol from seaweeds: production of high concentrations of bioethanol from seaweeds. Bioengineered 2013; 4:224-35. [PMID: 23314751 DOI: 10.4161/bioe.23396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bioethanol has attracted attention as an alternative to petroleum-derived fuel. Seaweeds have been proposed as some of the most promising raw materials for bioethanol production because they have several advantages over lignocellulosic biomass. However, because seaweeds contain low contents of glucans, i.e., polysaccharides composed of glucose, the conversion of only the glucans from seaweed is not sufficient to produce high concentrations of ethanol. Therefore, it is also necessary to produce ethanol from other specific carbohydrate components of seaweeds, including sulfated polysaccharides, mannitol, alginate, agar and carrageenan. This review summarizes the current state of research on the production of ethanol from seaweed carbohydrates for which the conversion of carbohydrates to sugars is a key step and makes comparisons with the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. This review provides valuable information necessary for the production of high concentrations of ethanol from seaweeds.
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- Mitsunori Yanagisawa
- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Wang Y, Guo EW, Yu WG, Han F. Purification and characterization of a new alginate lyase from a marine bacterium Vibrio sp. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:703-8. [PMID: 23299986 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1134-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED An alginate lyase-producing bacterial strain, Vibrio sp. QY105, was isolated from sea mud of Qingdao. It secreted 90 % of total enzyme activity within the first 20 h of fermentation. An alginate lyase, AlyV5, with an apparent MW of 37 kDa and a specific activity of 2152 U/mg was purified from the culture supernatant. It was most active at 38 °C and pH 7.0 in 20 mM Tris/HCl. The enzyme was stable over a broad pH range (6.0-9.0) and retained ~40 % activity after holding at 90 °C for 10 min. AlyV5 showed activities towards both polyguluronate and polymannuronate, but degraded the former more efficiently. AlyV5 mainly produced disaccharide, trisaccharide and tetrasaccharide from polyguluronate, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide and pentasaccharide from polymannuronate. PURPOSE OF WORK The purpose of this study is to find a polyG-preference alginate lyase for the saccharification of alginate combined with our polyM-preference alginate lyases.
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- Ya Wang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Santos CNS, Regitsky DD, Yoshikuni Y. Implementation of stable and complex biological systems through recombinase-assisted genome engineering. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2503. [PMID: 24056574 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Evaluating the performance of engineered biological systems with high accuracy and precision is nearly impossible with the use of plasmids due to phenotypic noise generated by genetic instability and natural population dynamics. Minimizing this uncertainty therefore requires a paradigm shift towards engineering at the genomic level. Here, we introduce an advanced design principle for the stable installment and implementation of complex biological systems through recombinase-assisted genome engineering (RAGE). We apply this concept to the development of a robust strain of Escherichia coli capable of producing ethanol directly from brown macroalgae. RAGE significantly expedites the optimal implementation of a 34 kb heterologous pathway for alginate metabolism based on genetic background, integration locus, copy number and compatibility with two other pathway modules (alginate degradation and ethanol production). The resulting strain achieves a ~40% higher titre than its plasmid-based counterpart and enables substantial improvements in titre (~330%) and productivity (~1,200%) after 50 generations.
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Lee JY, Li P, Lee J, Ryu HJ, Oh KK. Ethanol production from Saccharina japonica using an optimized extremely low acid pretreatment followed by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 127:119-25. [PMID: 23131631 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Revised: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An extremely low acid (ELA) pretreatment using 0.06% (w/w) sulfuric acid at 170 °C for 15 min was employed to extract non-glucan components from Saccharina japonica, a brown macroalgae. Subsequent simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) was conducted using Saccharomyces cerevisiae DK 410362 and cellulase (15 FPU/g-glucan) and ß-glucosidase (70 pNPGU/g-glucan). Deionized water was used for making fermentation suspension. After the ELA pretreatment, a glucan content of 29.10% and an enzymatic digestibility of 83.96% was obtained for pretreated S. japonica. These values are 4.2- and 2.4-fold higher, respectively, than those of obtained with untreated S. japonica. In SSF, a bioethanol concentration of 6.65 g/L was obtained, corresponding to a glucose equivalent concentration of 13.01 g/L, which indicated an SSF yield of 67.41% based on the total available glucan of the pretreated S. japonica. The remaining separated liquid hydrolysate, which contains mannitol and alginate-derived oligosaccharides can be applied to other fermentations.
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- Ji ye Lee
- Department of Applied Chemical Engineering, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, South Korea
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Engineering Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 for continuous growth under diurnal conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 79:1668-75. [PMID: 23275509 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03326-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942 strictly depends upon the generation of photosynthetically derived energy for growth and is incapable of biomass increase in the absence of light energy. Obligate phototrophs' core metabolism is very similar to that of heterotrophic counterparts exhibiting diverse trophic behavior. Most characterized cyanobacterial species are obligate photoautotrophs under examined conditions. Here we determine that sugar transporter systems are the necessary genetic factors in order for a model cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, to grow continuously under diurnal (light/dark) conditions using saccharides such as glucose, xylose, and sucrose. While the universal causes of obligate photoautotrophy may be diverse, installing sugar transporters provides new insight into the mode of obligate photoautotrophy for cyanobacteria. Moreover, cyanobacterial chemical production has gained increased attention. However, this obligate phototroph is incapable of product formation in the absence of light. Thus, converting an obligate photoautotroph to a heterotroph is desirable for more efficient, economical, and controllable production systems.
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Liu H, Ramos KRM, Valdehuesa KNG, Nisola GM, Lee WK, Chung WJ. Biosynthesis of ethylene glycol in Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:3409-17. [PMID: 23233208 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4618-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Revised: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ethylene glycol (EG) is an important platform chemical with steadily expanding global demand. Its commercial production is currently limited to fossil resources; no biosynthesis route has been delineated. Herein, a biosynthesis route for EG production from D-xylose is reported. This route consists of four steps: D-xylose → D-xylonate → 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-pentonate → glycoaldehyde → EG. Respective enzymes, D-xylose dehydrogenase, D-xylonate dehydratase, 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-pentonate aldolase, and glycoaldehyde reductase, were assembled. The route was implemented in a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli, in which the D-xylose → D-xylulose reaction was prevented by disrupting the D-xylose isomerase gene. The most efficient construct produced 11.7 g L(-1) of EG from 40.0 g L(-1) of D-xylose. Glycolate is a carbon-competing by-product during EG production in E. coli; blockage of glycoaldehyde → glycolate reaction was also performed by disrupting the gene encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase, but from this approach, EG productivity was not improved but rather led to D-xylonate accumulation. To channel more carbon flux towards EG than the glycolate pathway, further systematic metabolic engineering and fermentation optimization studies are still required to improve EG productivity.
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- Huaiwei Liu
- Energy and Environment Fusion Technology Center (E2FTC), Department of Energy Science and Technology (DEST), Myongji University, Room 8807, Engineering College Building 2, San 38-2, Namdong, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, South Korea.
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Egan S, Harder T, Burke C, Steinberg P, Kjelleberg S, Thomas T. The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed-bacteria interactions. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2012; 37:462-76. [PMID: 23157386 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Seaweeds (macroalgae) form a diverse and ubiquitous group of photosynthetic organisms that play an essential role in aquatic ecosystems. These ecosystem engineers contribute significantly to global primary production and are the major habitat formers on rocky shores in temperate waters, providing food and shelter for aquatic life. Like other eukaryotic organisms, macroalgae harbor a rich diversity of associated microorganisms with functions related to host health and defense. In particular, epiphytic bacterial communities have been reported as essential for normal morphological development of the algal host, and bacteria with antifouling properties are thought to protect chemically undefended macroalgae from detrimental, secondary colonization by other microscopic and macroscopic epibiota. This tight relationship suggests that macroalgae and epiphytic bacteria interact as a unified functional entity or holobiont, analogous to the previously suggested relationship in corals. Moreover, given that the impact of diseases in marine ecosystems is apparently increasing, understanding the role of bacteria as saprophytes and pathogens in seaweed communities may have important implications for marine management strategies. This review reports on the recent advances in the understanding of macroalgal-bacterial interactions with reference to the diversity and functional role of epiphytic bacteria in maintaining algal health, highlighting the holobiont concept.
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- Suhelen Egan
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Hughes AD, Kelly MS, Black KD, Stanley MS. Biogas from Macroalgae: is it time to revisit the idea? BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2012. [PMID: 23186536 PMCID: PMC3542030 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The economic and environmental viability of dedicated terrestrial energy crops is in doubt. The production of large scale biomass (macroalgae) for biofuels in the marine environment was first tested in the late 1960's. The culture attempts failed due to the engineering challenges of farming offshore. However the energy conversion via anaerobic digestion was successful as the biochemical composition of macroalgae makes it an ideal feedstock. The technology for the mass production of macroalgae has developed principally in China and Asia over the last 50 years to such a degree that it is now the single largest product of aquaculture. There has also been significant technology transfer and macroalgal cultivation is now well tried and tested in Europe and America. The inherent advantage of production of biofuel feedstock in the marine environment is that it does not compete with food production for land or fresh water. Here we revisit the idea of the large scale cultivation of macroalgae at sea for subsequent anaerobic digestion to produce biogas as a source of renewable energy, using a European case study as an example.
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- Adam D Hughes
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Marine BioEnergy Scotland, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Marine BioEnergy Scotland, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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Dong S, Yang J, Zhang XY, Shi M, Song XY, Chen XL, Zhang YZ. Cultivable alginate lyase-excreting bacteria associated with the Arctic brown alga Laminaria. Mar Drugs 2012; 10:2481-91. [PMID: 23203272 PMCID: PMC3509530 DOI: 10.3390/md10112481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Although some alginate lyases have been isolated from marine bacteria, alginate lyases-excreting bacteria from the Arctic alga have not yet been investigated. Here, the diversity of the bacteria associated with the brown alga Laminaria from the Arctic Ocean was investigated for the first time. Sixty five strains belonging to nine genera were recovered from six Laminaria samples, in which Psychrobacter (33/65), Psychromonas (10/65) and Polaribacter (8/65) were the predominant groups. Moreover, 21 alginate lyase-excreting strains were further screened from these Laminaria-associated bacteria. These alginate lyase-excreting strains belong to five genera. Psychromonas (8/21), Psedoalteromonas (6/21) and Polaribacter (4/21) are the predominant genera, and Psychrobacter, Winogradskyella, Psychromonas and Polaribacter were first found to produce alginate lyases. The optimal temperatures for the growth and algiante lyase production of many strains were as low as 10–20 °C, indicating that they are psychrophilic bacteria. The alginate lyases produced by 11 strains showed the highest activity at 20–30 °C, indicating that these enzymes are cold-adapted enzymes. Some strians showed high levels of extracellular alginate lyase activity around 200 U/mL. These results suggest that these algiante lyase-excreting bacteria from the Arctic alga are good materials for studying bacterial cold-adapted alginate lyases.
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China; (S.D.); (J.Y.); (X.-Y.Z.); (M.S.); (X.-Y.S.); (Y.-Z.Z.)
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Huang L, Zhou J, Li X, Peng Q, Lu H, Du Y. Characterization of a new alginate lyase from newly isolated Flavobacterium sp. S20. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 40:113-22. [PMID: 23111633 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-012-1210-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Alginate lyase is a promising biocatalyst because of its application in saccharification of alginate for the production of biochemicals and renewable biofuels. This study described the isolation of a new alginate metabolizing bacterium, Flavobacterium sp. S20, from sludge samples and the characterization of its alginate lyase Alg2A. The alginate lyase gene, alg2A, was obtained by constructing and screening the genomic library of the strain S20 and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Substrate specificity assays indicated Alg2A preferred poly-α-L-guluronate as a substrate over poly-β-D-mannuronate. In the saccharification process of a high content (10 %, w/v) of sodium alginate, the recombinant alginate lyase Alg2A yielded 152 of mM the reducing sugars after 69 h of reaction, and the amounts of oligosaccharides with a different degree of polymerization (DP) generated by Alg2A gradually accumulated without significant variation in the distribution of oligosaccharide compositions. These results indicated that Alg2A possessed high enzymatic capability for saccharifying the alginate, which could be used in saccharifying the alginate biomass prior to the main fermentation process for biofuels. In addition, Alg2A had a different endolytic reaction mode from both the two commercial alginate lyases and other alginate lyases from polysaccharide lyase family 7 owing to high yields of penta-, hex-, and hepta-saccharides in the hydrolysis products of Alg2A. Thus, Alg2A could be a good tool for the large-scale preparation of alginate oligosaccharides with high DP.
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- Lishuxin Huang
- Natural Products and Glyco-Biotechnology Research Group, Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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Bar-Even A, Noor E, Flamholz A, Milo R. Design and analysis of metabolic pathways supporting formatotrophic growth for electricity-dependent cultivation of microbes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1827:1039-47. [PMID: 23123556 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electrosynthesis is a promising approach that enables the biological production of commodities, like fuels and fine chemicals, using renewably produced electricity. Several techniques have been proposed to mediate the transfer of electrons from the cathode to living cells. Of these, the electroproduction of formate as a mediator seems especially promising: formate is readily soluble, of low toxicity and can be produced at relatively high efficiency and at reasonable current density. While organisms that are capable of formatotrophic growth, i.e. growth on formate, exist naturally, they are generally less suitable for bulk cultivation and industrial needs. Hence, it may be helpful to engineer a model organism of industrial relevance, such as E. coli, for growth on formate. There are numerous metabolic pathways that can potentially support formatotrophic growth. Here we analyze these diverse pathways according to various criteria including biomass yield, thermodynamic favorability, chemical motive force, kinetics and the practical challenges posed by their expression. We find that the reductive glycine pathway, composed of the tetrahydrofolate system, the glycine cleavage system, serine hydroxymethyltransferase and serine deaminase, is a promising candidate to support electrosynthesis in E. coli. The approach presented here exemplifies how combining different computational approaches into a systematic analysis methodology provides assistance in redesigning metabolism. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Metals in Bioenergetics and Biomimetics Systems.
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- Arren Bar-Even
- Department of Plant Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Bar-Even A, Salah Tawfik D. Engineering specialized metabolic pathways--is there a room for enzyme improvements? Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012; 24:310-9. [PMID: 23102865 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Recent advances in enzyme engineering enable dramatic improvements in catalytic efficiency and/or selectivity, as well as de novo engineering of enzymes to catalyze reactions where natural enzymes are not available. Can these capabilities be utilized to transform biosynthesis pathways? Metabolic engineering is traditionally based on combining existing enzymes to give new, or modified, pathways, within a new context and/or organism. How efficient, however, are the individual enzyme components? Is there room to improve pathway performance by enzyme engineering? We discuss the differences between enzymes in central versus specialized, or secondary metabolism and highlight unique features of specialized metabolism enzymes participating in the synthesis of natural products. We argue that, for the purpose of metabolic engineering, the catalytic efficiency and selectivity of many enzymes can be improved with the aim of achieving higher rates, yields and product purities. We also note the relative abundance of spontaneous reactions in specialized metabolism, and the potential advantage of engineering enzymes that will catalyze these steps. Specialized metabolism therefore offers new opportunities to integrate enzyme and pathway engineering, thereby achieving higher metabolic efficiencies, enhanced production rates and improved product purities.
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- Arren Bar-Even
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Leprince A, van Passel MWJ, dos Santos VAPM. Streamlining genomes: toward the generation of simplified and stabilized microbial systems. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012; 23:651-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ramesh B, Sendra VG, Cirino PC, Varadarajan N. Single-cell characterization of autotransporter-mediated Escherichia coli surface display of disulfide bond-containing proteins. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:38580-9. [PMID: 23019324 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.388199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Autotransporters (ATs) are a family of bacterial proteins containing a C-terminal β-barrel-forming domain that facilitates the translocation of N-terminal passenger domain whose functions range from adhesion to proteolysis. Genetic replacement of the native passenger domain with heterologous proteins is an attractive strategy not only for applications such as biocatalysis, live-cell vaccines, and protein engineering but also for gaining mechanistic insights toward understanding AT translocation. The ability of ATs to efficiently display functional recombinant proteins containing multiple disulfides has remained largely controversial. By employing high-throughput single-cell flow cytometry, we have systematically investigated the ability of the Escherichia coli AT Antigen 43 (Ag43) to display two different recombinant reporter proteins, a single-chain antibody (M18 scFv) that contains two disulfides and chymotrypsin that contains four disulfides, by varying the signal peptide and deleting the different domains of the native protein. Our results indicate that only the C-terminal β-barrel and the threaded α-helix are essential for efficient surface display of functional recombinant proteins containing multiple disulfides. These results imply that there are no inherent constraints for functional translocation and display of disulfide bond-containing proteins mediated by the AT system and should open new avenues for protein display and engineering.
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- Balakrishnan Ramesh
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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Wang B, Wang J, Zhang W, Meldrum DR. Application of synthetic biology in cyanobacteria and algae. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:344. [PMID: 23049529 PMCID: PMC3446811 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cyanobacteria and algae are becoming increasingly attractive cell factories for producing renewable biofuels and chemicals due to their ability to capture solar energy and CO2 and their relatively simple genetic background for genetic manipulation. Increasing research efforts from the synthetic biology approach have been made in recent years to modify cyanobacteria and algae for various biotechnological applications. In this article, we critically review recent progresses in developing genetic tools for characterizing or manipulating cyanobacteria and algae, the applications of genetically modified strains for synthesizing renewable products such as biofuels and chemicals. In addition, the emergent challenges in the development and application of synthetic biology for cyanobacteria and algae are also discussed.
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- Bo Wang
- Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA ; Biological Design Graduate Program, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA
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Engineering plant metabolism into microbes: from systems biology to synthetic biology. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012; 24:291-9. [PMID: 22985679 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Plant metabolism represents an enormous repository of compounds that are of pharmaceutical and biotechnological importance. Engineering plant metabolism into microbes will provide sustainable solutions to produce pharmaceutical and fuel molecules that could one day replace substantial portions of the current fossil-fuel based economy. Metabolic engineering entails targeted manipulation of biosynthetic pathways to maximize yields of desired products. Recent advances in Systems Biology and the emergence of Synthetic Biology have accelerated our ability to design, construct and optimize cell factories for metabolic engineering applications. Progress in predicting and modeling genome-scale metabolic networks, versatile gene assembly platforms and delicate synthetic pathway optimization strategies has provided us exciting opportunities to exploit the full potential of cell metabolism. In this review, we will discuss how systems and synthetic biology tools can be integrated to create tailor-made cell factories for efficient production of natural products and fuel molecules in microorganisms.
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Noskov VN, Karas BJ, Young L, Chuang RY, Gibson DG, Lin YC, Stam J, Yonemoto IT, Suzuki Y, Andrews-Pfannkoch C, Glass JI, Smith HO, Hutchison CA, Venter JC, Weyman PD. Assembly of large, high G+C bacterial DNA fragments in yeast. ACS Synth Biol 2012; 1:267-73. [PMID: 23651249 DOI: 10.1021/sb3000194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The ability to assemble large pieces of prokaryotic DNA by yeast recombination has great application in synthetic biology, but cloning large pieces of high G+C prokaryotic DNA in yeast can be challenging. Additional considerations in cloning large pieces of high G+C DNA in yeast may be related to toxic genes, to the size of the DNA, or to the absence of yeast origins of replication within the sequence. As an example of our ability to clone high G+C DNA in yeast, we chose to work with Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, which has an average G+C content of 55%. We determined that no regions of the chromosome are toxic to yeast and that S. elongatus DNA fragments over ~200 kb are not stably maintained. DNA constructs with a total size under 200 kb could be readily assembled, even with 62 kb of overlapping sequence between pieces. Addition of yeast origins of replication throughout allowed us to increase the total size of DNA that could be assembled to at least 454 kb. Thus, cloning strategies utilizing yeast recombination with large, high G+C prokaryotic sequences should include yeast origins of replication as a part of the design process.
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- Vladimir N. Noskov
- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
States
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- Department of Synthetic Biology
and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United
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Xu P, Vansiri A, Bhan N, Koffas MAG. ePathBrick: a synthetic biology platform for engineering metabolic pathways in E. coli. ACS Synth Biol 2012; 1:256-66. [PMID: 23651248 DOI: 10.1021/sb300016b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Harnessing cell factories for producing biofuel and pharmaceutical molecules has stimulated efforts to develop novel synthetic biology tools customized for modular pathway engineering and optimization. Here we report the development of a set of vectors compatible with BioBrick standards and its application in metabolic engineering. The engineered ePathBrick vectors comprise four compatible restriction enzyme sites allocated on strategic positions so that different regulatory control signals can be reused and manipulation of expression cassette can be streamlined. Specifically, these vectors allow for fine-tuning gene expression by integrating multiple transcriptional activation or repression signals into the operator region. At the same time, ePathBrick vectors support the modular assembly of pathway components and combinatorial generation of pathway diversities with three distinct configurations. We also demonstrated the functionality of a seven-gene pathway (~9 Kb) assembled on one single ePathBrick vector. The ePathBrick vectors presented here provide a versatile platform for rapid design and optimization of metabolic pathways in E. coli.
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- Peng Xu
- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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In Lee S, Choi SH, Lee EY, Kim HS. Molecular cloning, purification, and characterization of a novel polyMG-specific alginate lyase responsible for alginate MG block degradation in Stenotrophomas maltophilia KJ-2. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 95:1643-53. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4266-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/23/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Qin S, Lin H, Jiang P. Advances in genetic engineering of marine algae. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 30:1602-13. [PMID: 22634258 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2012] [Revised: 05/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Algae are a component of bait sources for animal aquaculture, and they produce abundant valuable compounds for the chemical industry and human health. With today's fast growing demand for algae biofuels and the profitable market for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals made from algal natural products, the genetic engineering of marine algae has been attracting increasing attention as a crucial systemic technology to address the challenge of the biomass feedstock supply for sustainable industrial applications and to modify the metabolic pathway for the more efficient production of high-value products. Nevertheless, to date, only a few marine algae species can be genetically manipulated. In this article, an updated account of the research progress in marine algal genomics is presented along with methods for transformation. In addition, vector construction and gene selection strategies are reviewed. Meanwhile, a review on the progress of bioreactor technologies for marine algae culture is also revisited.
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- Song Qin
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, Shandong, China.
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Systems metabolic engineering of microorganisms for natural and non-natural chemicals. Nat Chem Biol 2012; 8:536-46. [PMID: 22596205 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 507] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Joshua D Rabinowitz
- Department of Chemistry and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
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Curran KA, Alper HS. Expanding the chemical palate of cells by combining systems biology and metabolic engineering. Metab Eng 2012; 14:289-97. [PMID: 22595280 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/15/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The field of Metabolic Engineering has recently undergone a transformation that has led to a rapid expansion of the chemical palate of cells. Now, it is conceivable to produce nearly any organic molecule of interest using a cellular host. Significant advances have been made in the production of biofuels, biopolymers and precursors, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, and commodity and specialty chemicals. Much of this rapid expansion in the field has been, in part, due to synergies and advances in the area of systems biology. Specifically, the availability of functional genomics, metabolomics and transcriptomics data has resulted in the potential to produce a wealth of new products, both natural and non-natural, in cellular factories. The sheer amount and diversity of this data however, means that uncovering and unlocking novel chemistries and insights is a non-obvious exercise. To address this issue, a number of computational tools and experimental approaches have been developed to help expedite the design process to create new cellular factories. This review will highlight many of the systems biology enabling technologies that have reduced the design cycle for engineered hosts, highlight major advances in the expanded diversity of products that can be synthesized, and conclude with future prospects in the field of metabolic engineering.
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- Kathleen A Curran
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C0400, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Kim SR, Ha SJ, Wei N, Oh EJ, Jin YS. Simultaneous co-fermentation of mixed sugars: a promising strategy for producing cellulosic ethanol. Trends Biotechnol 2012; 30:274-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Thomas F, Barbeyron T, Tonon T, Génicot S, Czjzek M, Michel G. Characterization of the first alginolytic operons in a marine bacterium: from their emergence in marine Flavobacteriia to their independent transfers to marine Proteobacteria and human gut Bacteroides. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:2379-94. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02751.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Suryanarayanan TS, Thirunavukkarasu N, Govindarajulu MB, Gopalan V. Fungal endophytes: an untapped source of biocatalysts. FUNGAL DIVERS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-012-0168-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hehemann JH, Smyth L, Yadav A, Vocadlo DJ, Boraston AB. Analysis of keystone enzyme in Agar hydrolysis provides insight into the degradation (of a polysaccharide from) red seaweeds. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:13985-95. [PMID: 22393053 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.345645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Agars are abundant polysaccharides from marine red algae, and their chemical structure consists of alternating D-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose residues, the latter of which are presumed to make the polymer recalcitrant to degradation by most terrestrial bacteria. Here we study a family 117 glycoside hydrolase (BpGH117) encoded within a recently discovered locus from the human gut bacterium Bacteroides plebeius. Consistent with this locus being involved in agarocolloid degradation, we show that BpGH117 is an exo-acting 3,6-anhydro-α-(1,3)-L-galactosidase that removes the 3,6-anhydrogalactose from the non-reducing end of neoagaro-oligosaccharides. A Michaelis complex of BpGH117 with neoagarobiose reveals the distortion of the constrained 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose into a conformation that favors catalysis. Furthermore, this complex, supported by analysis of site-directed mutants, provides evidence for an organization of the active site and positioning of the catalytic residues that are consistent with an inverting mechanism of catalysis and suggests that a histidine residue acts as the general acid. This latter feature differs from the vast majority of glycoside hydrolases, which use a carboxylic acid, highlighting the alternative strategies that enzymes may utilize in catalyzing the cleavage of glycosidic bonds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jan-Hendrik Hehemann
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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Kreisberg J. Turning seaweed into biofuel. Nat Biotechnol 2012. [DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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