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Biosensor for branched-chain amino acid metabolism in yeast and applications in isobutanol and isopentanol production. Nat Commun 2022; 13:270. [PMID: 35022416 PMCID: PMC8755756 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27852-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism fulfills numerous physiological roles and can be harnessed to produce valuable chemicals. However, the lack of eukaryotic biosensors specific for BCAA-derived products has limited the ability to develop high-throughput screens for strain engineering and metabolic studies. Here, we harness the transcriptional regulator Leu3p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to develop a genetically encoded biosensor for BCAA metabolism. In one configuration, we use the biosensor to monitor yeast production of isobutanol, an alcohol derived from valine degradation. Small modifications allow us to redeploy Leu3p in another biosensor configuration that monitors production of the leucine-derived alcohol, isopentanol. These biosensor configurations are effective at isolating high-producing strains and identifying enzymes with enhanced activity from screens for branched-chain higher alcohol (BCHA) biosynthesis in mitochondria as well as cytosol. Furthermore, this biosensor has the potential to assist in metabolic studies involving BCAA pathways, and offers a blueprint to develop biosensors for other products derived from BCAA metabolism. There are a lack of eukaryotic biosensors specific for branched-chain amino acid (BCAA)-derived products. Here the authors report a genetically encoded biosensor for BCAA metabolism based on the Leu3p transcriptional regulator; they use this to monitor yeast production of isobutanol and isopentanol.
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Wu Y, Zhang S, Song W, Liu J, Chen X, Hu G, Zhou Y, Liu L, Wu J. Enhanced Catalytic Efficiency of L‐amino Acid Deaminase Achieved by a Shorter Hydride Transfer Distance. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Yaoyun Wu
- School of Pharmaceutical Science Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- Tianrui Chemical Co. Ltd Department of Chemistry Quzhou 324400 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122 P. R. China
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Pickl M. Recent trends in the stereoselective synthesis of (poly)-substituted 2-oxo acids by biocatalyzed aldol reaction. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY 2021; 30:100476. [PMID: 34141957 PMCID: PMC7610986 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Recently, an increased interest toward enzymatic carboligation was observed, as biocatalytic carbon-carbon bond formation is a common obstacle in retrosynthetic planning. The construction of extended 2-oxoacid frameworks by 2-oxoacid aldolases and enzymes acting as aldolases is a potent tool for synthetic chemists since a broad spectrum of downstream reactions through functional group interconversions gives access to a plethora of compound classes. In the search for selective biocatalysts, successful protein engineering efforts and high throughput screenings from biodiversity expand the structural diversity of nucleophile and electrophile substrates. Several successful examples with an emphasis on reactions catalyzed by class II aldolases and enzymes acting as class II aldolases are highlighted, including reactions in which both enantiomeric products and in selected cases even diastereomeric products are accessed.
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- Mathias Pickl
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010, Graz, Austria
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Pickl M, Marín-Valls R, Joglar J, Bujons J, Clapés P. Chemoenzymatic Production of Enantiocomplementary 2-Substituted 3-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids from L-α-Amino Acids. Adv Synth Catal 2021; 363:2866-2876. [PMID: 34276272 PMCID: PMC7611260 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A two-enzyme cascade reaction plus in situ oxidative decarboxylation for the transformation of readily available canonical and non-canonical L-α-amino acids into 2-substituted 3-hydroxy-carboxylic acid derivatives is described. The biocatalytic cascade consisted of an oxidative deamination of L-α-amino acids by an L-α-amino acid deaminase from Cosenzaea myxofaciens, rendering 2-oxoacid intermediates, with an ensuing aldol addition reaction to formaldehyde, catalyzed by metal-dependent (R)- or (S)-selective carboligases namely 2-oxo-3-deoxy-l-rhamnonate aldolase (YfaU) and ketopantoate hydroxymethyltransferase (KPHMT), respectively, furnishing 3-substituted 4-hydroxy-2-oxoacids. The overall substrate conversion was optimized by balancing biocatalyst loading and amino acid and formaldehyde concentrations, yielding 36-98% aldol adduct formation and 91- 98% ee for each enantiomer. Subsequent in situ follow-up chemistry via hydrogen peroxide-driven oxidative decarboxylation afforded the corresponding 2-substituted 3-hydroxycarboxylic acid derivatives.
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- Mathias Pickl
- Department of Chemical Biology. Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Chemical Biology. Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Biology. Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Biology. Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Biology. Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Cheng J, Tu W, Luo Z, Gou X, Li Q, Wang D, Zhou J. A High-Efficiency Artificial Synthetic Pathway for 5-Aminovalerate Production From Biobased L-Lysine in Escherichia coli. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:633028. [PMID: 33634090 PMCID: PMC7900509 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.633028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bioproduction of 5-aminovalerate (5AVA) from renewable feedstock can support a sustainable biorefinery process to produce bioplastics, such as nylon 5 and nylon 56. In order to achieve the biobased production of 5AVA, a 2-keto-6-aminocaproate-mediated synthetic pathway was established. Combination of L-Lysine α-oxidase from Scomber japonicus, α-ketoacid decarboxylase from Lactococcus lactis and aldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli could achieve the biosynthesis of 5AVA from biobased L-Lysine in E. coli. The H2O2 produced by L-Lysine α-oxidase was decomposed by the expression of catalase KatE. Finally, 52.24 g/L of 5AVA were obtained through fed-batch biotransformation. Moreover, homology modeling, molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation analyses were used to identify mutation sites and propose a possible trait-improvement strategy: the expanded catalytic channel of mutant and more hydrogen bonds formed might be beneficial for the substrates stretch. In summary, we have developed a promising artificial pathway for efficient 5AVA synthesis.
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- Jie Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Luo Z, Yu S, Zeng W, Zhou J. Comparative analysis of the chemical and biochemical synthesis of keto acids. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 47:107706. [PMID: 33548455 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Keto acids are essential organic acids that are widely applied in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, beverages, and feed additives as well as chemical synthesis. Currently, most keto acids on the market are prepared via chemical synthesis. The biochemical synthesis of keto acids has been discovered with the development of metabolic engineering and applied toward the production of specific keto acids from renewable carbohydrates using different metabolic engineering strategies in microbes. In this review, we provide a systematic summary of the types and applications of keto acids, and then summarize and compare the chemical and biochemical synthesis routes used for the production of typical keto acids, including pyruvic acid, oxaloacetic acid, α-oxobutanoic acid, acetoacetic acid, ketoglutaric acid, levulinic acid, 5-aminolevulinic acid, α-ketoisovaleric acid, α-keto-γ-methylthiobutyric acid, α-ketoisocaproic acid, 2-keto-L-gulonic acid, 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, 5-keto-D-gluconic acid, and phenylpyruvic acid. We also describe the current challenges for the industrial-scale production of keto acids and further strategies used to accelerate the green production of keto acids via biochemical routes.
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- Zhengshan Luo
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
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Zhang J, van den Herik BM, Wahl SA. Alpha-ketoglutarate utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: transport, compartmentation and catabolism. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12838. [PMID: 32733060 PMCID: PMC7393084 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69178-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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α-Ketoglutarate (αKG) is a metabolite of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, important for biomass synthesis and a precursor for biotechnological products like 1,4-butanediol. In the eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae αKG is present in different compartments. Compartmentation and (intra-)cellular transport could interfere with heterologous product pathways, generate futile cycles and reduce product yields. Batch and chemostat cultivations at low pH (≤ 5) showed that αKG can be transported, catabolized and used for biomass synthesis. The uptake mechanism of αKG was further investigated under αKG limited chemostat conditions at different pH (3, 4, 5, and 6). At very low pH (3, 4) there is a fraction of undissociated αKG that could diffuse over the periplasmic membrane. At pH 5 this fraction is very low, and the observed growth and residual concentration requires a permease/facilitated uptake mechanism of the mono-dissociated form of αKG. Consumption of αKG under mixed substrate conditions was only observed for low glucose concentrations in chemostat cultivations, suggesting that the putative αKG transporter is repressed by glucose. Fully 13C-labeled αKG was introduced as a tracer during a glucose/αKG co-feeding chemostat to trace αKG transport and utilization. The measured 13C enrichments suggest the major part of the consumed 13C αKG was used for the synthesis of glutamate, and the remainder was transported into the mitochondria and fully oxidized. There was no enrichment observed in glycolytic intermediates, suggesting that there was no gluconeogenic activity under the co-feeding conditions. 13C based flux analysis suggests that the intracellular transport is bi-directional, i.e. there is a fast exchange between the cytosol and mitochondria. The model further estimates that most intracellular αKG (88%) was present in the cytosol. Using literature reported volume fractions, the mitochondria/cytosol concentration ratio was 1.33. Such ratio will not require energy investment for transport towards the mitochondria (based on thermodynamic driving forces calculated with literature pH values). Growth on αKG as sole carbon source was observed, suggesting that S. cerevisiae is not fully Krebs-negative. Using 13C tracing and modelling the intracellular use of αKG under co-feeding conditions showed a link with biomass synthesis, transport into the mitochondria and catabolism. For the engineering of strains that use cytosolic αKG as precursor, both observed sinks should be minimized to increase the putative yields.
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- Jinrui Zhang
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands.
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Li T, Cui X, Cui Y, Sun J, Chen Y, Zhu T, Li C, Li R, Wu B. Exploration of Transaminase Diversity for the Oxidative Conversion of Natural Amino Acids into 2-Ketoacids and High-Value Chemicals. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tao Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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Marín-Valls R, Hernández K, Bolte M, Joglar J, Bujons J, Clapés P. Chemoenzymatic Hydroxymethylation of Carboxylic Acids by Tandem Stereodivergent Biocatalytic Aldol Reaction and Chemical Decarboxylation. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Roser Marín-Valls
- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña IQAC−CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña IQAC−CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, J.-W.-Goethe-Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña IQAC−CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña IQAC−CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña IQAC−CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Asano Y, Yasukawa K. Identification and development of amino acid oxidases. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2019; 49:76-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Black WB, King E, Wang Y, Jenic A, Rowley AT, Seki K, Luo R, Li H. Engineering a Coenzyme A Detour To Expand the Product Scope and Enhance the Selectivity of the Ehrlich Pathway. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:2758-2764. [PMID: 30433765 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Ehrlich pathway is a major route for the renewable production of higher alcohols. However, the product scope of the Ehrlich pathway is restricted, and the product selectivity is suboptimal. Here, we demonstrate that a Coenzyme A (CoA) detour, which involves conversion of the 2-keto acids into acyl-CoAs, expands the biological toolkit of reaction chemistries available in the Ehrlich pathway to include the gamut of CoA-dependent enzymes. As a proof-of-concept, we demonstrated the first biosynthesis of a tertiary branched-alcohol, pivalcohol, at a level of ∼10 mg/L from glucose in Escherichia coli, using a pivalyl-CoA mutase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus. Furthermore, engineering an enzyme in the CoA detour, the Lactobacillus brevis CoA-acylating aldehyde dehydrogenase, allowed stringent product selectivity. Targeted production of 3-methyl-1-butanol (3-MB) in E. coli mediated by the CoA detour showed a 3-MB:side-product (isobutanol) ratio of >20, an increase over the ratios previously achieved using the conventional Ehrlich pathway.
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Pérez-García F, Jorge JMP, Dreyszas A, Risse JM, Wendisch VF. Efficient Production of the Dicarboxylic Acid Glutarate by Corynebacterium glutamicum via a Novel Synthetic Pathway. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2589. [PMID: 30425699 PMCID: PMC6218589 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The dicarboxylic acid glutarate is an important building-block gaining interest in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Here, a synthetic pathway for fermentative production of glutarate by the actinobacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum has been developed. The pathway does not require molecular oxygen and operates via lysine decarboyxylase followed by two transamination and two NAD-dependent oxidation reactions. Using a genome-streamlined L-lysine producing strain as basis, metabolic engineering was performed to enable conversion of L-lysine to glutarate in a five-step synthetic pathway comprising lysine decarboxylase, putrescine transaminase and γ-aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli and GABA/5AVA amino transferase and succinate/glutarate semialdehyde dehydrogenase either from C. glutamicum or from three Pseudomonas species. Loss of carbon via formation of the by-products cadaverine and N-acetylcadaverine was avoided by deletion of the respective acetylase and export genes. As the two transamination reactions in the synthetic glutarate biosynthesis pathway yield L-glutamate, biosynthesis of L-glutamate by glutamate dehydrogenase was expected to be obsolete and, indeed, deletion of its gene gdh increased glutarate titers by 10%. Glutarate production by the final strain was tested in bioreactors (n = 2) in order to investigate stability and reliability of the process. The most efficient glutarate production from glucose was achieved by fed-batch fermentation (n = 1) with a volumetric productivity of 0.32 g L-1 h-1, an overall yield of 0.17 g g-1 and a titer of 25 g L-1.
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- Fernando Pérez-García
- Chair of Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Chair of Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Chair of Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Fermentation Technology, Technical Faculty and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Chair of Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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Wang J, Yang Y, Zhang R, Shen X, Chen Z, Wang J, Yuan Q, Yan Y. Microbial production of branched-chain dicarboxylate 2-methylsuccinic acid via enoate reductase-mediated bioreduction. Metab Eng 2018; 45:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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McClintock MK, Wang J, Zhang K. Application of Nonphosphorylative Metabolism as an Alternative for Utilization of Lignocellulosic Biomass. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2310. [PMID: 29218038 PMCID: PMC5703739 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Production of chemicals via fermentation has been evolving over the past 30 years in search of economically viable systems. Thus far, there have been few industrially relevant chemicals that have seen commercialization, examples being lactic acid and ethanol. Currently, many of these fermentation processes still compete with food sources. In order to reduce this competition fermentation of alternative feedstocks, such as lignocellulosic biomass must to be utilized. Hemicellulosic sugars can be employed effectively for the production of chemicals by incorporating nonphosphorylative metabolism. This review covers nonphosphorylative metabolism, the pathways and enzymes involved, as well as the products that have been produced using nonphosphorylative metabolism.
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- Maria K McClintock
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Yu JL, Xia XX, Zhong JJ, Qian ZG. Enhanced production of C5 dicarboxylic acids by aerobic-anaerobic shift in fermentation of engineered Escherichia coli. Process Biochem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wang J, Wu Y, Sun X, Yuan Q, Yan Y. De Novo Biosynthesis of Glutarate via α-Keto Acid Carbon Chain Extension and Decarboxylation Pathway in Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 2017; 6:1922-1930. [PMID: 28618222 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Microbial based bioplastics are promising alternatives to petroleum based synthetic plastics due to their renewability and economic feasibility. Glutarate is one of the most potential building blocks for bioplastics. The recent biosynthetic routes for glutarate were mostly based on the l-lysine degradation pathway from Pseudomonas putida that required lysine either by feeding or lysine overproduction via genetic manipulations. Herein, we established a novel glutarate biosynthetic pathway by incorporation of a "+1" carbon chain extension pathway from α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) in combination with α-keto acid decarboxylation pathway in Escherichia coli. Introduction of homocitrate synthase (HCS), homoaconitase (HA) and homoisocitrate dehydrogenase (HICDH) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae into E. coli enabled "+1" carbon extension from α-KG to α-ketoadipate (α-KA), which was subsequently converted into glutarate by a promiscuous α-keto acid decarboxylase (KivD) and a succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (GabD). The recombinant E. coli coexpressing all five genes produced 0.3 g/L glutarate from glucose. To further improve the titers, α-KG was rechanneled into carbon chain extension pathway via the clustered regularly interspersed palindromic repeats system mediated interference (CRISPRi) of essential genes sucA and sucB in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. The final strain could produce 0.42 g/L glutarate, which was increased by 40% compared with the parental strain.
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- Jian Wang
- College
of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing
Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing
Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing
Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- College
of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Ensari Y, Dhoke GV, Davari MD, Bocola M, Ruff AJ, Schwaneberg U. Inversion of cpADH5 Enantiopreference and Altered Chain Length Specificity for Methyl 3-Hydroxyalkanoates. Chemistry 2017; 23:12636-12645. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yunus Ensari
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Worringerweg 3 52074 Aachen Germany
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; Department of Bioengineering; Kafkas University; Kars Turkey
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Worringerweg 3 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Worringerweg 3 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Worringerweg 3 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Worringerweg 3 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Worringerweg 3 52074 Aachen Germany
- DWI-Leibniz Institut für Interaktive Materialien; Forckenbeckstraße 50 52056 Aachen Germany
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Hernández K, Gómez A, Joglar J, Bujons J, Parella T, Clapés P. 2-Keto-3-Deoxy-l-Rhamnonate Aldolase (YfaU) as Catalyst in Aldol Additions of Pyruvate to Amino Aldehyde Derivatives. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Karel Hernández
- Catalonia Institute for Advanced Chemistry - IQAC-CSIC; Department of Chemical Biology and Molecular Modelling; Jordi Girona 18-26 08034 Barcelona Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Advanced Chemistry - IQAC-CSIC; Department of Chemical Biology and Molecular Modelling; Jordi Girona 18-26 08034 Barcelona Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Advanced Chemistry - IQAC-CSIC; Department of Chemical Biology and Molecular Modelling; Jordi Girona 18-26 08034 Barcelona Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Advanced Chemistry - IQAC-CSIC; Department of Chemical Biology and Molecular Modelling; Jordi Girona 18-26 08034 Barcelona Spain
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- Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear; Facultat de Ciències; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Barcelona Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Advanced Chemistry - IQAC-CSIC; Department of Chemical Biology and Molecular Modelling; Jordi Girona 18-26 08034 Barcelona Spain
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Production of 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol in engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum. Metab Eng 2016; 38:436-445. [PMID: 27746323 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The pentanol isomers 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol represent commercially interesting alcohols due to their potential application as biofuels. For a sustainable microbial production of these compounds, Corynebacterium glutamicum was engineered for producing 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol via the Ehrlich pathway from 2-keto-3-methylvalerate and 2-ketoisocaproate, respectively. In addition to an already available 2-ketoisocaproate producer, a 2-keto-3-methylvalerate accumulating C. glutamicum strain was also constructed. For this purpose, we reduced the activity of the branched-chain amino acid transaminase in an available C. glutamicuml-isoleucine producer (K2P55) via a start codon exchange in the ilvE gene enabling accumulation of up to 3.67g/l 2-keto-3-methylvalerate. Subsequently, nine strains expressing different gene combinations for three 2-keto acid decarboxylases and three alcohol dehydrogenases were constructed and characterized. The best strains accumulated 0.37g/l 2-methyl-1-butanol and 2.76g/l 3-methyl-1-butanol in defined medium within 48h under oxygen deprivation conditions, making these strains ideal candidates for additional strain and process optimization.
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Modular pathway rewiring of Saccharomyces cerevisiae enables high-level production of L-ornithine. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8224. [PMID: 26345617 PMCID: PMC4569842 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an attractive cell factory for production of chemicals and biofuels. Many different products have been produced in this cell factory by reconstruction of heterologous biosynthetic pathways; however, endogenous metabolism by itself involves many metabolites of industrial interest, and de-regulation of endogenous pathways to ensure efficient carbon channelling to such metabolites is therefore of high interest. Furthermore, many of these may serve as precursors for the biosynthesis of complex natural products, and hence strains overproducing certain pathway intermediates can serve as platform cell factories for production of such products. Here we implement a modular pathway rewiring (MPR) strategy and demonstrate its use for pathway optimization resulting in high-level production of L-ornithine, an intermediate of L-arginine biosynthesis and a precursor metabolite for a range of different natural products. The MPR strategy involves rewiring of the urea cycle, subcellular trafficking engineering and pathway re-localization, and improving precursor supply either through attenuation of the Crabtree effect or through the use of controlled fed-batch fermentations, leading to an L-ornithine titre of 1,041±47 mg l−1 with a yield of 67 mg (g glucose)−1 in shake-flask cultures and a titre of 5.1 g l−1 in fed-batch cultivations. Our study represents the first comprehensive study on overproducing an amino-acid intermediate in yeast, and our results demonstrate the potential to use yeast more extensively for low-cost production of many high-value amino-acid-derived chemicals. The complexity of yeast amino acid metabolism has limited carbon channelling to produce valuable chemical metabolites. Here, the authors implement a yeast customized pathway optimization strategy and demonstrate its use for overproduction of L-ornithine, an intermediate of L-arginine biosynthesis.
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Liu P, Zhu X, Tan Z, Zhang X, Ma Y. Construction of Escherichia Coli Cell Factories for Production of Organic Acids and Alcohols. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 155:107-40. [PMID: 25577396 DOI: 10.1007/10_2014_294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Production of bulk chemicals from renewable biomass has been proved to be sustainable and environmentally friendly. Escherichia coli is the most commonly used host strain for constructing cell factories for production of bulk chemicals since it has clear physiological and genetic characteristics, grows fast in minimal salts medium, uses a wide range of substrates, and can be genetically modified easily. With the development of metabolic engineering, systems biology, and synthetic biology, a technology platform has been established to construct E. coli cell factories for bulk chemicals production. In this chapter, we will introduce this technology platform, as well as E. coli cell factories successfully constructed for production of organic acids and alcohols.
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- Pingping Liu
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Ave, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Ave, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Ave, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. .,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Ave, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China.
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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The microbial cell—functional unit for energy dependent multistep biocatalysis. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2014; 30:178-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tashiro Y, Rodriguez GM, Atsumi S. 2-Keto acids based biosynthesis pathways for renewable fuels and chemicals. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 42:361-73. [PMID: 25424696 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1547-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Global energy and environmental concerns have driven the development of biological chemical production from renewable sources. Biological processes using microorganisms are efficient and have been traditionally utilized to convert biomass (i.e., glucose) to useful chemicals such as amino acids. To produce desired fuels and chemicals with high yield and rate, metabolic pathways have been enhanced and expanded with metabolic engineering and synthetic biology approaches. 2-Keto acids, which are key intermediates in amino acid biosynthesis, can be converted to a wide range of chemicals. 2-Keto acid pathways were engineered in previous research efforts and these studies demonstrated that 2-keto acid pathways have high potential for novel metabolic routes with high productivity. In this review, we discuss recently developed 2-keto acid-based pathways.
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- Yohei Tashiro
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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