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Chong GG, Ding LY, Qiu YY, Qian XL, Dong YL, Li CX, Li A, Pan J, Xu JH. Building Flexible Escherichia coli Modules for Bifunctionalizing n-Octanol: The Byproduct of Oleic Acid Biorefinery. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:10543-10551. [PMID: 35997264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Artificial biorefinery of oleic acid into 1,10-decanedioic acid represents a revolutionizing route to the sustainable production of chemically difficult-to-make bifunctional chemicals. However, the carbon atom economy is extremely low (56%) due to the formation of unifunctional n-octanol. Here, we report a panel of recombinant Escherichia coli modules for diverse bifunctionalization, where the desired genetic parts are well distributed into different modules that can be flexibly combined in a plug-and-play manner. The designed ω-functionalizing modules could achieve ω-hydroxylation, consecutive ω-oxidation, or ω-amination of n-octanoic acid. By integrating these advanced modules with the reported oleic acid-cleaving modules, high-value C8 and C10 products, including ω-hydroxy acid, ω-amino acid, and α,ω-dicarboxylic acid, were produced with 100% carbon atom economy. These ω-functionalizing modules enabled the complete use of all of the carbon atoms from oleic acid (released from plant oil) for the green synthesis of structurally diverse bifunctional chemicals.
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- Gang-Gang Chong
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-Resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, 430062 Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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Rapp LR, Marques SM, Zukic E, Rowlinson B, Sharma M, Grogan G, Damborsky J, Hauer B. Substrate Anchoring and Flexibility Reduction in CYP153A M.aq Leads to Highly Improved Efficiency toward Octanoic Acid. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lea R. Rapp
- Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, Department of Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A13, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, Department of Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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He Q, Bennett GN, San KY, Wu H. Biosynthesis of Medium-Chain ω-Hydroxy Fatty Acids by AlkBGT of Pseudomonas putida GPo1 With Native FadL in Engineered Escherichia coli. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:273. [PMID: 31681749 PMCID: PMC6812396 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Hydroxy fatty acids (HFAs) are valuable compounds that are widely used in medical, cosmetic and food fields. Production of ω-HFAs via bioconversion by engineered Escherichia coli has received a lot of attention because this process is environmentally friendly. In this study, a whole-cell bio-catalysis strategy was established to synthesize medium-chain ω-HFAs based on the AlkBGT hydroxylation system from Pseudomonas putida GPo1. The effects of blocking the β-oxidation of fatty acids (FAs) and enhancing the transportation of FAs on ω-HFAs bio-production were also investigated. When fadE and fadD were deleted, the consumption of decanoic acid decreased, and the yield of ω-hydroxydecanoic acid was enhanced remarkably. Additionally, the co-expression of the FA transporter protein, FadL, played an important role in increasing the conversion rate of ω-hydroxydecanoic acid. As a result, the concentration and yield of ω-hydroxydecanoic acid in NH03(pBGT-fadL) increased to 309 mg/L and 0.86 mol/mol, respectively. This whole-cell bio-catalysis system was further applied to the biosynthesis of ω-hydroxyoctanoic acid and ω-hydroxydodecanoic acid using octanoic acid and dodecanoic acid as substrates, respectively. The concentrations of ω-hydroxyoctanoic acid and ω-hydroxydodecanoic acid reached 275.48 and 249.03 mg/L, with yields of 0.63 and 0.56 mol/mol, respectively. This study demonstrated that the overexpression of AlkBGT coupled with native FadL is an efficient strategy to synthesize medium-chain ω-HFAs from medium-chain FAs in fadE and fadD mutant E. coli strains.
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- Qiaofei He
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing Technology, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Engineering of China National Light Industry Council, Shanghai, China
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Chacón MG, Kendrick EG, Leak DJ. Engineering Escherichia coli for the production of butyl octanoate from endogenous octanoyl-CoA. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6971. [PMID: 31304053 PMCID: PMC6610577 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Medium chain esters produced from fruits and flowering plants have a number of commercial applications including use as flavour and fragrance ingredients, biofuels, and in pharmaceutical formulations. These esters are typically made via the activity of an alcohol acyl transferase (AAT) enzyme which catalyses the condensation of an alcohol and an acyl-CoA. Developing a microbial platform for medium chain ester production using AAT activity presents several obstacles, including the low product specificity of these enzymes for the desired ester and/or low endogenous substrate availability. In this study, we engineered Escherichia coli for the production of butyl octanoate from endogenously produced octanoyl-CoA. This was achieved through rational protein engineering of an AAT enzyme from Actinidia chinensis for improved octanoyl-CoA substrate specificity and metabolic engineering of E. coli fatty acid metabolism for increased endogenous octanoyl-CoA availability. This resulted in accumulation of 3.3 + 0.1 mg/L butyl octanoate as the sole product from E. coli after 48 h. This study represents a preliminary examination of the feasibility of developing E. coli platforms for the synthesis single medium chain esters from endogenous fatty acids.
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- Micaela G Chacón
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, England
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, England
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Fiorentini F, Hatzl AM, Schmidt S, Savino S, Glieder A, Mattevi A. The Extreme Structural Plasticity in the CYP153 Subfamily of P450s Directs Development of Designer Hydroxylases. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6701-6714. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Filippo Fiorentini
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 9, Pavia 27100, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 9, Pavia 27100, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 9, Pavia 27100, Italy
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Kim J, Yoo HW, Kim M, Kim EJ, Sung C, Lee PG, Park BG, Kim BG. Rewiring FadR regulon for the selective production of ω-hydroxy palmitic acid from glucose in Escherichia coli. Metab Eng 2018; 47:414-422. [PMID: 29719215 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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ω-Hydroxy palmitic acid (ω-HPA) is a valuable compound for an ingredient of artificially synthesized ceramides and an additive for lubricants and adhesives. Production of such a fatty acid derivative is limited by chemical catalysis, but plausible by biocatalysis. However, its low productivity issue, including formations of unsaturated fatty acid (UFA) byproducts in host cells, remains as a hurdle toward industrial biological processes. In this study, to achieve selective and high-level production of ω-HPA from glucose in Escherichia coli, FadR, a native transcriptional regulator of fatty acid metabolism, and its regulon were engineered. First, FadR was co-expressed with a thioesterase with a specificity toward palmitic acid production to enhance palmitic acid production yield, but a considerable quantity of UFAs was also produced. In order to avoid the UFA production caused by fadR overexpression, FadR regulon was rewired by i) mutating FadR consensus binding sites of fabA or fabB, ii) integrating fabZ into fabI operon, and iii) enhancing the strength of fabI promoter. This approach led to dramatic increases in both proportion (48.3-83.0%) and titer (377.8 mg/L to 675.8 mg/L) of palmitic acid, mainly due to the decrease in UFA synthesis. Introducing a fatty acid ω-hydroxylase, CYP153A35, into the engineered strain resulted in a highly selective production of ω-HPA (83.5 mg/L) accounting for 87.5% of total ω-hydroxy fatty acids. Furthermore, strategies, such as i) enhancement in CYP153A35 activity, ii) expression of a fatty acid transporter, iii) supplementation of triton X-100, and iv) separation of the ω-HPA synthetic pathway into two strains for a co-culture system, were applied and resulted in 401.0 mg/L of ω-HPA production. For such selective productions of palmitic acid and ω-HPA, the rewiring of FadR regulation in E. coli is a promising strategy to develop an industrial process with economical downstream processing.
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- Joonwon Kim
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Bio-MAX Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Doping Control Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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van Nuland YM, Eggink G, Weusthuis RA. Combination of ester biosynthesis and ω-oxidation for production of mono-ethyl dicarboxylic acids and di-ethyl esters in a whole-cell biocatalytic setup with Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:185. [PMID: 29096635 PMCID: PMC5667465 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0803-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Medium chain length (C6-C12) α,ω-dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) and corresponding esters are important building blocks for the polymer industry. For DCAs of 12 carbon atoms and longer, a sustainable process based on monooxygenase catalyzed ω-oxidation of fatty-acids has been realized. For medium-chain DCAs with a shorter chain length however, such a process has not been developed yet, since monooxygenases poorly ω-oxidize medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs). On the contrary, esterified MCFAs are ω-oxidized well by the AlkBGTHJ proteins from Pseudomonas putida GPo1. RESULTS We show that MCFAs can be efficiently esterified and subsequently ω-oxidized in vivo. We combined ethyl ester synthesis and ω-oxidation in one-pot, whole-cell biocatalysis in Escherichia coli. Ethyl ester production was achieved by applying acyl-CoA ligase AlkK and an alcohol acyltransferase, either AtfA or Eeb1. E. coli expressing these proteins in combination with the ω-oxidation pathway consisting of AlkBGTHJ, produced mono-ethyl DCAs directly from C6, C8 and C9 fatty acids. The highest molar yield was 0.75, for mono-ethyl azelate production from nonanoic acid. Furthermore, di-ethyl esters were produced. Diethyl suberate was produced most among the di-ethyl esters, with a molar yield of 0.24 from octanoic acid. CONCLUSION The results indicate that esterification of MCFAs and subsequent ω-oxidation to mono-ethyl DCAs via whole-cell biocatalysis is possible. This process could be the first step towards sustainable production of medium-chain DCAs and medium-chain di-ethyl esters.
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- Youri M van Nuland
- Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Biobased Products, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Biocatalytic, one-pot diterminal oxidation and esterification of n-alkanes for production of α,ω-diol and α,ω-dicarboxylic acid esters. Metab Eng 2017; 44:134-142. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Combinatorial Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica as a Promising Cell Biorefinery Platform for the de novo Production of Multi-Purpose Long Chain Dicarboxylic Acids. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation3030040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Synthetic metabolism: metabolic engineering meets enzyme design. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2017; 37:56-62. [PMID: 28152442 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Metabolic engineering aims at modifying the endogenous metabolic network of an organism to harness it for a useful biotechnological task, for example, production of a value-added compound. Several levels of metabolic engineering can be defined and are the topic of this review. Basic 'copy, paste and fine-tuning' approaches are limited to the structure of naturally existing pathways. 'Mix and match' approaches freely recombine the repertoire of existing enzymes to create synthetic metabolic networks that are able to outcompete naturally evolved pathways or redirect flux toward non-natural products. The space of possible metabolic solution can be further increased through approaches including 'new enzyme reactions', which are engineered on the basis of known enzyme mechanisms. Finally, by considering completely 'novel enzyme chemistries' with de novo enzyme design, the limits of nature can be breached to derive the most advanced form of synthetic pathways. We discuss the challenges and promises associated with these different metabolic engineering approaches and illuminate how enzyme engineering is expected to take a prime role in synthetic metabolic engineering for biotechnology, chemical industry and agriculture of the future.
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