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Mu X, Evans TD, Zhang F. ATP biosensor reveals microbial energetic dynamics and facilitates bioproduction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5299. [PMID: 38906854 PMCID: PMC11192931 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49579-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024] Open
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Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP), the primary energy currency in cellular processes, drives metabolic activities and biosynthesis. Despite its importance, understanding intracellular ATP dynamics' impact on bioproduction and exploiting it for enhanced bioproduction remains largely unexplored. Here, we harness an ATP biosensor to dissect ATP dynamics across different growth phases and carbon sources in multiple microbial strains. We find transient ATP accumulations during the transition from exponential to stationary growth phases in various conditions, coinciding with fatty acid (FA) and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida, respectively. We identify carbon sources (acetate for E. coli, oleate for P. putida) that elevate steady-state ATP levels and boost FA and PHA production. Moreover, we employ ATP dynamics as a diagnostic tool to assess metabolic burden, revealing bottlenecks that limit limonene bioproduction. Our results not only elucidate the relationship between ATP dynamics and bioproduction but also showcase its value in enhancing bioproduction in various microbial species.
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- Xinyue Mu
- Department of Energy Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Energy Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Energy Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
- Division of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
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Zhang L, Wang G, Li Z, Yang J, Li H, Wang W, Li Z, Li H. Molecular pharmacology and therapeutic advances of monoterpene perillyl alcohol. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 132:155826. [PMID: 38897045 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Perillyl alcohol (POH) is a aroma monoterpene commonly obtained from various plants' essential oil. Recently, increasing researches have demonstrated that POH may be useful, not only as flavor compound, but also as bioactive molecule because of a variety of biological activities. PURPOSE The aim of this review is to summarize the production, pharmacological activities and molecular mechanism, active derivatives, toxicity and parmacokinetics, and industrial application of POH. METHODS A systematic search of published articles up to January 2024 in Web of Science, China Knowledge Network, and PubMed databases is conducted using the following keywords: POH, POH derivatives, biological or pharmacological, production or synthesis, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and application. RESULTS Biotechnological production is considered to be a potential alternative approach to generate POH. POH provides diverse pharmacological benefits, including anticancer, antimicrobial, insecticidal, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, vasorelaxant, antinociceptive, antiasthmatic, hepatoprotective effects, etc. The underlying mechanisms of action include modulation of NF-κB, JNK/c-Jun, Notch, Akt/mTOR, PI3K/Akt/eNOS, STAT3, Nrf2 and ERS response pathways, mitigation of mitochondrial dysfunction and membrane integrity damage, and inhibition of ROS accumulation, pro-inflammatory cytokines release and NLRP3 activation. What's more, the proteins or genes influenced by POH against diseases refer to Bax, Bcl-2, cyclin D1, CDK, p21, p53, HIF-1α, AP-1, caspase-3, M6P/IGF2R, PARP, VEGF, etc. Some clinical studies report that intranasal delivery of POH is a safe and effective treatment for cancer, but further clinical investigations are needed to confirm other health benefits of POH in human healthy. Depending on these health-promoting properties together with desirable flavor and safety, POH can be employed as dietary supplement, preservative and flavor additive in food and cosmetic fields, as building block in synthesis fields, as anticancer drug in medicinal fields, and as pesticides and herbicides in agricultural fields. CONCLUSION This review systematically summarizes the recent advances in POH and highlights its therapeutic effects and potential mechanisms as well as the clinical settings, which is helpful to develop POH into functional food and new candidate drug for prevention and management of diseases. Future studies are needed to conduct more biological activity studies of POH and its derivatives, and check their clinical efficacy and potential side effects.
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- Lulu Zhang
- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Henan Province Wheat-flour Staple Food Engineering Technology Research Centre, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Henan Province Wheat-flour Staple Food Engineering Technology Research Centre, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Henan Province Wheat-flour Staple Food Engineering Technology Research Centre, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, PR China.
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Henan Province Wheat-flour Staple Food Engineering Technology Research Centre, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Henan Province Wheat-flour Staple Food Engineering Technology Research Centre, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Henan Province Wheat-flour Staple Food Engineering Technology Research Centre, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China.
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Guo D, Wu S, Fu X, Pan H. De Novo Biosynthesis of Methyl Cinnamate in Engineered Escherichia coli. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:7736-7741. [PMID: 35709502 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Methyl cinnamate with a fruity balsamic odor is an important fragrance ingredient in perfumes and cosmetics. Chemical processes are currently the only means of producing methyl cinnamate. But consumers prefer natural flavors. Therefore, it is necessary to design and develop microbial cell factories for the production of methyl cinnamate. In this study, we established for the first time a biosynthetic pathway in engineered Escherichia coli for production of methyl cinnamate from glucose. We further increased the methyl cinnamate production to 302 mg/L by increasing the availability of the metabolic precursors. Finally, the titer was increased to 458 mg/L in a two-phase culture system.
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- Daoyi Guo
- Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Province, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Province, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Province, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Province, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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Sun C, Zhang R, Xie C. Efficient Synthesis of (R)-(+)-Perillyl Alcohol From (R)-(+)-Limonene Using Engineered Escherichia coli Whole Cell Biocatalyst. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:900800. [PMID: 35547170 PMCID: PMC9084310 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.900800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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(R)-(+)-perillyl alcohol is a much valued supplemental compound with a wide range of agricultural and pharmacological characteristics. The aim of this study was to improve (R)-(+)-perillyl alcohol production using a whole-cell catalytic formula. In this study, we employed plasmids with varying copy numbers to identify an appropriate strain, strain 03. We demonstrated that low levels of alKL provided maximal biocatalyst stability. Upon determination of the optimal conditions, the (R)-(+)-perillyl alcohol yield reached 130 mg/L. For cofactor regeneration, we constructed strain 10, expressing FDH from Candida boidinii, and achieved (R)-(+)-perillyl alcohol production of 230 mg/L. As a result, 1.23 g/L (R)-(+)-perillyl alcohol was transformed in a 5 L fermenter. Our proposed method facilitates an alternative approach to the economical biosynthesis of (R)-(+)-perillyl alcohol.
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- Chao Sun
- A State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Rubing Zhang, ; Congxia Xie,
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- A State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Rubing Zhang, ; Congxia Xie,
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Sun C, Zhang R, Xie C. Biosynthesis of (
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Escherichia coli
expressing neryl pyrophosphate synthase. Eng Life Sci 2022; 22:407-416. [PMID: 35573132 PMCID: PMC9077825 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.202100135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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(R)‐(+)‐perillyl alcohol is widely used in agricultural and anticarcinogenic fields. Microbial production of (R)‐(+)‐perillyl alcohol was investigated in this study. We optimized biosynthesis of (R)‐(+)‐perillyl alcohol in Escherichia coli by using neryl pyrophosphate synthase and NADPH regeneration. Engineering neryl pyrophosphate (NPP)‐supplied pathway resulted in a 4‐fold improvement of (R)‐(+)‐perillyl alcohol titer. Subsequently, combined engineering of p‐cymene monooxygenase (CymA) expression and module for NADPH regeneration exhibited a 15.4‐fold increase of titer over the initial strain S02. Finally, 453 mg/L (R)‐(+)‐perillyl alcohol was achieved in fed‐batch fermentation, which is the highest (R)‐(+)‐perillyl alcohol titer in E. coli.
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- Chao Sun
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco‐Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio‐based Materials Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio‐based Materials Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco‐Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. China
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Liu Y, Ma X, Liang H, Stephanopoulos G, Zhou K. Monoterpenoid biosynthesis by engineered microbes. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 48:6380491. [PMID: 34601590 DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuab065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Monoterpenoids are C10 isoprenoids and constitute a large family of natural products. They have been used as ingredients in food, cosmetics and therapeutic products. Many monoterpenoids such as linalool, geraniol, limonene and pinene are volatile and can be found in plant essential oils. Conventionally, these bioactive compounds are obtained from plant extracts by using organic solvents or by distillation method, which are costly and laborious if high purity product is desired. In recent years, microbial biosynthesis has emerged as alternative source of monoterpenoids with great promise for meeting the increasing global demand for these compounds. However, current methods of production are not yet at levels required for commercialization. Production efficiency of monoterpenoids in microbial hosts is often restricted by high volatility of the monoterpenoids, a lack of enzymatic activity and selectivity, and/or product cytotoxicity to the microbial hosts. In this review, we summarize advances in microbial production of monoterpenoids over the past three years with particular focus on the key metabolic engineering strategies for different monoterpenoid products. We also provide our perspective on the promise of future endeavors to improve monoterpenoid productivity.
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- Yurou Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore
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