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Vikram, Mishra V, Rana A, Ahire JJ. Riboswitch-mediated regulation of riboflavin biosynthesis genes in prokaryotes. 3 Biotech 2022; 12:278. [PMID: 36275359 PMCID: PMC9474784 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-022-03348-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Prokaryotic organisms frequently use riboswitches to quantify intracellular metabolite concentration via high-affinity metabolite receptors. Riboswitches possess a metabolite-sensing system that controls gene regulation in a cis-acting fashion at the initiation of transcriptional/translational level by binding with a specific metabolite and controlling various biochemical pathways. Riboswitch binds with flavin mononucleotide (FMN), a phosphorylated form of riboflavin and controls gene expression involved in riboflavin biosynthesis and transport pathway. The first step of the riboflavin biosynthesis pathway is initiated by the conversion of guanine nucleotide triphosphate (GTP), which is an intermediate of the purine biosynthesis pathway. An alternative pentose phosphate pathway of riboflavin biosynthesis includes the enzymatic conversion of ribulose-5-phosphate into 3, 4 dihydroxy-2-butanone-4-phosphates by DHBP synthase. The product of ribAB interferes with both GTP cyclohydrolase II as well as DHBP synthase activities, which catalyze the cleavage of GTP and converts DHBP Ribu5P in the initial steps of both riboflavin biosynthesis branches. Riboswitches are located in the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) of messenger RNAs and contain an aptamer domain (highly conserved in sequence) where metabolite binding leads to a conformational change in an aptamer domain, which modulate the regulation of gene expression located on bacterial mRNA. In this review, we focus on how riboswitch regulates the riboflavin biosynthesis pathway in Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus plantarum.
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- Vikram
- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, Haryana India
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, Haryana India
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, Haryana India
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- Centre for Research and Development, Unique Biotech Ltd., Plot No. 2, Phase II, MN Park, Hyderabad, Telangana India
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Microbial cell surface engineering for high-level synthesis of bio-products. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 55:107912. [PMID: 35041862 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Microbial cell surface layers, which mainly include the cell membrane, cell wall, periplasmic space, outer membrane, capsules, S-layers, pili, and flagella, control material exchange between the cell and the extracellular environment, and have great impact on production titers and yields of various bio-products synthesized by microbes. Recent research work has made exciting achievements in metabolic engineering using microbial cell surface components as novel regulation targets without direct modifications of the metabolic pathways of the desired products. This review article will summarize the accomplishments obtained in this emerging field, and will describe various engineering strategies that have been adopted in bacteria and yeasts for the enhancement of mass transfer across the cell surface, improvement of protein expression and folding, modulation of cell size and shape, and re-direction of cellular resources, all of which contribute to the construction of more efficient microbial cell factories toward the synthesis of a variety of bio-products. The existing problems and possible future directions will also be discussed.
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van Tilburg AY, Warmer P, van Heel AJ, Sauer U, Kuipers OP. Membrane composition and organization of Bacillus subtilis 168 and its genome-reduced derivative miniBacillus PG10. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 15:1633-1651. [PMID: 34856064 PMCID: PMC9049611 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A form of lateral membrane compartmentalization in bacteria is represented by functional membrane microdomains (FMMs). FMMs are important for various cellular processes and offer application possibilities in microbial biotechnology. We designed a lipidomics method to directly measure relative abundances of lipids in detergent‐resistant and detergent‐sensitive membrane fractions of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis 168 and the biotechnologically attractive miniBacillus PG10 strain. Our study supports previous work suggesting that cardiolipin and prenol lipids are enriched in FMMs of B. subtilis. Additionally, structural analysis of acyl chains of major phospholipids indicated that FMMs display increased order and thickness compared with the surrounding bilayer. Despite the 36% genome reduction, membrane and FMM integrity are largely preserved in miniBacillus PG10, as supported by analysis of membrane fluidity, flotillin distribution and gene expression data. The novel insights in FMM architecture reported here will contribute to further explore the biological significance of FMMs and the means by which FMMs can be exploited as heterologous production platforms. Moreover, our lipidomics method enables comparative FMM lipid profiling between different bacteria.
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- Amanda Y van Tilburg
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.,Life Science Zürich PhD Program on Systems Biology, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Production of proteins and commodity chemicals using engineered Bacillus subtilis platform strain. Essays Biochem 2021; 65:173-185. [PMID: 34028523 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Currently, increasing demand of biochemicals produced from renewable resources has motivated researchers to seek microbial production strategies instead of traditional chemical methods. As a microbial platform, Bacillus subtilis possesses many advantages including the generally recognized safe status, clear metabolic networks, short growth cycle, mature genetic editing methods and efficient protein secretion systems. Engineered B. subtilis strains are being increasingly used in laboratory research and in industry for the production of valuable proteins and other chemicals. In this review, we first describe the recent advances of bioinformatics strategies during the research and applications of B. subtilis. Secondly, the applications of B. subtilis in enzymes and recombinant proteins production are summarized. Further, the recent progress in employing metabolic engineering and synthetic biology strategies in B. subtilis platform strain to produce commodity chemicals is systematically introduced and compared. Finally, the major limitations for the further development of B. subtilis platform strain and possible future directions for its research are also discussed.
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Madhavan A, Arun KB, Binod P, Sirohi R, Tarafdar A, Reshmy R, Kumar Awasthi M, Sindhu R. Design of novel enzyme biocatalysts for industrial bioprocess: Harnessing the power of protein engineering, high throughput screening and synthetic biology. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 325:124617. [PMID: 33450638 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Biocatalysts have wider applications in various industries. Biocatalysts are generating bigger attention among researchers due to their unique catalytic properties like activity, specificity and stability. However the industrial use of many enzymes is hindered by low catalytic efficiency and stability during industrial processes. Properties of enzymes can be altered by protein engineering. Protein engineers are increasingly study the structure-function characteristics, engineering attributes, design of computational tools for enzyme engineering, and functional screening processes to improve the design and applications of enzymes. The potent and innovative techniques of enzyme engineering deliver outstanding opportunities for tailoring industrially important enzymes for the versatile production of biochemicals. An overview of the current trends in enzyme engineering is explored with important representative examples.
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- Aravind Madhavan
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum 695 014, India
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- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum 695 014, India
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Trivandrum 695 019, India
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- The Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow 226 010, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Livestock Production and Management, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara 690 110, Kerala, India
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, North West A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712 100, China
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Trivandrum 695 019, India.
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Liu Y, Su A, Li J, Ledesma-Amaro R, Xu P, Du G, Liu L. Towards next-generation model microorganism chassis for biomanufacturing. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:9095-9108. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10902-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mo F, Cai D, He P, Yang F, Chen Y, Ma X, Chen S. Enhanced production of heterologous proteins via engineering the cell surface of Bacillus licheniformis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 46:1745-1755. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-019-02229-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cell surface engineering was proven as the efficient strategy for enhanced production of target metabolites. In this study, we want to improve the yield of target protein by engineering cell surface in Bacillus licheniformis. First, our results confirmed that deletions of d-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid synthetase gene dltD, cardiolipin synthase gene clsA and CDP-diacylglycerol-serine O-phosphatidyltransferase gene pssA were not conducive to cell growth, and the biomass of gene deletion strains were, respectively, decreased by 10.54 ± 1.43%, 14.17 ± 1.51%, and 17.55 ± 1.28%, while the concentrations of total extracellular proteins were improved, due to the increases of cell surface net negative charge and cell membrane permeability. In addition, the activities of target proteins, nattokinase, and α-amylase were also improved significantly in gene deletion strains. Furthermore, the triplicate gene (dltD, clsA, and pssA) deletion strain was constructed, which further led to the 45.71 ± 2.43% increase of cell surface net negative charge and 26.45 ± 2.31% increase of cell membrane permeability, and the activities of nattokinase and α-amylase reached 37.15 ± 0.89 FU/mL and 305.3 ± 8.4 U/mL, increased by 46.09 ± 3.51% and 96.34 ± 7.24%, respectively. Taken together, our results confirmed that cell surface engineering via deleting dltD, clsA, and pssA is an efficient strategy for enhanced production of target proteins, and this research provided a promising host strain of B. licheniformis for efficient protein expression.
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- Fei Mo
- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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- grid.34418.3a 0000 0001 0727 9022 State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences Hubei University 368 Youyi Avenue, Wuchang District 430062 Wuhan Hubei People’s Republic of China
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van Tilburg AY, Cao H, van der Meulen SB, Solopova A, Kuipers OP. Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology employing Lactococcus lactis and Bacillus subtilis cell factories. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2019; 59:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Westbrook AW, Miscevic D, Kilpatrick S, Bruder MR, Moo-Young M, Chou CP. Strain engineering for microbial production of value-added chemicals and fuels from glycerol. Biotechnol Adv 2019; 37:538-568. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Engineering microbial membranes to increase stress tolerance of industrial strains. Metab Eng 2019; 53:24-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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He P, Wan N, Cai D, Hu S, Chen Y, Li S, Chen S. 13C-Metabolic Flux Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Flux Redistribution for Enhanced Production of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid in dlt Over-Expressed Bacillus licheniformis. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:105. [PMID: 30774627 PMCID: PMC6367249 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00105] [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: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is an anionic polymer with various applications. Teichoic acid (TA) is a special component of cell wall in gram-positive bacteria, and its D-alanylation modification can change the net negative charge of cell surface, autolysin activity and cationic binding efficiency, and might further affect metabolic production. In this research, four genes (dltA, dltB, dltC, and dltD) of dlt operon were, respectively, deleted and overexpressed in the γ-PGA producing strain Bacillus licheniformis WX-02. Our results implied that overexpression of these genes could all significantly increase γ-PGA synthetic capabilities, among these strains, the dltB overexpression strain WX-02/pHY-dltB owned the highest γ-PGA yield (2.54 g/L), which was 93.42% higher than that of the control strain WX-02/pHY300 (1.31 g/L). While, the gene deletion strains produced lower γ-PGA titers. Furthermore, 13C-Metabolic flux analysis was conducted to investigate the influence of dltB overexpression on metabolic flux redistribution during γ-PGA synthesis. The simulation data demonstrated that fluxes of pentose phosphate pathway and tricarboxylic acid cycle in WX-02/pHY-dltB were 36.41 and 19.18 mmol/g DCW/h, increased by 7.82 and 38.38% compared to WX-02/pHY300 (33.77 and 13.86 mmol/g DCW/h), respectively. The synthetic capabilities of ATP and NADPH were also increased slightly. Meanwhile, the fluxes of glycolytic and by-product synthetic pathways were all reduced in WX-02/pHY-dltB. All these above phenomenons were beneficial for γ-PGA synthesis. Collectively, this study clarified that overexpression of dltB strengthened the fluxes of PPP pathway, TCA cycle and energy metabolism for γ-PGA synthesis, and provided an effective strategy for enhanced production of γ-PGA.
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- Penghui He
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Cai D, Rao Y, Zhan Y, Wang Q, Chen S. EngineeringBacillusfor efficient production of heterologous protein: current progress, challenge and prospect. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 126:1632-1642. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.14192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- D. Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio‐Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University Wuhan PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio‐Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University Wuhan PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio‐Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University Wuhan PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio‐Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University Wuhan PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Environmental Microbial Technology Center of Hubei Province Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio‐Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University Wuhan PR China
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Cao H, Villatoro-Hernandez J, Weme RDO, Frenzel E, Kuipers OP. Boosting heterologous protein production yield by adjusting global nitrogen and carbon metabolic regulatory networks in Bacillus subtilis. Metab Eng 2018; 49:143-152. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Chen Y, Cai D, He P, Mo F, Zhang Q, Ma X, Chen S. Enhanced production of heterologous proteins by Bacillus licheniformis with defective d-alanylation of lipoteichoic acid. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 34:135. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2520-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Drejer EB, Hakvåg S, Irla M, Brautaset T. Genetic Tools and Techniques for Recombinant Expression in Thermophilic Bacillaceae. Microorganisms 2018; 6:microorganisms6020042. [PMID: 29748477 PMCID: PMC6027425 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6020042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Although Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis are the most prominent bacterial hosts for recombinant protein production by far, additional species are being explored as alternatives for production of difficult-to-express proteins. In particular, for thermostable proteins, there is a need for hosts able to properly synthesize, fold, and excrete these in high yields, and thermophilic Bacillaceae represent one potentially interesting group of microorganisms for such purposes. A number of thermophilic Bacillaceae including B.methanolicus, B.coagulans, B.smithii, B.licheniformis, Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius, G. kaustophilus, and G. stearothermophilus are investigated concerning physiology, genomics, genetic tools, and technologies, altogether paving the way for their utilization as hosts for recombinant production of thermostable and other difficult-to-express proteins. Moreover, recent successful deployments of CRISPR/Cas9 in several of these species have accelerated the progress in their metabolic engineering, which should increase their attractiveness for future industrial-scale production of proteins. This review describes the biology of thermophilic Bacillaceae and in particular focuses on genetic tools and methods enabling use of these organisms as hosts for recombinant protein production.
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- Eivind B Drejer
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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Westbrook AW, Ren X, Moo-Young M, Chou CP. Engineering of cell membrane to enhance heterologous production of hyaluronic acid in Bacillus subtilis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2017; 115:216-231. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Adam W. Westbrook
- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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