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Harnisch F, Deutzmann JS, Boto ST, Rosenbaum MA. Microbial electrosynthesis: opportunities for microbial pure cultures. Trends Biotechnol 2024:S0167-7799(24)00033-7. [PMID: 38431514 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.02.004] [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: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is an emerging technology that couples renewable electricity to microbial production processes. Although advances in MES performance have been driven largely by microbial mixed cultures, we see a great limitation in the diversity, and hence value, of products that can be achieved in undefined mixed cultures. By contrast, metabolic control of pure cultures and genetic engineering could greatly expand the scope of MES, and even of broader electrobiotechnology, to include targeted high-value products. To leverage this potential, we advocate for more efforts and activities to develop engineered electroactive microbes for synthesis, and we highlight the need for a standardized electrobioreactor infrastructure that allows the establishment and engineering of electrobioprocesses with these novel biocatalysts.
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- Falk Harnisch
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knöll-Institute, Adolf Reichwein Strasse 23, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, Faculty for Biological Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Neugasse 23, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knöll-Institute, Adolf Reichwein Strasse 23, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, Faculty for Biological Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Neugasse 23, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Boucher DG, Carroll E, Nguyen ZA, Jadhav RG, Simoska O, Beaver K, Minteer SD. Bioelectrocatalytic Synthesis: Concepts and Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202307780. [PMID: 37428529 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202307780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Bioelectrocatalytic synthesis is the conversion of electrical energy into value-added products using biocatalysts. These methods merge the specificity and selectivity of biocatalysis and energy-related electrocatalysis to address challenges in the sustainable synthesis of pharmaceuticals, commodity chemicals, fuels, feedstocks and fertilizers. However, the specialized experimental setups and domain knowledge for bioelectrocatalysis pose a significant barrier to adoption. This review introduces key concepts of bioelectrosynthetic systems. We provide a tutorial on the methods of biocatalyst utilization, the setup of bioelectrosynthetic cells, and the analytical methods for assessing bioelectrocatalysts. Key applications of bioelectrosynthesis in ammonia production and small-molecule synthesis are outlined for both enzymatic and microbial systems. This review serves as a necessary introduction and resource for the non-specialist interested in bioelectrosynthetic research.
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- Dylan G Boucher
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Huang C, Chen Y, Cheng S, Li M, Wang L, Cheng M, Li F, Cao Y, Song H. Enhanced acetate utilization for value-added chemicals production in Yarrowia lipolytica by integration of metabolic engineering and microbial electrosynthesis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2023; 120:3013-3024. [PMID: 37306471 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The limited supply of reducing power restricts the efficient utilization of acetate in Yarrowia lipolytica. Here, microbial electrosynthesis (MES) system, enabling direct conversion of inward electrons to NAD(P)H, was used to improve the production of fatty alcohols from acetate based on pathway engineering. First, the conversion efficiency of acetate to acetyl-CoA was reinforced by heterogenous expression of ackA-pta genes. Second, a small amount of glucose was used as cosubstrate to activate the pentose phosphate pathway and promote intracellular reducing cofactors synthesis. Third, through the employment of MES system, the final fatty alcohols production of the engineered strain YLFL-11 reached 83.8 mg/g dry cell weight (DCW), which was 6.17-fold higher than the initial production of YLFL-2 in shake flask. Furthermore, these strategies were also applied for the elevation of lupeol and betulinic acid synthesis from acetate in Y. lipolytica, demonstrating that our work provides a practical solution for cofactor supply and the assimilation of inferior carbon sources.
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- Congcong Huang
- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Chen Q, Wang Y, Luo G. Recycling of Cofactors in Crude Enzyme Hydrogels as Co-immobilized Heterogeneous Biocatalysts for Continuous-Flow Asymmetric Reduction of Ketones. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202201654. [PMID: 36269055 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Flow biocatalysis involving oxidoreductase is limited by the difficulty in recycling expensive cofactors. In this study, an enzyme-rich hydrogel monolithic microreactor was developed via in situ microfluidic assembly of inexpensive crude enzymes. This porous gel biocatalyst exhibited good tethering functions to nicotinamide cofactors; thus, they were retained by the hydrogel to controllably form a novel heterogeneous biocatalyst with self-sufficient cofactors. The flow asymmetric production of a chiral alcohol in this cofactor-entrapped gel microreactor achieved >99 % enantioselectivity and a high space-time yield of 46.3 g L-1 h-1 at 94.8 % conversion. Moreover, the turnover number of cofactors reached as high as 4800 after continuous operation of 160 reactor volumes, realizing significantly higher utilization of the cofactors compared with many reported strategies. Furthermore, this engineered heterogeneous biocatalyst exhibited improved performance in terms of product tolerance and storage stability, paving the way for a green, cost-effective, and sustainable continuous-flow production of enantiopure alcohols.
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- Qiang Chen
- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Bakonyi P, Koók L, Rózsenberszki T, Kalauz-Simon V, Bélafi-Bakó K, Nemestóthy N. CO2-refinery through microbial electrosynthesis (MES): A concise review on design, operation, biocatalysts and perspectives. J CO2 UTIL 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Yuan L, Qin YL, Zou ZC, Appiah B, Huang H, Yang ZH, Qun C. Enhancing intracellular NADPH bioavailability through improving pentose phosphate pathway flux and its application in biocatalysis asymmetric reduction reaction. J Biosci Bioeng 2022; 134:528-533. [PMID: 36224065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2022.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The intracellular NAD(P)H insufficiency is the key factor which limits the reduced product (such as chiral alcohols) synthesis by whole cell biocatalysis or microbial cell factory. In this paper, we reported a novel solution to increase NADPH supply through strengthening the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) flux with overexpression of extra zwf (gene for glucose 6-phosphatedehydrogenase) and glk (gene for glucokinase) by recombinant Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)/pETDuet-1-glk-zwf and pET28a-bccr containing a carbonyl reductase gene bccr. The amount of intracellular NADPH was significantly increased from 150.3 μmol/L to 681.8 μmol/L after strengthening the PPP flux, which was 4.5-fold to that of the control. It was applied to improve the asymmetric reduction of 4-chloroacetoacetate to ethyl S-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutylate catalyzed by the BcCR, which increased the reaction yield 2.8-fold to the control. This strategy provides a new way to increase NADPH supply in E. coli cell factories.
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- Lin Yuan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China; Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China.
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- Division of Chemical Metrology and Analytical Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
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Baek J, Kim C, Eun Song Y, Kong DS, Mutyala S, Seol EH, Kim JR. Bioelectrochemical metabolic regulation of a heterologously expressed glycerol reductive pathway in E. coli BL21(DE3). Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kuchenbuch A, Frank R, Ramos JV, Jahnke HG, Harnisch F. Electrochemical Microwell Plate to Study Electroactive Microorganisms in Parallel and Real-Time. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 9:821734. [PMID: 35242754 PMCID: PMC8887713 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.821734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Microbial resource mining of electroactive microorganism (EAM) is currently methodically hampered due to unavailable electrochemical screening tools. Here, we introduce an electrochemical microwell plate (ec-MP) composed of a 96 electrochemical deepwell plate and a recently developed 96-channel multipotentiostat. Using the ec-MP we investigated the electrochemical and metabolic properties of the EAM models Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens with acetate and lactate as electron donor combined with an individual genetic analysis of each well. Electrochemical cultivation of pure cultures achieved maximum current densities (jmax) and coulombic efficiencies (CE) that were well in line with literature data. The co-cultivation of S. oneidensis and G. sulfurreducens led to an increased current density of jmax of 88.57 ± 14.04 µA cm−2 (lactate) and jmax of 99.36 ± 19.12 µA cm−2 (lactate and acetate). Further, a decreased time period of reaching jmax and biphasic current production was revealed and the microbial electrochemical performance could be linked to the shift in the relative abundance.
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- Anne Kuchenbuch
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, UFZ—Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Molecular Biological-Biochemical Processing Technology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, UFZ—Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
- *Correspondence: Falk Harnisch,
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Harnessing electrical-to-biochemical conversion for microbial synthesis. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2022; 75:102687. [PMID: 35104718 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Electrical-to-biochemical conversion (E2BC) drives cell metabolism for biosynthesis and has become a promising way to realize green biomanufacturing. This review discusses the following aspects: 1. the natural E2BC processes and their underlying E2BC mechanism; 2. development of artificial E2BC for tunable microbial electrosynthesis; 3. design of electrobiochemical systems using self-powered, light-assisted, and nano-biohybrid approaches; 4. synthetic biology methods for efficient microbial electrosynthesis. This review also compares E2BC with electrocatalysis-biochemical conversion (EC2BC), as both strategies may lead to future carbon negative green biomanufacturing.
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Li A, Ting W, Yang K, Zhang X, Yin D, Qin Y, Zhang L. Engineering a Carbonyl Reductase as a Potential Tool for the Synthesis of Chiral α‐Tetralinols. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202100890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Aipeng Li
- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion Institute of Coal Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 030001 Taiyuan P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an P. R. China
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Dong F, Lee YS, Gaffney EM, Liou W, Minteer SD. Engineering Cyanobacterium with Transmembrane Electron Transfer Ability for Bioelectrochemical Nitrogen Fixation. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Fangyuan Dong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Du HJ, Luo W, Appiah B, Zou ZC, Yang ZH, Zeng R, Luo L. Promotion of the Asymmetric Reduction of Prochiral Ketone with Recombinant E. coli Through Strengthening Intracellular NADPH Supply by Modifying EMP and Introducing NAD Kinase. Catal Letters 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-020-03490-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Xu B, Li Z, Jiang Y, Chen M, Chen B, Xin F, Dong W, Jiang M. Recent advances in the improvement of bi-directional electron transfer between abiotic/biotic interfaces in electron-assisted biosynthesis system. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 54:107810. [PMID: 34333092 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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As an important biosynthesis technology, electron-assisted biosynthesis (EABS) system can utilize exogenous electrons to regulate the metabolic network of microorganisms, realizing the biosynthesis of high value-added chemicals and CO2 fixation. Electrons play crucial roles as the energy carriers in the EABS process. In fact, efficient interfacial electron transfer (ET) is the decisive factor to realize the rapid energy exchange, thus stimulating the biosynthesis of target metabolic products. However, due to the interfacial resistance of ET between the abiotic solid electrode and biotic microbial cells, the low efficiency of interfacial ET has become a major bottleneck, further limiting the practical application of EABS system. As the cell membrane is insulated, even the cell membrane embedded electron conduit (no matter cytochromes or channel protein for shuttle transferring) to increase the cell membrane conductivity, the ET between membrane electron conduit and electrode surface is kinetically restricted. In this review, the pathway of bi-directional interfacial ET in EABS system was summarized. Furthermore, we reviewed representative milestones and advances in both the anode outward interfacial ET (from organism to electrode) and cathode inward interfacial ET (from electrode to organism). Here, new insights from the perspectives of material science and synthetic biology were also proposed, which were expected to provide some innovative opinions and ideas for the following in-depth studies.
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- Bin Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 26047, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, PR China.
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Novaes LFT, Liu J, Shen Y, Lu L, Meinhardt JM, Lin S. Electrocatalysis as an enabling technology for organic synthesis. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:7941-8002. [PMID: 34060564 PMCID: PMC8294342 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00223f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 109.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Electrochemistry has recently gained increased attention as a versatile strategy for achieving challenging transformations at the forefront of synthetic organic chemistry. Electrochemistry's unique ability to generate highly reactive radical and radical ion intermediates in a controlled fashion under mild conditions has inspired the development of a number of new electrochemical methodologies for the preparation of valuable chemical motifs. Particularly, recent developments in electrosynthesis have featured an increased use of redox-active electrocatalysts to further enhance control over the selective formation and downstream reactivity of these reactive intermediates. Furthermore, electrocatalytic mediators enable synthetic transformations to proceed in a manner that is mechanistically distinct from purely chemical methods, allowing for the subversion of kinetic and thermodynamic obstacles encountered in conventional organic synthesis. This review highlights key innovations within the past decade in the area of synthetic electrocatalysis, with emphasis on the mechanisms and catalyst design principles underpinning these advancements. A host of oxidative and reductive electrocatalytic methodologies are discussed and are grouped according to the classification of the synthetic transformation and the nature of the electrocatalyst.
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- Luiz F T Novaes
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Li A, Wang T, Tian Q, Yang X, Yin D, Qin Y, Zhang L. Single-Point Mutant Inverts the Stereoselectivity of a Carbonyl Reductase toward β-Ketoesters with Enhanced Activity. Chemistry 2021; 27:6283-6294. [PMID: 33475219 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Enzyme stereoselectivity control is still a major challenge. To gain insight into the molecular basis of enzyme stereo-recognition and expand the source of antiPrelog carbonyl reductase toward β-ketoesters, rational enzyme design aiming at stereoselectivity inversion was performed. The designed variant Q139G switched the enzyme stereoselectivity toward β-ketoesters from Prelog to antiPrelog, providing corresponding alcohols in high enantiomeric purity (89.1-99.1 % ee). More importantly, the well-known trade-off between stereoselectivity and activity was not found. Q139G exhibited higher catalytic activity than the wildtype enzyme, the enhancement of the catalytic efficiency (kcat /Km ) varied from 1.1- to 27.1-fold. Interestingly, the mutant Q139G did not lead to reversed stereoselectivity toward aromatic ketones. Analysis of enzyme-substrate complexes showed that the structural flexibility of β-ketoesters and a newly formed cave together facilitated the formation of the antiPrelog-preferred conformation. In contrast, the relatively large and rigid structure of the aromatic ketones prevents them from forming the antiPrelog-preferred conformation.
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- Aipeng Li
- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xi'an, China.,Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 518057, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xi'an, China.,Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 518057, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xi'an, China.,Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 518057, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xi'an, China.,Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 518057, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xi'an, China.,Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 518057, Shenzhen, China
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Hollmann F, Opperman DJ, Paul CE. Biocatalytic Reduction Reactions from a Chemist's Perspective. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5644-5665. [PMID: 32330347 PMCID: PMC7983917 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Reductions play a key role in organic synthesis, producing chiral products with new functionalities. Enzymes can catalyse such reactions with exquisite stereo-, regio- and chemoselectivity, leading the way to alternative shorter classical synthetic routes towards not only high-added-value compounds but also bulk chemicals. In this review we describe the synthetic state-of-the-art and potential of enzymes that catalyse reductions, ranging from carbonyl, enone and aromatic reductions to reductive aminations.
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- Frank Hollmann
- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyVan der Maasweg 92629 HZDelftThe Netherlands
- Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of the Free State205 Nelson Mandela DriveBloemfontein9300South Africa
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- Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of the Free State205 Nelson Mandela DriveBloemfontein9300South Africa
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- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyVan der Maasweg 92629 HZDelftThe Netherlands
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Rengasamy K, Ranaivoarisoa T, Bai W, Bose A. Magnetite nanoparticle anchored graphene cathode enhances microbial electrosynthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate by Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:035103. [PMID: 33017807 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abbe58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is an emerging technology that can convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added organic carbon compounds using electrons supplied from a cathode. However, MES is affected by low product formation due to limited extracellular electron uptake by microbes. Herein, a novel cathode was developed from chemically synthesized magnetite nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite (rGO-MNPs). This nanocomposite was electrochemically deposited on carbon felt (CF/rGO-MNPs), and the modified material was used as a cathode for MES production. The bioplastic, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) produced by Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1), was measured from reactors with modified and unmodified cathodes. Results demonstrate that the magnetite nanoparticle anchored graphene cathode (CF/rGO-MNPs) exhibited higher PHB production (91.31 ± 0.9 mg l-1). This is ∼4.2 times higher than unmodified carbon felt (CF), and 20 times higher than previously reported using graphite. This modified cathode enhanced electron uptake to -11.7 ± 0.1 μA cm-2, ∼5 times higher than CF cathode (-2.3 ± 0.08 μA cm-2). The faradaic efficiency of the modified cathode was ∼2 times higher than the unmodified cathode. Electrochemical analysis and scanning electron microscopy suggest that rGO-MNPs facilitated electron uptake and improved PHB production by TIE-1. Overall, the nanocomposite (rGO-MNPs) cathode modification enhances MES efficiency.
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- Karthikeyan Rengasamy
- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States of America
- Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, United States of America
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Tseng CP, Silberg JJ, Bennett GN, Verduzco R. 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Soft Materials for Microbial Bioelectronics. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:1590-1603. [PMID: 35617074 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bioelectronics brings together the fields of biology and microelectronics to create multifunctional devices with the potential to address longstanding technological challenges and change our way of life. Microbial electrochemical devices are a growing subset of bioelectronic devices that incorporate naturally occurring or synthetically engineered microbes into electronic devices and have broad applications including energy harvesting, chemical production, water remediation, and environmental and health monitoring. The goal of this Viewpoint is to highlight recent advances and ongoing challenges in the rapidly developing field of microbial bioelectronic devices, with an emphasis on materials challenges. We provide an overview of microbial bioelectronic devices, discuss the biotic-abiotic interface in these devices, and then present recent advances and ongoing challenges in materials related to electron transfer across the abiotic-biotic interface, microbial adhesion, redox signaling, electronic amplification, and device miniaturization. We conclude with a summary and perspective of the field of microbial bioelectronics.
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- Chia-Ping Tseng
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Hollmann F, Opperman DJ, Paul CE. Biokatalytische Reduktionen aus der Sicht eines Chemikers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Frank Hollmann
- Department of Biotechnology Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft Niederlande
- Department of Biotechnology University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Bloemfontein 9300 Südafrika
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- Department of Biotechnology University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Bloemfontein 9300 Südafrika
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- Department of Biotechnology Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft Niederlande
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Chen H, Simoska O, Lim K, Grattieri M, Yuan M, Dong F, Lee YS, Beaver K, Weliwatte S, Gaffney EM, Minteer SD. Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Directions of Bioelectrocatalysis. Chem Rev 2020; 120:12903-12993. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Hegner R, Neubert K, Kroner C, Holtmann D, Harnisch F. Coupled Electrochemical and Microbial Catalysis for the Production of Polymer Bricks. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:5295-5300. [PMID: 32658366 PMCID: PMC7590143 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Power-to-X technologies have the potential to pave the way towards a future resource-secure bioeconomy as they enable the exploitation of renewable resources and CO2 . Herein, the coupled electrocatalytic and microbial catalysis of the C5 -polymer precursors mesaconate and 2S-methylsuccinate from CO2 and electric energy by in situ coupling electrochemical and microbial catalysis at 1 L-scale was developed. In the first phase, 6.1±2.5 mm formate was produced by electrochemical CO2 reduction. In the second phase, formate served as the substrate for microbial catalysis by an engineered strain of Methylobacterium extorquens AM-1 producing 7±2 μm and 10±5 μm of mesaconate and 2S-methylsuccinate, respectively. The proof of concept showed an overall conversion efficiency of 0.2 % being 0.4 % of the theoretical maximum.
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- Richard Hegner
- Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZDepartment of Environmental MicrobiologyPermoserstraße 1504318LeipzigGermany
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- Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZDepartment of Environmental MicrobiologyPermoserstraße 1504318LeipzigGermany
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- DECHEMA Research InstituteIndustrial BiotechnologyTheodor-Heuss-Allee 2560486Frankfurt am MainGermany
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- DECHEMA Research InstituteIndustrial BiotechnologyTheodor-Heuss-Allee 2560486Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Technische Hochschule MittelhessenInstitute of Bioprocess Engineering and Pharmaceutical TechnologyWiesenstraße 1435390GießenGermany
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- Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZDepartment of Environmental MicrobiologyPermoserstraße 1504318LeipzigGermany
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Gong Z, Yu H, Zhang J, Li F, Song H. Microbial electro-fermentation for synthesis of chemicals and biofuels driven by bi-directional extracellular electron transfer. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2020; 5:304-313. [PMID: 32995586 PMCID: PMC7490822 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Electroactive bacteria could perform bi-directional extracellular electron transfer (EET) to exchange electrons and energy with extracellular environments, thus playing a central role in microbial electro-fermentation (EF) process. Unbalanced fermentation and microbial electrosynthesis are the main pathways to produce value-added chemicals and biofuels. However, the low efficiency of the bi-directional EET is a dominating bottleneck in these processes. In this review, we firstly demonstrate the main bi-directional EET mechanisms during EF, including the direct EET and the shuttle-mediated EET. Then, we review representative milestones and progresses in unbalanced fermentation via anode outward EET and microbial electrosynthesis via inward EET based on these two EET mechanisms in detail. Furthermore, we summarize the main synthetic biology strategies in improving the bi-directional EET and target products synthesis, thus to enhance the efficiencies in unbalanced fermentation and microbial electrosynthesis. Lastly, a perspective on the applications of microbial electro-fermentation is provided.
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- Ziying Gong
- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Fruehauf HM, Enzmann F, Harnisch F, Ulber R, Holtmann D. Microbial Electrosynthesis—An Inventory on Technology Readiness Level and Performance of Different Process Variants. Biotechnol J 2020; 15:e2000066. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.202000066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Hanna M. Fruehauf
- Industrial Biotechnology DECHEMA Research Institute Theodor‐Heuss‐Allee 25 Frankfurt am Main 60486 Germany
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- Technology and Infrastructure Evonik Industries Rodenbacher Chaussee 4 Hanau 63457 Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology Helmholtz‐Centre for Environmental Research GmbH ‐ UFZ Permoserstraße 15 Leipzig 04318 Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering University of Kaiserslautern Erwin‐Schrödinger‐Straße 52 Kaiserslautern 64663 Germany
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- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen Wiesenstraße 14 Giessen 35390 Germany
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Dong F, Chen H, Malapit CA, Prater MB, Li M, Yuan M, Lim K, Minteer SD. Biphasic Bioelectrocatalytic Synthesis of Chiral β-Hydroxy Nitriles. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:8374-8382. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Fangyuan Dong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Mayr JC, Rosa LFM, Klinger N, Grosch J, Harnisch F, Spiess AC. Response-Surface-Optimized and Scaled-Up Microbial Electrosynthesis of Chiral Alcohols. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:1808-1816. [PMID: 31951080 PMCID: PMC7187473 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201903428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A variety of enzymes can be easily incorporated and overexpressed within Escherichia coli cells by plasmids, making it an ideal chassis for bioelectrosynthesis. It has recently been demonstrated that microbial electrosynthesis (MES) of chiral alcohols is possible by using genetically modified E. coli with plasmid-incorporated and overexpressed enzymes and methyl viologen as mediator for electron transfer. This model system, using NADPH-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus brevis to convert acetophenone into (R)-1-phenylethanol, is assessed by using a design of experiment (DoE) approach. Process optimization is achieved with a 2.4-fold increased yield of 94±7 %, a 3.9-fold increased reaction rate of 324±67 μm h-1 , and a coulombic efficiency of up to 68±7 %, while maintaining an excellent enantioselectivity of >99 %. Subsequent scale-up to 1 L by using electrobioreactors under batch and fed-batch conditions increases the titer of (R)-1-phenylethanol to 12.8±2.0 mm and paves the way to further develop E. coli into a universal chassis for MES in a standard biotechnological process environment.
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- Jeannine C. Mayr
- Institute of Biochemical EngineeringTechnische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)Technische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
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- Department of Environmental MicrobiologyHelmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)Permoserstrasse 1504318LeipzigGermany
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- Institute of Biochemical EngineeringTechnische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
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- Institute of Biochemical EngineeringTechnische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)Technische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
- Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering (PVZ)Technische Universität BraunschweigFranz-Liszt-Strasse 35a38106BraunschweigGermany
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- Department of Environmental MicrobiologyHelmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)Permoserstrasse 1504318LeipzigGermany
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- Institute of Biochemical EngineeringTechnische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)Technische Universität BraunschweigRebenring 5638106BraunschweigGermany
- Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering (PVZ)Technische Universität BraunschweigFranz-Liszt-Strasse 35a38106BraunschweigGermany
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Liu L, Zhu Y, Chen Y, Chen H, Fan C, Mo Q, Yuan J. One‐Pot Cascade Biotransformation for Efficient Synthesis of Benzyl Alcohol and Its Analogs. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:1018-1021. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Lijun Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology School of Life SciencesXiamen University Fujian Xiamen 361102 P. R. China
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Pasternak G, Askitosari TD, Rosenbaum MA. Biosurfactants and Synthetic Surfactants in Bioelectrochemical Systems: A Mini-Review. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:358. [PMID: 32231644 PMCID: PMC7082750 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are ruled by a complex combination of biological and abiotic factors. The interplay of these factors determines the overall efficiency of BES in generating electricity and treating waste. The recent progress in bioelectrochemistry of BESs and electrobiotechnology exposed an important group of compounds, which have a significant contribution to operation and efficiency: surface-active agents, also termed surfactants. Implementation of the interfacial science led to determining several effects of synthetic and natural surfactants on BESs operation. In high pH, these amphiphilic compounds prevent the cathode electrodes from biodeterioration. Through solubilization, their presence leads to increased catabolism of hydrophobic compounds. They interfere with the surface of the electrodes leading to improved biofilm formation, while affecting its microarchitecture and composition. Furthermore, they may act as quorum sensing activators and induce the synthesis of electron shuttles produced by electroactive bacteria. On the other hand, the bioelectrochemical activity can be tailored for new, improved biosurfactant production processes. Herein, the most recent knowledge on the effects of these promising compounds in BESs is discussed.
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- Grzegorz Pasternak
- Laboratory of Microbial Electrochemical Systems, Department of Process Engineering and Technology of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microorganism Biotechnology, Faculty of Technobiology, University of Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena, Germany.,Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Chen H, Prater MB, Cai R, Dong F, Chen H, Minteer SD. Bioelectrocatalytic Conversion from N2 to Chiral Amino Acids in a H2/α-Keto Acid Enzymatic Fuel Cell. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:4028-4036. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Chen H, Dong F, Minteer SD. The progress and outlook of bioelectrocatalysis for the production of chemicals, fuels and materials. Nat Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-019-0408-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Su L, Fukushima T, Prior A, Baruch M, Zajdel TJ, Ajo-Franklin CM. Modifying Cytochrome c Maturation Can Increase the Bioelectronic Performance of Engineered Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 2020; 9:115-124. [PMID: 31880923 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Genetic circuits that encode extracellular electron transfer (EET) pathways allow the intracellular state of Escherichia coli to be electronically monitored and controlled. However, relatively low electron flux flows through these pathways, limiting the degree of control by these circuits. Since the EET pathway is composed of multiple multiheme cytochromes c (cyts c) from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, we hypothesized that lower expression levels of cyt c may explain this low EET flux and may be caused by the differences in the cyt c maturation (ccm) machinery between these two species. Here, we constructed random mutations within ccmH by error-prone PCR and screened for increased cyt c production. We identified two ccmH mutants, ccmH-132 and ccmH-195, that exhibited increased heterologous cyt c expression, but had different effects on EET. The ccmH-132 strain reduced WO3 nanoparticles faster than the parental control, whereas the ccmH-195 strain reduced more slowly. The same trend is reflected in electrical current generation: ccmH-132, which has only a single mutation from WT, drastically increased current production by 77%. The percentage of different cyt c proteins in these two mutants suggests that the stoichiometry of the S. oneidensis cyts c is a key determinant of current production by Mtr-expressing E. coli. Thus, we conclude that modulating cyt c maturation effectively improves genetic circuits governing EET in engineered biological systems, enabling better bioelectronic control of E. coli.
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- Lin Su
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210018, China
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Synthetic Biology Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Li A, Li X, Pang W, Tian Q, Wang T, Zhang L. Fine-tuning of the substrate binding mode to enhance the catalytic efficiency of an ortho-haloacetophenone-specific carbonyl reductase. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy02335f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Fine-tuning of the substrate binding mode was successfully applied for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of an ortho-haloacetophenone-specific carbonyl reductase.
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- Aipeng Li
- Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 518057 Shenzhen
- China
- School of Life Sciences
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 518057 Shenzhen
- China
- School of Life Sciences
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Adebar N, Gröger H. Flow Process for Ketone Reduction Using a Superabsorber-Immobilized Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus brevis in a Packed-Bed Reactor. Bioengineering (Basel) 2019; 6:bioengineering6040099. [PMID: 31653007 PMCID: PMC6956264 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering6040099] [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: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Flow processes and enzyme immobilization have gained much attention over the past few years in the field of biocatalytic process design. Downstream processes and enzyme stability can be immensely simplified and improved. In this work, we report the utilization of polymer network-entrapped enzymes and their applicability in flow processes. We focused on the superabsorber-based immobilization of an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) from Lactobacillus brevis and its application for a reduction of acetophenone. The applicability of this immobilization technique for a biotransformation running in a packed bed reactor was then demonstrated. Towards this end, the immobilized system was intensively studied, first in a batch mode, leading to >90% conversion within 24 h under optimized conditions. A subsequent transfer of this method into a flow process was conducted, resulting in very high initial conversions of up to 67% in such a continuously running process.
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- Niklas Adebar
- Chair of Industrial Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Chair of Industrial Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Li A, Yuchi Q, Li X, Pang W, Li B, Xue F, Zhang L. Discovery of a novel ortho-haloacetophenones-specific carbonyl reductase from Bacillus aryabhattai and insight into the molecular basis for its catalytic performance. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 138:781-790. [PMID: 31351953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.07.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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To exploit robust biocatalysts for chiral 1-(2-halophenyl)ethanols synthesis, an ortho-haloacetophenones-specific carbonyl reductase (BaSDR1) gene from Bacillus aryabhattai was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The impressive properties regarding BaSDR1 application include preference for NADH as coenzyme, noticeable tolerance against high cosubstrate concentration, and remarkable catalytic performance over a broad pH range from 5.0 to 10.0. The optimal temperature was 35 °C, with a half-life of 3.1 h at 35 °C and 0.75 h at 45 °C, respectively. Notably, BaSDR1 displayed excellent catalytic performance toward various ortho-haloacetophenones, providing chiral 1-(2-halophenyl)ethanols with 99% ee for all the substrates tested. Most importantly, the docking results indicated that the enzyme-substrate interactions and the steric hindrance of halogen atoms act in a push-pull manner in regulating enzyme catalytic ability. These results provide valuable clues for the structure-function relationships of BaSDR1 and the role of halogen groups in catalytic performance, and offer important reference for protein engineering and mining of functional compounds.
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- Aipeng Li
- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, 518057 Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Marine and Bioengineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, 224051 Yancheng, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China.
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Zhang Z, Li F, Cao Y, Tian Y, Li J, Zong Y, Song H. Electricity-driven 7α-hydroxylation of a steroid catalyzed by a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase in engineered yeast. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01288e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Schematic diagram of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-catalyzed BES.
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- Ziyin Zhang
- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- P. R. China
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