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Zdubek A, Maliszewska I. On the Possibility of Using 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in the Light-Induced Destruction of Microorganisms. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3590. [PMID: 38612403 PMCID: PMC11011456 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073590] [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: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI) is a method that specifically kills target cells by combining a photosensitizer and irradiation with light at the appropriate wavelength. The natural amino acid, 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), is the precursor of endogenous porphyrins in the heme biosynthesis pathway. This review summarizes the recent progress in understanding the biosynthetic pathways and regulatory mechanisms of 5-ALA synthesis in biological hosts. The effectiveness of 5-ALA-aPDI in destroying various groups of pathogens (viruses, fungi, yeasts, parasites) was presented, but greater attention was focused on the antibacterial activity of this technique. Finally, the clinical applications of 5-ALA in therapies using 5-ALA and visible light (treatment of ulcers and disinfection of dental canals) were described.
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- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland;
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Moon S, Saboe A, Smanski MJ. Using design of experiments to guide genetic optimization of engineered metabolic pathways. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 51:kuae010. [PMID: 38490746 PMCID: PMC10981448 DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuae010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Design of experiments (DoE) is a term used to describe the application of statistical approaches to interrogate the impact of many variables on the performance of a multivariate system. It is commonly used for process optimization in fields such as chemical engineering and material science. Recent advances in the ability to quantitatively control the expression of genes in biological systems open up the possibility to apply DoE for genetic optimization. In this review targeted to genetic and metabolic engineers, we introduce several approaches in DoE at a high level and describe instances wherein these were applied to interrogate or optimize engineered genetic systems. We discuss the challenges of applying DoE and propose strategies to mitigate these challenges. ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY This is a review of literature related to applying Design of Experiments for genetic optimization.
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- Seonyun Moon
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Human Synthetic Survivin Protein in Escherichia coli Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Mol Biotechnol 2023; 65:326-336. [PMID: 34564769 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-021-00399-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Survivin is one of the novel members of the apoptosis inhibitor protein family in humans. The main activity of the Survivin protein is to suppress caspases activity resulting in negative regulation of apoptosis. Survivin protein can be a potential target for the treatment of cancers between cancerous and normal cells. In the present research, the synthetic Survivin gene with PelB secretion signal peptide was cloned into a prokaryotic expression vector pET21a. The recombinant plasmid pET21a-PelB-Surv was expressed in Escherichia coli (E.coli) BL21, and the relative molecular mass of expressed protein was calculated 34,000 g/mol, approximately. The recombinant protein was purified through chromatography column and characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to design 20 experiments for optimization of IPTG concentration, post-induction period, and cell density of induction (OD600). The optimum levels of the selected parameters were successfully determined to be 0.28 mM for IPTG concentration, 10 h for post-induction period, and 3.40768 for cell density (OD600). These findings resulted in 4.14-fold increases in the Survivin production rate of optimum expression conditions (93.6363 mg/ml).
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Jiang M, Hong K, Mao Y, Ma H, Chen T, Wang Z. Natural 5-Aminolevulinic Acid: Sources, Biosynthesis, Detection and Applications. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:841443. [PMID: 35284403 PMCID: PMC8913508 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.841443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is the key precursor for the biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole compounds, with wide applications in medicine, agriculture and other burgeoning fields. Because of its potential applications and disadvantages of chemical synthesis, alternative biotechnological methods have drawn increasing attention. In this review, the recent progress in biosynthetic pathways and regulatory mechanisms of 5-ALA synthesis in biological hosts are summarized. The research progress on 5-ALA biosynthesis via the C4/C5 pathway in microbial cells is emphasized, and the corresponding biotechnological design strategies are highlighted and discussed in detail. In addition, the detection methods and applications of 5-ALA are also reviewed. Finally, perspectives on potential strategies for improving the biosynthesis of 5-ALA and understanding the related mechanisms to further promote its industrial application are conceived and proposed.
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- Meiru Jiang
- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of System Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of System Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- *Correspondence: Zhiwen Wang,
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Zhang J, Cui Z, Zhu Y, Zhu Z, Qi Q, Wang Q. Recent advances in microbial production of high-value compounds in the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 55:107904. [PMID: 34999139 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Tetrapyrroles are essential metabolic components produced by almost all organisms, and they participate in various fundamental biological processes. Tetrapyrroles are used as pharmaceuticals, food additives, and nutraceuticals, as well as in agricultural applications. However, their production is limited by their low extraction yields from natural resources and by the complex reaction steps involved in their chemical synthesis. Through advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology strategies, microbial cell factories were developed as an alternative method for tetrapyrrole production. Herein, we review recent developments in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology strategies that promote the microbial production of high-value compounds in the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway (e.g., 5-aminolevulinic acid, heme, bilins, chlorophyll, and vitamin B12). Furthermore, outstanding challenges to the microbial production of tetrapyrrole compounds, as well as their possible solutions, are discussed.
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- Jian Zhang
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; CAS Key Lab of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; CAS Key Lab of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
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Yi YC, Shih IT, Yu TH, Lee YJ, Ng IS. Challenges and opportunities of bioprocessing 5-aminolevulinic acid using genetic and metabolic engineering: a critical review. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2021; 8:100. [PMID: 38650260 PMCID: PMC10991938 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-021-00455-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), a non-proteinogenic five-carbon amino acid, has received intensive attentions in medicine due to its approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cancer diagnosis and treatment as photodynamic therapy. As chemical synthesis of 5-ALA performed low yield, complicated processes, and high cost, biosynthesis of 5-ALA via C4 (also called Shemin pathway) and C5 pathway related to heme biosynthesis in microorganism equipped more advantages. In C4 pathway, 5-ALA is derived from condensation of succinyl-CoA and glycine by 5-aminolevulic acid synthase (ALAS) with pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) as co-factor in one-step biotransformation. The C5 pathway involves three enzymes comprising glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GltX), glutamyl-tRNA reductase (HemA), and glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase (HemL) from α-ketoglutarate in TCA cycle to 5-ALA and heme. In this review, we describe the recent results of 5-ALA production from different genes and microorganisms via genetic and metabolic engineering approaches. The regulation of different chassis is fine-tuned by applying synthetic biology and boosts 5-ALA production eventually. The purification process, challenges, and opportunities of 5-ALA for industrial applications are also summarized.
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- Ying-Chen Yi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
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Behravan A, Hashemi A. RSM-based Model to Predict Optimum Fermentation Conditions for Soluble Expression of the Antibody Fragment Derived from 4D5MOC-B Humanized Mab in SHuffle™ T7 E. coli. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH : IJPR 2021; 20:254-266. [PMID: 34400955 PMCID: PMC8170757 DOI: 10.22037/ijpr.2020.114377.14822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Overexpression of the EpCAM in epithelial-derived neoplasms makes this receptor a promising target in antibody-based therapy. Due to the lack of N-glycosylation, Escherichia coli (E. coli) seems to be the most appropriate choice for the expression of antibody fragments. However, developing a robust and cost-effective process that produces consistent therapeutic proteins from inclusion bodies is a major challenge. Undoubtedly, it can be circumvented by the soluble expression of these proteins. Utilization of numerous genetically modified hosts and optimization of cultivation conditions are two effective approaches widely used to overcome the insolubility problem. Due to the cytoplasmic expression of DsbC and the ability to the correct formation of disulfide bonds, the Shuffle™ T7 strain can be a suitable host for the soluble production of recombinant proteins. Here, Box-Behnken design (BBD)- Response surface methodology (RSM) modeling was employed to develop optimized culture conditions for 4D5MOC-B scFv fragment production in SHuffle™ T7 strain while solubility and production level were considered as responses. Although both responses were significantly influenced by post-induction temperature, cell density at induction time, and IPTG concentration, the temperature had the largest effect. The maximum experimental soluble protein obtained by adding 1 mM of IPTG into the M9 medium when the cell density reached 0.7 at 23 ᵒC was 693.56 µg/mL which was in good correlation with the predicted value of 720.742 µg/mL. Predictable total expression value was also experimentally verified. This strategy can be scaled-up for the production of large amounts of scFvs from SHuffle™ T7 E. coli to facilitate their potential applications as therapeutic and diagnostic agents.
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- Aidin Behravan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammadian N, Mohammadian H, Moazen F, Pakdel MH, Jahanian-Najafabadi A, Mir Mohammad Sadeghi H. Optimization of solvent media to solubilize TEV protease using response surface method. Res Pharm Sci 2020; 15:331-339. [PMID: 33312211 PMCID: PMC7714021 DOI: 10.4103/1735-5362.293511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background and purpose Tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease, a 27 KDa protein, consists of the catalytic domain of nuclear inclusion a (NIa) protein produced by Tobacco etch virus. Because of its unique sequence, TEV protease is used for purging fusion tags from proteins. It also has many advantages such as stability and activity in a board range of temperature and pH and overproduction in Escherichia coli and these benefits make this protease valuable. Despite all these benefits, TEV protease has problems like low solubility (less than 1 mg/mL). There are methods for enhancing protein solubility and in this study, the effect of additives during cell lysis was studied. Experimental approach Eleven different additives that made twelve different lysis buffers were used and their effect on TEV protease solubility analyzed by Plackett-Burman and response surface methodology methods. Findings / Results Three best effective additives on TEV solubility (L-proline, sodium selenite, and CuCl2) were selected according to software analysis and the best concentration of them was applied to optimize TEV protease solubility. Conclusion and implications The obtained results provided the composition of an optimum solvent for obtaining soluble TEV protease.
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- Niloufar Mohammadian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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Park Y, Espah Borujeni A, Gorochowski TE, Shin J, Voigt CA. Precision design of stable genetic circuits carried in highly-insulated E. coli genomic landing pads. Mol Syst Biol 2020; 16:e9584. [PMID: 32812710 PMCID: PMC7436927 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20209584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Genetic circuits have many applications, from guiding living therapeutics to ordering process in a bioreactor, but to be useful they have to be genetically stable and not hinder the host. Encoding circuits in the genome reduces burden, but this decreases performance and can interfere with native transcription. We have designed genomic landing pads in Escherichia coli at high-expression sites, flanked by ultrastrong double terminators. DNA payloads >8 kb are targeted to the landing pads using phage integrases. One landing pad is dedicated to carrying a sensor array, and two are used to carry genetic circuits. NOT/NOR gates based on repressors are optimized for the genome and characterized in the landing pads. These data are used, in conjunction with design automation software (Cello 2.0), to design circuits that perform quantitatively as predicted. These circuits require fourfold less RNA polymerase than when carried on a plasmid and are stable for weeks in a recA+ strain without selection. This approach enables the design of synthetic regulatory networks to guide cells in environments or for applications where plasmid use is infeasible.
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- Yongjin Park
- Synthetic Biology CenterDepartment of Biological EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMAUSA
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- Synthetic Biology CenterDepartment of Biological EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMAUSA
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- Synthetic Biology CenterDepartment of Biological EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMAUSA
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCambridgeMAUSA
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- Synthetic Biology CenterDepartment of Biological EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMAUSA
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- Synthetic Biology CenterDepartment of Biological EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMAUSA
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCambridgeMAUSA
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Soleymani B, Barzegari E, Mansouri K, Karami K, Mohammadi P, Kiani S, Moasefi N, Tabar MS, Mostafaie A. Heterologous expression, purification, and refolding of SRY protein: role of L-arginine as analyzed by simulation and practical study. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:5943-5951. [PMID: 32696344 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05667-1] [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: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Escherichia coli is a widely-used cell factory for recombinant protein production, nevertheless, high amount of produced protein is seen in aggregated form. The purpose of this study was to improve the solubility of recombinant bovine sex-determining region Y protein (rbSRY) by exploring the effect of temperature, inducer, and water-arginine mixed solvent. Codon-optimized rbSRY expressed in Rosetta-gami B (DE3) pLysS and purified by NI-NTA His-select affinity chromatography in the native and denaturing conditions. A three-dimensional model of SRY was built and studied through molecular dynamics simulations in water and in the presence of L-arginine as co-solvent. Results indicated the significant effects of temperature and IPTG concentration (P < 0.001) on the solubility of rbSRY. The binding activity of native, inclusion bodies and refolded fractions to anti-rbSRY monoclonal antibody were concentration-dependent (P < 0.001). Based on molecular modeling results, the propensity of fragments in the N-terminal domain to form β-sheet and the relative instability of α-helices in terminal domains are the probable reasons for the high aggregation potential of SRY, which are mitigated in the presence of L-arginine. Altogether, our rbSRY protein was properly produced and applying appropriate culture conditions could help enhance its solubility, refold inclusion bodies, and improve its activity upon refolding.
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- Bijan Soleymani
- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Tan SI, You SC, Shih IT, Ng IS. Quantification, regulation and production of 5-aminolevulinic acid by green fluorescent protein in recombinant Escherichia coli. J Biosci Bioeng 2020; 129:387-394. [PMID: 31678067 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an unnatural amino acid and has been approved as a biodegradable, non-toxic pesticide and herbicide with applications in sustainable agriculture. 5-ALA can also be applied for cancer targeting via tumor localization and photodynamic therapy. Herein, we developed a feasible quantification, regulation and production method of 5-ALA in Escherichia coli is based on the chimera of 5-ALA synthetase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides (RshemA) and super-fold green fluorescent protein (sfGFP) under the control of dual promoters/double plasmids. 5-ALA production based on quantification with the reporter sfGFP was unsuccessfully for the RshemA-sfGFP fusion protein owing to a steric hindrance effect, but was effective using dual constitutive promoters (i.e., J23100 and PLacI) for RshemA and sfGFP independently. Moreover, a simple quantification method based on the linear relationship between 5-ALA concentration and the change in sfGFP intensity was calculated with the Hill equation according to the results of dual plasmids which composed of RshemA-threonine/homoserine exporter (RhtA) and the sensing plasmid pSU-T7-sfGFP. Compared with the conventional detection method for 5-ALA using Ehrlich's reagent, our proposed method is advantages in effectiveness, real-time detection, and outstanding sensitivity. Finally, the highest yield of 5-ALA was obtained in E. coli D2TT strain, reaching 2.46 g/L of 5-ALA produced in a 2.5-L baffle flask fermentation. Hence, this approach shows strong potential for improving 5-ALA production with appropriate regulation and detection based on the fluorescent signal.
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- Shih-I Tan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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Chen J, Wang Y, Guo X, Rao D, Zhou W, Zheng P, Sun J, Ma Y. Efficient bioproduction of 5-aminolevulinic acid, a promising biostimulant and nutrient, from renewable bioresources by engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:41. [PMID: 32175008 PMCID: PMC7063817 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01685-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a promising biostimulant, feed nutrient, and photodynamic drug with wide applications in modern agriculture and therapy. Considering the complexity and low yield of chemical synthesis methods, bioproduction of 5-ALA has drawn intensive attention recently. However, the present bioproduction processes use refined glucose as the main carbon source and the production level still needs further enhancement. RESULTS To lay a solid technological foundation for large-scale commercialized bioproduction of 5-ALA, an industrial workhorse Corynebacterium glutamicum was metabolically engineered for high-level 5-ALA biosynthesis from cheap renewable bioresources. After evaluation of 5-ALA synthetases from different sources, the 5-ALA biosynthetic pathway and anaplerotic pathway were rebalanced by regulating intracellular activities of 5-ALA synthetase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. The engineered biocatalyst produced 5.5 g/L 5-ALA in shake flasks and 16.3 g/L in 5-L bioreactors with a one-step fermentation process from glucose. To lower the cost of feedstock, cheap raw materials were used to replace glucose. Enzymatically hydrolyzed cassava bagasse was proven to be a perfect alternative to refined sugars since the final 5-ALA titer further increased to 18.5 g/L. Use of corn starch hydrolysate resulted in a similar 5-ALA production level (16.0 g/L) with glucose, whereas use of beet molasses caused seriously inhibition. The results obtained here represent a new record of 5-ALA bioproduction. It is estimated that replacing glucose with cassava bagasse will reduce the carbon source cost by 90.1%. CONCLUSIONS The high-level biosynthesis of 5-ALA from cheap bioresources will brighten the prospects for industrialization of this sustainable and environment-friendly process. The strategy for balancing metabolic flux developed in this study can also be used for improving the bioproduction of other value-added chemicals.
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- Jiuzhou Chen
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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Kanno AI, Leite LCDC, Pereira LR, de Jesus MJR, Andreata-Santos R, Alves RPDS, Durigon EL, Ferreira LCDS, Gonçalves VM. Optimization and scale-up production of Zika virus ΔNS1 in Escherichia coli: application of Response Surface Methodology. AMB Express 2019; 10:1. [PMID: 31893321 PMCID: PMC6938527 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-019-0926-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Diagnosing Zika virus (ZIKV) infections has been challenging due to the cross-reactivity of induced antibodies with other flavivirus. The concomitant occurrence of ZIKV and Dengue virus (DENV) in endemic regions requires diagnostic tools with the ability to distinguish these two viral infections. Recent studies demonstrated that immunoassays using the C-terminal fragment of ZIKV NS1 antigen (ΔNS1) can be used to discriminate ZIKV from DENV infections. In order to be used in serological tests, the expression/solubility of ΔNS1 and growth of recombinant E. coli strain were optimized by Response Surface Methodology. Temperature, time and IPTG concentration were evaluated. According to the model, the best condition determined in small scale cultures was 21 °C for 20 h with 0.7 mM of IPTG, which predicted 7.5 g/L of biomass and 962 mg/L of ΔNS1. These conditions were validated and used in a 6-L batch in the bioreactor, which produced 6.4 g/L of biomass and 500 mg/L of ΔNS1 in 12 h of induction. The serological ELISA test performed with purified ΔNS1 showed low cross-reactivity with antibodies from DENV-infected human subjects. Denaturation of ΔNS1 decreased the detection of anti-ZIKV antibodies, thus indicating the contribution of conformational epitopes and confirming the importance of properly folded ΔNS1 for the specificity of the serological analyses. Obtaining high yields of soluble ΔNS1 supports the viability of an effective serologic diagnostic test capable of differentiating ZIKV from other flavivirus infections.
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High yield production of the latex clearing protein from Gordonia polyisoprenivorans VH2 in fed batch fermentations using a recombinant strain of Escherichia coli. J Biotechnol 2019; 309:92-99. [PMID: 31881242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The enzymatic degradation of rubber with the latex clearing protein (Lcp1VH2) from Gordonia polyisoprenivorans VH2, is a promising option as an environmentally friendly and economical solution to treat the enormous amount of rubber waste. Here we present a fed batch fermentation process on a 10 L scale, using E.coli C41 pET23a(+)::Hislcp1VH2 and a modified defined mineral salt medium, designed for high cell densities, for a proper synthesis of Lcp1VH2. Particularly, providing complex media components, as well as hemin, as precursor of the essential heme b cofactor, resulted in a 2.9-fold higher yield of active Lcp1VH2 with increased specific activity, due to a better occupancy of the enzyme with the cofactor. Based on this optimization, the fed batch fermentation with an initial glucose feed, followed by a lactose-glycerol feed, finally gained a cell dry weight of 60 g L-1 and a yield of 223 mg L-1 of soluble, active Lcp1VH2. Compared to a recently published fermentation process, which used a complex auto-induction medium, we significantly increased the biomass up to nearly 10-fold and the total Lcp1VH2 yield up to 3.7-fold. Thereby we reduced the costs for the medium by 75 %, taking the next step towards industrial production of rubber degrading enzymes.
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Optimization of Anti-CXCL10 Nanobody Expression Using Response Surface Methodology and Evaluation of its Anti-metastatic Effect on Breast Cancer cells. Int J Pept Res Ther 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-019-09941-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Production of 5-aminolevulinic Acid by Recombinant Streptomyces coelicolor Expressing hemA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-018-0484-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Zhang J, Weng H, Zhou Z, Du G, Kang Z. Engineering of multiple modular pathways for high-yield production of 5-aminolevulinic acid in Escherichia coli. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 274:353-360. [PMID: 30537593 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), an important precursor of tetrapyrroles, has various applications in medicine and agriculture fields. Several methods have been adopted to enhance ALA synthesis in our previous studies. In this study, systematic metabolic engineering strategies were implemented to further improve ALA production in Escherichia coli. Firstly, hemA and hemL with different strength of RBS from the artificially constructed mutation libraries were randomly assembled to balance metabolic flux. Then the expression of ALA dehydratase was rationally regulated by replacing promoter with fliCp to weaken ALA catabolism. Besides, the activity of glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase was increased through strengthening the native biosynthesis pathway of cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. Moreover, plasmid stability was improved by 21.4% by deleting recA and endA in the recombinant. Finally, stepwise improvements in ALA production were increased to 5.25 g/L with a pH two-stage strategy in a 3-L fermenter. This study proved the importance of metabolic balance in the pathway.
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- Junli Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, Taishan Medical University, Tai'an 271016, China; The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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Ren J, Zhou L, Wang C, Lin C, Li Z, Zeng AP. An Unnatural Pathway for Efficient 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Biosynthesis with Glycine from Glyoxylate Based on Retrobiosynthetic Design. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:2750-2757. [PMID: 30476433 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The design of novel metabolic pathways for efficient biosynthesis of natural products has received much interest, but often lacks systematic approach and chemistry-based guideline. Here we propose carbon skeleton reconstruction based on retrobiosynthetic design as a new approach and chemistry-guideline to solve the problem of properly matching precursors, one of the key issues for efficient biosynthesis. It is demonstrated for the development of an unnatural pathway for efficient biosynthesis of 5-aminolevulinic acid. The new pathway has several advantages compared to the existing natural ones such as high carbon utilization efficiency and orthogonality. It is particularly useful for overcoming the problem of glycine supply. The unnatural pathway is verified in vitro in an enzymatic cascade and in vivo in recombinant E. coli with an exogenous glyoxylate transaminase as a key enzyme.
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- Jie Ren
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestrasse 15, D-21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China
- Institute of Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestrasse 15, D-21073 Hamburg, Germany
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Hecht A, Filliben J, Munro SA, Salit M. A minimum information standard for reproducing bench-scale bacterial cell growth and productivity. Commun Biol 2018; 1:219. [PMID: 30534611 PMCID: PMC6283831 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0220-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Reproducing, exchanging, comparing, and building on each other's work is foundational to technological advances. Advancing biotechnology calls for reliable reuse of engineered organisms. Reliable reuse of engineered organisms requires reproducible growth and productivity. Here, we identify the experimental factors that have the greatest effect on the growth and productivity of our engineered organisms in order to demonstrate reproducibility for biotechnology. We present a draft of a Minimum Information Standard for Engineered Organism Experiments (MIEO) based on this method. We evaluate the effect of 22 factors on Escherichia coli engineered to produce the small molecule lycopene, and 18 factors on E. coli engineered to produce red fluorescent protein. Container geometry and shaking have the greatest effect on product titer and yield. We reproduce our results under two different conditions of reproducibility: conditions of use (different fractional factorial experiments), and time (48 biological replicates performed on 12 different days over 4 months).
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- Ariel Hecht
- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94035 USA
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- Statistical Engineering Division, 100 Bureau Drive, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94035 USA
- Present Address: Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455 USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 325, Stanford, CA 94035 USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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Zhang X, Zhang J, Xu J, Zhao Q, Wang Q, Qi Q. Engineering Escherichia coli for efficient coproduction of polyhydroxyalkanoates and 5-aminolevulinic acid. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 45:43-51. [PMID: 29264661 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-017-1990-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Single-cell biorefineries are an interesting strategy for using different components of feedstock to produce multiple high-value biochemicals. In this study, a strategy was applied to refine glucose and fatty acid to produce 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). To express the ALA and PHAs dual-production system efficiently and stably, multiple copies of the poly-β-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthesis operon were integrated into the chromosome of Escherichia coli DH5αΔpoxB. The above strain harboring the ALA C5 synthesis pathway genes hemA and hemL resulted in coproduction of 38.2% PHB (cell dry weight, CDW) and 3.2 g/L extracellular ALA. To explore coproduction of ALA and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), the PHBV synthetic pathway was also integrated into engineered E. coli and coexpressed with hemA and hemL; cells produced 38.9% PHBV (CDW) with 10.3 mol% 3HV fractions and 3.0 g/L ALA. The coproduction of ALA with PHB and PHBV can improve the utilization of carbon sources and maximize the value derived from the feedstock.
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- Xue Zhang
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China.
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China
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Alizadeh Behbahani B, Tabatabaei Yazdi F, Shahidi F, Noorbakhsh H, Vasiee A, Alghooneh A. Phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activities extracts of mangrove leaf against the growth of some pathogenic bacteria. Microb Pathog 2017; 114:225-232. [PMID: 29208540 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In this study, the effects of water, ethanol, methanol and glycerin at five levels (0, 31.25, 83.33, 125 and 250 ml) were investigated on the efficiency of mangrove leaf extraction using mixture optimal design. The antimicrobial effect of the extracts on Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecium and Klebsiella pneumoniae was evaluated using disk diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) methods. The mangrove leaf extraction components were identified through gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Phytochemical analysis (alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavone and glycosides) were evaluated based on qualitative methods. Antioxidant activity of extracts was measured using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) methods. Maximum antimicrobial effect was observed in Enterococcus faecium and highest resistance against mangrove leaf extract in Enterococcus faecium and Klebsiella pneumoniae, respectively. Increasing concentration of mangrove extracts had a significant effect (p ≤ 0.05) on inhibition zone diameter. The MICs of the mangrove leaf extraction varied from 4 mg/ml to 16 mg/ml. The optimum formulation was found to contain glycerin (0 ml), water (28.22 ml), methanol (59.83 ml) and ethanol (161.95 ml). The results showed that the highest antioxidant activity was related to optimum extract of mangrove leaf and ethanolic extract respectively. The results of phytochemical screening of Avicennia marina leaves extract showed the existence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavone and glycosides. 2-Propenoic acid, 3-phenyl- was the major compound of Avicennia marina. The results of non-significant lack of fit tests, and F value (14.62) indicated that the model was sufficiently accurate. In addition, the coefficient of variations (16.8%) showed an acceptable reproducibility.
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- Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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Zhang J, Weng H, Ding W, Kang Z. N-terminal engineering of glutamyl-tRNA reductase with positive charge arginine to increase 5-aminolevulinic acid biosynthesis. Bioengineered 2016; 8:424-427. [PMID: 27754792 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2016.1230572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Five-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA), the universal precursor of all tetrapyrroles, has various applications in medicine and agriculture industries. Glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GluTR) as the first key enzyme of C5 pathway is feedback regulated by heme, and its N-terminus plays a critical role on its stability control. Here, the GluTR N-terminus was engineered by inserting different numbers of positively charged lysine and arginine residues. The results confirmed that insertion of lysine or arginine residues (especially one arginine residue) behind Thr2 significantly increased the stability of GluTR. By co-expression of the GluTR variant R1 and the glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase, ALA production was improved 1.76-fold to 1220 mg/L. The GluTR variant R1 constructed here could be used for engineering the C5 pathway to enhance ALA and other products.
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- Junli Zhang
- a The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education , School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi , China.,c School of Life Sciences , Taishan Medical University , Taian , Shandong , China
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- a The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education , School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi , China
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- a The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education , School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi , China
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- a The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education , School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi , China.,b Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangnan University , Wuxi , Jiangsu , China
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Integrated Optimization of the In Vivo Heme Biosynthesis Pathway and the In Vitro Iron Concentration for 5-Aminolevulinate Production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 178:1252-62. [PMID: 26637361 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1942-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a nonprotein amino acid that has been widely used in many fields. In this study, we developed a new process for ALA production by optimizing the in vivo heme biosynthesis pathway and the iron concentration during cultivation. With the addition of iron, co-overexpression of the heme synthesis pathway genes hemA, hemL, hemF, and hemD significantly increased the accumulation of ALA and cell biomass. Further experiments demonstrated that the increased ALA accumulation resulted from moderate repression of ALA dehydratase (encoded by hemB), which was caused by hemF overexpression. After the addition of an optimized concentration (7.5 mg/L) of iron, ALA production by the recombinant Escherichia coli LADF-6 strain that overexpressed hemA, hemL, hemD, and hemF increased to 2840 mg/L in flask cultures. After applying a batch fermentation strategy, the ALA concentration increased to 4.05 g/L, with a productivity of 0.127 g/L·h. The results showed that the moderate repression of the in vivo heme pathway enzyme ALA dehydratase and the simultaneous optimization of the in vitro iron ion concentration served to increase the production of ALA and cell biomass.
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Optimization of the heme biosynthesis pathway for the production of 5-aminolevulinic acid in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8584. [PMID: 25716896 PMCID: PMC4341193 DOI: 10.1038/srep08584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA), the committed intermediate of the heme biosynthesis pathway, shows significant promise for cancer treatment. Here, we identified that in addition to hemA and hemL, hemB, hemD, hemF, hemG and hemH are also the major regulatory targets of the heme biosynthesis pathway. Interestingly, up-regulation of hemD and hemF benefited ALA accumulation whereas overexpression of hemB, hemG and hemH diminished ALA accumulation. Accordingly, by combinatorial overexpression of the hemA, hemL, hemD and hemF with different copy-number plasmids, the titer of ALA was improved to 3.25 g l−1. Furthermore, in combination with transcriptional and enzymatic analysis, we demonstrated that ALA dehydratase (HemB) encoded by hemB is feedback inhibited by the downstream intermediate protoporphyrinogen IX. This work has great potential to be scaled-up for microbial production of ALA and provides new important insights into the regulatory mechanism of the heme biosynthesis pathway.
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Pournejati R, Karbalaei-Heidari HR, Budisa N. Secretion of recombinant archeal lipase mediated by SVP2 signal peptide in Escherichia coli and its optimization by response surface methodology. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 101:84-90. [PMID: 24907409 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Towards the targeting of recombinant Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus lipase (TtL) for secretion into the culture medium of Escherichia coli, we have investigated a combination of the archeal lipase gene with a Salinovibrio metalloprotease (SVP2) signal peptide sequence. The SVP2 signal peptide has shown all necessary features of a leader sequence for high level secretion of a recombinant target protein in E. coli. Two sets of primers were designed for amplification of the corresponding gene fragments by PCR. Firstly, the PCR product of the TtL gene with designed restriction sites of SacI and HindIII was cloned into pQE-80L plasmid, named as pQE80L-TtL. Afterwards, the amplified fragment of SVP2 signal peptide with EcoRI and SacI restriction sites was also cloned into pQE80L-TtL and the final construct pQE-STL was obtained. A study on the extracellular expression of recombinant STL revealed that most of the enzyme activity was located in the periplasmic space. Glycine and Triton X-100 were investigated to determine whether the leakage of recombinant STL from the outer membrane was promoted, and it was revealed that glycine has a positive effect. Statistical media optimization design was then applied to optimize the effect of seven factors including glycine, Triton X-100, IPTG, yeast extract concentration, incubation time, induction time, and temperature on the extracellular expression of STL. The optimum conditions for the secretion of the lipase was obtained by incubating recombinant E. coli BL21 cells in the medium supplemented by 1.27% glycine and 24h of incubation in the presence of 0.2mM IPTG concentration.
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- Roya Pournejati
- Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran
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- Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran; Institute of Biotechnology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Department of Biocatalysis, Institute of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Akbari V, Mir Mohammad Sadeghi H, Jafrian-Dehkordi A, Abedi D, Chou CP. Functional expression of a single-chain antibody fragment against human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in Escherichia coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 41:947-56. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1437-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) family plays an important role in cell growth and signaling and alteration of its function has been demonstrated in many different kinds of cancer. Receptor dimerization is necessary for the HER signal transduction pathway and tyrosine kinase activity. Recently, several monoclonal antibodies have been developed to directly interfere with ligand–HER receptor binding and receptor dimerization. A single chain variable fragment (ScFv) is a valuable alternative to an intact antibody. This report describes the production and purification of an ScFv specific for domain II of the HER2 receptor in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cytoplasm. The majority of expressed of anti-her2his-ScFv protein was produced as inclusion bodies. A Ni-NTA affinity column was used to purify the anti-her2his-ScFv protein. The molecular weight of anti-her2his-ScFv protein was estimated to be approximately 27 kDa, as confirmed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting assay. The anti-her2his-ScFv showed near 95 % purity and reached a yield of approximately 29 mg/l in flask fermentation. The purified anti-her2his-ScFv showed its biological activity by binding to HER2 receptor on the surface of BT-474 cells. This ScFv may be a potential pharmaceutical candidate for targeting tumour cells overexpressing HER2 receptor.
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- Vajihe Akbari
- grid.411036.1 000000011498685X Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Hezar Jarib Avenue Isfahan Iran
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- grid.411036.1 000000011498685X Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Hezar Jarib Avenue Isfahan Iran
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- grid.411036.1 000000011498685X Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Hezar Jarib Avenue Isfahan Iran
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- grid.411036.1 000000011498685X Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Hezar Jarib Avenue Isfahan Iran
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- grid.46078.3d 0000000086441405 Department of Chemical Engineering University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue N2L 3G1 Waterloo ON Canada
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Lou JW, Zhu L, Wu MB, Yang LR, Lin JP, Cen PL. High-level soluble expression of the hemA gene from Rhodobacter capsulatus and comparative study of its enzymatic properties. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2014; 15:491-9. [PMID: 24793767 PMCID: PMC4076606 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1300283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The Rhodobacter capsulatus hemA gene, which encodes 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase (ALAS), was expressed in Escherichia coli Rosetta (DE3) and the enzymatic properties of the purified recombinant ALAS (RC-ALAS) were studied. Compared with ALASs encoded by hemA genes from Agrobacterium radiobacter (AR-ALAS) and Rhodobacter sphaeroides (RS-ALAS), the specific activity of RC-ALAS reached 198.2 U/mg, which was about 31.2% and 69.5% higher than those of AR-ALAS (151.1 U/mg) and RS-ALAS (116.9 U/mg), respectively. The optimum pH values and temperatures of the three above mentioned enzymes were all pH 7.5 and 37 °C, respectively. Moreover, RC-ALAS was more sensitive to pH, while the other two were sensitive to temperature. The effects of metals, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on the three ALASs were also investigated. The results indicate that they had the same effects on the activities of the three ALASs. SDS and metal ions such as Co(2+), Zn(2+), and Cu(2+) strongly inhibited the activities of the ALASs, while Mn(2+) exerted slight inhibition, and K(+), Ca(2+), Ba(2+), Mg(2+), or EDTA had no significant effect. The specificity constant of succinyl coenzyme A [(kcat/Km)(S-CoA)] of RC-ALAS was 1.4989, which was higher than those of AR-ALAS (0.7456) and RS-ALAS (1.1699), showing its high catalytic efficiency. The fed-batch fermentation was conducted using the recombinant strain containing the R. capsulatus hemA gene, and the yield of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) achieved was 8.8 g/L (67 mmol/L) under the appropriate conditions.
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Papaneophytou CP, Kontopidis G. Statistical approaches to maximize recombinant protein expression in Escherichia coli: a general review. Protein Expr Purif 2013; 94:22-32. [PMID: 24211770 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The supply of many valuable proteins that have potential clinical or industrial use is often limited by their low natural availability. With the modern advances in genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics, the number of proteins being produced using recombinant techniques is exponentially increasing and seems to guarantee an unlimited supply of recombinant proteins. The demand of recombinant proteins has increased as more applications in several fields become a commercial reality. Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the most widely used expression system for the production of recombinant proteins for structural and functional studies. However, producing soluble proteins in E. coli is still a major bottleneck for structural biology projects. One of the most challenging steps in any structural biology project is predicting which protein or protein fragment will express solubly and purify for crystallographic studies. The production of soluble and active proteins is influenced by several factors including expression host, fusion tag, induction temperature and time. Statistical designed experiments are gaining success in the production of recombinant protein because they provide information on variable interactions that escape the "one-factor-at-a-time" method. Here, we review the most important factors affecting the production of recombinant proteins in a soluble form. Moreover, we provide information about how the statistical design experiments can increase protein yield and purity as well as find conditions for crystal growth.
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- Christos P Papaneophytou
- Veterinary School, University of Thessaly, Trikalon 224, Karditsa 43100, Greece; Institute for Research and Technology - Thessaly (I.RE.TE.TH.), The Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.TH.), Technology Park of Thessaly, 1st Industrial Area, Volos 38500, Greece
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- Veterinary School, University of Thessaly, Trikalon 224, Karditsa 43100, Greece; Institute for Research and Technology - Thessaly (I.RE.TE.TH.), The Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.TH.), Technology Park of Thessaly, 1st Industrial Area, Volos 38500, Greece.
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YANG J, ZHU L, FU W, LIN Y, LIN J, CEN P. Improved 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Production with Recombinant Escherichia coli by a Short-term Dissolved Oxygen Shock in Fed-batch Fermentation. Chin J Chem Eng 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s1004-9541(13)60627-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhang L, Chen J, Chen N, Sun J, Zheng P, Ma Y. Cloning of two 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase isozymes HemA and HemO from Rhodopseudomonas palustris with favorable characteristics for 5-aminolevulinic acid production. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:763-8. [PMID: 23338702 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1143-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthase (ALAS) HemA from non-sulfur photosynthetic bacteria has been used for the ALA bioproduction, whereas the isoenzyme HemT/HemO is less studied and not used for ALA production. Two ALAS-encoding genes, hemA and hemO from Rhodopseudomonas palustris were cloned, purified and characterized. The ALASs had very high specific activity, 3.6 and 2.7 U/mg, respectively, and strong affinity for one of its substrates, succinyl-CoA, K m with values of 11 and 4.4 μM, respectively. HemO retained up to 60 % maximum activity within a broad range of concentrations of hemin, while HemA kept only 20 % at 10 μM hemin. Escherichia coli overexpressing HemA or HemO produced 5.7 and 6.3 g ALA/l, respectively, in a 5 l bioreactor.
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- Lilu Zhang
- College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Biotechnology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China.
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Noguère C, Larsson AM, Guyot JC, Bignon C. Fractional factorial approach combining 4 Escherichia coli strains, 3 culture media, 3 expression temperatures and 5 N-terminal fusion tags for screening the soluble expression of recombinant proteins. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 84:204-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kang Z, Zhang J, Zhou J, Qi Q, Du G, Chen J. Recent advances in microbial production of δ-aminolevulinic acid and vitamin B12. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 30:1533-42. [PMID: 22537876 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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δ-aminolevulinate (ALA) is an important intermediate involved in tetrapyrrole synthesis (precursor for vitamin B12, chlorophyll and heme) in vivo. It has been widely applied in agriculture and medicine. On account of many disadvantages of its chemical synthesis, microbial production of ALA has been received much attention as an alternative because of less expensive raw materials, low pollution, and high productivity. Vitamin B12, one of ALA derivatives, which plays a vital role in prevention of anaemia has also attracted intensive works. In this review, recent advances on the production of ALA and vitamin B12 with novel approaches such as whole-cell enzyme-transformation and metabolic engineering are described. Furthermore, the direction for future research and perspective are also summarized.
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- Zhen Kang
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Marbach A, Bettenbrock K. lac operon induction in Escherichia coli: Systematic comparison of IPTG and TMG induction and influence of the transacetylase LacA. J Biotechnol 2011; 157:82-8. [PMID: 22079752 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Most commonly used expression systems in bacteria are based on the Escherichia coli lac promoter. Furthermore, lac operon elements are used today in systems and synthetic biology. In the majority of the cases the gratuitous inducers IPTG or TMG are used. Here we report a systematic comparison of lac promoter induction by TMG and IPTG which focuses on the aspects inducer uptake, population heterogeneity and a potential influence of the transacetylase, LacA. We provide induction curves in E. coli LJ110 and in isogenic lacY and lacA mutant strains and we show that both inducers are substrates of the lactose permease at low inducer concentrations but can also enter cells independently of lactose permease if present at higher concentrations. Using a gfp reporter strain we compared TMG and IPTG induction at single cell level and showed that bimodal induction with IPTG occurred at approximately ten-fold lower concentrations than with TMG. Furthermore, we observed that lac operon induction is influenced by the transacetylase, LacA. By comparing two Plac-gfp reporter strains with and without a lacA deletion we could show that in the lacA(+) strain the fluorescence level decreased after few hours while the fluorescence further increased in the lacA(-) strain. The results indicate that through the activity of LacA the IPTG concentration can be reduced below an inducing threshold concentration-an influence that should be considered if low inducer amounts are used.
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- Anja Marbach
- Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstr. 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Li H, Su H, Kim SB, Chang YK, Hong SK, Seo YG, Kim CJ. Enhanced production of trehalose in Escherichia coli by homologous expression of otsBA in the presence of the trehalase inhibitor, validamycin A, at high osmolarity. J Biosci Bioeng 2011; 113:224-32. [PMID: 22036231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Revised: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Trehalose production in Escherichia coli DH5α was explored by overexpressing otsBA operon encoding trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase. Production and subsequent degradation of trehalose resulted in low production of trehalose in engineered cells overexpressing otsBA, which was primarily due to the concomitant expression of endogenous trehalase. Through an in vitro enzyme assay and flask cultures of engineered cells, trehalase expression was shown to be directly related to the expression of otsBA rather than osmotic stress. Validamycin A effectively inhibited E. coli trehalase and the intracellular accumulation of trehalose was markedly enhanced in the presence of validamycin A at an optimal concentration in the medium. The trehalose production was further increased upon growth in a hypertonic medium in the presence of validamycin A, with most trehalose accumulating as an intracellular product. The highest titer was obtained when otsBA expression was induced by a medium-copy vector, ptrc99A, with 0.5mM of isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside. Trehalose titer was 1.7 g/L in controlled bioreactor cultures using synthetic M9 medium supplemented with 40 g/L glycerol, 0.1mM validamycin A, and 300 mM NaCl.
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- He Li
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and ERI, GyeongSang National University, 900 Gajwadong, Jinju, Gyeongnam 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Increasing recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli through metabolic and genetic engineering. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 38:1891-910. [PMID: 21901404 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-011-1034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Different hosts have been used for recombinant protein production, ranging from simple bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, to more advanced eukaryotes as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris, to very complex insect and animal cells. All have their advantages and drawbacks and not one seems to be the perfect host for all purposes. In this review we compare the characteristics of all hosts used in commercial applications of recombinant protein production, both in the area of biopharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes. Although the bacterium E. coli remains a very often used organism, several drawbacks limit its possibility to be the first-choice host. Furthermore, we show what E. coli strains are typically used in high cell density cultivations and compare their genetic and physiological differences. In addition, we summarize the research efforts that have been done to improve yields of heterologous protein in E. coli, to reduce acetate formation, to secrete the recombinant protein into the periplasm or extracellular milieu, and to perform post-translational modifications. We conclude that great progress has been made in the incorporation of eukaryotic features into E. coli, which might allow the bacterium to regain its first-choice status, on the condition that these research efforts continue to gain momentum.
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Kang Z, Wang Y, Gu P, Wang Q, Qi Q. Engineering Escherichia coli for efficient production of 5-aminolevulinic acid from glucose. Metab Eng 2011; 13:492-8. [PMID: 21620993 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2011] [Revised: 04/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) recently received much attention due to its potential applications in many fields. In this study, we developed a metabolic strategy to produce ALA directly from glucose in recombinant Escherichia coli via the C5 pathway. The expression of a mutated hemA gene, encoding a glutamyl-tRNA reductase from Salmonella arizona, significantly improved ALA production from 31.1 to 176mg/L. Glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase from E. coli was found to have a synergistic effect with HemA(M) from S. arizona on ALA production (2052mg/L). In addition, we identified a threonine/homoserine exporter in E. coli, encoded by rhtA gene, which exported ALA due to its broad substrate specificity. The constructed E. coli DALA produced 4.13g/L ALA in modified minimal medium from glucose without adding any other co-substrate or inhibitor. This strategy offered an attractive potential to metabolic production of ALA in E. coli.
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- Zhen Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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Mandenius CF, Brundin A. Bioprocess optimization using design-of-experiments methodology. Biotechnol Prog 2009; 24:1191-203. [PMID: 19194932 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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This review surveys recent applications of design-of-experiments (DoE) methodology in the development of biotechnological processes. Methods such as factorial design, response surface methodology, and (DoE) provide powerful and efficient ways to optimize cultivations and other unit operations and procedures using a reduced number of experiments. The multitude of interdependent parameters involved within a unit operation or between units in a bioprocess sequence may be substantially refined and improved by the use of such methods. Other bioprocess-related applications include strain screening evaluation and cultivation media balancing. In view of the emerging regulatory demands on pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, exemplified by the process analytical technology (PAT) initiative of the United States Food and Drug Administration, the use of experimental design approaches to improve process development for safer and more reproducible production is becoming increasingly important. Here, these options are highlighted and discussed with a few selected examples from antibiotic fermentation, expanded bed optimization, virus vector transfection of insect cell cultivation, feed profile adaptation, embryonic stem cell expansion protocols, and mammalian cell harvesting.
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Liu XX, Wang L, Wang YJ, Cai LL. D-glucose enhanced 5-aminolevulinic acid production in recombinant Escherichia coli culture. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 160:822-30. [PMID: 19381488 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8608-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this study, we introduced a new strategy, feeding D-glucose, to overproduce extracellular 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in the recombinant Escherichia coli. We investigated that the D-glucose concentration is dependent on extracellular ALA production. The results indicated that increasing D-glucose concentration in bacteria culture enhanced final cell density and ALA yield and simultaneously decreased the activities of ALA synthase (ALAS) and ALA dehydratase (ALAD); then, the inhibitory effect of D-glucose on ALAS activity was relieved with the metabolism of D-glucose. when 4.0 g/L D-glucose was added at late exponential phase; 1.46 g/L ALA was achieved in shaking culture, which is 47% or 109% higher than the ALA yields with 30 mM levulinic acid of ALAD inhibitor or no inhibitor. In jar fermenter, final extracellular ALA concentration reached 3.1 g/L by feeding with D-glucose.
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- Xiao Xia Liu
- School of Biology and Chemical Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China.
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Fu W, Lin J, Cen P. Expression of a hemA gene from Agrobacterium radiobacter in a rare codon optimizing Escherichia coli for improving 5-aminolevulinate production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2008; 160:456-66. [PMID: 18800199 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8363-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The 5-aminolevulinate (ALA) synthase gene (hemA) from Agrobacterium radiobacter zju-0121, which was cloned previously in our laboratory, contains several rare codons. To enhance the expression of this gene, Escherichia coli Rosetta(DE3), which is a rare codon optimizer strain, was picked out as the host to construct an efficient recombinant strain. Cell extracts of the recombinant E. coli were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under the appropriate conditions. The results indicated that the activity of ALA synthase expressed in Rosetta(DE3)/pET-28a(+)-hemA was about 20% higher than that in E. coli BL21(DE3). Then the effects of precursors (glycine and succinate) and glucose, which is an inhibitor for ALA dehydratase as well as the carbon sources for cell growth, on the production of 5-aminolevulinate were investigated. Based on an optimal fed-batch culture system described in our previous work, up to 6.5 g/l (50 mM) ALA was produced in a 15-l fermenter.
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- Weiqi Fu
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Fu W, Lin J, Cen P. Enhancement of 5-aminolevulinate production with recombinant Escherichia coli using batch and fed-batch culture system. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2008; 99:4864-4870. [PMID: 17993272 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2007] [Revised: 09/11/2007] [Accepted: 09/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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5-Aminolevulinate (ALA) production with recombinant Escherichia coli Rosetta (DE3)/pET28a(+)-hemA was studied. In batch fermentation, the addition of glucose and glycine was effective to improve ALA production. Then the fed-batch fermentation was conducted with continuous feeding of precursors. When the concentrations of succinic acid and glycine were 7.0 g/l and 4.0 g/l, respectively, in the feeding, the ALA yield reached 4.1g/l. But the molar yield (ALA/glycine) was decreased in the fed-batch fermentation compared to batch fermentation. And it was found that the pH control during fed-batch cultivation was very important for the cell growth and ALA production. A two-stage pH value controlling strategy was suggested, in which, the pH value in the first 6h was regulated at pH 5.9, after then at pH 6.2, and the ALA yield was as high as 6.6g/l via fed-batch fermentation.
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- Weiqi Fu
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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Picon A, de Mattos MJT, Postma PW. Protein production by Escherichia coli wild-type and ΔptsG mutant strains with IPTG induction at the onset. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 35:213-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-007-0285-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 11/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fu W, Lin J, Cen P. 5-Aminolevulinate production with recombinant Escherichia coli using a rare codon optimizer host strain. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 75:777-82. [PMID: 17333171 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0887-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2006] [Revised: 02/10/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The 5-aminolevulinate (ALA) synthase gene (hemA) containing several codons rarely used by Escherichia coli was cloned from the genome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and optimized in two strains of Escherichia coli: BL21(DE3) and Rosetta(DE3), which is a rare codon optimizer strain. The effects of initial isopropyl-beta-D: -thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) concentration, induction time, and temperature on enzyme activity were studied and compared for two strains. The results indicated that the ALA synthase expressed by Rosetta(DE3)/pET-28a(+)-hemA was higher than that by BL21(DE3)/pET-28a(+)-hemA. The initial precursors, glycine and succinate, and initial glucose, which is an inhibitor for both ALA synthase and dehydratase, were observed to be the key factors affecting ALA production. ALA synthase activity was generally higher with Rosetta(DE3) than with BL21(DE3), so was ALA biosynthesis. Based on the optimal culture system using Rosetta(DE3), the yield of ALA achieved 3.8 g/l (29 mM) under the appropriate conditions in fermenter.
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- Weiqi Fu
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, China
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Qin G, Lin J, Liu X, Cen P. Effects of medium composition on production of 5-aminolevulinic acid by recombinant Escherichia coli. J Biosci Bioeng 2006; 102:316-22. [PMID: 17116578 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 07/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The recombinant Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) harboring hemA from Agrobacterium radiobacter, which was engineered in our previous work, was used for the extracellular production of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). The effects of various physiological factors, such as the concentrations of precursors (glycine, succinic acid and glucose) and the inhibitor 5-aminolevulinate dehydratase (levulinic acid), on the ALA accumulation in the fermentation broth were investigated in both shake flasks and a jar fermentor. Among these precursors, glycine exhibited the strongest ability to inhibit cell growth, while glucose mainly inhibited ALA formation. The optimum initial concentrations of glycine, succinic acid and glucose were found to be 2.0, 10.0 and 2.0 g/l, respectively. Levulinic acid (LA; 30 mM) was fed to the fermentation broth at the end of the exponential cell growth phase (about 8 h), and the intracellular activity of ALA dehydratase was efficaciously suppressed. Repeating the optimum composition of the medium in a stirred tank fermenter resulted in 1.49 g/l ALA. Furthermore, the fed batch of the precursors and inhibitor further increased ALA production up to 3.01 g/l.
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- Gang Qin
- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Xiaoxia L, Jianping L, Peilin C. Effect of Inducers on the Production of 5‐Aminolevulinic Acid by RecombinantEscherichia coli. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2006; 36:223-33. [PMID: 16707333 DOI: 10.1080/10826060600716307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) was produced by recombinant Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) (pET28-A.R-hemA) harboring the ALA synthase gene (hemA) from Agrobacterium radiobacter zju-0121. The effects of inducers on the ALA synthase activity and ALA productivity were evaluated. The results indicated that a low isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG) concentration (0.05 mmol/L) was favorable for high expression of ALA synthase, which resulted in higher ALA productivity. For metabolic engineering applications, lactose was a better substitute of IPTG for active enzyme expression. When lactose concentration was 5 mmol/L, the specific ALA synthase activity and ALA productivity reached 16.7 nmol/(min . mg of protein) and 1.15 g/L, respectively, which were about 15% and 43% higher than those induced by IPTG.
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- Liu Xiaoxia
- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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Choi JH, Keum KC, Lee SY. Production of recombinant proteins by high cell density culture of Escherichia coli. Chem Eng Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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On-line monitoring of IPTG induction for recombinant protein production using an automatic pH control signal. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02931846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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