Diversion of Flux toward Sesquiterpene Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Fusion of Host and Heterologous Enzymes
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2011

The ability to transfer metabolic pathways from the natural producer organisms to the well-characterized cell factory Saccharomyces cerevisiae is well documented. However, as many secondary metabolites are produced by collaborating enzymes assembled in complexes, metabolite production in yeast may be limited by the inability of the heterologous enzymes to collaborate with the native yeast enzymes. This may cause loss of intermediates by diffusion or degradation or due to conversion of the intermediate through competitive pathways. To bypass this problem, we have pursued a strategy in which key enzymes in the pathway are expressed as a physical fusion. As a model system, we have constructed several fusion protein variants in which farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) of yeast has been coupled to patchoulol synthase (PTS) of plant origin (Pogostemon cablin). Expression of the fusion proteins in S. cerevisiae increased the production of patchoulol, the main sesquiterpene produced by PTS, up to 2-fold. Moreover, we have demonstrated that the fusion strategy can be used in combination with traditional metabolic engineering to further increase the production of patchoulol. This simple test case of synthetic biology demonstrates that engineering the spatial organization of metabolic enzymes around a branch point has great potential for diverting flux toward a desired product.

linker length

metabolon formation

enhancement

biosynthesis

escherichia-coli

nicotiana-tabacum

gene fusion

synthase

protein

bifunctional enzyme

Författare

L. Albertsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Yun Chen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

L. S. Bach

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

S. Rattleff

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

J. Maury

Fluxome Sciences A/S

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

S. Brix

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

U. H. Mortensen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

0099-2240 (ISSN) 1098-5336 (eISSN)

Vol. 77 3 1033-1040

Ämneskategorier

Industriell bioteknik

Mikrobiologi

Styrkeområden

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1128/AEM.01361-10

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