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ArticleScientific reports2016

Towards Biocontained Cell Factories: An Evolutionarily Adapted Escherichia coli Strain Produces a New-to-nature Bioactive Lantibiotic Containing Thienopyrrole-Alanine.

Anja Kuthning, Patrick Durkin, Stefan Oehm, Michael G Hoesl, Nediljko Budisa, Roderich D Süssmuth

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anja KuthningTechnische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Biologische Chemie, Straße des 17. Juni 124, Berlin, 10623, Germany.
Patrick DurkinTechnische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Biokatalyse, Müller-Breslau-Straße 10, Berlin, 10623, Germany.
Stefan OehmTechnische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Biokatalyse, Müller-Breslau-Straße 10, Berlin, 10623, Germany.
Michael G HoeslTechnische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Biokatalyse, Müller-Breslau-Straße 10, Berlin, 10623, Germany.
Nediljko BudisaTechnische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Biokatalyse, Müller-Breslau-Straße 10, Berlin, 10623, Germany.
Roderich D SüssmuthTechnische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Biologische Chemie, Straße des 17. Juni 124, Berlin, 10623, Germany.
Technische Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic code engineering that enables reassignment of genetic codons to non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) is a powerful strategy for enhancing ribosomally synthesized peptides and proteins with functions not commonly found in Nature. Here we report the expression of a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP), the 32-mer lantibiotic lichenicidin with a canonical tryptophan (Trp) residue replaced by the ncAA L-β-(thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolyl)alanine ([3,2]Tpa) which does not sustain cell growth in the culture. We have demonstrated that cellular toxicity of [3,2]Tpa for the production of the new-to-nature bioactive congener of lichenicidin in the host Escherichia coli can be alleviated by using an evolutionarily adapted host strain MT21 which not only tolerates [3,2]Tpa but also uses it as a proteome-wide synthetic building block. This work underscores the feasibility of the biocontainment concept and establishes a general framework for design and large scale production of RiPPs with evolutionarily adapted host strains.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionAlanineAmino Acid SequenceAnti-Infective AgentsBacteriocinsEscherichia coliMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPeptidesPyrrolesRibosomesSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationAlanineAnti-Infective AgentsBacteriocinsPeptidesPyrrolesthienopyrrole

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PMID27634138
PMCPMC5025777
OpenAlexW2520542585

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