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ArticleNature chemical biology2019

Versatile biomanufacturing through stimulus-responsive cell-material feedback.

Zhuojun Dai, Anna J Lee, Stefan Roberts, Tatyana A Sysoeva, Shuqiang Huang, Michael Dzuricky, Xiaoyu Yang, Xi Zhang, Zihe Liu, Ashutosh Chilkoti and 1 more

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Zhuojun DaiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Anna J LeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Stefan RobertsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Tatyana A SysoevaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Shuqiang HuangShenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Michael DzurickyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Xiaoyu YangSchool of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xi ZhangShenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Zihe LiuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China.
Ashutosh ChilkotiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1569-2228
Lingchong YouDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. you@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-4007

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-scale production of biologics has great potential for enhancing the accessibility of biomanufacturing. By exploiting cell-material feedback, we have designed a concise platform to achieve versatile production, analysis and purification of diverse proteins and protein complexes. The core of our technology is a microbial swarmbot, which consists of a stimulus-sensitive polymeric microcapsule encapsulating engineered bacteria. By sensing the confinement, the bacteria undergo programmed partial lysis at a high local density. Conversely, the encapsulating material shrinks responding to the changing chemical environment caused by cell growth, squeezing out the protein products released by bacterial lysis. This platform is then integrated with downstream modules to enable quantification of enzymatic kinetics, purification of diverse proteins, quantitative control of protein interactions and assembly of functional protein complexes and multienzyme metabolic pathways. Our work demonstrates the use of the cell-material feedback to engineer a modular and flexible platform with sophisticated yet well-defined programmed functions.

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BioengineeringBacterial ProteinsBioreactorsEscherichia coliGene Expression RegulationGenetic EngineeringPlasmidsBacterial Proteins

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