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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Exchange of endogenous and heterogeneous yeast terminators in Pichia pastoris to tune mRNA stability and gene expression.

Yoichiro Ito, Goro Terai, Misa Ishigami, Noriko Hashiba, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Takahiro Bamba, Ryota Kumokita, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Kiyoshi Asai, Jun Ishii and 1 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yoichiro ItoGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Goro TeraiDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.
Misa IshigamiTechnology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Noriko HashibaTechnology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Yasuyuki NakamuraGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Takahiro BambaGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Ryota KumokitaGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Tomohisa HasunumaGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Kiyoshi AsaiDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8561, Japan.
Jun IshiiGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Akihiko KondoGraduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Kobe University · JPPhotonics Electronics Technology Research Association · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, terminator sequences not only terminate transcription but also affect expression levels of the protein-encoded upstream of the terminator. The non-conventional yeast Pichia pastoris (syn. Komagataella phaffii) has frequently been used as a platform for metabolic engineering but knowledge regarding P. pastoris terminators is limited. To explore terminator sequences available to tune protein expression levels in P. pastoris, we created a 'terminator catalog' by testing 72 sequences, including terminators from S. cerevisiae or P. pastoris and synthetic terminators. Altogether, we found that the terminators have a tunable range of 17-fold. We also found that S. cerevisiae terminator sequences maintain function when transferred to P. pastoris. Successful tuning of protein expression levels was shown not only for the reporter gene used to define the catalog but also using betaxanthin production as an example application in pathway flux regulation. Moreover, we found experimental evidence that protein expression levels result from mRNA abundance and in silico evidence that levels reflect the stability of mRNA 3'-UTR secondary structure. In combination with promoter selection, the novel terminator catalog constitutes a basic toolbox for tuning protein expression levels in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in P. pastoris.

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Gene Expression Regulation, FungalMetabolic EngineeringPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA, MessengerRNA StabilitySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomycetalesSynthetic BiologyTerminator Regions, GeneticRNA, Messenger

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PMID33257988
PMCPMC7736810
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