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ArticleScientific reports2021

An in vivo selection system with tightly regulated gene expression enables directed evolution of highly efficient enzymes.

Parinthon Nearmnala, Manutsawee Thanaburakorn, Watanalai Panbangred, Pimchai Chaiyen, Narupat Hongdilokkul

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Parinthon NearmnalaDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Manutsawee ThanaburakornDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Watanalai PanbangredDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Pimchai ChaiyenSchool of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong, 21210, Thailand.
Narupat HongdilokkulDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. narupat.hon@mahidol.edu.
Mahidol University · THVidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology · TH

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Abstract

In vivo selection systems are powerful tools for directed evolution of enzymes. The selection pressure of the systems can be tuned by regulating the expression levels of the catalysts. In this work, we engineered a selection system for laboratory evolution of highly active enzymes by incorporating a translationally suppressing cis repressor as well as an inducible promoter to impart stringent and tunable selection pressure. We demonstrated the utility of our selection system by performing directed evolution experiments using TEM β-lactamase as the model enzyme. Five evolutionary rounds afforded a highly active variant exhibiting 440-fold improvement in catalytic efficiency. We also showed that, without the cis repressor, the selection system cannot provide sufficient selection pressure required for evolving highly efficient TEM β-lactamase. The selection system should be applicable for the exploration of catalytic perfection of a wide range of enzymes.

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Directed Molecular EvolutionGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicSelection, GeneticBase SequenceEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialModels, MolecularMutationNucleic Acid ConformationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein ConformationProtein EngineeringRNA, BacterialStructure-Activity RelationshipEscherichia coli ProteinsRNA, Bacterial

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PMID34083677
PMCPMC8175713
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