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ArticleMolecular systems biology2021

Model-guided development of an evolutionarily stable yeast chassis.

Filipa Pereira, Helder Lopes, Paulo Maia, Britta Meyer, Justyna Nocon, Paula Jouhten, Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Eleni Kafkia, Miguel Rocha, Peter Kötter and 2 more

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Filipa PereiraStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0557-8480
Helder LopesCEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9563-3844
Paulo MaiaSilicolife - Computational Biology Solutions for the Life Sciences, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0848-8683
Britta MeyerJohann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Justyna NoconStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Paula JouhtenStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Dimitrios KonstantinidisStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2134-6823
Eleni KafkiaStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9550-4487
Miguel RochaCEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.
Peter KötterJohann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Isabel RochaCEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9494-3410
Kiran R PatilStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6166-8640
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Minho · PTSilicoLife (Portugal) · PTUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

First-principle metabolic modelling holds potential for designing microbial chassis that are resilient against phenotype reversal due to adaptive mutations. Yet, the theory of model-based chassis design has rarely been put to rigorous experimental test. Here, we report the development of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chassis strains for dicarboxylic acid production using genome-scale metabolic modelling. The chassis strains, albeit geared for higher flux towards succinate, fumarate and malate, do not appreciably secrete these metabolites. As predicted by the model, introducing product-specific TCA cycle disruptions resulted in the secretion of the corresponding acid. Adaptive laboratory evolution further improved production of succinate and fumarate, demonstrating the evolutionary robustness of the engineered cells. In the case of malate, multi-omics analysis revealed a flux bypass at peroxisomal malate dehydrogenase that was missing in the yeast metabolic model. In all three cases, flux balance analysis integrating transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics data confirmed the flux re-routing predicted by the model. Taken together, our modelling and experimental results have implications for the computer-aided design of microbial cell factories.

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Metabolic EngineeringSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCitric Acid CycleMetabolomicsSuccinic AcidSuccinic Acidadaptive laboratory evolutionchassis cellmetabolic engineeringmulti-objective optimizationsystems biology

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PMID34292675
PMCPMC8297383
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