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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2024

Characterization and optimization of 5´ untranslated region containing poly-adenine tracts in Kluyveromyces marxianus using machine-learning model.

Junyuan Zeng, Kunfeng Song, Jingqi Wang, Haimei Wen, Jungang Zhou, Ting Ni, Hong Lu, Yao Yu

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junyuan ZengState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Kunfeng SongState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jingqi WangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Haimei WenState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jungang ZhouState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ting NiState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Hong LuState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yao YuState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. yaoyu@fudan.edu.cn.
Fudan University · CNShanghai Micro Satellite Engineering Center · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31970549National Natural Science Foundation of China 92249302Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering SKLGE-2318Science and Technology Research Program of Shanghai 19DZ2282100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 5´ untranslated region (5´ UTR) plays a key role in regulating translation efficiency and mRNA stability, making it a favored target in genetic engineering and synthetic biology. A common feature found in the 5´ UTR is the poly-adenine (poly(A)) tract. However, the effect of 5´ UTR poly(A) on protein production remains controversial. Machine-learning models are powerful tools for explaining the complex contributions of features, but models incorporating features of 5´ UTR poly(A) are currently lacking. Thus, our goal is to construct such a model, using natural 5´ UTRs from Kluyveromyces marxianus, a promising cell factory for producing heterologous proteins.

resultsWe constructed a mini-library consisting of 207 5´ UTRs harboring poly(A) and 34 5´ UTRs without poly(A) from K. marxianus. The effects of each 5´ UTR on the production of a GFP reporter were evaluated individually in vivo, and the resulting protein abundance spanned an approximately 450-fold range throughout. The data were used to train a multi-layer perceptron neural network (MLP-NN) model that incorporated the length and position of poly(A) as features. The model exhibited good performance in predicting protein abundance (average R

conclusionThe effects of poly(A) on protein production depend on its length and position. Integrating poly(A) features into machine-learning models improves simulation accuracy. Deleting or reducing poly(A) upstream of 30 nt preceding AUG tends to enhance protein production. This optimization strategy can be applied to enhance the yield of K. marxianus and other microbial cell factories.

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Kluyveromyces5' Untranslated RegionsBase SequencePoly ARNA, Messenger5' Untranslated RegionsPoly ApolyadenineRNA, Messenger5´ UTRHeterologous protein expressionKluyveromyces marixanusMachine-learning modelPoly(A)

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PMID38172836
PMCPMC10763412
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