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ArticleMetabolic engineering2024

A self-regulated network for dynamically balancing multiple precursors in complex biosynthetic pathways.

Yusong Zou, Jianli Zhang, Jian Wang, Xinyu Gong, Tian Jiang, Yajun Yan

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Article in Metabolic engineering, 2024. 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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Yusong ZouSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Jianli ZhangSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Jian WangSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Xinyu GongSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Tian JiangSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Yajun YanSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA. Electronic address: yajunyan@uga.edu.

Funding

Engineering Dynamic Control of Natural Product Biosynthesis in BacteriaR35GM128620 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Yajun Yan · 2018 to 2026
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128620
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial synthesis has emerged as a promising and sustainable alternative to traditional chemical synthesis and plant extraction. However, the competition between synthetic pathways and central metabolic pathways for cellular resources may impair final production efficiency. Moreover, when the synthesis of target product requires multiple precursors from the same node, the conflicts of carbon flux have further negative impacts on yields. In this study, a self-regulated network was developed to relieve the competition of precursors in complex synthetic pathways. Using 4-hydroxycoumarin (4-HC) synthetic pathway as a proof of concept, we employed an intermediate as a trigger to dynamically rewire the metabolic flux of pyruvate and control the expression levels of genes in 4-HC synthetic pathway, achieving self-regulation of multiple precursors and enhanced titer. Transcriptomic analysis results additionally demonstrated that the gene transcriptional levels of both pyruvate kinase PykF and synthetic pathway enzyme SdgA dynamically changed according to the intermediate concentrations. Overall, our work established a self-regulated network to dynamically balance the metabolic flux of two precursors in 4-HC biosynthesis, providing insight into balancing biosynthetic pathways where multiple precursors compete and interfere with each other.

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Biosynthetic PathwaysMetabolic EngineeringMetabolic Networks and Pathways4-HydroxycoumarinBiosynthesisDynamic regulationGenetic biosensorsMultiple precursors

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PMID38316239
PMCPMC10947840

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