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ArticleMolecular systems biology2025

Orthogonal replication with optogenetic selection evolves yeast JEN1 into a mevalonate transporter.

Scott A Wegner, Virginia Jiang, Jeremy D Cortez, José L Avalos

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Scott A WegnerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
Virginia JiangDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-1306
Jeremy D CortezDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
José L AvalosDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA. javalos@princeton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7209-4208

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007388 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI CRISTEA, ILEANA M. · 1985 to 2022
$27.4M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM007388NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007388NSF | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) DGE-2039656U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0022155
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Abstract

The in vivo continuous evolution system OrthoRep (orthogonal replication) is a powerful strategy for rapid enzyme evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that diversifies genes at a rate exceeding the endogenous genome mutagenesis rate by several orders of magnitude. However, it is difficult to neofunctionalize genes using OrthoRep partly because of the way selection pressures are applied. Here we combine OrthoRep with optogenetics in a selection strategy we call OptoRep, which allows fine-tuning of selection pressure with light. With this capability, we evolved a truncated form of the endogenous monocarboxylate transporter JEN1 (JEN1t) into a de novo mevalonate importer. We demonstrate the functionality of the evolved JEN1t (JEN1t

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Directed Molecular EvolutionMevalonic AcidMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersOptogeneticsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSelection, GeneticMevalonic AcidMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsContinuous EvolutionJEN1Mevalonate Transporter EvolutionOptogeneticsOrthoRep

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PMID40500463
PMCPMC12405511

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