Profiling influences of gene overexpression on heterologous resveratrol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Duo Liu1,2,Bingzhi Li1,2,Hong Liu1,2,Xuejiao Guo1,2,Yingjin Yuan1,2()
1. Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China 2. SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Metabolic engineering of heterologous resveratrol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae faces challenges as the precursor L-tyrosine is stringently regulated by a complex biosynthetic system. We overexpressed the main gene targets in the upstream pathways to investigate their influences on the downstream resveratrol production. Single-gene overexpression and DNA assembly-directed multigene overexpression affect the production of resveratrol as well as its precursor p-coumaric acid. Finally, the collaboration of selected gene targets leads to an optimal resveratrol production of 66.14±3.74 mg·L–1, 2.27 times higher than the initial production in YPD medium (4% glucose). The newly discovered gene targets TRP1 expressing phosphoribosylanthranilate isomerase, ARO3 expressing 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase, and 4CL expressing 4-coumaryl-CoA ligase show notable positive impacts on resveratrol production in S. cerevisiae.
. [J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2017, 11(1): 117-125.
Duo Liu,Bingzhi Li,Hong Liu,Xuejiao Guo,Yingjin Yuan. Profiling influences of gene overexpression on heterologous resveratrol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2017, 11(1): 117-125.
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