From Natural Microbe Screening to Sustained Chitinase Activity in Exogenous Hosts
Genetic parts and hosts can be sourced from nature to realize new functions for synthetic biology or to improve performance in a particular application environment. Here, we proceed from the discovery and characterization of new parts to stable expression in new hosts with a particular focus on achieving sustained chitinase activity. Chitinase is a key enzyme for various industrial applications that require the breakdown of chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer on the earth. Diverse microbes exhibit chitinase activity, but for applications, the environmental conditions for optimal enzyme activity and microbe fitness must align with the application context. Achieving sustained chitinase activity under broad conditions in heterologous hosts has also proven difficult due to toxic side effects. Toward addressing these challenges, we first screen ocean water samples to identify microbes with chitinase activity. Next, we perform whole genome sequencing and analysis and select a chitinase gene for heterologous expression. Then, we optimize transformation methods for target hosts and introduce chitinase. Finally, to achieve robust function, we optimize ribosome binding sites and discover a beneficial promoter that upregulates chitinase expression in the presence of colloidal chitin in a sense-and-respond fashion. We demonstrate chitinase activity for >21 days in standard (Escherichia coli) and nonstandard (Roseobacter denitrificans) hosts. Besides enhancing chitinase applications, our pipeline is extendable to other functions, identifies natural microbes that can be used directly in non-GMO contexts, generates new parts for synthetic biology, and achieves weeks of stable activity in heterologous hosts.
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2024 |
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2024 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13 |
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ACS synthetic biology - 13(2024), 4 vom: 19. Apr., Seite 1165-1176 |
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Chaulagain, Diptee [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 22.04.2024 Date Revised 22.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1021/acssynbio.3c00637 |
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