Journal: Genes
Article Title: Modulating the Precursor and Terpene Synthase Supply for the Whole-Cell Biocatalytic Production of the Sesquiterpene (+)-Zizaene in a Pathway Engineered E. coli
doi: 10.3390/genes10060478
Figure Lengend Snippet: Biosynthetic pathway engineered for the production of (+)-zizaene in E. coli by the expression of the native methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway, the heterologous MEV pathway and the (+)-zizaene pathway. Heterologous expressed enzymes highlighted in blue. The MEP pathway comprise the following enzymes: 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase ( Dxs ), 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase ( Dxr ), MEP cytidyl transferase ( MCT ), cytidyl MEP kinase ( CMK ), MEP-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase ( MDS ), (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate synthase ( HDS ), and (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase ( HDR ). The MEV heterologous pathway consisted of the following enzymes: acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase ( AtoB ), HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS), truncated HMG-CoA reductase ( tHMGR ), mevalonate kinase (MK), phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (PMD), and isoprenyl diphosphate isomerase ( Idi ). The (+)-zizaene pathway comprises the farnesyl diphosphate synthase ( IspA ) and the zizaene synthase ( ZS ).
Article Snippet: For that, both the insert and backbone were amplified with complementary overhangs by PCR methods, seamlessly assembled, and E. coli TOP10 competent cloning strains (IBA, Germany) were transformed for respective screening.
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