Engineering metabolic pathways for cofactor self-sufficiency and serotonin production in Escherichia coli was written by Shen, Peijie;Gu, Suyi;Jin, Dou;Su, Yu;Wu, Hongxuan;Li, Qingchen;Yang, Jinhua;He, Wenjin;Huang, Jianzhong;Qi, Feng. And the article was included in ACS Synthetic Biology in 2022.Category: alcohols-buliding-blocks The following contents are mentioned in the article:
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that plays an essential regulatory role in numerous cognitive and behavioral functions. Recent advances in synthetic biol. have enabled engineering of non-natural biosynthetic pathways for serotonin production in E. coli. Here, an optimized heterologous serotonin biosynthetic pathway was engineered in E. coli and coupled with the biosynthetic and regeneration modules of the endogenous vital cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) for efficient serotonin production using whole-cell catalysis. Further metabolic engineering efforts were performed to ensure an adequate endogenous BH4 supply, including enhancements of GTP biosynthesis and intracellular reducing power availability. Using the optimized fed-batch fermentation, an overall maximum serotonin yield of 40.3% (mol/mol) and a peak titer of 1.68 g/L (production rate of 0.016 g/L/h) were achieved. The strategies employed in this study show the promise of using E. coli for pterin self-sufficiency and high-level serotonin production, and the engineered strains hold the potential for use in industrial applications. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as (2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-(isopropylthio)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol (cas: 367-93-1Category: alcohols-buliding-blocks).
(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-(isopropylthio)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol (cas: 367-93-1) belongs to alcohols. A strong base can deprotonate an alcohol to yield an alkoxide ion (R―O−). For example, sodamide (NaNH2), a very strong base, abstracts the hydrogen atom of an alcohol. Grignard and organolithium reagents are powerful tools for organic synthesis, and the most common products of their reactions are alcohols.Category: alcohols-buliding-blocks
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