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Data for Cloning and Characterization of a Panel of Mitochondrial Targeting Sequences for Compartmentalization Engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [2];  [4]
  1. Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering ,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  2. Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering ,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA; Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Urbana, IL (United States)
  4. Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering ,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA; Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Urbana, IL (United States)
Mitochondrion is generally considered as the most promising subcellular organelle for compartmentalization engineering. Much progress has been made in reconstituting whole metabolic pathways in the mitochondria of yeast to harness the precursor pools (i.e., pyruvate and acetyl-CoA), bypass competing pathways, and minimize transportation limitations. However, only a few mitochondrial targeting sequences (MTSs) have been characterized (i.e., MTS of COX4), limiting the application of compartmentalization engineering for multigene biosynthetic pathways in the mitochondria of yeast. In the present study, based on the mitochondrial proteome, a total of 20 MTSs were cloned and the efficiency of these MTSs in targeting heterologous proteins, including the Escherichia coli FabI and enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) into the mitochondria was evaluated by growth complementation and confocal microscopy. After systematic characterization, six of the well-performed MTSs were chosen for the colocalization of complete biosynthetic pathways into the mitochondria. As proof of concept, the full α-santalene biosynthetic pathway consisting of 10 expression cassettes capable of converting acetyl-coA to α-santalene was compartmentalized into the mitochondria, leading to a 3.7-fold improvement in the production of α-santalene. The newly characterized MTSs should contribute to the expanded metabolic engineering and synthetic biology toolbox for yeast mitochondrial compartmentalization engineering.
Research Organization:
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Urbana, IL (United States); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sponsoring Organization:
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0018420
OSTI ID:
3014140
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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