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Title: Module-Based Polyketide Synthase Engineering for de Novo Polyketide Biosynthesis

Journal Article · · ACS Synthetic Biology
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  1. Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Emeryville, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Shenzhen Institutes for Advanced Technologies (China); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)

Polyketide retrobiosynthesis, where the biosynthetic pathway of a given polyketide can be reversibly engineered due to the colinearity of the polyketide synthase (PKS) structure and function, has the potential to produce millions of organic molecules. Mixing and matching modules from natural PKSs is one of the routes to produce many of these molecules. Evolutionary analysis of PKSs suggests that traditionally used module boundaries may not lead to the most productive hybrid PKSs and that new boundaries around and within the ketosynthase domain may be more active when constructing hybrid PKSs. As this is still a nascent area of research, the generality of these design principles based on existing engineering efforts remains inconclusive. Recent advances in structural modeling and synthetic biology present an opportunity to accelerate PKS engineering by re-evaluating insights gained from previous engineering efforts with cutting edge tools.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science (BSS); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); US Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; EE0008926; FA9550-21-F-0003; 2018253421
OSTI ID:
2203299
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2439719
Journal Information:
ACS Synthetic Biology, Vol. 12, Issue 11; ISSN 2161-5063
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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