生物技术通报 ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 80-92.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2023-0271

• 技术与方法 • 上一篇    下一篇

基于紫色杆菌素生物合成途径的L-色氨酸生物传感器的构建

李仁瀚1,2(), 张乐乐1,2, 刘春立1,2,3, 刘秀霞1,2,3, 白仲虎1,2,3, 杨艳坤1,2,3(), 李业1,2,3()   

  1. 1.江南大学工业生物技术教育部重点实验室,无锡 214122
    2.江南大学粮食发酵与食品生物制造国家工程研究中心,无锡 214122
    3.江苏省生物活性制品加工工程技术研究中心,无锡 214122
  • 收稿日期:2023-03-23 出版日期:2023-10-26 发布日期:2023-11-28
  • 通讯作者: 杨艳坤,男,博士,副教授,研究方向:分子生物学与合成生物学;E-mail: yangyankun@jiangnan.edu.cn
    李业,男,博士,助理研究员,研究方向:代谢工程与合成生物学;E-mail: yeli0622@jiangnan.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:李仁瀚,男,研究方向:代谢工程与合成生物学;E-mail: 6200201078@stu.jiangnan.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金面上项目(21878124)

Development of an L-tryptophan Biosensor Based on the Violacein Biosynthesis Pathway

LI Ren-han1,2(), ZHANG Le-le1,2, LIU Chun-li1,2,3, LIU Xiu-xia1,2,3, BAI Zhong-hu1,2,3, YANG Yan-kun1,2,3(), LI Ye1,2,3()   

  1. 1. The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122
    2. National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122
    3. Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122
  • Received:2023-03-23 Published:2023-10-26 Online:2023-11-28

摘要:

结合生物传感器进行高通量筛选是鉴定L-色氨酸高产菌株的有力工具,但现有的L-色氨酸生物传感器普遍存在工作范围和动态范围都较低的缺点。在大肠杆菌中表达紫色杆菌素生物合成途径,测试不同来源的VioA酶,结合RBS工程,开发了一种新型酶偶联L-色氨酸生物传感器。测试发现来自Chromobacterium violaceum的VioA酶可使该传感器的检测上限扩大至10 g/L外源添加的L-色氨酸;将其RBS的初始翻译速率降低到约2 000时,传感器的动态范围扩大到55倍;通过肉眼可直观地区分L-色氨酸产量不同的大肠杆菌菌株。这种新型的L-色氨酸生物传感器可结合高通量筛选等手段,在鉴定L-色氨酸及其高附加值衍生物高产菌株等方面发挥巨大作用。

关键词: 大肠杆菌, 紫色杆菌素, L-色氨酸, 生物传感器

Abstract:

High-throughput screening combining with biosensors is a powerful tool for identifying high-yield L-tryptophan producing strains, but current L-tryptophan biosensors generally have the disadvantage of low operational and dynamic ranges. By expressing the violacein biosynthetic pathway in Escherichia coli and testing different sources of VioA enzyme and RBS engineering, a novel enzyme-coupled L-tryptophan biosensor was developed. It was found that the VioA enzyme from Chromobacterium violaceum expanded detection limit of the biosensor up to 0-10 g/L of exogenously added L-tryptophan. Reducing its translation initiation rate to approximately 2 000 expanded the dynamic range of the biosensor by 55-fold. Different strains of E. coli with varying L-tryptophan yields could be visually distinguished with the naked eye. This novel L-tryptophan biosensor can play a significant role in identifying high-yield L-tryptophan and its high-value derivatives producing strains through combining methods such as high-throughput screening.

Key words: Escherichia coli, violacein, L-tryptophan, biosensor