Lee Sung Kuk, Chou Howard H, Pfleger Brian F, Newman Jack D, Yoshikuni Yasuo, Keasling Jay D
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Sep;73(18):5711-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00791-07. Epub 2007 Jul 20.
Synthetic biological systems often require multiple, independently inducible promoters in order to control the expression levels of several genes; however, cross talk between the promoters limits this ability. Here, we demonstrate the directed evolution of AraC to construct an arabinose-inducible (P(BAD)) system that is more compatible with IPTG (isopropyl-beta-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside) induction of a lactose-inducible (P(lac)) system. The constructed system is 10 times more sensitive to arabinose and tolerates IPTG significantly better than the wild type. Detailed studies indicate that the AraC dimerization domain and C terminus are important for the increased sensitivity of AraC to arabinose.
合成生物系统通常需要多个独立可诱导的启动子来控制多个基因的表达水平;然而,启动子之间的串扰限制了这种能力。在此,我们展示了AraC的定向进化,以构建一种阿拉伯糖诱导型(P(BAD))系统,该系统与乳糖诱导型(P(lac))系统的异丙基-β-D-1-硫代半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导更兼容。构建的系统对阿拉伯糖的敏感性比野生型高10倍,并且对IPTG的耐受性明显更好。详细研究表明,AraC二聚化结构域和C末端对于AraC对阿拉伯糖敏感性的提高很重要。