BioChem - DOS

Optogenetic regulation of engineered cellular metabolism for microbial chemical production

Nature

Zhao, Evan M.; Zhang, Yanfei; Mehl, Justin; Park, Helen; Lalwani, Makoto A.; Toettcher, Jared E.; Avalos, José L.

The optimization of engineered metabolic pathways requires careful control over the levels and timing of metabolic enzyme expression. Optogenetic tools are ideal for achieving such precise control, as light can be applied and removed instantly without complex media changes. Here we show that light-controlled transcription can be used to enhance the biosynthesis of valuable products in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We introduce new optogenetic circuits to shift cells from a light-induced growth phase to a darkness-induced production phase, which allows us to control fermentation with only light. Furthermore, optogenetic control of engineered pathways enables a new mode of bioreactor operation using periodic light pulses to tune enzyme expression during the production phase of fermentation to increase yields. Using these advances, we control the mitochondrial isobutanol pathway to produce up to 8.49&thinsp;&plusmn;&thinsp;0.31&thinsp;g&thinsp;l<SUP>&minus;1</SUP> of isobutanol and 2.38&thinsp;&plusmn;&thinsp;0.06&thinsp;g&thinsp;l<SUP>&minus;1</SUP> of 2-methyl-1-butanol micro-aerobically from glucose. These results make a compelling case for the application of optogenetics to metabolic engineering for the production of valuable products.

2018

Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.

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0028-0836

1476-4687

555

7698

pp.683-687

10.1038/nature26141

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