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Article Dans Une Revue Microbial Cell Factories Année : 2019

Development and application of a transcriptional sensor for detection of heterologous acrylic acid production in E. coli

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Background: Acrylic acid (AA) is a widely used commodity chemical derived from non-renewable fossil fuel sources. Alternative microbial-based production methodologies are being developed with the aim of providing “green” acrylic acid. These initiatives will benefit from component sensing tools that facilitate rapid and easy detection of in vivo AA production. Results: We developed a novel transcriptional sensor facilitating in vivo detection of acrylic acid (AA). RNAseq analysis of Escherichia coli exposed to sub-lethal doses of acrylic acid identified a selectively responsive promoter (PyhcN) that was cloned upstream of the eGFP gene. In the presence of AA, eGFP expression in E. coli cells harbouring the sensing construct was readily observable by fluorescence read-out. Low concentrations of AA (500 μM) could be detected whilst the closely related lactic and 3-hydroxy propionic acids failed to activate the sensor. We further used the developed AA-biosensor for in vivo FACS-based screening and identification of amidase mutants with improved catalytic properties for deamination of acrylamide to acrylic acid. Conclusions: The transcriptional AA sensor developed in this study will benefit strain, enzyme and pathway engineering initiatives targeting the efficient formation of bio-acrylic acid.
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inserm-02337827 , version 1 (29-10-2019)

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Sarada Raghavan, Sharon Chee, Juntao Li, Jérémie Poschmann, Niranjan Nagarajan, et al.. Development and application of a transcriptional sensor for detection of heterologous acrylic acid production in E. coli. Microbial Cell Factories, 2019, 18 (1), pp.139. ⟨10.1186/s12934-019-1185-y⟩. ⟨inserm-02337827⟩
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