Development of a Synthetic Malonyl-CoA Sensor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Intracellular Metabolite Monitoring and Genetic Screening

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• 作者：Sijin Li ; Tong Si ; Meng Wang ; Huimin Zhao
• 刊名：ACS Synthetic Biology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 18, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：4
• 期：12
• 页码：1308-1315
• 全文大小：397K
• ISSN：2161-5063

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Genetic sensors capable of converting key metabolite levels to fluorescence signals enable the monitoring of intracellular compound concentrations in living cells, and emerge as an efficient tool in high-throughput genetic screening. However, the development of genetic sensors in yeasts lags far behind their development in bacteria. Here we report the design of a malonyl-CoA sensor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using an adapted bacterial transcription factor FapR and its corresponding operator fapO to gauge intracellular malonyl-CoA levels. By combining this sensor with a genome-wide overexpression library, we identified two novel gene targets that improved intracellular malonyl-CoA concentration. We further utilized the resulting recombinant yeast strain to produce a valuable compound, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, from malonyl-CoA and enhanced its titer by 120%. Such a genetic sensor provides a powerful approach for genome-wide screening and could further improve the synthesis of a large range of chemicals derived from malonyl-CoA in yeast.