Engineering Butanol-Tolerance in Escherichia coli With Artificial Transcription Factor Libraries
Engineering Butanol-Tolerance in Escherichia coli With Artificial Transcription Factor Libraries
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DOI:
10.1002/bit.22989
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发表时间:
2011-04-01
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3.8
通讯作者:
Kim, Sun Chang
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作者:
Lee, Ju Young;Yang, Kyung Seok;Kim, Sun Chang
Escherichia coli has been explored as a host for butanol production because of its many advantages such as a fast growth and easy genetic manipulation. Butanol toxicity, however, is a major concern in the biobutanol production with E. coli. In particular, E. coli growth is severely inhibited by butanol, being almost completely stopped by 1% (vol/vol) butanol. Here we developed a new method to increase the butanol-tolerance of E. coli with artificial transcription factor (ATF) libraries which consist of zinc finger (ZF) DNA-binding proteins and an E. coli cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP). Using these ATFs, we selected a butanol-tolerant E. coli which can tolerate up to 1.5% (vol/vol) butanol, with a concomitant increase in heat resistance. We also identified genes of E. coli that are associated with the butanol-tolerance. These results show that E. coli can be engineered as a promising host for high-yield butanol production. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2011; 108: 742-749. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.