YeastFab: the design and construction of standard biological parts for metabolic engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

It is a routine task in metabolic engineering to introduce multicomponent pathways into a heterologous host for production of metabolites. However, this process sometimes may take weeks to months due to the lack of standardized genetic tools. Here, we present a method for the design and construction...

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Published in:Nucleic acids research 2015-07, Vol.43 (13), p.e88-e88
Main Authors: Guo, Yakun, Dong, Junkai, Zhou, Tong, Auxillos, Jamie, Li, Tianyi, Zhang, Weimin, Wang, Lihui, Shen, Yue, Luo, Yisha, Zheng, Yijing, Lin, Jiwei, Chen, Guo-Qiang, Wu, Qingyu, Cai, Yizhi, Dai, Junbiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
beta Carotene - biosynthesis
Metabolic Engineering - methods
Metabolic Networks and Pathways - genetics
Methods Online
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae - genetics
Saccharomyces cerevisiae - metabolism
Transcription, Genetic
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Summary:It is a routine task in metabolic engineering to introduce multicomponent pathways into a heterologous host for production of metabolites. However, this process sometimes may take weeks to months due to the lack of standardized genetic tools. Here, we present a method for the design and construction of biological parts based on the native genes and regulatory elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have developed highly efficient protocols (termed YeastFab Assembly) to synthesize these genetic elements as standardized biological parts, which can be used to assemble transcriptional units in a single-tube reaction. In addition, standardized characterization assays are developed using reporter constructs to calibrate the function of promoters. Furthermore, the assembled transcription units can be either assayed individually or applied to construct multi-gene metabolic pathways, which targets a genomic locus or a receiving plasmid effectively, through a simple in vitro reaction. Finally, using β-carotene biosynthesis pathway as an example, we demonstrate that our method allows us not only to construct and test a metabolic pathway in several days, but also to optimize the production through combinatorial assembly of a pathway using hundreds of regulatory biological parts.
ISSN:0305-1048
1362-4962
DOI:10.1093/nar/gkv464