申请人:WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
公开号:US10851393B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-01
The present disclosure describes a genetically engineered a KASIII-independent fatty acid biosynthetic pathway that makes use of the promiscuous nature of the rest of the FAS enzymes (3-ketoacyl-ACP synthetase, 3-ketoacyl-ACP reductase, 3-hydroxyacyl ACP dehydrase, enoyl-ACP reductase) to bypass the KASIII step by providing a Co-A precursor of two or higher than two carbons (such as the four carbon butyryl-CoA) as the starting molecule. Since many CoA-based starter molecules can be supplied for the fatty acid synthesis, much more diversified products can be obtained with various carbon-chain lengths. As such, this disclosure will serve as a powerful and efficient platform to produce low to medium chain length products carrying many different functional groups.
本公开描述了一种基因工程设计的不依赖 KASIII 的脂肪酸生物合成途径,该途径利用 FAS 其余酶(3-酮酰-ACP 合成酶、3-酮酰-ACP 还原酶、3-羟基乙酰 ACP 脱水酶、烯酰-ACP 还原酶)的杂合性,通过提供一个或多个 Co-A 前体,绕过 KASIII 步骤、3-Ketoacyl-ACP 还原酶、3-hydroxyacyl ACP 脱水酶、enoyl-ACP 还原酶),通过提供两个或两个以上碳原子的 Co-A 前体(如四碳丁酰-CoA)作为起始分子,绕过 KASIII 步骤。由于可以为脂肪酸合成提供多种以 CoA 为基础的起始分子,因此可以获得具有不同碳链长度的更多样化的产品。因此,本发明将成为生产携带多种不同官能团的中低链长产品的强大而高效的平台。