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301results about "Carbon-nitrogen lyases" patented technology

Pyridone compound as well as biosynthesis method and application thereof

The invention relates to the technical field of biosynthesis, and particularly discloses a pyridone compound as well as a biosynthesis method and application thereof. On the basis of related technologies of synthetic biology, non-ribosome peptide synthetase is modified, non-ribosome peptide synthetase mutants are heterologously expressed in various hosts, a pyridone compound is found and obtained for the first time, the chemical molecular formula of the pyridone compound is determined to be C5H4N2O3, and the pyridone compound is named as 5-aminopyridine-2, 3, 6-triketone or 5-hydroxy-3-iminopyridine-2, 3, 6-triketone or 5-hydroxy-3-iminopyridine-2, 3, 6-triketone or 5-hydroxy-3-iminopyridine-2, 3, 6-triketone. The novel pyridone compound can be used as a raw material or an intermediate to be applied to development and preparation of novel antibiotics, drugs and dyes.
Owner:VERTEXYN (NANJING) BIOWORKS CO LTD

Tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant and application thereof in synthesis of p-coumaric acid

The embodiment of the invention provides a tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant and application thereof in synthesis of p-coumaric acid. The mutant is subjected to any one of the following amino acid mutations on an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2: F497I, F497I + L248M, F497I + L248M + M4T, and L248M + F497I + M4T + V482L. According to the embodiment of the invention, an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 is taken as a template, a key active site of the template is subjected to mutation transformation, a mutant library is constructed, and a series of mutants with remarkably improved catalytic activity and / or conversion rate are screened; the tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant provided by the embodiment of the invention can selectively catalyze L-tyrosine to generate p-coumaric acid, and has excellent yield and / or higher yield.
Owner:SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH

Method for obtaining tyrosine ammonialyase mutant based on high-throughput screening, tyrosine ammonialyase mutant and application of tyrosine ammonialyase mutant

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for obtaining a tyrosine ammonialyase mutant based on high-throughput screening, the tyrosine ammonialyase mutant and application of the tyrosine ammonialyase mutant. The mutant is subjected to any one of the following amino acid mutations on an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.2: A245G + A247T, and D192V + A245G + A247T. According to the embodiment of the invention, an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.2 is taken as a template (basis), a key active site of the template is subjected to mutation transformation, a mutant library is constructed, and a series of mutants with remarkably improved catalytic activity and / or conversion rate are screened; the tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant provided by the embodiment of the invention can selectively catalyze L-tyrosine to generate p-coumaric acid, and has excellent yield and / or higher yield, which indicates that the mutant has more significant application prospects in catalysis of L-tyrosine to generate p-coumaric acid.
Owner:SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH

A pyridone compound, its biosynthetic method and application

This application relates to the field of biosynthesis technology, and specifically discloses a pyridone compound, its biosynthesis method and application. Based on synthetic biology-related technologies, this application modifies non-ribosomal peptide synthetase, heterologously expresses non-ribosomal peptide synthetase mutants in a variety of hosts, and for the first time discovers and obtains a pyridone compound, and determines its chemical formula as C5H4N2O3, named 5-amino-pyridine-2,3,6-trione or 5-hydroxy-3-imino-pyridine-2,6-dione. This novel pyridone compound can be used as a raw material or intermediate in the development and preparation of novel antibiotics, drugs and dyes.
Owner:VERTEXYN (NANJING) BIOWORKS CO LTD

Non-plant host cells producing hyoscyamine alkaloids (ta) and methods of making and using same

PendingCN120399912AFungiHydrolasesTropane alkaloidPlant cell
Provided herein, inter alia, is an engineered non-plant cell that produces a hyoscyamine alkaloid product, a precursor of a hyoscyamine alkaloid product, or a derivative of a hyoscyamine alkaloid product. Also described is a method for producing a scopolamine alkaloid, a precursor of a scopolamine alkaloid product, or a derivative of a scopolamine alkaloid product using a cell.
Owner:THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIV

Modified bacterium with Anti-tumour activity

PendingUS20250101440A1Carbon-nitrogen lyasesVectors
The present invention relates to a modified bacterium with anti-tumor activity, which comprises an essential gene expression cassette under the control of a strictly hypoxia inducible promoter and is deficient in at least one gene involved in or regulating the endogenous anti-oxidative stress response pathway or a functional expression product thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the modified bacterium and anti-tumor use thereof.
Owner:SHENZHEN SYNTHETICA PIONEERING CO LTD

Genetically engineered bacterium for producing L-isoleucine as well as construction method and application of genetically engineered bacterium

The invention belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering and enzyme engineering, and particularly relates to a genetically engineered bacterium for stably and efficiently producing L-isoleucine as well as a construction method and application of the genetically engineered bacterium. The genetically engineered bacterium takes E. coliTHRD as a host and contains an RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) polymerase beta-subunit mutant coding gene rpoBM; compared with a parent RNA polymerase beta-subunit, the RNA polymerase beta-subunit mutant has the advantage that the amino acid residue at the 618th site of the amino acid sequence is sequentially replaced with leucine from the N terminal to the C terminal. The genetically engineered bacterium disclosed by the invention can tolerate L-isoleucine and accumulate less alpha-ketobutyric acid, and has a very good industrial application prospect.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Recombinant pichia pastoris strain as well as construction method and application thereof

The embodiment of the invention provides a recombinant pichia pastoris strain as well as a construction method and application thereof. The construction method comprises the following steps: by taking a pichia pastoris strain as a host strain, constructing a dual-synthesis path of phenylalanine ammonialyase and tyrosine ammonialyase in the host strain to obtain a first engineering strain; removing chorismic acid feedback inhibition of the first engineering strain based on metabolic engineering to obtain a second engineering strain; optimizing an aromatic amino acid synthesis route of the second engineering strain to obtain a third engineering strain; knocking out a branch metabolic pathway of the third engineering strain to obtain a fourth engineering strain; increasing precursor supply of the fourth engineering strain to obtain a recombinant pichia pastoris strain; according to the construction method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the synthesis path of p-coumaric acid can be systematically optimized, the recombinant pichia pastoris strain for efficiently producing p-coumaric acid by taking methanol as a carbon source is constructed, and compared with a host strain, the recombinant pichia pastoris strain has the advantage that the yield of p-coumaric acid is remarkably increased.
Owner:GUANGZHOU STARTEC SCI & TECH CO LTD

Artificial lysine operon and application thereof

The invention provides a lysine artificial operon and application thereof. The gene sequence of the artificial operon comprises a promoter, a lysC gene for coding aspartate kinase, an asd gene for coding aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, a dapA gene for coding dihydropicolinic acid synthetase and a dapB gene for coding dihydropicolinic acid reductase, the ddh gene is used for coding diaminopimelate dehydrogenase; the lysA gene is used for coding diaminopimelate decarboxylase; except for the first lysC gene, sequences of RBS ribose binding sites of other genes are RBS ribose binding sites translated after gene transcription by intercepting 20-26nt DNA sequences at the upstream of a coding region ATG (adenosine triphosphate); the RBS ribose binding site is connected in front of the corresponding gene.
Owner:QIQIHAR LONGJIANG FUFENG BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO LTD +1

Fusion enzyme mutant and application thereof in fluororesveratrol synthesis

PendingCN119842638ACarbon-nitrogen lyasesAntibody mimetics/scaffoldsStilbene synthaseCoenzyme A Ligases
The invention relates to the field of bioengineering, in particular to a fusion enzyme mutant and application thereof in fluororesveratrol synthesis. The invention provides a mutant composition. The mutant composition comprises a mutant of p-coumaroyl-CoA ligase and a mutant of stilbene synthase, the mutant of the p-coumaroyl-coenzyme A ligase is characterized in that on the basis of wild type p-coumaroyl-coenzyme A ligase, the mutant has mutation at the 113th site and / or the 537th site; the mutant of the stilbene synthase comprises mutation at the 170th site on the basis of wild type stilbene synthase. According to the invention, the fusion enzyme is subjected to directed evolution by applying a semi-rational CAST / ISM strategy and an irrational error-prone PCR strategy for the first time, a fusion enzyme mutant At4CL (F537G / F113G)-VvSTS (V170A) with improved catalytic activity is obtained, and finally, a series of fluorine-containing resveratrol is efficiently synthesized.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain with high yield of resveratrol as well as construction and application of Yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain

ActiveCN120888420ACarbon-nitrogen lyasesFungiEngineeringHexokinase
The invention discloses a yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain with high yield of resveratrol as well as construction and application of the yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain, and belongs to the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. The invention provides a yarrowia lipolytica engineering strain. A 4-coumaric acid-CoA ligase gene, a multi-copy resveratrol synthase gene, a transketolase 1 gene, a fusion gene of a histidine phosphate aminotransferase gene and a tyrosine ammonia lyase gene, a glycolytic pathway hexokinase gene, a 6-phosphofructokinase-1 gene and a phosphoglycerate kinase gene are integrated, so that the recombinant protein is obtained. According to the present invention, by using glucose as the substrate, the high yield of resveratrol can be achieved by using glucose as the substrate, the resveratrol yield during shake-flask culture fermentation can achieve 3.157 g / L, the resveratrol yield can be increased to 30.7 g / L during 5L-scale fed-batch fermentation, and the resveratrol yield can be increased to 30.7 g / L when the resveratrol yield is increased to 30.7 g / L when the resveratrol yield is increased to 30.7 g / L when the resveratrol yield is increased to 30.7 g / L; the maximum value is reported by the yarrowia lipolytica system at present.
Owner:HEBEI WEIDAKANG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Method for catalytically synthesizing malonic acid by using whole cells

PendingCN120272391ACarbon-nitrogen lyasesBacteriaEscherichia coliAspartate decarboxylase
The invention discloses a method for catalytic synthesis of malonic acid by using whole cells, and belongs to the field of bioengineering. According to the invention, escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) is taken as a host, an aspartic acid ammonia lyase gene aspA and an aspartic acid-alpha-decarboxylase gene panD, a succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene yneI and a beta-alanine pyruvate transaminase gene, a beta-alanine pyruvate transaminase gene bauA and a malonyl-coenzyme A reductase gene mcr-C are expressed in modules, and recombinant escherichia coli is constructed. The malonic acid is produced by adopting a whole-cell catalysis method, so that the production period is shortened, the production efficiency of the malonic acid is improved, and the yield of the malonic acid can reach 51.0 g / L after the malonic acid is catalyzed for 24 hours.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV

Recombinant escherichia coli for de novo synthesis of forsythiaside A

The invention relates to the technical field of synthetic biology and microbial engineering, in particular to recombinant escherichia coli for de novo synthesis of forsythiaside A. The invention provides recombinant escherichia coli for de novo synthesis of forsythiaside A. A preparation method of the recombinant escherichia coli comprises a step of improving an escherichia coli starting strain, and the escherichia coli starting strain is escherichia coli MG1655. In the fermentation process of the recombinant escherichia coli, effective accumulation of forsythiaside A in fermentation liquor can be achieved, and a foundation can be laid for subsequent construction of high-yield forsythiaside A engineering bacteria.
Owner:SHENZHEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NORTHWEST A & F UNIVERSITY

Modified Polyketide Synthase Enzymes and Uses Thereof

PendingUS20250171750A1Carbon-nitrogen lyasesBacteriaMicroorganismZingerone
The present invention is in the field of genetically modified enzyme and microorganism comprising such a modified enzyme for the production of raspberry ketone or zingerone. The modified enzyme is a polyketide synthase (PKS) issued or derived from a wild type PKS. The modified PKS has the capability to produce vanillylidene acetone from feruloyl-CoA and / or 4-hydroxybenzalacetone from 4-coumaroyl-CoA in a more effective way as compared to wild type BAS or wild type PmPKS, in particular in recombinant bacteria strains.
Owner:BGENE GENETICS

Recombinant pichia strain and its construction method and use

The application provides a recombinant Pichia pastoris strain and a construction method and application thereof. The construction method comprises the following steps: taking a Pichia pastoris strain as a host strain, constructing a double synthesis pathway of phenylalanine ammonia lyase and tyrosine ammonia lyase in the host strain to obtain a first engineering strain; relieving the branch acid feedback inhibition of the first engineering strain based on metabolic engineering to obtain a second engineering strain; optimizing the aromatic amino acid synthesis pathway of the second engineering strain to obtain a third engineering strain; knocking out the branch metabolic pathway of the third engineering strain to obtain a fourth engineering strain; increasing the precursor supply of the fourth engineering strain to obtain the recombinant Pichia pastoris strain. The construction method can systematically optimize the synthesis path of p-coumaric acid, and the recombinant Pichia pastoris strain for efficiently producing p-coumaric acid with methanol as a carbon source is constructed. Compared with the host strain, the yield of p-coumaric acid of the recombinant Pichia pastoris strain is significantly improved.
Owner:GUANGZHOU STARTEC SCI & TECH CO LTD

L-isoleucine production strain as well as construction method and application thereof

The invention provides a strain for producing L-isoleucine as well as a construction method and application thereof. The strain is obtained by modifying a chassis strain escherichia coli XX12 by utilizing a metabolic engineering modification method, ldhA, adhE and pflB genes are deleted, the transcriptional levels of aspC, pykF, pntAB, ppK, ppc, ilvAfbr, ilvIHfbr and ygaZH genes are up-regulated, the transcriptional level of a leuA gene is down-regulated, a bcd gene derived from B.subtilis 168 and ppnK and cysK genes derived from Cornebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 are heterologously expressed, and the strain has the advantages that the strain can be used for producing L-isoleucine; the method has the advantages of no need of adding resistant substances, good L-isoleucine synthesis capability, short fermentation period by using glucose as a carbon source, and good economic benefit and industrial application value.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH +1

Method for producing p-coumaric acid through double-enzyme cascade catalysis

The invention discloses a method for producing p-coumaric acid through double-enzyme cascade catalysis, which comprises the following steps: taking phenol, pyruvic acid and ammonium chloride as substrates, and carrying out cascade enzyme catalytic reaction on a tyrosine phenol lyase product and a tyrosine ammonia lyase product to synthesize p-coumaric acid. According to the method, phenol, pyruvic acid and ammonium chloride are used as substrates, a tyrosine phenol lyase product and a tyrosine ammonia lyase product are used as catalysts, the tyrosine phenol lyase product can convert the substrates into L-tyrosine, and the tyrosine ammonia lyase product can directly use the L-tyrosine as the substrate to convert the L-tyrosine into p-coumaric acid. Therefore, the tyrosine phenol lyase product and the tyrosine ammonia lyase product can realize cascade enzyme catalytic reaction in the same reactor, phenol with lower cost can be adopted as a conversion substrate, separation and purification of an intermediate product L-tyrosine are avoided, and the whole process flow is simple and efficient.
Owner:ZHEJIANG LVCHUANG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD +2

Construction method of cyanobacteria-corynebacterium glutamicum artificial photosynthetic mixed bacteria system

The invention discloses a construction method of a cyanobacteria-corynebacterium glutamicum artificial photosynthetic mixed bacteria system. The construction method comprises the following steps: step S1, amplifying by taking plasmid pUC-tho as a template to obtain a theophylline inducible promoter Ptho; step S2, carrying out amplification by taking a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 genome as a template so as to obtain a strong promoter Pcpc560, and carrying out amplification on the strong promoter Pcpc560 so as to obtain a strong promoter Pcpc560; step S3, carrying out amplification by taking the plasmid pUC-PAL as a template to obtain an arabidopsis thaliana phenylalanine lyase gene pal; step S4, carrying out amplification by taking the plasmid pUC-cscB as a template to obtain an escherichia coli W sucrose transporter gene cscB; step S5, carrying out amplification by taking the integrated plasmid Pcp3031 as a template, so as to obtain a terminator Trbcl; and step S6, fusing the strong promoter Pcpc560, the arabidopsis phenylalanine lyase gene pal and the terminator Trbcl, and respectively connecting with an expression vector pSI-SPE to obtain the expression vector containing the gene pal. According to the invention, a'cyanobacteria-corynebacterium glutamicum 'artificial photosynthetic mixed bacteria system is constructed by simulating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship ubiquitous in nature, and negative carbon biosynthesis of cis-muconic acid is realized.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Crocodile-source Aeromonas daka argH gene deleted strain, back-complemented strain, and construction method and application thereof

The invention provides a crocodile source Aeromonas daka argH gene deletion strain, a crocodile source Aeromonas daka argH gene back-filling strain and a construction method and application of the crocodile source Aeromonas daka argH gene deletion strain and the crocodile source Aeromonas daka argH gene back-filling strain, an argH gene recombinant suicide plasmid pRE112-delta argH is constructed by adopting a seamless cloning method, an Aeromonas daka strain is jointed with E.coli WM3064 containing the pRE112-delta argH to obtain the argH gene deletion strain delta argH, and a corresponding gene back-filling strain C delta argH is further constructed. Through biological characteristic analysis, the argH gene deletion reduces synthesis of arginine of Aeromonas dakara and biofilm formation amount, reduces growth rate, proteolytic activity and resistance to crocodile-derived antibacterial peptide, but enhances hemolytic activity, and significantly improves the survival rate of Caenorhabditis elegans, so that the Aeromonas dakara has a good application prospect in treatment of caenorhabditis elegans, and the Aeromonas dakara has a good application prospect in treatment of caenorhabditis elegans. Important reference is provided for further researching the regulation effect of the argH gene in a bacterial pathogenic mechanism and developing related prevention and control strategies.
Owner:HAINAN UNIV

Antibiotic-demand-free ornamental blue high-yield strain as well as construction and application thereof

The invention relates to the technical field of synthesis of natural dyes by a biological method, in particular to an antibiotic-demand-free ornamental blue high-yield strain as well as construction and application of the antibiotic-demand-free ornamental blue high-yield strain. Corynebacterium glutamicum is used as an initial strain, a tricarboxylic acid circulating gene is regulated and interfered, and the copy number of exogenous blue pigment synthetase BpsA in a genome is adjusted, so that the ornamental blue high-yield strain is obtained. The strain does not need to use antibiotics in the fermentation process, the yield is stable, the product production capacity equivalent to the level when antibiotics are used can still be achieved through fermentation under the antibiotic-free condition, and the growth performance of the strain is kept. The method for producing the ornamental blue by using the strain provided by the invention ensures that the ornamental blue product is natural and green, also improves the efficient production capacity of the strain, solves the contradiction between green environmental protection and stable high yield of the ornamental blue dye, is green and environment-friendly, and has a remarkable industrial application prospect.
Owner:VERTEXYN (NANJING) BIOWORKS CO LTD

Tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant and application thereof in production of p-coumaric acid

The invention provides a tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant and application thereof in production of p-coumaric acid. The tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant is obtained by mutating wild type tyrosine ammonia lyase with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.1, and a mutation site is selected from at least one of Q108S, Y340Q and P375H. The catalytic activity center of wild type tyrosine ammonia lyase is analyzed, and site-directed mutagenesis is carried out on five catalytic activity center sites, so that the mutant shows different enzyme catalytic activity when the mutation sites are different, the mutation sites are the same but the mutation targets are different; q108S, Y340Q and P375H single mutations can significantly improve the enzyme catalytic activity of the tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant, and the tyrosine ammonia lyase mutant having any two mutation sites, especially having three mutation sites, also has better enzyme catalytic activity than the wild type, and has great application potential.
Owner:ZHEJIANG LVCHUANG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD +2

Method for producing phloretin by using saccharomyces cerevisiae

The invention discloses a method for producing phloretin by using saccharomyces cerevisiae, and belongs to the technical field of microbial genetic engineering. A natural metabolic phloretin path in a plant is successfully constructed in the saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4741, synthesis of phloretin in microorganisms is achieved, synthesis of the phloretin in the microorganisms is enhanced by enhancing synthesis path genes of tyrosine and phenylalanine in the saccharomyces cerevisiae, including elimination of tyrosine feedback inhibition and introduction of exogenous genes, synthesis of prerequisite tyrosine and phenylalanine is enhanced, and the yield of the phloretin is increased. And the yield of the phloretin is further improved by enhancing the expression of a key gene in a phloretin synthesis pathway. The yield of phloretin synthesized from the beginning by the engineering yeast can reach 246.21 mg / L, the synthesis problem of phloretin serving as a carbohydrase inhibitor is effectively solved, and a foundation is laid for synthesizing phloretin through efficient fermentation of microorganisms.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV +1

Method for preparing glycine, acetyl coenzyme a, and acetyl coenzyme a derivative by using threonine

PendingUS20250230479A1Carbon-nitrogen lyasesBacteriaCoenzyme A biosynthesisFructose-bisphosphate aldolase
A method for preparing glycine by using threonine relates to a fermentation process in which threonine is decomposed into glycine and acetaldehyde by aldolase. Glycine and acetyl coenzyme A can be produced in a fermentation process, in which acetaldehyde is reduced into acetyl coenzyme A or an acetyl coenzyme A derivative by acetylating acetaldehyde dehydrogenase; or threonine is dehydrogenated by threonine dehydrogenase to obtain 2-amino-3-ketobutyric acid, which is then ligated by 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate CoAligase to obtain acetyl coenzyme A. Coenzyme A can be converted into an acetyl coenzyme A derivative under different fermentation conditions.
Owner:MINT BIOTECH LTD

Phenylalanine ammonia lyase mutant and application thereof

The invention relates to the technical field of bioengineering, and discloses a phenylalanine ammonia lyase mutant and application thereof. In order to improve the synthesis efficiency of the L-4, 4 '-biphenyl alanine derivative, single-point or multi-point combined substitution is carried out on the 96th amino acid, the 97th amino acid and the 410th amino acid of the phenylalanine ammonia lyase sourced from Lactobacillus bacterium to obtain mutants, and the mutants are single mutants F96V and L97V, and double-site combined mutants F96V / I410V and L97V / I410V. Compared with phenylalanine ammonialyase from other sources, the phenylalanine ammonialyase mutant provided by the invention can accept a large-volume (E)-4-phenylcinnamic acid substrate, has higher catalytic conversion rate, wider substrate range and higher yield, is lower in production cost, and is suitable for industrial production. And the large-volume biphenyl alanine compound can be asymmetrically prepared with extremely high stereoselectivity.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH

Degradation of toxins in vivo

The present disclosure generally relates to technologies for the degradation a systemic toxin in vivo by enhancing the metabolic functionality of the lungs. Such technologies comprise introducing, to pulmonary tissue of a subject, a composition comprising at least one enzyme known to enzymatically break down at least one toxin present systemically in the subject. The provided technologies enable the lung to behave as a tunable metabolic organ, facilitating the removal of toxins from the systemic circulation of a subject, such as a subject having a condition resulting in the toxic accumulation or an endogenous metabolite, and a subject who has consumed a toxic substance.
Owner:IDITAROD BIO INC

A recombinant bacterium for producing L-tyrosine and its construction method and application

This invention discloses a recombinant bacterium for producing L-tyrosine, its construction method, and its applications. The genetically engineered bacterium of this invention incorporates genes for threonine aldolase, threonine deaminase, leucine dehydrogenase, phenylalanine hydroxylase, pterin 4α-methanolamine dehydratase, and dihydropterin reductase, enabling its use in the biosynthesis of L-tyrosine. This invention also discloses a method for constructing and applying a recombinant *Escherichia coli* engineered bacterium. The production of L-tyrosine using the recombinant bacterium of this invention is highly efficient, environmentally friendly, and low-cost, showing promising prospects for industrial application.
Owner:HANGZHOU VIABLIFE BIOTECH CO LTD

Engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase and tyrosine ammonia lyase enzymes for producing aromatic compounds

Aspects of the disclosure relate to aromatic amino acid ammonia lyases (ALs), phenylalanine ammonia lyases (PALs), and tyrosine ammonia lyase (TALs), including engineered enzymes, and their use in catalyzing chemical reactions.
Owner:GINKGO BIOWORKS INC

Malaria protein nanoparticle vaccines and uses thereof

The invention provides a composition comprising a Plasmodium species multimeric protein capable of forming a nanoparticle and at least one antigen of interest, wherein the multimeric protein comprises a monomer chosen from Plasmodium species pyridoxal 5'-phosphate synthase (PLP), chaperone 60 protein (Cpn60), and caseinolytic protease (Clp). In embodiments, the invention provides the composition wherein the monomers assemble to form a multimeric nanoparticle and / or which comprises an adjuvant. The invention further provides a nucleic acid encoding the multimeric protein and the at least one antigen of interest, E. coli comprising the nucleic acid, and the use of such in a method for producing the inventive multimeric protein and the at least one antigen of interest. Also provided are a method and use of the inventive multimeric protein and the at least one antigen of interest for immunizing a subject against Plasmodium species.
Owner:THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES +4

Efficient synthesis of guanidinoacetic acid by carbamyl phosphoric acid synthesis-enhanced multi-enzyme cascade system

The invention discloses efficient synthesis of guanidinoacetic acid by a carbamyl phosphoric acid synthesis-enhanced multi-enzyme cascade system, and belongs to the field of biological catalysis engineering. The invention provides a dominant mutant E31K / G351N of L-arginine: glycine amidino transferase, the catalytic efficiency of guanidinoacetic acid is improved by 34.6% compared with that of wild type, an eight-enzyme synergistic arginine circulation system is subsequently constructed based on a mutant strain, 18.35 g / L GAA (56.75 mM) is realized by a 5L fermentation tank, the arginine conversion rate reaches 261.12%, and the yield of the glycine amidino transferase is greatly improved. The highest level of catalytic synthesis of guanidinoacetic acid by escherichia coli is publically reported at home and abroad at present. According to the research, an efficient technical route is provided for GAA industrial production, and a universal strategy framework is established for rational design of a multi-enzyme system and multi-gene co-expression optimization.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV

Bacteria engineered to reduce hyperphenylalaninemia

PendingJP2026086510ABacteriaHydrolasesPhenylalanine transportEngineered genetic
This invention provides compositions and treatment methods for reducing hyperphenylalaninemia. [Solution] A genetically modified bacterium is provided, comprising: a) one or more genes encoding phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), which are operably linked to a promoter that is not naturally associated with the PAL gene and can be directly or indirectly induced; b) one or more genes encoding a phenylalanine transporter, which are not naturally associated with the phenylalanine transporter gene and can be operably linked to a promoter that is directly or indirectly induceable; and c) one or more genes encoding mutant fumarate and nitrate reductase (FNR), which are not naturally associated with the FNR gene and can be operably linked to a promoter that is directly or indirectly induceable.
Owner:SYNLOGIC OPERATING CO INC