An Expanded Synthetic Biology Toolkit for Gene Expression Control in Acetobacteraceae.

Abstract:

:The availability of different host chassis will greatly expand the range of applications in synthetic biology. Members of the Acetobacteraceae family of Gram-negative bacteria form an attractive class of nonmodel microorganisms that can be exploited to produce industrial chemicals, food and beverage, and biomaterials. One such biomaterial is bacterial cellulose, which is a strong and ultrapure natural polymer used in tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressings, electronics, food additives, and other products. However, despite the potential of Acetobacteraceae in biotechnology, there has been considerably little effort to fundamentally reprogram the bacteria for enhanced performance. One limiting factor is the lack of a well-characterized, comprehensive toolkit to control expression of genes in biosynthetic pathways and regulatory networks to optimize production and cell viability. Here, we address this shortcoming by building an expanded genetic toolkit for synthetic biology applications in Acetobacteraceae. We characterized the performance of multiple natural and synthetic promoters, ribosome binding sites, terminators, and degradation tags in three different strains, namely, Gluconacetobacter xylinus ATCC 700178, Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC 53582, and Komagataeibacter rhaeticus iGEM. Our quantitative data revealed strain-specific and common design rules for the precise control of gene expression in these industrially relevant bacterial species. We further applied our tools to synthesize a biodegradable cellulose-chitin copolymer, adjust the structure of the cellulose film produced, and implement CRISPR interference for ready down-regulation of gene expression. Collectively, our genetic parts will enable the efficient engineering of Acetobacteraceae bacteria for the biomanufacturing of cellulose-based materials and other commercially valuable products.

journal_name

ACS Synth Biol

journal_title

ACS synthetic biology

authors

Teh MY,Ooi KH,Danny Teo SX,Bin Mansoor ME,Shaun Lim WZ,Tan MH

doi

10.1021/acssynbio.8b00168

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-04-19 00:00:00

pages

708-723

issue

4

issn

2161-5063

journal_volume

8

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