Transcription factor-based biosensors and inducible systems in non-model bacteria: current progress and future directions.

Abstract:

:Genetic diversity within the geobiosphere encompasses enormous sensing capabilities and many non-model bacteria are of biotechnological interest. Biosensing, or more generally inducible, systems are a vital component of metabolic engineering, as they allow tight control of gene expression as well as the basis for high-throughput screens on non-growth-related phenotypes. While these inducible systems, primarily transcription factor/promoter pairs, have been utilized extensively in Escherichia coli, progress in other bacteria is limited because of differences in transcription machinery, physiological compatibility of parts and proteins, and other nuances. Here, we provide an overview of the available genetic biosensing elements in non-model organisms and state-of-the-art efforts to engineer them, and then discuss challenges preventing these methods from common use in non-model bacteria.

journal_name

Curr Opin Biotechnol

authors

Kim NM,Sinnott RW,Sandoval NR

doi

10.1016/j.copbio.2019.09.009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-01 00:00:00

pages

39-46

eissn

0958-1669

issn

1879-0429

pii

S0958-1669(19)30078-3

journal_volume

64

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