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Development of a selection system for the detection of L-ribose isomerase expressing mutants of Escherichia coli

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L-Arabinose isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.14) catalyzes the reversible isomerization between L-arabinose and L-ribulose and is highly selective towards L-arabinose. By using a directed evolution approach, enzyme variants with altered substrate specificity were created and screened in this research. More specifically, the screening was directed towards the identification of isomerase mutants with L-ribose isomerizing activity. Random mutagenesis was performed on the Escherichia coli L-arabinose isomerase gene (araA) by error-prone polymerase chain reaction to construct a mutant library. To enable screening of this library, a selection host was first constructed in which the mutant genes were transformed. In this selection host, the genes encoding for L-ribulokinase and L-ribulose-5-phosphate-4-epimerase were brought to constitutive expression and the gene encoding for the native L-arabinose isomerase was knocked out. L-Ribulokinase and L-ribulose-5-phosphate-4-epimerase are necessary to ensure the channeling of the formed product, L-ribulose, to the pentose phosphate pathway. Hence, the mutant clones could be screened on a minimal medium with L-ribose as the sole carbon source. Through the screening, two first-generation mutants were isolated, which expressed a small amount of L-ribose isomerase activity.
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Screening, Gene disruption, Directed evolution, L-arabinose isomerase, L-ribose isomerase, RIBITOL, OPERON, GENES, K-12, L-ARABINOSE ISOMERASE

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De Muynck, Cassandra, et al. “Development of a Selection System for the Detection of L-Ribose Isomerase Expressing Mutants of Escherichia Coli.” APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 76, no. 5, 2007, pp. 1051–57, doi:10.1007/s00253-007-1084-8.
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De Muynck, C., Van der Borght, J., De Mey, M., De Maeseneire, S., Van Bogaert, I., Beauprez, J., … Vandamme, E. (2007). Development of a selection system for the detection of L-ribose isomerase expressing mutants of Escherichia coli. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 76(5), 1051–1057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-007-1084-8
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De Muynck, Cassandra, Jef Van der Borght, Marjan De Mey, Sofie De Maeseneire, Inge Van Bogaert, Joeri Beauprez, Wim Soetaert, and Erick Vandamme. 2007. “Development of a Selection System for the Detection of L-Ribose Isomerase Expressing Mutants of Escherichia Coli.” APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 76 (5): 1051–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-007-1084-8.
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De Muynck, Cassandra, Jef Van der Borght, Marjan De Mey, Sofie De Maeseneire, Inge Van Bogaert, Joeri Beauprez, Wim Soetaert, and Erick Vandamme. 2007. “Development of a Selection System for the Detection of L-Ribose Isomerase Expressing Mutants of Escherichia Coli.” APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 76 (5): 1051–1057. doi:10.1007/s00253-007-1084-8.
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De Muynck C, Van der Borght J, De Mey M, De Maeseneire S, Van Bogaert I, Beauprez J, et al. Development of a selection system for the detection of L-ribose isomerase expressing mutants of Escherichia coli. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2007;76(5):1051–7.
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C. De Muynck et al., “Development of a selection system for the detection of L-ribose isomerase expressing mutants of Escherichia coli,” APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 76, no. 5, pp. 1051–1057, 2007.
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  abstract     = {{L-Arabinose isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.14) catalyzes the reversible isomerization between L-arabinose and L-ribulose and is highly selective towards L-arabinose. By using a directed evolution approach, enzyme variants with altered substrate specificity were created and screened in this research. More specifically, the screening was directed towards the identification of isomerase mutants with L-ribose isomerizing activity. Random mutagenesis was performed on the Escherichia coli L-arabinose isomerase gene (araA) by error-prone polymerase chain reaction to construct a mutant library. To enable screening of this library, a selection host was first constructed in which the mutant genes were transformed. In this selection host, the genes encoding for L-ribulokinase and L-ribulose-5-phosphate-4-epimerase were brought to constitutive expression and the gene encoding for the native L-arabinose isomerase was knocked out. L-Ribulokinase and L-ribulose-5-phosphate-4-epimerase are necessary to ensure the channeling of the formed product, L-ribulose, to the pentose phosphate pathway. Hence, the mutant clones could be screened on a minimal medium with L-ribose as the sole carbon source. Through the screening, two first-generation mutants were isolated, which expressed a small amount of L-ribose isomerase activity.}},
  author       = {{De Muynck, Cassandra and Van der Borght, Jef and De Mey, Marjan and De Maeseneire, Sofie and Van Bogaert, Inge and Beauprez, Joeri and Soetaert, Wim and Vandamme, Erick}},
  issn         = {{0175-7598}},
  journal      = {{APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY}},
  keywords     = {{Screening,Gene disruption,Directed evolution,L-arabinose isomerase,L-ribose isomerase,RIBITOL,OPERON,GENES,K-12,L-ARABINOSE ISOMERASE}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{1051--1057}},
  title        = {{Development of a selection system for the detection of L-ribose isomerase expressing mutants of Escherichia coli}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-007-1084-8}},
  volume       = {{76}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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