Reverse Engineering of an Aspirin-Responsive Transcriptional Regulator in Escherichia coli

ACS Synthetic Biology
Lummy Maria Oliveira MonteiroRafael Silva-Rocha

Abstract

Bacterial transcription factors (TFs) are key devices for the engineering of complex circuits in many biotechnological applications, yet there are few well-characterized inducer-responsive TFs that could be used in the context of an animal or human host. We have deciphered the inducer recognition mechanism of two AraC/XylS regulators from Pseudomonas putida (BenR and XylS) for creating a novel expression system responsive to acetyl salicylate (i.e., aspirin). Using protein homology modeling and molecular docking with the cognate inducer benzoate and a suite of chemical analogues, we identified the conserved binding pocket of BenR and XylS. By means of site-directed mutagenesis, we identified a single amino acid position required for efficient inducer recognition and transcriptional activation. Whereas this modification in BenR abolishes protein activity, in XylS, it increases the response to several inducers, including acetyl salicylic acid, to levels close to those achieved by the canonical inducer. Moreover, by constructing chimeric proteins with swapped N-terminal domains, we created novel regulators with mixed promoter and inducer recognition profiles. As a result, a collection of engineered TFs was generated with an enhanc...Continue Reading

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Jul 7, 2020·Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology·Lummy Maria Oliveira MonteiroRafael Silva-Rocha
Dec 18, 2019·ACS Sensors·Maarten MerkxMichael Jewett

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