Pulse experiments as a prerequisite for the quantification of in vivo enzyme kinetics in aromatic amino acid pathway of Escherichia coli.
Glucose pulse experiments were performed to elucidate their effects on the carbon flux into the aromatic amino acid pathway in different Escherichia coli strains. Using a 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP, aroB(-))-producing strain, a fed-batch fermentation strategy specialized for glucose pulse experiments was developed and further applied for 3-dehydroshikimate (DHS, aroE(-))- and shikimate 3-phosphate (S3P, aroA(-))-producing E. coli strains. The strains overexpress a feedback-resistant DAHP synthase and additional enzymes to prevent rate-limiting steps in the aromatic amino acid pathway. Changes of carbon flux into the aromatic amino acid pathway were determined via extracellular metabolite accumulations using (1)H NMR and HPLC measurements. As an important result, a close relationship between pulse intensity and aromatic metabolite formation rates was identified. The more downstream an aromatic pathway intermediate was located, the stronger the glucose pulse intensity had to be in order to detect significant changes in product formation. However, with the experimental conditions chosen, changes after pulse were detected even for shikimate 3-phosphate, the most downstream accumulating metabolite of this experimental series. Hence glucose pulse experiments are assumed to be a promising tool even for the analysis of final pathway products such as, for example, L-phenylalanine.
D010723:3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002460:Cell Line; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006880:Hydroxy Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012765:Shikimic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013400:Sugar Acids / Q000378:metabolism
C017182:5-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonic acid-7-phosphate; D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic; D006880:Hydroxy Acids; D013400:Sugar Acids; C096387:3-dehydroshikimate; D012765:Shikimic Acid; C042786:shikimic acid-3-phosphate; D010723:3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C022642:shikimate kinase; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen