title: Reassembled biosynthetic pathway for large-scale carbohydrate synthesis: alpha-Gal epitope producing "superbug".
abstract: A metabolic pathway engineered Escherichia coli strain (superbug) containing one plasmid harboring an artificial gene cluster encoding all the five enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway of Galalpha l,3Lac through galactose metabolism has been developed. The plasmid contains a lambda promoter, a c1857 repressor gene, an ampicillin resistance gene, and a T7 terminator. Each gene was preceded by a Shine - Dalgarno sequence for ribosome binding. In a reaction catalyzed by the recombinant E. coli strain, Galalpha 1,3Lac trisaccharide accumulated at concentrations of 14.2 mM (7.2 gL(-1)) in a reaction mixture containing galactose, glucose, lactose, and a catalytic amount of uridine 5'-diphosphoglucose. This work demonstrates that large-scale synthesis of complex oligosaccharides can be achieved economically and efficiently through a single, biosynthetic pathway engineered microorganism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ziye
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jianbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kowal
authors.forename: Peng George
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D048168:Escherichia coli K12 / Q000235:genetics; D005690:Galactose; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D005690:Galactose