title: Computer-aided rational design of the phosphotransferase system for enhanced glucose uptake in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The phosphotransferase system (PTS) is the sugar transportation machinery that is widely distributed in prokaryotes and is critical for enhanced production of useful metabolites. To increase the glucose uptake rate, we propose a rational strategy for designing the molecular architecture of the Escherichia coli glucose PTS by using a computer-aided design (CAD) system and verified the simulated results with biological experiments. CAD supports construction of a biochemical map, mathematical modeling, simulation, and system analysis. Assuming that the PTS aims at controlling the glucose uptake rate, the PTS was decomposed into hierarchical modules, functional and flux modules, and the effect of changes in gene expression on the glucose uptake rate was simulated to make a rational strategy of how the gene regulatory network is engineered. Such design and analysis predicted that the mlc knockout mutant with ptsI gene overexpression would greatly increase the specific glucose uptake rate. By using biological experiments, we validated the prediction and the presented strategy, thereby enhancing the specific glucose uptake rate.
authors.affiliation: Fermentation and Biotechnology Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan. yousuke_nishio@ajinomoto.com
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usuda
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurata
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D005947:Glucose