Improvement of Chalcone Synthase Activity and High-Efficiency Fermentative Production of (2S)-Naringenin via In Vivo Biosensor-Guided Directed Evolution
Yingjia Tong, Ning Li, Shenghu Zhou, Liang Zhang, Sha Xu and Jingwen Zhou*,
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Abstract
Chalcone synthase (CHS) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of (2S)-naringenin (the essential flavonoid skeleton) biosynthesis. Improving the activity of the CHS by protein engineering enhances (2S)-naringenin production by microbial fermentation and can facilitate the production of valuable flavonoids. A (2S)-naringenin biosensor based on the TtgR operon was constructed in Escherichia coli and its detection range was expanded by promoter optimization to 0–300 mg/L, the widest range for (2S)-naringenin reported. The high-throughput screening scheme for CHS was established based on this biosensor. A mutant, SjCHS1S208N with a 2.34-fold increase in catalytic activity, was discovered by directed evolution and saturation mutagenesis. A pathway for de novo biosynthesis of (2S)-naringenin by SjCHS1S208N was constructed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, combined with CHS precursor pathway optimization, increasing the (2S)-naringenin titer by 65.34% compared with the original strain. Fed-batch fermentation increased the titer of (2S)-naringenin to 2513 ± 105 mg/L, the highest reported so far. These findings will facilitate efficient flavonoid biosynthesis and further modification of the CHS in the future.
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