Transport-controlled growth decoupling for self-induced protein expression with a glycerol-repressible genetic circuit.

Decoupling cell formation from recombinant protein synthesis is a potent strategy to intensify bioprocesses. Escherichia coli strains with mutations in the glucose uptake components lack catabolite repression, display low growth rate, no overflow metabolism, and high recombinant protein yields. Fast growth rates were promoted by the simultaneous consumption of glucose and glycerol, and this was followed by a phase of slow growth, when only glucose remained in the medium.

Increasing the Pentose Phosphate Pathway Flux to Improve Plasmid DNA Production in Engineered .

The demand of plasmid DNA (pDNA) as a key element for gene therapy products, as well as mRNA and DNA vaccines, is increasing together with the need for more efficient production processes. An engineered strain lacking the phosphotransferase system and the pyruvate kinase A gene has been shown to produce more pDNA than its parental strain. With the aim of improving pDNA production in the engineered strain, several strategies to increase the flux to the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) were evaluated.

The complete genome of JM101 assembled with a combination of Nanopore and Illumina platforms.

We report the complete genome and the plasmid (F' episome) sequences of JM101 assembled with a combination of Nanopore and Illumina data. The resulting genome is a single contig of 4,524,963 bp, and the plasmid consists of a single contig of 197,186 bp.

Recombinant protein expression in proteome-reduced cells under aerobic and oxygen-limited regimes.

Industrial cultures are hindered by the physiological complexity of the host and the limited mass transfer capacity of conventional bioreactors. In this study, a minimal cell approach was combined with genetic devices to overcome such issues. A flavin mononucleotide-based fluorescent protein (FbFP) was expressed in a proteome-reduced Escherichia coli (PR).