Engineering Tryptophan Synthase for Efficient Bioconversion of <scp>l</scp> -Tryptophan in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
variants through two rounds of error-prone PCR and utilized a biosensor employing a green fluorescent protein to report l-serine consumption for screening TrpS mutants. Mutant C10 showed a 375% increase in enzyme activity compared with strain BS. Computational analysis was used to explore an improved catalytic mechanism. Finally, through systematic process optimization and catalytic strategy, strain C10 produced 94.2 g/L of l-tryptophan, the highest titer via whole-cell transformation. This study provides new perspectives and strategies for TrpS engineering and the industrial production of l-tryptophan.
Authors
- Xiaomei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8494-9245)
- Yinghao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4289-4221)
- Meijuan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-8262)
- Hui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-3951)
- Guoqiang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1590-1867)
- Cheng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0433-6540)
- Jinsong Shi
- Zhenghong Xu
- Juan Li
Institutions
- Jiangnan University (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Health & Life (Taiwan) (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c13880
- Primary Topic
- Biochemical and Molecular Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China