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.

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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2026-04-27
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c13880
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Biochemical and Molecular Research
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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.

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Jiangnan University (CN), Sichuan University (CN), Health & Life (Taiwan) (TW)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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