Team:Rice University/STRATEGY

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[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nucleotide&val=169745 Tyrosine Ammonia-Lyase] (TAL, [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122010 BBa_K122010]) - TAL catalyzes the conversion of L-tyrosine to p-coumaric acid and ammonia. TAL also exhibits Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase (PAL) activity, converting L-phenylalanine to trans-cinnamic acid and ammonia. Our work has focused on using [http://www.atcc.org/ATCCAdvancedCatalogSearch/ProductDetails/tabid/452/Default.aspx?ATCCNum=36575&Template=fungiYeast Rhodotorula glutinis] TAL because its ratio of TAL to PAL activity is high compared to other TAL homologs. In addition, previous studies have shown that this enzyme can be expressed as a functional protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. While the p-coumaric acid produced by TAL will serve as a substrate for resveratrol biosynthesis, the trans-cinnamic acid is expected to add a "floral" and "honey-like" bouquet to the beer.

[http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1Z1F Peanut STS] monomer bound to resveratrol.

[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?val=NM_001084228.1 4-coumarate CoA ligase] :: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?tool=portal&db=nuccore&term=&query_key=18&dopt=gb&dispmax=20&page=1&qty=1&WebEnv=1BAyWdNufvUWxpNM-oKD-9JoRgEPTXzU_kF02A2hfcePWB3nxyPvHO3gqlDJksRdZq9GmTDHNDmKEFuabzP4VKB%40263F5D1B8F754EA0_0062SID&WebEnvRq=1 Stilbene Synthase] Fusion Protein (4CL:STS, [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122005 BBa_K122005]) - This enzyme fusion is comprised of Arabidopsis thaliana 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL), which catalyzes the conversion of p-coumaric acid to 4-coumaroyl-CoA, and Vitis vinifera Stilbene Synthase, which catalyzes the condensation of resveratrol from 4-coumaroyl-CoA and three malonyl-CoA molecules. This 4CL:STS fusion protein was selected for our project because it has been shown to more efficiently produce resveratrol than coexpression of the proteins separately (possibly due to substrate channeling).

[http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122020 BBa_K122020].

Our design goal was to construct a circuit that would propagate through several generations without a selection pressure and be highly expressed during all stages of fermentation. To address these goals, we constructed three expression cassettes that, when concatenated, would integrate genomically into a highly transcribed locus, have an inducible selectable marker, and highly express the resveratrol pathway under anaerobic conditions.

[http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122012 Cassette 1] - Anaerobically induced expression of 4CL:STS
1. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122000 pPGK1] - Serves the dual purpose of 5' homologous recombination region and anaerobically induced promoter.
2. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122005 4CL:STS] - Converts p-coumaric acid and 3 malonyl-CoA molecules to resveratrol.
3. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122003 tCYC1] - Bi-directional transcriptional stop.

[http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122015 Cassette 2] - Inducible expression of Bleocin resistance.
1. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122001 pGAL1 TetO ZeoR] - Provides galactose inducible, TetR repressible, Zeocin/Bleocin resistance. This part will allow us to select for recombinants.
2. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122004 tADH1] - Bi-directional transcriptional stop. Strategically placed downstream of ZeoR and upstream of pADH1 to prevent erroneous recombination at those regions.

[http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122021 Cassette 3] - Constitutive expression of TAL
1. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122004 pADH1] - Constitutive promoter. Strategically placed to prevent erroneous recombination with tADH1.
2. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122005 TAL] - Converts L-tyrosine to p-coumaric acid and L-phenylalanine to trans-cinnamic acid.
3. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K122013 tPGK1] - Dual purpose of 3' homologous recombination region and bi-directional transcriptional terminator.

[http://www.saintarnold.com/ http://www.saintarnold.com/]

Our cellular brewing chassis can be best described by its use in St. Arnold's hefeweizen beer. This is top fermenting yeast which causes a great deal of gas induced convection during primary brewing. This will help to keep our yeast suspended and well-mixed. Additionally, hefeweizen beers are commonly unfiltered, allowing for the consumption of whole yeast cells which we postulate will dramatically increase the amount of available resveratrol.

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 *Our cellular brewing chassis can be best described by its use in St. Arnold's hefeweizen beer.  This is top fermenting yeast which causes a great deal of gas induced convection during primary brewing.  This will help to keep our yeast suspended and well-mixed.  Additionally, hefeweizen beers are commonly unfiltered, allowing for the consumption of whole yeast cells which we postulate will dramatically increase the amount of available resveratrol.