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ACS Nano ; 15(1): 489-502, 2021 01 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33370106

ABSTRACT

DNA polymerases have revolutionized the biotechnology field due to their ability to precisely replicate stored genetic information. Screening variants of these enzymes for specific properties gives the opportunity to identify polymerases with different features. We have previously developed a single-molecule DNA sequencing platform by coupling a DNA polymerase to an α-hemolysin pore on a nanopore array. Here, we use this approach to demonstrate a single-molecule method that enables rapid screening of polymerase variants in a multiplex manner. In this approach, barcoded DNA strands are complexed with polymerase variants and serve as templates for nanopore sequencing. Nanopore sequencing of the barcoded DNA reveals both the barcode identity and kinetic properties of the polymerase variant associated with the cognate barcode, allowing for multiplexed investigation of many polymerase variants in parallel on a single nanopore array. Further, we develop a robust classification algorithm that discriminates kinetic characteristics of the different polymerase mutants. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate the utility of our approach by screening a library of ∼100 polymerases to identify variants for potential applications of biotechnological interest. We anticipate our screening method to be broadly useful for applications that require polymerases with altered physical properties.


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Nanopores , DNA , DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase , Kinetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Nature ; 505(7482): 239-43, 2014 Jan 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24291791

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The increasing demands placed on natural resources for fuel and food production require that we explore the use of efficient, sustainable feedstocks such as brown macroalgae. The full potential of brown macroalgae as feedstocks for commercial-scale fuel ethanol production, however, requires extensive re-engineering of the alginate and mannitol catabolic pathways in the standard industrial microbe Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here we present the discovery of an alginate monomer (4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronate, or DEHU) transporter from the alginolytic eukaryote Asteromyces cruciatus. The genomic integration and overexpression of the gene encoding this transporter, together with the necessary bacterial alginate and deregulated native mannitol catabolism genes, conferred the ability of an S. cerevisiae strain to efficiently metabolize DEHU and mannitol. When this platform was further adapted to grow on mannitol and DEHU under anaerobic conditions, it was capable of ethanol fermentation from mannitol and DEHU, achieving titres of 4.6% (v/v) (36.2 g l(-1)) and yields up to 83% of the maximum theoretical yield from consumed sugars. These results show that all major sugars in brown macroalgae can be used as feedstocks for biofuels and value-added renewable chemicals in a manner that is comparable to traditional arable-land-based feedstocks.


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Biofuels/supply & distribution , Carbohydrate Metabolism , Ethanol/metabolism , Genetic Engineering , Phaeophyceae/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Alginates/metabolism , Anaerobiosis , Ascomycota/genetics , Ascomycota/metabolism , Biotechnology , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Evolution, Molecular , Fermentation , Genetic Complementation Test , Glucuronic Acid/metabolism , Hexuronic Acids/metabolism , Mannitol/metabolism , Phaeophyceae/genetics , Quinic Acid/metabolism , Reproducibility of Results , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Seaweed/genetics , Seaweed/metabolism , Uronic Acids/metabolism
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