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Int J Biol Macromol ; 265(Pt 2): 130819, 2024 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38508550

ABSTRACT

Norepinephrine, a kind of ß-adrenergic receptor agonist, is commonly used for treating shocks and hypotension caused by a variety of symptoms. The development of a straightforward, efficient and environmentally friendly biocatalytic route for manufacturing norepinephrine remains a challenge. Here, we designed and realized an artificial biocatalytic cascade to access norepinephrine starting from 3, 4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and L-threonine mediated by a tailored-made L-threonine transaldolase PsLTTA-Mu1 and a newly screened tyrosine decarboxylase ErTDC. To overcome the imbalance of multi-enzymes in a single cell, engineering of PsLTTA for improved activity and fine-tuning expression mode of multi-enzymes in single E.coli cells were combined, leading to a robust whole cell biocatalyst ES07 that could produce 100 mM norepinephrine with 99% conversion, delivering a highest time-space yield (3.38 g/L/h) ever reported. To summarized, the current study proposed an effective biocatalytic approach for the synthesis of norepinephrine from low-cost substrates, paving the way for industrial applications of enzymatic norepinephrine production.


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Threonine , Transaldolase , Transaldolase/metabolism , Norepinephrine/metabolism , Biocatalysis , Escherichia coli/metabolism
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Plant Cell ; 14(4): 763-76, 2002 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11971133

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Root hairs provide a model system for the study of cell polarity. We examined the possibility that one or more members of the distinct plant subfamily of RHO monomeric GTPases, termed Rop, may function as molecular switches regulating root hair growth. Specific Rops are known to control polar growth in pollen tubes. Overexpressing Rop2 (Rop2 OX) resulted in a strong root hair phenotype, whereas overexpressing Rop7 appeared to inhibit root hair tip growth. Overexpressing Rops from other phylogenetic subgroups of Rop did not give a root hair phenotype. We confirmed that Rop2 was expressed throughout hair development. Rop2 OX and constitutively active GTP-bound rop2 (CA-rop2) led to additional and misplaced hairs on the cell surface as well as longer hairs. Furthermore, CA-rop2 depolarized root hair tip growth, whereas Rop2 OX resulted in hairs with multiple tips. Dominant negative GDP-bound Rop2 reduced the number of hair-forming sites and led to shorter and wavy hairs. Green fluorescent protein-Rop2 localized to the future site of hair formation well before swelling formation and to the tip throughout hair development. We conclude that the Arabidopsis Rop2 GTPase acts as a positive regulatory switch in the earliest visible stage in hair development, swelling formation, and in tip growth.


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Arabidopsis/enzymology , Plant Structures/enzymology , rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Actins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis/growth & development , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Cell Differentiation , Cytoskeleton/metabolism , GTPase-Activating Proteins/genetics , GTPase-Activating Proteins/metabolism , Gene Expression , Green Fluorescent Proteins , Luminescent Proteins/drug effects , Luminescent Proteins/metabolism , Phenotype , Plant Epidermis/cytology , Plant Epidermis/enzymology , Plant Epidermis/genetics , Plant Structures/cytology , Plant Structures/genetics , Plants, Genetically Modified , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism , Signal Transduction , rho GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics
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