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Directed Metabolic Pathway Evolution Enables Functional Pterin-Dependent Aromatic-Amino-Acid Hydroxylation in Escherichia coli.
ACS synthetic biology - 20 Mar 2020
Luo Hao, Yang Lei, Kim Se Hyeuk, Wulff Tune, Feist Adam M, Herrgard Markus, Palsson Bernhard Ø
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Tetrahydrobiopterin-dependent hydroxylation of aromatic amino acids is the first step in the biosynthesis of many neuroactive compounds in humans. A fundamental challenge in building these pathways in Escherichia coli is the provision of the non-native hydroxylase cofactor, tetrahydrobiopterin. To solve this, we designed a genetic selection that relies on the tyrosine synthesis activity of phenylalanine...
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