Escherichia coli TS-8

A feedback-insensitive variant of thrA alleviates the serine-induced inhibition of threonine biosynthesis, thereby restoring cellular growth and tryptophan production.

Strain derived from a randomly mutated strain.

Ancestors
Derived strains

Genotype with respect to parental

thrAmut


Genotype with respect to wild type
F+ (λ) | λ- | inv(rrnD-rrnE) | F-, λ-, rph-1, IN (rrnD, rrnE) | Plasmid PH5a1 added | ΔglnA::BSglnA | ΔackA::J23119-icd ΔpoxB::J23119-gdhA | ΔatpI::Ptrc::prs | serAmut | thrAmut

Bars (|) indicate differences between strains.


Plasmids


Production
Metabolites Production type Production Biomass Carbon source Time Scale Ref.
L-tryptophan Titer 1.38 g/L 48 h Flask [136]
L-tryptophan Substrate yield 5.4 % 48 h Flask [136]
L-serine Titer 0.05 g/L 48 h Flask [136]
2-oxoglutarate Titer 1.09 g/L 48 h Flask [136]
acetate Titer 0.138 g/L 48 h Flask [136]

* Inferred from plots using RetroPlot.
Heterologous.
Target metabolites are shown in bold, while non-bold metabolites represent intermediates or potential byproducts.

References