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Genome Biology | 2012

A high-throughput approach to identify genomic variants of bacterial metabolite producers at the single-cell level

Stephan Binder; Georg Schendzielorz; Norma Stäbler; Karin Krumbach; Kristina Hoffmann; Michael Bott; Lothar Eggeling

We present a novel method for visualizing intracellular metabolite concentrations within single cells of Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum that expedites the screening process of producers. It is based on transcription factors and we used it to isolate new L-lysine producing mutants of C. glutamicum from a large library of mutagenized cells using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). This high-throughput method fills the gap between existing high-throughput methods for mutant generation and genome analysis. The technology has diverse applications in the analysis of producer populations and screening of mutant libraries that carry mutations in plasmids or genomes.


Lab on a Chip | 2012

A disposable picolitre bioreactor for cultivation and investigation of industrially relevant bacteria on the single cell level.

Alexander Grünberger; Nicole Paczia; Christopher Probst; Georg Schendzielorz; Lothar Eggeling; Stephan Noack; Wolfgang Wiechert; Dietrich Kohlheyer

In the continuously growing field of industrial biotechnology the scale-up from lab to industrial scale is still a major hurdle to develop competitive bioprocesses. During scale-up the productivity of single cells might be affected by bioreactor inhomogeneity and population heterogeneity. Currently, these complex interactions are difficult to investigate. In this report, design, fabrication and operation of a disposable picolitre cultivation system is described, in which environmental conditions can be well controlled on a short time scale and bacterial microcolony growth experiments can be observed by time-lapse microscopy. Three exemplary investigations will be discussed emphasizing the applicability and versatility of the device. Growth and analysis of industrially relevant bacteria with single cell resolution (in particular Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum) starting from one single mother cell to densely packed cultures is demonstrated. Applying the picolitre bioreactor, 1.5-fold increased growth rates of C. glutamicum wild type cells were observed compared to typical 1 litre lab-scale batch cultivation. Moreover, the device was used to analyse and quantify the morphological changes of an industrially relevant l-lysine producer C. glutamicum after artificially inducing starvation conditions. Instead of a one week lab-scale experiment, only 1 h was sufficient to reveal the same information. Furthermore, time lapse microscopy during 24 h picolitre cultivation of an arginine producing strain containing a genetically encoded fluorescence sensor disclosed time dependent single cell productivity and growth, which was not possible with conventional methods.


ACS Synthetic Biology | 2014

Taking Control over Control: Use of Product Sensing in Single Cells to Remove Flux Control at Key Enzymes in Biosynthesis Pathways

Georg Schendzielorz; Martin Dippong; Alexander Grünberger; Dietrich Kohlheyer; Ayako Yoshida; Stephan Binder; Chiharu Nishiyama; Makoto Nishiyama; Michael Bott; Lothar Eggeling

Enzymes initiating the biosynthesis of cellular building blocks are frequently inhibited by the end-product of the respective pathway. Here we present an approach to rapidly generate sets of enzymes overriding this control. It is based on the in vivo detection of the desired end-product in single cells using a genetically encoded sensor. The sensor transmits intracellular product concentrations into a graded optical output, thus enabling ultrahigh-throughput screens by FACS. We randomly mutagenized plasmid-encoded ArgB of Corynebacterium glutamicum and screened the library in a strain carrying the sensor pSenLys-Spc, which detects l-lysine, l-arginine and l-histidine. Six of the resulting N-acetyl-l-glutamate kinase proteins were further developed and characterized and found to be at least 20-fold less sensitive toward l-arginine inhibition than the wild-type enzyme. Overexpression of the mutein ArgB-K47H-V65A in C. glutamicumΔargR led to the accumulation of 34 mM l-arginine in the culture medium. We also screened mutant libraries of lysC-encoded aspartate kinase and hisG-encoded ATP phosphoribosyltransferase. We isolated 11 LysC muteins, enabling up to 45 mM l-lysine accumulation, and 13 HisG muteins, enabling up to 17 mM l-histidine accumulation. These results demonstrate that in vivo screening of enzyme libraries by using metabolite sensors is extremely well suited to identify high-performance muteins required for overproduction.


ACS Synthetic Biology | 2014

SoxR as a Single-Cell Biosensor for NADPH-Consuming Enzymes in Escherichia coli

Solvej Siedler; Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Lothar Eggeling; Stephanie Bringer; Michael Bott

An ultra-high-throughput screening system for NADPH-dependent enzymes, such as stereospecific alcohol dehydrogenases, was established. It is based on the [2Fe-2S] cluster-containing transcriptional regulator SoxR of Escherichia coli that activates expression of soxS in the oxidized but not in the reduced state of the cluster. As SoxR is kept in its reduced state by NADPH-dependent reductases, an increased NADPH demand of the cell counteracts SoxR reduction and increases soxS expression. We have taken advantage of these properties by placing the eyfp gene under the control of the soxS promoter and analyzed the response of E. coli cells expressing an NADPH-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus brevis (LbAdh), which reduces methyl acetoacetate to (R)-methyl 3-hydroxybutyrate. Under suitable conditions, the specific fluorescence of the cells correlated with the substrate concentration added and with LbAdh enzyme activity, supporting the NADPH responsiveness of the sensor. These properties enabled sorting of single cells harboring wild-type LbAdh from those with lowered or without LbAdh activity by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). In a proof-of-principle application, the system was used successfully to screen a mutant LbAdh library for variants showing improved activity with the substrate 4-methyl-2-pentanone.


Biospektrum | 2014

Biosensoren für die mikrobielle Stammentwicklung im Hochdurchsatzformat

Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Jan Marienhagen

Microbial strain development for the biotechnological production of small molecules is time-consuming and laborious. This can be attributed to the fact that increased product formation usually does not confer a phenotype, which would allow interfacing with high-throughput screening technologies. Recently, advances were made in the construction of biosensors for detecting small molecules at the single cell level and first examples for their application in combination with FACS demonstrate the potential of such biosensors for microbial strain development.


Archive | 2013

SENSOR FOR NADP (H) AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES

Solvej Siedler; Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Lothar Eggeling; Stephanie Bringer-Meyer; Michael Bott


Archive | 2014

Verfahren zur Herstellung von Vektoren enthaltend ein für in seiner feedback-Inhibierung gemindertes oder ausgeschaltetes Enzym kodierendes Gen und deren Verwendung für die Herstellung von Aminosäuren und Nukleotiden

Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Lothar Eggeling; Michael Bott


Archive | 2014

Sensor für NADP(H) und Entwicklung von Alkoholdehydrogenasen

Solvej Siedler; Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Lothar Eggeling; Stephanie Bringer-Meyer; Michael Bott


Archive | 2013

Method for producing vectors containing a gene that codes for an enzyme having reduced or switched-off feedback inhibition, and use thereof for producing amino acids and nucleotides

Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Lothar Eggeling; Michael Bott


Archive | 2013

METHOD FOR PRODUCING VECTORS CONTAINING A GENE CODING FOR AN ENZYME HAVING REDUCED OR DEACTIVATED FEEDBACK INHIBITION AND THE USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING AMINO ACIDS AND NUCLEOTIDES

Georg Schendzielorz; Stephan Binder; Lothar Eggeling; Michael Bott

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Lothar Eggeling

Forschungszentrum Jülich

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Stephan Binder

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Michael Bott

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Solvej Siedler

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Jan Marienhagen

Forschungszentrum Jülich

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