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Production of Biofuel Precursors University of Wisconsin at Madison Energy supply is a BIG problem : Fossil fuels will not last forever Straining national economy (http://express.howstuffworks.com) (


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Production of Biofuel Precursors

University of Wisconsin at Madison

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  • One Answer:
  • Biofuels through bacterial pathways
  • Energy supply is a BIG problem:
  • Fossil fuels will not last forever
  • Straining national economy

Sean McMaster

Biochemistry & Math

(http://express.howstuffworks.com) (http://www.well-surveillance.com)

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Sean McMaster

Biochemistry & Math

  • Lignin

– Greater access to cellulose and hemi-cellulose

  • Sorbitol

– Crude biofuel from sugar and solid state catalysis

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Sean McMaster

Biochemistry & Math

Biomass Cellulose Hemicellulose Lignin

(http://www.ceres.net)

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  • Lignin peroxidase production

through E. coli

  • Increase cellulose availability
  • Enhanced production of biofuels

Lignin:: INTRO : Export : Assay : Optimization Yash Jhala

Genetics

Phanerochaete chrysosporium (www.aber.ac.uk )

Lignin

(http://www.ceres.net)

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(www.stern.de)

Lignin:: INTRO : Export : Assay : Optimization Yash Jhala

Genetics

(http://commtechlab.msu.edu) (lpmpjogja.diknas.go.id )

Lignin Peroxidase

lipD Gene White Rot Fungus Expression Develop an Assay Export Optimization Cloned into

  • E. coli
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Lignin:: INTRO : Export : Assay : Optimization Andy Braasch

Molecular Biology

f 1 O r i g i n K a n a m y c i n r e s i s t a n c e l a c I l i p D O R F X h
  • I
E c
  • R
I

1 2 3 4 5 6

pET28a-lipD Sequence pET28a-lipD Sequence 6460 bp 6460 bp

Kanamycin Resistance T7 terminator

lipD

T7-tag His-tag rbs Lac operator T7 promoter

  • Transformation into Rosetta-gami 2 (DE3) pLysS

50kDa

Induced protein

40kDa

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Lignin:: Intro : EXPORT : Assay : Optimization Ben Cox

Engineering & Math

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Synthesized export sequences: ycbK ycdO ycdB torA

  • Fuse with lipD
  • Transform into E. coli

Lignin:: Intro : EXPORT : Assay : Optimization Ben Cox

Engineering & Math

(DeLisa 2007)

A D C B

1) 100bp Ladder 2) ycdO (Sec tag) 3) ycbK (TAT tag) 4) ycdB (TAT/Sec tag) 5) torA (TAT) 1 2 3 4 5

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  • Azure B vs. Veratryl Alcohol

Lignin Peroxidase has higher specificity to Azure B Measured absorbance change

  • Oxidation of Azure B

Lignin:: Intro : Export : ASSAY : Optimization Jack Ho

BME

S N N CH3 CH3 N H H3C + S N N CH3 CH3 H2N +

Lignin peroxidase

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  • Heme group required for redox activity
  • Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthesis is the rate limiting step
  • Add ALA to bypass the rate limiting step
  • Add Fe2+ to accommodate more heme

Lignin:: Intro : Export : Assay : OPTIMIZATION

Peter VanderVelden

Biochemistry

Fe2+=

ALA +

H2N O O OH

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  • Lignin peroxidase
  • Bacterial expression and export
  • Increased biofuel production efficiency

Lignin:: Intro : Export : Assay : OPTIMIZATION Andy Braasch

Molecular Biology

(http://commtechlab.msu.edu) (lpmpjogja.diknas.go.id ) (www.stern.de) (http://askbobrankin.com) (http://www.ceres.net)

Organic Waste

(www.vic.gov.au)

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  • Bacterial sorbitol production

Sorbitol:: INTRO : Modeling : Cloning : Assay Joseph Yuen

BME

  • Aqueous phase reforming

HO OH OH OH OH OH H 3C C H 3

  • Sorbitol

C6H14O6

sorbitol hexane

catalyst

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Nissen 2005

  • The natural metabolic pathway
  • Upregulating sorbitol dehydrogenase production
  • Knocking out phosphofructokinase

Sorbitol:: INTRO : Modeling : Cloning : Assay Jia Luo

Biochemistry

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pfk knockout RL257 and parent strain MQ

  • btained from E. coli Genomic Stock

Center Growth curves in C & min media performed Sorbitol:: INTRO : Modeling : Cloning : Assay Jia Luo

Biochemistry

Growth curve for RL257 and MQ 1:10 subculture

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 2 4 6 8 10 12 time (hours) absorbance at 600nm

MQ minMedia RL257 minMedia MQ cMedia RL257 cMedia

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pfk knockout RL257 and parent strain MQ

  • btained from E. coli Genomic Stock

Center Growth curves in C & min media performed tpiA knockout obtained from the Keio collection Growth curves in C media made Sorbitol:: INTRO : Modeling : Cloning : Assay Jia Luo

Biochemistry

Growth of RL257 subculture 1:10 in C media

y = 0.2199x + 0.0207 R

2 = 0.9917

n=3

0.000 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.800 1.000 1.200 1 2 3 4 5 6

Time (hours) log (Absorbance (600nm))

Growth curve for RL257 and MQ 1:10 subculture 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 2 4 6 8 10 12 time (hours) absorbance at 600nm

MQ minMedia RL257 minMedia MQ cMedia RL257 cMedia

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  • Computer modeling
  • Flux distribution
  • Gene knockouts
  • Triosephosphate isomerase

triosephosphate isomerase

Mattias Gyllborg

Med Micro & Immu

Sorbitol:: Intro : MODELING : Cloning : Assay

dihydroxyacetone phosphate glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

O OH O P O

  • O
  • O

O O P O

  • O
  • O

OH H

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Mattias Gyllborg

Med Micro & Immu

Sorbitol:: Intro : MODELING : Cloning : Assay

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Nissen 2005

  • Knocking Triosephosphate Isomerase
  • Upregulating Sorbitol Dehydrogenase production
  • Determine which cells have the highest sorbitol

yield Sorbitol:: INTRO : Modeling : Cloning : Assay Mattias Gyllborg

Med Micro & Immu

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srlD gene

Verification of srlD inserted into pBAD30 via digestion

Charlie Burns

Biochemistry

Sorbitol:: Intro : Modeling : CLONING : Assay

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  • Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Purification

Cell Cultures

(pBAD and pET Vectors)

His-Tag Nickel Column Purification Cell Lysate

  • Sorbitol Quantification

Enzyme assay allows for sorbitol quantification from cell lysate

Tanner Peelen

Biochemistry

Sorbitol:: Intro : Modeling : Cloning : ASSAY

  • Enzymatic assay

+ β-NADH

SDH

+ β-NAD

OH H O OH HO OH HO OH OH OH OH OH HO

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Tanner Peelen

Biochemistry

Sorbitol Production

  • Modeling and cell growth
  • Upregulation
  • Combining in an E.coli strain
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Tanner Peelen

Biochemistry

Outlining alternative pathways

  • Lignin breakdown
  • Sorbitol production
  • Mass production of small hydrocarbons
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  • Dr. Doug Weibel
  • Dr. Jennie Reed
  • Dr. Brian Pfleger
  • Dr. Aseem Ansari
  • Dr. Franco Cerrina
  • Dr. Ken Hammel
  • Dr. Jaehyuk Yu
  • Dr. Tom Jeffries
  • Dr. Kirk Kersten
  • Dr. Kirk Kent
  • Dr. Mike Sussman
  • Dr. Dan Cullen
  • Dr. Amber Vanden

Wymelenberg

  • Dr. John Ralph

Basudeb Bhattacharyya Matt Copeland Jenna Eun Hannah Tuson Shane Flickinger

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