their ability to fully capture in vivo enzyme activity. Goal - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
their ability to fully capture in vivo enzyme activity. Goal - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Problem Current approaches are limited in their ability to fully capture in vivo enzyme activity. Goal Express and optimize the bacterial lux system in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae to find rate-limiting steps via stoichiometric control of enzyme
Problem
Current approaches are limited in their ability to fully capture in vivo enzyme activity.
Goal
Express and optimize the bacterial lux system in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae to find rate-limiting steps via stoichiometric control of enzyme levels.
Problem Statement
D
Reductase Alpha Subunit Beta Subunit Synthetase
luxC luxD luxA luxB luxE
β α C E
RNA Polymerase
Transferase
LUX SYSTEM
luxC luxD luxA luxB luxE
β α C D E β α
Reductase Alpha Subunit Beta Subunit Synthetase Transferase Luciferase
LUX SYSTEM
C D E β α
Reductase Synthetase Transferase Luciferase
luxC luxD luxA luxB luxE
LUX SYSTEM
D
FATTY ACID
RCOOH
LUX SYSTEM
D E E E E C C C C
FATTY ACID REDUCTASE COMPLEX FATTY ACID
RCOOH
LUX SYSTEM
RCOOH
D E E E E C C C C
FATTY ACID REDUCTASE COMPLEX FATTY ACID
RCOOH RCHO
ALDEHYDE
LUX SYSTEM
O2
RCHO
D E E E E C C C C
FATTY ACID REDUCTASE COMPLEX
FMNH2
FATTY ACID
RCOOH
ALDEHYDE REDUCED FLAVIN
FMNH2
β α
LUCIFERASE
RCHO
O2
RCHO
D β α E E E E C C C C
FATTY ACID REDUCTASE COMPLEX LUCIFERASE
LIGHT
FMNH2 FMN
O2
H2O
FATTY ACID
RCOOH
ALDEHYDE REDUCED FLAVIN OXIDIZED FLAVIN
RCOOH
STOICHIOMETRIC PROTEIN PRODUCTION
C D E C D E C D E C D E C C D D E E E
PLASMID DESIGN
Feature Purpose Bidrectional Promoter Modular plasmid construction Enhanced LuxAB Autonomous production of luminescence frp FMNH2 regeneration P2A Linkers Stoichiometric protein expression C D E AB frp Dup
P2A Linker
Benefits
+ Optimize lux system in a eukaryotic organism + Improve flexibility and strength as reporter system + Develop modular platform to optimize other metabolic pathways
Problem Statement
Problem Statement
Chemical Reaction Network
Chemical Reaction Network
Chemical Reaction Network
Chemical Reaction Network
Chemical Reaction Network
Reaction Equations
Reaction Equations
WelhamP, Stekel D (2009) Mathematical model of the lux luminescence system in the terrestrial bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens. Mol Biosyst 5(1):68–76. Iqbal M. , Stekel D. (2015). An extended mathematical model of Lux bioluminescence in bacteria. [unpublished]
System of Differential Equations
WelhamP, Stekel D (2009) Mathematical model of the lux luminescence system in the terrestrial bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens. Mol Biosyst 5(1):68–76. Iqbal M. , Stekel D. (2015). An extended mathematical model of Lux bioluminescence in bacteria. [unpublished]
Model Assumptions
C D E D
νLuxD = 2νLuxD LightLuxCDE = LightLuxCDE_E = LightLuxCDE_C [O2], [NADPH], [ATP], [H+], [H2O] : constant
1 2 3 4
Isolated system
Simulation Results
Simulation Results
Simulation Results
B
Simulation Results
C
Simulation Results
Problem Statement
Problem Statement
Reaction 1 A + B -> C Reaction 2 C + D -> E Reaction 3 A + D -> F . . . Reaction N 1 2 3 … A
- 1
- 1
… B
- 1
… C 1
- 1
… D
- 1
- 1
… E 1 … F 1 … V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 S v b
Flux Balance Analysis
Infinite Solution Space Physical Constraints Flux Boundaries: Lower Bound < vreaction < Upper Bound
Constraint-Based Modeling
Compartments: mitochondria, cytoplasm, extracellular, …
Light and growth are strongly coupled!
Metabolic Burden
(mmol/gDW*hr) (mmol/gDW*hr)
Reactions Coupled to Light
Pentose Phosphate Pathway Glycolysis TCA Cycle Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Lux System Light
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Fitting model to experimentally validated parameters
THANK YOU
Team Phillip Kyriakakis Bart Borek Jahir Gutierrez Todd Coleman