WO2024200975A1 - Utilisation de polykétide synthases de type iii de champignons ascomycètes comme phloroglucinol synthases - Google Patents
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- TITLE Use of type III polyketide synthases from Ascomycetes fungi as phloroglucinol synthases
- the present invention is in the fields of microbial biochemistry and more particularly in the field of synthesis by microbial enzymes of phloroglucinol. It relates to the use of type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as phloroglucinol synthases, associated methods of producing phloroglucinol, as well as nucleic acids, vectors and host cells intended for the production of phloroglucinol.
- Phloroglucinol is an aromatic organic compound used in particular in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products and explosives.
- Phloroglucinol synthesis is catalyzed by certain type III polyketide synthases called phloroglucinol synthases. Phloroglucinol synthases perform the condensation of three malonyl-CoA molecules to form one phloroglucinol molecule according to the following reaction scheme (Reaction I): Reaction I
- Phlorotannins include fucols, phloretols, and fucophloretols, which are derivatives of phloroglucinol in the cell wall of brown algae.
- various protective activities of brown algae have also been attributed to phlorotannins.
- Natural phloroglucinol synthesis was initially described in the Gram-negative bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens ( ⁇ chkar et al., 2005; Zha et al., 2006) and in the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (Meslet-Cladière et al., 2013).
- the enzyme phloroglucinol synthase involved in phloroglucinol synthesis was identified in both species.
- phloroglucinol synthase is encoded by the PHLD gene ( ⁇ chkar et al., 2005; Zha et al., 2006).
- the phloroglucinol synthase activity of PHLD could be demonstrated in Escherichia coli expressing a heterologous PHLD gene ( ⁇ chkar et al., This activity was confirmed in vitro by small-scale enzymatic tests carried out with a recombinant PHLD expressed and purified from Escherichia coli cultures (Zha et al., 2006).
- phloroglucinol synthase is encoded by the PKS1 gene (Meslet-Cladière et al., 2013).
- the phloroglucinol synthase activity of PKS1 has been demonstrated in vitro, from recombinant PKS1 expressed and purified in Escherichia coli and from cellular extracts of E. siliculosus (Meslet-Cladière et al., 2013, WO 2013/045510).
- PHLD and PKS1 enzymes exhibit low enzymatic activities.
- the PHLD enzymes of Pseudomonas fluorescens and PKS1 of Ectocarpus siliculosus produce little or no phloroglucinol when these sequences are expressed in yeast instead of in Escherichia coli (WO2019/002799; WO2019/002798).
- eukaryotic systems can be advantageous, particularly for large-scale production. They allow the production of enzymes that can be modified at the post-translational level.
- WO2019/002799 and WO2019/002798 describe phloroglucinol synthases capable of synthesizing phloroglucinol at a much higher level than PKS1 from Ectocarpus siliculosus when sequences encoding these enzymes are transfected into yeast. These phloroglucinol synthases are derived from actinomycete bacteria (WO2019/002799) or eukaryotic algae (WO2019/002798).
- type III polyketide synthases are a large class of enzymes that include proteins with sequence similarities but exhibit very dissimilar enzymatic activities (Meslet-Cladière et al., 2013).
- phloroglucinol synthase activity is only one of the multiple activities that may be present in a type III polyketide synthase and only a small proportion of type III polyketide synthases therefore possess phloroglucinol synthase activity.
- no sequence motif associated with phloroglucinol synthase activity has been described, making the identification of type III polyketide synthases possessing such activity particularly difficult.
- the invention relates to the use of a polypeptide chosen from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi, of a nucleic acid molecule encoding it, of a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding it or of a host cell expressing it, for producing phloroglucinol.
- the invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide as defined in the use according to the invention, characterized in that: a) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a promoter controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence; or b) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a transcription terminator controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence; or c) the nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in a host cell, in particular in a yeast or in a bacterium; or d) any combination of a) to c).
- the invention relates to a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to the invention, said vector preferably being a plasmid.
- the invention relates to a host cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to the invention or a vector according to the invention.
- the invention relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol, comprising the steps of:
- step (ii) in vitro culture of the host cell of step (i) under conditions allowing the growth of said host cell and/or the expression of the nucleic acid molecule contained in said host cell, so as to produce phloroglucinol;
- step (iii) optionally recovering the culture medium comprising phloroglucinol, obtained after step (ii); and (iv) optionally, purification of phloroglucinol from the culture medium of step (iii).
- the invention relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol, comprising the steps of:
- step (ii) incubating the mixture from step (i) under conditions suitable for producing phloroglucinol
- step (iii) optionally the recovery of the reaction medium comprising phloroglucinol, obtained after step (ii);
- step (iv) optionally, the purification of phloroglucinol from the reaction medium of step (iii).
- Figure 1 represents the alignment of the amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 (PhlD of Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 denoted PlhD-Hm2), SEQ ID NO: 2 (PhlD of Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 denoted PlhD-Hm1) and SEQ ID NO: 3 (PhlD of Aspergillus tanneri denoted PlhD-At).
- FIG. 2 shows the map of the PBIM5 plasmid used in the examples.
- a or “an” is meant one or more. In other words, when “a” or “an” is used in relation to a feature, it covers both embodiments with the feature of interest occurring only once and those with the feature of interest occurring multiple times. In other words, unless otherwise indicated (such as “only one” or “a single” or “only one”), “a” is used as a synonym for “one or more” or “at least one”.
- a polypeptide “comprises” an amino acid sequence when the amino acid sequence is part of the final amino acid sequence of the polypeptide. Such a polypeptide may have up to several hundred additional amino acid residues.
- a polypeptide “consists essentially of” an amino acid sequence when such an amino acid sequence is present with possibly only a few additional amino acid residues (for example, a peptide of up to 20 amino acids, such as a 6-histidine Hisxô tag, may additionally be present).
- Consisting of” or “consisting of” means excluding more than trace amounts of other components or steps.
- a polypeptide “consists of” an amino acid sequence when the polypeptide does not contain any amino acids other than the stated amino acid sequence.
- Type III polyketide synthase means a multifunctional enzyme or enzyme complex that produces polyketides and does not utilize an acyl carrier protein (ACP) domain.
- ACP acyl carrier protein
- Polyketide refers to a large family of secondary metabolites in bacteria, fungi, plants, and some animal strains that arise from the iterative condensation of acetyl or malonyl subunits by polyketide synthase enzymes. Polyketides also serve as raw materials for the manufacture of a wide range of natural and semi-synthetic products.
- Phloroglucinol synthase is a multifunctional enzyme or enzyme complex belonging to the type III polyketide synthase family that catalyzes the synthesis of phloroglucinol.
- a phloroglucinol synthase catalyzes the condensation of three malonyl-CoA molecules to form one phloroglucinol molecule.
- enzyme activity or “catalytic activity” or even “activity” of an enzyme is meant the efficiency of an enzyme in converting a substrate into a product in a given environment. The efficiency of the enzyme takes into account here the rate of conversion of the substrate into a product by the enzyme and the rate of conversion of the substrate into a product by the enzyme.
- rate of conversion of the substrate into a product by the enzyme is meant here the ratio between the quantity of final product obtained relative to the initial quantity of substrate for a defined quantity of enzyme.
- an enzymatic activity within the meaning of the invention can be expressed as the quantity of phloroglucinol produced in a given volume (in g/L).
- fungus means a unicellular or multicellular organism of the kingdom Fungi. This kingdom includes several divisions, including that of the Ascomycetes, also called higher fungi, i.e. with septate mycelium.
- the division of the Ascomycetes includes several subdivisions, including that of the Pezizomycotina, comprising filamentous fungi. This subdivision includes in particular the families Ophiocordycipitaceae (which includes in particular the genus Hirsutella) and Trichocomaceae (which includes in particular the genus Aspergillus).
- the genus Hirsutella includes in particular the species Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608.
- the genus Aspergillus includes in particular the species Aspergillus tanneri, Aspergillus aculeatus (in particular the strains ⁇ TCC 16872 / CBS 172.66 / WB 5094), Aspergillus arachidicola, Aspergillus awamori, Aspergillus bertholletiae, Aspergillus bombycis, Aspergillus brasiliensis (in particular the strains CBS 101740 / IMI 381727 / IBT 21946), Aspergillus caelatus, Aspergillus calidoustus, Aspergillus homomorphus (in particular the strain CBS 101889), Aspergillus leporis, Aspergillus luchuensis (in particular the strain CBS 106.47), Aspergillus minisclerotigenes, Aspergillus niger (notamment les souches ⁇ TCC 1015 / CBS 113.46
- the division Ascomycetes also includes the subdivisions Taphrinomycotina and Saccharomycotina.
- the subdivision Saccharomycotina includes the order Saccharomycetales (budding yeasts), which includes the genera Saccharomyces (including species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces boulardii, Saccharomyces douglasii, and Saccharomyces bayanus), Candida, Eremothecium, Dekkera (including species Dekkera brucelensis and Dekkera intermedia), Pichia (Hansenula), Debaryomyces, Lodderomyces, Yarrowi, Zigosaccharomyces (including the species Zi osaccharomyces bailii), Torulaspora (including the species Torulaspora globosa and Torulaspora glabrata), Kluyveromyces (including the species Kluyveromyces themotolerens), and Brettanomycces
- Taphrinomycotina includes the class Schizosaccharomycetes (yeasts that reproduce by fission, which includes the genus Schizosaccharomyces which includes the species Schizosaccharomyces pombe).
- the kingdom Fungi also includes the division Basidiomycota, which includes the yeast genera Cryptococcus and Malassezia.
- PHLD.Pf we mean indifferently the gene coding for the phloroglucinol synthase PH LD of Pseudomonas fluorescens, or the polypeptide encoded by this gene.
- PKS1.Es or “PHLD.Es” we mean indifferently the gene coding for the phloroglucinol synthase PKS1 of Ectocarpus siliculosus, or the polypeptide encoded by this gene.
- PhlD or “PHLD” herein refers to a candidate gene encoding a candidate phloroglucinol synthase enzyme, or the polypeptide encoded by this gene. According to the nomenclature chosen by the Inventors, “PhlD.ii” or “PHLD.ii” herein refers to the candidate gene or the candidate polypeptide from a given organism. The letters “ii” represent the initials of the genus and species to which said organism belongs. For example, PhlD.Hm corresponds to a candidate phloroglucinol synthase enzyme from a species Hirsutella minnesotensis, and PhlD.
- Nonpolar amino acids refers to a family of amino acids whose average positions of positive and negative partial charges coincide.
- nonpolar amino acids are: glycine (G), alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), proline (P), tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), methionine (M), and cysteine (C).
- Those other than glycine (G) can be subdivided into three subfamilies: 1) "aliphatic nonpolar amino acids,” which have an aliphatic-type side chain and include alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), and proline (P), 2) "aromatic nonpolar amino acids,” which have an aromatic-type side chain and include tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F), and tyrosine (Y), and 3) "sulfur-containing nonpolar amino acids” whose side chain includes a sulfur atom and which include methionine (M) and cysteine (C).
- aliphatic nonpolar amino acids which have an aliphatic-type side chain and include alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), and proline (P)
- aromatic nonpolar amino acids which have an aromatic-type side chain and include tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F), and
- Polar amino acids are defined as a family of amino acids whose average positions of positive and negative partial charges are not coincident.
- polar amino acids are: serine (S), threonine (T), asparagine (N), glutamine (Q), glutamic acid (E), aspartic acid (D), lysine (K), arginine (R), histidine (H).
- Nucleic acid molecule means a polymer of any length of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), or polydeoxyribonucleotides, including but not limited to complementary DNA or cDNA, genomic DNA, plasmids, vectors, viral genomes, isolated DNA, probes, primers and any mixture thereof; or a polymer of any length of ribonucleic acid (RNA), or polyribonucleotides, including but not limited to messenger RNA or mRNA, antisense RNA; or mixed polyribo-polydeoxyribonucleotides. They include single or double-stranded, linear or circular, natural or synthetic polynucleotides. In addition, a polynucleotide may include non-natural nucleotides and may be interrupted by non-nucleotide components.
- nucleic acid As used herein, the terms “nucleic acid”, “nucleic acid molecule”, “polynucleotide” and “nucleotide sequence” are used interchangeably.
- isolated molecule means a molecule, including a protein, polypeptide, peptide, nucleic acid molecule, plasmid vector, viral vector or host cell, that is removed from its natural environment (i.e. separated from at least one other component with which it is naturally associated).
- polypeptide polymers of amino acid residues which comprise at least nine amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
- the polymer may be linear, branched or cyclic.
- the polymer may comprise naturally occurring amino acids and/or amino acid analogues and may be interrupted by non-amino acid residues.
- the amino acid polymer contains more than 50 amino acid residues, it is preferably called a polypeptide or protein, whereas if the polymer consists of 50 amino acids or less, it is preferably called a "peptide”.
- identity is meant an exact sequence match between two polypeptides or two amino acid molecules.
- the “identity percentages” referred to in the context of the disclosure of the present invention are determined on the basis of a global alignment of the sequences (nucleic or protein) to be compared, that is to say on an alignment of the sequences taken in their entirety over their entire length using any algorithm well known to those skilled in the art such as the Needleman and Wunsch-1970 algorithm.
- This sequence comparison can be carried out using any software well known to those skilled in the art, for example the needle software using the "Gap open” parameter equal to 10.0, the “Gap extend” parameter equal to 0.5 and a "Blosum 62" matrix.
- the needle software is for example available on the website ebi.ac.uk world wide under the name "Align”.
- vector is meant a vehicle, preferably a nucleic acid molecule or a viral particle, which contains the elements necessary to enable the delivery, propagation and/or expression of one or more nucleic acid molecules in a host cell or organism.
- this term encompasses vectors for maintenance (cloning vectors), vectors for expression in various host cells or organisms (expression vectors), extrachromosomal vectors (e.g. multicopy plasmids) or integrating vectors (e.g. designed to integrate into the genome of a host cell and produce additional copies of the nucleic acid molecule contained therein when the host cell replicates).
- the term also encompasses shuttle vectors (e.g. functioning in both prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic hosts) and transfer vectors (e.g. for the transfer of nucleic acid molecule(s) into the genome of a host cell).
- the vectors according to the invention may be natural, synthetic or artificial genetic sources, or a combination of natural and artificial genetic elements.
- vector should be understood broadly to include both plasmid (or plasmid) and viral vectors.
- Plasmid as used herein means a replicable DNA construct.
- plasmid vectors contain selectable marker genes that allow host cells carrying the plasmid to be positively identified and/or selected. or negative in the presence of the compound corresponding to the selection marker.
- selectable marker genes A variety of positive and negative selection marker genes are known in the art. For illustration, an antibiotic resistance gene can be used as a positive selection marker gene to select a host cell in the presence of the corresponding antibiotic.
- viral vector refers to a nucleic acid vector that comprises at least one element of a virus genome and may be packaged into a viral particle or virus-like particle.
- Viral vectors may be replication competent or selective (e.g., designed to replicate better or selectively in specific host cells), or may be genetically disabled so as to be defective or deficient in replication.
- a “host cell” means a cell containing a heterologous nucleic acid molecule.
- heterologous or “exogenous” is meant that the nucleic acid molecule comes from a species different from the species of the host cell.
- a host cell is not a cell that exists in nature but is a molecular biology tool obtained by genetic manipulation techniques.
- the host cell may consist of a single type of cell or a group of different types of cells (in which case there is a mixture of host cells of distinct types).
- the host cell may also be a hybrid cell, i.e. resulting from the fusion of at least two cells of different types.
- the host cell may belong to cultured cell lines, primary cells, stem cells or proliferative cells.
- the term "host cell” includes prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.
- Prokaryote means a unicellular microorganism whose cellular structure does not include a nucleus. Prokaryotes include the kingdoms of bacteria and archaea.
- Baceria means a microscopic and prokaryotic organism present in all environments.
- Eukaryote means, in contrast to prokaryotes, any unicellular or multicellular organism whose cells have a structured nucleus.
- Eukaryotic cells include yeast, insect, plant, and animal cells (including non-human mammalian cells).
- the host cell may, for example, be isolated or organized into tissue, organ, or within a complete organism. If the host cell is within a complete organism, the organism is not human.
- type III polyketide synthases are a vast class of enzymes that bring together proteins with sequence similarities while exhibiting very dissimilar enzymatic activities (Meslet-Cladière et al., 2013).
- phloroglucinol synthase activity is only one of the multiple activities that may be present in a type III polyketide synthase.
- no sequence motif associated with phloroglucinol synthase activity has been described, making the identification of type III polyketide synthases with such activity particularly difficult.
- the inventors have further demonstrated that the novel type III polyketide synthases identified in Ascomycetes fungi have phloroglucinol synthase activity.
- the invention therefore relates to the use of a polypeptide chosen from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi, of an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding it, of a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding it or of a non-human host cell expressing it, for producing phloroglucinol.
- polypeptide used in the invention is chosen from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi, and advantageously has phloroglucinol synthase activity.
- type III polyketide synthases of fungi of the Ophiocordycipitaceae and Trichocomaceae families advantageously of the Hirsutella and Aspergillus genera, more advantageously of the Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 and Aspergillus tanneri species.
- the polypeptide used in the invention corresponds to those identified herein as having phloroglucinol synthase activity or to derivatives thereof.
- the polypeptide used in the invention comprises, essentially consists of or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity, at least 75% identity, advantageously at least 80% identity, at least 85% identity, more advantageously at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, even more advantageously at least 95% identity, at least 96% identity, at least 97% identity, at least 98% identity, at least 99% identity, at least 99.5% identity, or even 100% identity with a sequence chosen from SEQ ID NO: 1 (PhlD of Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 denoted PlhD-Hm2), SEQ ID NO: 2 (PhlD of Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 denoted PlhD-Hm1) and SEQ ID NO: 3 (
- the inventors have identified motifs conserved between the three sequences SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3 (see the alignment in Figure 1), which are therefore advantageously present in the sequence of the polypeptide used in the invention.
- the polypeptide used in the invention further comprises (in addition to a minimum percentage of identity with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 as described above) at least one fragment chosen from:
- LVTSTGFXiAPGVDV wherein Xi is selected from apolar amino acids (i.e. glycine (G), alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), proline (P), tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), methionine (M) and cysteine (C), SEQ ID NO:4);
- VNFMGCAAAMNGLR SEQ ID NO:5
- X2 is selected from neutral apolar or polar amino acids (i.e. glycine (G), alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), proline (P), tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), methionine (M), cysteine (C), serine (S), threonine (T), asparagine (N), and glutamine (Q)) (SEQ ID NO:7);
- AFSFAPGX3TVEG wherein X3 is selected from apolar amino acids (i.e. glycine (G), alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), proline (P), tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), methionine (M) and cysteine (C)) (SEQ ID NO: 10).
- G glycine
- A alanine
- V valine
- L leucine
- I isoleucine
- P proline
- W tryptophan
- phenylalanine F
- Y tyrosine
- M methionine
- C cysteine
- the polypeptide used in the invention further comprises (in addition to a minimum percentage of identity with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 as described above) at least one fragment chosen from:
- LVTSTGFXiAPGVDV wherein X1 is selected from aliphatic apolar amino acids (i.e. alanine (A), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), and proline (P), SEQ ID NO:11);
- VNFMGCAAAMNGLR SEQ ID NO:5;
- ISSLF ⁇ DGX2AAMWGS wherein X2 is selected from nonpolar sulfur-containing or neutral polar amino acids (i.e. methionine (M), cysteine (C), serine (S), threonine (T), asparagine (N), and glutamine (Q)) (SEQ ID NO:12);
- M methionine
- C cysteine
- S serine
- T threonine
- N asparagine
- Q glutamine
- X3 is selected from aliphatic apolar amino acids (i.e. alanine ( ⁇ ), valine (V), leucine (L), isoleucine (I), and proline (P)) (SEQ ID NO:13).
- polypeptide used in the invention further comprises (in addition to a minimum percentage of identity with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 as described above) at least one fragment chosen from:
- LVTSTGFX1 ⁇ PGVDV wherein X1 is selected from valine and isoleucine (SEQ ID NO:14);
- VNFMGCAAAMNGLR SEQ ID NO:5
- AFSFAPGX3TVEG wherein X3 is selected from valine and isoleucine (SEQ ID NO:16).
- the polypeptide used in the invention further comprises (in addition to a minimum percentage of identity with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 as described above) at least one fragment chosen from: (a) LVTTSTGFI ⁇ PGVDV (SEQ ID NO: 17);
- VNFMGCAAAMNGLR SEQ ID NO:5
- the polypeptide used in the invention further comprises (in addition to a minimum percentage of identity with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 as described above) several of the fragments (a) to (g) as described above (general, intermediate, limited, very limited embodiment).
- the polypeptide used in the invention may further comprise (in addition to a minimum percentage of identity with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 as described above (general, intermediate or limited embodiment)):
- the polypeptide used in the invention comprises, is essentially constituted or is constituted of an amino acid sequence chosen from SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3, preferably the polypeptide used in the invention comprises, is essentially constituted or is constituted of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule used in the invention may be any nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding any polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a promoter controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence encoding polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above.
- the promoter is an exogenous promoter, in particular a yeast promoter, preferably a promoter selected from ADH2 (pADH2, this promoter allows expression in particular when the culture medium contains ethanol as a carbon source), CCW12 (pCCW12, this promoter allows expression in particular when the culture medium contains glucose as a carbon source), and TEF1 (pTEF1, this promoter allows expression in particular when the culture medium contains glucose or sucrose as a carbon source), more preferably a promoter selected from ADH2 (pADH2) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, CCW12 (pCCW12) from S.
- TEF1 from S. cerevisiae, and TEF1 (pTEF1) from S. cerevisiae, more preferably a promoter selected from ADH2 of sequence SEQ ID NO: 20, CCW12 of sequence SEQ ID NO: 21, and TEF1 of sequence SEQ ID NO: 22.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a transcription terminator of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide chosen from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above.
- the terminator is an exogenous terminator, in particular a yeast terminator, preferably the RPL3 terminator (tRPL3) or the ADH1 terminator, more preferably the RPL3 terminator of S. cerevisiae or the ADH1 terminator of S. cerevisiae, more preferably the RPL3 terminator of sequence SEQ ID NO: 23 or the ADH1 terminator of sequence SEQ ID NO: 24.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises both a promoter and a terminator which are as defined above.
- the nucleic acid molecule further comprises an export sequence.
- this export sequence allows the secretion or excretion of the polypeptide(s) encoded by the nucleic acid molecule into the cellular environment.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises both a promoter, a terminator and an export sequence as defined above.
- the nucleic acid molecule may be isolated from homologous strains in culture, preferably selected from the genera Hirsutella and Aspergillus, more preferably from the species Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 and Aspergillus tanneri.
- the The nucleic acid molecule may be isolated from a vector or a heterologous host cell comprising said molecule, said vector or said host cell being as defined above and as described below in the sections "Host Cells" or "Vectors".
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule may be synthesized in vitro by nucleic synthesis techniques known to those skilled in the art.
- the nucleic acid sequence included in the isolated nucleic acid molecule used in the invention is further optimized for expression in a host cell, in particular in a yeast or in a bacterium.
- Various software is available to the person skilled in the art for optimizing codons for expression in a host cell, in particular in yeast or bacteria.
- Examples of such software include the Twist Codon Optimization tool software (provided by Twist Biosciences), the GenSmartTM Codon Optimization software (provided by GenScript and the functionalities of which are described in application WO2020024917A1), the IDT Codon Optimization Tool software (provided by Integrated DNA technologies), and Azenta’s codon optimization tool software (provided by Azenta).
- Examples of optimized nucleic acid sequences respectively encoding the polypeptides of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 to 3 are the amino acid sequences nucleic acids SEQ ID NO:25 to SEQ ID NO:27, respectively, presented in Table 2 below and which are optimized (at least partially) for expression in yeast, in particular Saccharomyces cerevisiae:
- the person skilled in the art would be able to generate other nucleic sequences optimized for expression in yeast, in particular Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or in another type of host cell (in particular another species of yeast or a bacterium).
- the person skilled in the art can obtain this sequence by in vitro synthesis directly with the optimized codons.
- the optimized sequence can also be obtained by in vitro site-directed mutagenesis from a sample of the nucleic acid molecule whose codons are to be adapted, using amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises both a promoter and a terminator as defined above, and the nucleic acid sequence comprised in the isolated nucleic acid molecule used in the invention is further optimized for expression in a host cell, advantageously in a yeast or a bacterium, preferably in a yeast, as described above.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises both a promoter, a terminator and an export sequence as defined above, and the nucleic acid sequence comprised in the isolated nucleic acid molecule used in the invention is further optimized for expression in a host cell, advantageously in a yeast or a bacterium, preferably in a yeast, as described above.
- the vector used in the invention may be any vector comprising any nucleic acid molecule as defined above.
- Vectors that are suitable for use in the present invention include, but are not limited to, bacteriophage, plasmid or cosmid vectors for expression in prokaryotic host cells such as bacteria (e.g., E. coli, or bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas); vectors for expression in yeast (e.g., Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schyzosaccharomyces pombe, Pichia pastoris); baculovirus vectors for expression in insect cell systems (e.g., Sf 9 cells); viral and plasmid vectors for expression in plant cell systems (e.g., Ti plasmid, Cauliflower mosaic virus, CaMV, Tobacco mosaic virus TMV); and viral and plasmid vectors for expression in vertebrate, including mammalian, cells or organisms.
- bacteria e.g., E. coli, or bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- yeast e.g., Saccharomy
- suitable expression vectors are generally commercially available (e.g., from suppliers such as Invitrogen, Stratagene, Amersham Biosciences, Promega, etc.), available from depository institutions such as the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Rockville, Md.), or have been the subject of numerous publications describing their sequence, structures and methods of production, so that the skilled person can apply them without difficulty.
- the invention is particularly concerned with the production of phloroglucinol in yeasts, and the vector used in the invention is therefore advantageously suitable and even optimized for the transfection of yeasts.
- the vector used in the invention may in particular advantageously be a plasmid vector suitable for the transfection of yeasts.
- plasmid vectors suitable for the transfection of yeasts include, without limitation, pREP4, pCEP4 (Invitrogen), pCI (Promega), pV ⁇ X (Invitrogen), pgWiz (Gene Therapy System Inc), and YCplac22 ( ⁇ TCC 87585), as well as any derivative of these vectors (in particular a derivative of YCplac22 in which the pair (PGK promoter and CYC terminators) and the pair (TEF1 promoter and ⁇ DH1 terminator) have been integrated), but any other vector suitable for transfection of yeasts may be used.
- the host cell used in the invention may be any host cell expressing any polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above. It may in particular be selected from host cells comprising an isolated nucleic acid molecule as defined above or a vector as defined above.
- a host cell is a cell containing a heterologous nucleic acid molecule.
- the heterologous nucleic acid molecule corresponds to the isolated nucleic acid molecule as defined above or to the vector as defined above.
- the host cell used may be a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.
- the prokaryotic cells it may be chosen from bacteria.
- the eukaryotic cells it may be chosen from yeast cells, fungal cells, algal cells, insect cells, plant cells or non-human mammalian cells).
- the host cell used is preferably a yeast, said yeast being in particular selected from the genera Saccharomyces, Candida, Eremothecium, Dekkera, Pichia (Hansenula), Debaryomyces, Lodderomyces, Yarrowia, Zi osaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Torulaspora, Kluyveromyces, Brettanomycces, Cryptococcus and Malassezia.
- yeast being in particular selected from the genera Saccharomyces, Candida, Eremothecium, Dekkera, Pichia (Hansenula), Debaryomyces, Lodderomyces, Yarrowia, Zi osaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Torulaspora, Kluyveromyces, Brettanomycces, Cryptococcus and Malassezia.
- the yeast is selected from the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces boulardii, Saccharomyces douglasii, Saccharomyces bayanus, Zi osaccharomyces bailii, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Dekkera brucelensis, Dekkera intermedia, Brettanomycces custersii, Brettanomycces intermedius, Kluyveromyces themotolerens, Torulaspora globosa and Torulaspora glabrata.
- the yeast is of the genus Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
- the host cell used may also be a bacterium, said bacterium being in particular selected from among the proteobacteria, the actinomycete bacteria and the Firmicutes bacteria.
- the host cell may advantageously be chosen from among the genera Escherichia (in particular among the strains of the species Escherichia coli, the species most used for the production of recombinant proteins) and Pseudomonas.
- the actinomycete bacteria the host cell may advantageously be chosen from among the genera Streptomyces and Corynebacterium.
- the host cell may advantageously be chosen from among the genera Bacillus and Lactobacillus.
- the host cell used comprises at least one copy of the isolated nucleic acid molecule as defined above integrated into its genome. It may in particular comprise a single copy of the isolated nucleic acid molecule as defined above integrated into its genome.
- the copy(ies) of the nucleic acid molecule may be integrated at different loci, preferentially at the UR ⁇ 3 locus, at the JLP1 locus, at the LEU2 locus, or at the TRP1 locus of the genome of said yeast cell.
- the host cell is a yeast cell and several copies of the nucleic acid molecule are integrated, the different copies may be integrated at the same locus, or at different loci, preferentially at any of the combinations of the UR ⁇ 3, JLP1, LEU2, and/or TRP1 loci.
- the codons used in the nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi included in the host cell or in the vector included in the host cell have been adapted for optimal expression in the selected host cell.
- optimal expression can be obtained when the codons chosen to encode the amino acid sequence are those preferentially used by the organism of origin of the host cell.
- the person skilled in the art will be able to find which codons are to be favored in the literature or by using codon optimization software.
- codon optimization software for yeast can also be used for other types of host cells.
- the codons used in the nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi included in the host cell or in the vector included in the host cell have advantageously been adapted for optimal expression in yeasts, and in particular in yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
- the host cells can be cultured in aerobic or anaerobic bioreactors, on a small and large scale, in flasks or Petri dishes.
- the culture can be carried out at a temperature, pH, culture medium and oxygen content appropriate for a given host cell.
- yeasts and more particularly for Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- the culture is advantageously carried out by any suitable method.
- the methods for culturing a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain are known in the art, and the person skilled in the art knows how to optimize the culture conditions for each strain according to its nature.
- yeast Technology 2nd Edition, 1991, Reed and Nagodawithana, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold (ISBN 0-442-31892-8).
- the cultivation of a yeast strain in particular of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, can generally be carried out at a temperature between 20 and 37°C, in a rich liquid medium (for example the YPD medium available from VWR) or synthetic (defined to precisely meet the needs of the strain), in aerobic or anaerobic culture.
- a rich liquid medium for example the YPD medium available from VWR
- synthetic defined to precisely meet the needs of the strain
- polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi is used to produce phloroglucinol, regardless of the production method used.
- the person skilled in the art will be able to choose the most appropriate between the polypeptide chosen from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi, the molecule nucleic acids encoding it, the vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding it or the host cell expressing it, each as defined above.
- polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above can be used directly to produce phloroglucinol in vitro, provided that it is brought into contact with malonyl-CoA.
- the phloroglucinol synthases carry out the condensation of three molecules of malonyl-CoA to form a molecule of phloroglucinol according to the reaction scheme Reaction I previously described.
- the nucleic acid molecule encoding it and the vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding it can be used to transfect a host cell, which can then be used either to produce the polypeptide (which can then produce phloroglucinol in vitro) or to directly produce phloroglucinol when cultured in the presence of a suitable substrate (such as a carbon source such as glucose or ethanol).
- a suitable substrate such as a carbon source such as glucose or ethanol.
- the invention also relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above, characterized in that: a) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a promoter controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence; or b) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a transcription terminator controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence; or c) the nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in a host cell, in particular in a yeast or in a bacterium; or (d) any combination of (a) to (c).
- Such isolated nucleic acid molecules are useful either for the production of a polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above, or for directly producing phloroglucinol when transfected (directly or within a vector) into a host cell, cultured in the presence of an appropriate substrate.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a promoter controlling expression of the nucleic acid sequence.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a transcription terminator controlling expression of the nucleic acid sequence.
- the nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in a host cell, in particular in a yeast or in a bacterium, advantageously in a yeast.
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule may combine several of the features a) to c).
- the isolated nucleic acid molecule may be characterized in that: d) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a promoter and a transcription terminator controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence (combination of a) and b)); e) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a promoter controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence and the nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in a host cell, in particular in a yeast or in a bacterium, advantageously in a yeast (combination of a) and c)); f) the isolated nucleic acid molecule further comprises a transcription terminator controlling the expression of the nucleic acid sequence and the nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in a host cell, in particular in a yeast or in a bacterium, advantageously in a yeast (combination of b) and c)); or g) the isolated nucle
- the promoter is advantageously an exogenous promoter, in particular a yeast promoter, and preferably a promoter selected from ⁇ DH2 (p ⁇ DH2), CCW12 (pCCW12) and TEF1 (pTEF1), more preferably a promoter selected from ⁇ DH2 (p ⁇ DH2) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, CCW12 (pCCW12) of S. cerevisiae, and TEF1 (pTEF1) of S. cerevisiae, more preferably a promoter selected from ⁇ DH2 of sequence SEQ ID NO: 20, CCW12 of sequence SEQ ID NO: 21 and TEF1 of sequence SEQ ID NO: 22.
- the transcription terminator is advantageously an exogenous terminator, such as a yeast terminator, and preferably the RPL3 terminator (tRPL3) or the ⁇ DH1 terminator (t ⁇ DH1), more preferably the S. cerevisiae RPL3 terminator or the S. cerevisiae ⁇ DH1 terminator, more preferably the RPL3 terminator of sequence SEQ ID NO: 23 or the ⁇ DH1 terminator of sequence SEQ ID NO: 24.
- nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in yeast (embodiments c), e), f), and g) above), it is advantageously optimized for expression in yeast of the genus Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In particular, it is advantageously selected from SEQ ID NO: 25 to SEQ ID NO: 27.
- nucleic acid sequence is further optimized for expression in a bacterium (embodiments c), e), f), and g) above), it is advantageously optimized for expression in a bacterium of the genera Escherichia (in particular strains of the species Escherichia coli, the species most used for the production of recombinant proteins) and Pseudomonas.
- the invention also relates to a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to the invention.
- the vector according to the invention may comprise any nucleic acid molecule according to the invention described above. It may be chosen from any type of vector described previously in the section targeting the vectors likely to be used in the use according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to a host cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to the invention, or a vector according to the invention.
- the host cell according to the invention may comprise any nucleic acid molecule according to the invention described above or any vector according to the invention as described above. It may further comprise any characteristic or combination of characteristics described previously in the section relating to the host cells capable of being used in the use according to the invention.
- the present invention further relates to a method for producing a polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above.
- the method for producing such a polypeptide comprises, essentially consists of, or consists of the following steps:
- nucleic acid molecule or vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule as described above (nucleic acid molecule or vector used in or according to the invention) into a suitable host cell in accordance with the foregoing description;
- the method for producing such a polypeptide comprises, essentially consists of, or consists at least of the step consisting of:
- a host cell expressing said polypeptide for example a host cell as described above (host cell used in the invention or according to the invention), under conditions allowing the expression of the nucleic acid molecule contained in said host cell, so as to produce said polypeptide.
- Step (i) of introducing the nucleic acid molecule or vector into a suitable host cell may be carried out by any suitable method known to a person skilled in the art, such as transfection by calcium phosphate, transfection by liposomes comprising the nucleic acid molecule or vector to be transfected, transfection by polycationic agents, electroporation, and transfection by heat shock.
- step (i) may be carried out by transfection (by any method described above) into the host cell of a transfer plasmid comprising the sequence coding for the polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above, flanked in 5' and 3' by sequences homologous to genomic sequences of the host cell, thus allowing homologous recombination between the transfer plasmid and the genome of the host cell.
- This method is particularly applicable when the host cell is a yeast, in particular Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or a bacterium.
- Step (ii) of in vitro culture of the host cell is carried out under conditions allowing the expression of the nucleic acid molecule contained in said host cell, so as to produce said polypeptide.
- These conditions vary depending on the host cell used and the person skilled in the art will be able to determine them on the basis of his general knowledge.
- the host cell is a yeast, in particular Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- step (ii) can be carried out by any appropriate method, in particular as described in the section above concerning the host cells used in the use according to the invention.
- the method for producing the polypeptide may further comprise at least one additional step selected from the following steps:
- step (a) recovering the host cells expressing said polypeptide and/or the supernatant comprising the polypeptide, obtained after the culture step; and (B) purification of the polypeptide from the host cells and/or supernatant recovered in step (a).
- the optional step (a) of recovering the host cells expressing said polypeptide and/or the supernatant comprising the polypeptide can be carried out by any appropriate technique known to the person skilled in the art.
- the cells and the supernatant can in particular be separated by decantation or centrifugation.
- step (B) of purifying the polypeptide from the host cells and/or the supernatant recovered in step (a) can be carried out by any suitable technique known to the person skilled in the art.
- any liquid phase protein purification technique can be used, such as for example the different types of chromatography (gel filtration, ion exchange, by hydrophobic interaction, by affinity when the protein comprises an affinity tag, high performance liquid chromatography “HPLC”).
- the purification further comprises one or more prior step(s) of lysis of the cells and optionally of removal of the cellular debris, before the use of a liquid phase purification technique.
- nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above and the vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding this polypeptide can be used to transfect a host cell, which can then be used either to produce the polypeptide (which can then produce phloroglucinol in vitro) or to directly produce phloroglucinol when cultured in the presence of an appropriate substrate.
- the method for producing phloroglucinol uses a host cell expressing the polypeptide chosen from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above (for example a host cell according to the invention), which is cultured in the presence of a substrate suitable for producing phloroglucinol.
- This embodiment can be subdivided into two sub-embodiments, depending on whether the method comprises (embodiment M1A) or not (embodiment M1 B) a prior step of obtaining the host cells.
- the invention relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol which comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of the following steps:
- nucleic acid molecule or vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule as described above (nucleic acid molecule or vector used in the invention or according to the invention) into a suitable host cell in accordance with the preceding description;
- step (ii1) contacting the host cells obtained in step (ii) with an appropriate substrate;
- step (iii1) in vitro culture of the host cell of step (ii1) under conditions allowing the expression of the nucleic acid molecule contained in said host cell, so as to produce phloroglucinol;
- step (iv1) optionally recovering the culture medium comprising phloroglucinol, obtained after step (iii1);
- step (v1) optionally, purification of phloroglucinol from the culture medium of step (iv1).
- the invention relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol, which comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of the following steps:
- step (iii1) in vitro culture of the host cell of step (ii1) under conditions allowing the expression of the nucleic acid molecule contained in said host cell, so as to produce phloroglucinol;
- step (iv1) optionally recovering the culture medium comprising phloroglucinol, obtained after step (iii1);
- step (v1) optionally, purification of phloroglucinol from the culture medium of step (iv1).
- the host cell is a yeast (in particular of the genus Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae):
- step (ii) of introducing the nucleic acid molecule or vector into a suitable host cell may be carried out by any method described herein in the context of step (i) of the methods of producing the polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above.
- the substrate brought into contact with the host cell in step (ii1) is advantageously a carbon source.
- the carbon source is a pure carbon source or an industrial co-product (such as molasses or poor sewage, for example from the sugar industry).
- the substrate in the pure carbon source or the industrial co-product is a simple sugar, such as glucose (or dextrose), fructose, galactose, mannose, sucrose, lactose, or maltose; a complex sugar, such as a monosaccharide, a disaccharide or trisaccharides, or a polysaccharide such as starch; an alcohol, such as ethanol; an acid; a fatty acid and an ester derivative thereof; or a mixture of sugars, alcohols, acids and/or fatty acids or their ester derivatives.
- the substrate is glucose or ethanol.
- step (iii1) of in vitro culture of the host cell under conditions allowing the expression of the nucleic acid molecule contained in said host cell, so as to produce phloroglucinol can be carried out by any method described here in the context of step (ii) of the methods of production of the polypeptide chosen from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above.
- step (iv1) of recovering the culture medium comprising the phloroglucinol can be carried out by any technique described here for the separation of the cells and the supernatant in the context of the optional step (a) of the methods of producing the polypeptide chosen from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above.
- step (v1) of purification of phloroglucinol from the culture medium can be carried out by any appropriate technique, such as liquid-liquid extraction.
- polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above can be used directly to produce phloroglucinol in vitro, provided that it is brought into contact with malonyl-CoA.
- phloroglucinol synthases carry out the condensation of three molecules of malonyl-CoA to form a phloroglucinol molecule according to the reaction scheme Reaction I previously described.
- the method for producing phloroglucinol uses the polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as described above to produce phloroglucinol in vitro in the presence of malonyl-CoA.
- This embodiment can be subdivided into two sub-embodiments, depending on whether the method comprises (embodiment M2A) or not (embodiment M2B) a prior step of producing the polypeptide selected from the type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi as defined above.
- the invention relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol, which comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of the following steps:
- step (ii2) bringing the polypeptide obtained in step (i2) of the method as described above into contact with malonyl-CoA;
- step (iii2) incubating the mixture from step (ii2) under conditions suitable for producing phloroglucinol
- step (iv2) optionally the recovery of the reaction medium comprising phloroglucinol, obtained after step (iii2);
- step (v2) optionally, the purification of phloroglucinol from the reaction medium of step (iv2).
- the invention relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol, which comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of the following steps:
- step (iii2) incubating the mixture from step (ii2) under conditions suitable for producing phloroglucinol
- step (iv2) optionally the recovery of the reaction medium comprising phloroglucinol, obtained after step (iii2); and (v2) optionally, the purification of phloroglucinol from the reaction medium of step (iv2).
- yeast in particular of the genus Saccharomyces, preferably of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae:
- step (i2) can be carried out by any method described herein for producing a polypeptide selected from type III polyketide synthases of Ascomycetes fungi.
- step (ii2) consists in bringing the polypeptide into contact with its substrate malonyl-CoA to allow the production of phloroglucinol.
- This contacting is carried out in a medium and at a temperature which do not alter the enzymatic activity of the polypeptide.
- a suitable medium may in particular be chosen from a sodium phosphate buffer at pH 7 (in particular at a concentration of approximately 25-75 mM) comprising NaCl (in particular at a concentration of approximately 5-15 mM) and bovine serum albumin (BSA, in particular at a concentration of approximately 150-250 mg/L).
- a suitable temperature is in the range 20 to 37 °C.
- step (iii2) consists in incubating the polypeptide and its substrate under conditions allowing the production of phloroglucinol. These conditions involve a medium and an incubation temperature which do not alter the enzymatic activity of the polypeptide, as described above for step (ii2).
- the incubation time is chosen according to the amount of substrate present in the medium. The person skilled in the art will know how to adapt the initial concentration of substrate to the incubation time. It may also be envisaged to add substrate during the incubation time to continue the production of phloroglucinol.
- step (iv2) of recovery of the reaction medium does not require any particular technique since there are no cells to exclude or lyse before purification.
- step (v2) of purification of phloroglucinol from the culture medium can be carried out by any appropriate technique, such as liquid-liquid extraction.
- PhlDs are type III polyketide synthases (PKSs) involved in the biocatalytic synthesis of phloroglucinol from three molecules of malonyl-CoA molecules (Zha et al., 2006).
- PPSs type III polyketide synthases
- sequence similarity network (SSN; Gerlt, et al., 2015), with each cluster corresponding to a different phylum or class.
- SSNs are useful for analyzing sequence datasets and studying sequence-function relationships.
- SSN is a convenient way to visualize the relationships between protein sequences by constructing a graph where each member of a protein family is represented by a node connected by an edge to the nodes of all other members that share a sequence similarity greater than a user-specified value.
- These graph networks are easy to visualize and are more easily interpretable than traditional dendrogram and phylogenetic tree approaches. This representation makes it easier to assign a putative function to a protein in a given cluster if a member has already been characterized and to track evolutionary relationships between clusters.
- sequence clusters from different classes were generated with an E value ⁇ 1 O' 130 .
- Using a stricter threshold score (E value ⁇ 10 170 ) allowed to separate a cluster containing type III PKSs from the genus Tsukamurella, also known to have high phloroglucinol production activity in S. cerevisiae (W02019/002799).
- Example 2 Sequences of three type III polyketide synthases from Ascomycetes fungi identified in Example 1
- polypeptides of amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3 are among the 23 sequences selected in Example 1 and all three are from Ascomycete fungi.
- SEQ ID NO: 1 corresponds to the amino acid sequence of a PhlD of Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 (denoted PlhD-Hm2);
- SEQ ID NO:2 corresponds to the amino acid sequence of a PhlD of Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608 (denoted PlhD-Hm1);
- SEQ ID NO:3 corresponds to the amino acid sequence of a PhlD of Aspergillus tanneri (denoted PlhD-At). A multiple alignment of their amino acid sequences is shown in Figure 1.
- Table 3 above shows that the 3 sequences newly identified as possible phloroglucinol synthases have only low sequence identity with the sequences of previously identified phloroglucinol synthases, and belong to a different kingdom (fungi versus bacteria or eukaryotic algae).
- Example 3 Ability of type III polyketide synthases from Ascomycetes fungi to produce phloroglucinol in yeast
- the 3 previously identified putative phloroglucinol synthases (SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3) were tested for their ability to produce phloroglucinol when expressed by a yeast of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Their activity was further compared to that of prior art PHLDs.
- the nucleic sequences SEQ ID NO: 25 to 27 encoding respectively the 3 putative phloroglucinol synthases previously identified (SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3) were modified by adding to their 5' and 3' ends respectively sequences homologous to the desired site of integration into the genome of S. cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1 D yeast cells, leading to the sequences SEQ ID NO: 28 to 30.
- the sequences SEQ ID NO: 31 to 33 which include sequences homologous to the desired site of integration into the genome, were used.
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 28 to 33 were then cloned into a plasmid called “PBIM5” or “YCplac22_PGK_CYC_TEF_ ⁇ DH” (derived from the commercial plasmid YCplac22 by addition of the pair (PGK promoter and CYC terminator, see Gietz RD et al., 1988) as well as the pair (TEF1 promoter and ⁇ DH1 terminator), see Figure 2), under the control of the TEF1 promoter and the ⁇ DH1 terminator.
- the sequences SEQ ID NO: 28 to 33 were then integrated into the genome of S. cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1 D yeast cells by in vivo homologous recombination, and the cloned sequences verified by Sanger sequencing.
- a single cell clone obtained as described above was collected and inoculated into a well.
- the plate was incubated at 30°C for approximately 20 hours at 800 rpm in a shaking incubator. The following day, a new 96-well plate filled with 500 ⁇ l of complete synthetic medium was inoculated with 10 ⁇ l of culture. Three individual plates were inoculated for 24-, 48-, and 72-hour samplings.
- the absorbance was measured in the microtiter plate at 600 nm in the Tecan plate reader. For this, 20 ⁇ l of culture was diluted with 180 ⁇ l of milliQ water.
- the 96-well plate was centrifuged at 3700 rpm for 10 minutes and the supernatant was used for the colorimetric assay.
- -150 ⁇ l of 500 mg/L 4-hydroxy-3-methyoxycinnamaldehyde in HCl/EtOH v:v (1:3) were added to the sample and the Phloroglucinol standard. Incubation was performed at room temperature for 30 min.
- Table 4 shows that the 3 previously identified putative phloroglucinol synthases (SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3), although derived from Ascomycetes fungi, are capable of producing phloroglucinol when expressed in yeast.
- Gietz RD Sugino A. New yeast Escherichia coli shuttle vectors constructed with in vitro mutagenized yeast genes lacking six-base pair restriction sites. Gene 74:527-534, 1988.
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