Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes

IntroductionCellulosome is a natural multi-enzyme complex in the extracellular space of anaerobic microorganisms, which has the advantages of small molecular weight, multiple binding sites, and strong designability. This study aimed to explore the influence of intracellular self-assembly complexes o...

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Main Authors: Nan Li, Bowen Du, Xiankun Ren, Lu Yang, Peng Du, Piwu Li, Jianbin Wang, Junlin Li, Jing Xiao, Junqing Wang, Ruiming Wang
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author Nan Li
Bowen Du
Xiankun Ren
Lu Yang
Peng Du
Piwu Li
Jianbin Wang
Junlin Li
Jing Xiao
Junqing Wang
Junqing Wang
Ruiming Wang
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Bowen Du
Xiankun Ren
Lu Yang
Peng Du
Piwu Li
Jianbin Wang
Junlin Li
Jing Xiao
Junqing Wang
Junqing Wang
Ruiming Wang
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description IntroductionCellulosome is a natural multi-enzyme complex in the extracellular space of anaerobic microorganisms, which has the advantages of small molecular weight, multiple binding sites, and strong designability. This study aimed to explore the influence of intracellular self-assembly complexes on L-lysine biosynthesis.MethodsTwo novel L-lysine-engineered bacteria modification strategies were designed, considering the L-lysine biosynthesis pathway using DocA-S3/Coh as an efficient intracellular assembly element: pairwise assembly of key enzymes in cells and multi-enzyme assembly based on scaffolding proteins. Seven strains of key enzyme pairwise-assembled engineered bacteria were constructed, and four strains of multi-enzyme-assembled engineered bacteria were designed based on the scaffold protein genome.ResultsThe production of L-lysine by multi-enzyme-assembled engineered strain Escherichia coli QDE-aspC-DocA-S3-lysC:pET-28a-ScaA was 46.9% higher than that of E. coli QDE, and the conversion rate was increased from 50.9 to 59.8%. By combining specific analyses with metabolomics, 40 core metabolites of the assembled engineered bacteria were identified and mapped to L-lysine-related metabolic pathways, and the mechanism of how intracellular multi-enzyme assembly promoted the efficient synthesis of multiple amino acids was analyzed.ConclusionThis strategy exerts the “proximity effect” among multi-enzyme complexes, improves the transfer efficiency of intermediate metabolites between different catalytic active centers, indirectly improves the catalytic rate of each key enzyme, and provides a novel idea and technical platform for other multi-enzyme intracellular assemblies.
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spelling doaj-art-555bde425329409499dddfa9d8cb935b2025-08-20T02:40:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2025-06-011610.3389/fmicb.2025.15962401596240Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomesNan Li0Bowen Du1Xiankun Ren2Lu Yang3Peng Du4Piwu Li5Jianbin Wang6Junlin Li7Jing Xiao8Junqing Wang9Junqing Wang10Ruiming Wang11State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaDongxiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhucheng, ChinaDongxiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhucheng, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaDongxiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhucheng, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, ChinaIntroductionCellulosome is a natural multi-enzyme complex in the extracellular space of anaerobic microorganisms, which has the advantages of small molecular weight, multiple binding sites, and strong designability. This study aimed to explore the influence of intracellular self-assembly complexes on L-lysine biosynthesis.MethodsTwo novel L-lysine-engineered bacteria modification strategies were designed, considering the L-lysine biosynthesis pathway using DocA-S3/Coh as an efficient intracellular assembly element: pairwise assembly of key enzymes in cells and multi-enzyme assembly based on scaffolding proteins. Seven strains of key enzyme pairwise-assembled engineered bacteria were constructed, and four strains of multi-enzyme-assembled engineered bacteria were designed based on the scaffold protein genome.ResultsThe production of L-lysine by multi-enzyme-assembled engineered strain Escherichia coli QDE-aspC-DocA-S3-lysC:pET-28a-ScaA was 46.9% higher than that of E. coli QDE, and the conversion rate was increased from 50.9 to 59.8%. By combining specific analyses with metabolomics, 40 core metabolites of the assembled engineered bacteria were identified and mapped to L-lysine-related metabolic pathways, and the mechanism of how intracellular multi-enzyme assembly promoted the efficient synthesis of multiple amino acids was analyzed.ConclusionThis strategy exerts the “proximity effect” among multi-enzyme complexes, improves the transfer efficiency of intermediate metabolites between different catalytic active centers, indirectly improves the catalytic rate of each key enzyme, and provides a novel idea and technical platform for other multi-enzyme intracellular assemblies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1596240/fullcellulosomeintracellular assemblyL-lysinekey enzyme genemetabolite analysis
spellingShingle Nan Li
Bowen Du
Xiankun Ren
Lu Yang
Peng Du
Piwu Li
Jianbin Wang
Junlin Li
Jing Xiao
Junqing Wang
Junqing Wang
Ruiming Wang
Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
Frontiers in Microbiology
cellulosome
intracellular assembly
L-lysine
key enzyme gene
metabolite analysis
title Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
title_full Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
title_fullStr Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
title_full_unstemmed Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
title_short Intracellular self-assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for L-lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
title_sort intracellular self assembly and metabolite analysis of key enzymes for l lysine synthesis based on key components of cellulosomes
topic cellulosome
intracellular assembly
L-lysine
key enzyme gene
metabolite analysis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1596240/full
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