The present invention generally relates to the biotechnology engineering, and specifically to genetically modified bacteria of the genus Methylobacillus which have improved properties making them particularly useful in large scale methanol fermentations. More specifically, the present invention provides a bacterium of the genus Methylobacillus which has been modified to have a decreased production of exopolysaccharides (EPS) compared to an otherwise identical bacterium that does not carry said modification. The present invention further provides a method for producing a biochemical compound using a genetically modified bacterium of the present invention.

The present disclosure relates to biocatalytic ligation methods for producing oligonucleotides; and to fusion polypeptides for use in said methods. In particular, the present disclosure relates to biocatalytic ligation methods incorporating ATP regeneration and to fusion polypeptides comprising a polyphosphate kinase domain and an ATP-dependent nucleic acid ligase domain.

Disclosed is a method for constructing a synthesis and regeneration system based on APS as an active sulfonate donor, belonging to the technical field of biology. The present disclosure provides a new purpose of APS as an active sulfonate donor, and greatly improves the synthesis efficiency of the APS by screening different ATP sulfurylases and adding a pyrophosphatase into a reaction system to eliminate pyrophosphate as a byproduct. Further, the construction of a sulfonation modification system is realized by constructing an APS circulation regeneration system. Compared with a PAPS regeneration system, the APS circulation regeneration system has the advantages of short path and high efficiency, the sulfonation modification efficiency is significantly improved, and the synthesis cost is successfully reduced.