This application describes methods, including non-naturally occurring methods, for biosynthesizing unsaturated pentahydrocarbons, such as isoprene and intermediates thereof, via the mevalonate pathway, as well as non-naturally occurring hosts for producing isoprene.

This application describes methods, including non-naturally occurring methods, for biosynthesizing 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coA and intermediates thereof, as well as non-naturally occurring hosts for producing 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coA. This application also describes methods, including non-naturally occurring methods, for biosynthesizing isoprene and intermediates thereof, as well as non-naturally occurring hosts for producing isoprene.

The present disclosure belongs to the field of synthetic biology and relates to a valencene synthase mutant and a valencene high-yield strain. An enzyme for synthesizing valencene is derived from Eryngium glaciale, and upon enzyme directed evolution of the enzyme, a valencene synthase mutant with improved enzyme performance is obtained, and the yield of a strain containing the mutant is 3.15 times the yield of a strain containing a wild-type synthase. The valencene synthase mutant of the present disclosure enhances the capability of synthesizing valencene by a strain, and a powerful foundation is laid for the industrial production thereof. A high-yield strain for synthesizing valencene is constructed by using the valencene synthetase mutant, and the yield of a fermentation tank reaches 12.4 g/L, which is the highest level reported to date.

The invention provides a method for producing a terpene or a precursor thereof by microbial fermentation. Typically, the method involves culturing a recombinant bacterium in the presence of a gaseous substrate whereby the bacterium produces a terpene or a precursor thereof, such as mevalonic acid, isopentenyl pyrophosphate, dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, isoprene, geranyl pyrophosphate, farnesyl pyrophosphate, and/or farnesene. The bacterium may comprise one or more exogenous enzymes, such as enzymes in mevalonate, DXS, or terpene biosynthesis pathways.

Disclosed herein are an expression vector capable of expressing myrcene, an Escherichia coli strain transformed with the vector and having improved capability of producing myrcene and a method for producing myrcene and a method for recycling glycerol using the same. In an aspect, the transformed Escherichia coli strain of the present disclosure can produce myrcene with high purity on a large scale using glycerol or glucose as a carbon source. Also, the Escherichia coli strain of the present disclosure is economical and environment-friendly because it can produce high value-added myrcene using waste glycerol as a carbon source. In addition, the strongly volatile myrcene can be produced and isolated at the same time.

This invention relates to the field of genetic engineering. Specifically, the invention relates to the construction of operons to produce biologically active agents. For example, operons may be constructed to produce agents that control the function of biochemical pathway proteins (e.g., protein phosphatases, kinases and/or proteases). Such agents may include inhibitors and modulators that may be used in studying or controlling phosphatase function associated with abnormalities in a phosphatase pathway or expression level. Fusion proteins, such as light activated protein phosphatases, may be genetically encoded and expressed as photoswitchable phosphatases. Systems are provided for use in controlling phosphatase function within living cells or in identifying small molecule inhibitors/activator/modulator molecules of protein phosphatases associated with cell signaling.

The present invention relates to host cells comprising genes of the mevalonate and Nudix pathways, engineered fusion proteins of enzymes of the mevalonate and Nudix pathways, methods as well as kits for producing geraniol and geranyl acetate.

This document relates to using bidirectional, multi-enzymatic scaffolds to biosynthesize cannabinoids in recombinant hosts.

Disclosed are production of terpenoid compound and the strain used by, which belong to the technical field of bioengineering. The disclosure constructs an engineered strain of Serratia marcescens in production of hemiterpenes or monoterpenes, and the engineered strain of S. marcescens can produce linalool, isoprene, isopentenol, 1,8-cineole, -pinene, pinene, -terpinene, geraniol, (+)-limonene, ()-limonene, myrcene, -ocimene, sabinene, ()--bisabolol, farnesol, longifolene, valencene, -elemene, farnesene, patchoulol, pentalenene, and -santalene. In a 30 L fermenter, the yield of linalool produced by the engineered strain of S. marcescens is 40.72 g.Math.L.sup.1.

This document relates to using bidirectional, multi-enzymatic scaffolds to biosynthesize cannabinoids in recombinant hosts.