Team:BUCT/Engineering

Overview
"We followed the engineering cycle for countless iterations over the course of our project.


1. 5HTP synthesis


2. Enhances beta oxidation


3. Oxygen-regulated suicide




Please review the Result page for more information


References
1. Lin Y, Sun X, Yuan Q, Yan Y. Engineering bacterial phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase for microbial synthesis of human neurotransmitter precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan. ACS Synth Biol. 2014 Jul 18;3(7):497-505. doi: 10.1021/sb5002505. Epub 2014 Jun 30. PMID: 24936877.
2. Wang H, Liu W, Shi F, Huang L, Lian J, Qu L, Cai J, Xu Z. Metabolic pathway engineering for high-level production of 5-hydroxytryptophan in Escherichia coli. Metab Eng. 2018 Jul;48:279-287. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.06.007. Epub 2018 Jun 19. PMID: 29933064.
3. Luo H, Schneider K, Christensen U, Lei Y, Herrgard M, Palsson BØ. Microbial Synthesis of Human-Hormone Melatonin at Gram Scales. ACS Synth Biol. 2020 Jun 19;9(6):1240-1245. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00065. Epub 2020 Jun 5. PMID: 32501000.
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The whole BUCT team would like to thank our sponsors. Especially:
                               
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Address: No.15 North Third Ring East Road,Chaoyang District,Beijing,P.R.China. Beijing University of Chemical Technology

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