Electronic control of redox reactions inside Escherichia coli using a genetic module.
dc.contributor.author | Baruch, Moshe | |
dc.contributor.author | Tejedor-Sanz, Sara | |
dc.contributor.author | Su, Lin | |
dc.contributor.author | Ajo-Franklin, Caroline M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-18T00:30:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-18T00:30:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331607 | |
dc.description.abstract | Microorganisms regulate the redox state of different biomolecules to precisely control biological processes. These processes can be modulated by electrochemically coupling intracellular biomolecules to an external electrode, but current approaches afford only limited control and specificity. Here we describe specific electrochemical control of the reduction of intracellular biomolecules in Escherichia coli through introduction of a heterologous electron transfer pathway. E. coli expressing cymAmtrCAB from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 consumed electrons directly from a cathode when fumarate or nitrate, both intracellular electron acceptors, were present. The fumarate-triggered current consumption occurred only when fumarate reductase was present, indicating all the electrons passed through this enzyme. Moreover, CymAMtrCAB-expressing E. coli used current to stoichiometrically reduce nitrate. Thus, our work introduces a modular genetic tool to reduce a specific intracellular redox molecule with an electrode, opening the possibility of electronically controlling biological processes such as biosynthesis and growth in any microorganism. | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic-eCollection | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Electronic control of redox reactions inside Escherichia coli using a genetic module. | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Chemistry | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-12-16T16:13:05Z | |
prism.issueIdentifier | 11 | |
prism.publicationDate | 2021 | |
prism.publicationName | PLoS One | |
prism.startingPage | e0258380 | |
prism.volume | 16 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17863/CAM.79059 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-09-26 | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1371/journal.pone.0258380 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Tejedor-Sanz, Sara [0000-0002-1192-8256] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Su, Lin [0000-0001-8784-3120] | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
cam.issuedOnline | 2021-11-18 | |
cam.depositDate | 2021-12-16 | |
pubs.licence-identifier | apollo-deposit-licence-2-1 | |
pubs.licence-display-name | Apollo Repository Deposit Licence Agreement |
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