Synthesis of isoprenoids and derivatives

Abstract

This disclosure generally relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes comprising same to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds. Novel metabolic pathways exploiting Claisen, aldol, and acyioin condensations are used instead of the natural mevalonate (MVA) pathway or 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) pathways for generating isoprenoid precursors such as isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP), and geranyl pyrophosphate (GPP). These pathways have the potential for better carbon and or energy efficiency than native pathways. Both decarboxylative and non-carboxylative condensations are utilized, enabling product synthesis from a number of different starting compounds. These condensation reactions serve as a platform for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors when utilized in combination with a variety of metabolic pathways and enzymes for carbon rearrangement and the addition/removal of functional groups. Isoprenoid alcohols are key intermediary products for the production of isoprenoid precursors in these novel synthetic metabolic pathways.

Description

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

This disclosure generally relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microorganisms comprising same to make various isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds. Novel enzymes and cells for making cannabinoids and olivoteic acid are also provided.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

The biosynthesis of fatty acids, polyketides, isoprenoids, and many other molecules with applications ranging from biofuels and green chemicals to therapeutic agents, rely on reactions catalyzing the formation of carbon-carbon bonds. Small precursor metabolites serve as building blocks for these pathways, which are subsequently condensed and modified until the desired chain length and functionality are achieved.

Isoprenoids represent one of the largest and most diverse classes of these natural products, with more than 40,000 different structures found in all kingdoms of life. These natural products have a wide range of ecological, physiological and structural functions and have been utilized for their very different properties in applications such as medicines, flavors, and fragrances. Furthermore, modern industry has harnessed these compounds as pharmaceuticals, components of personal hygiene and cosmetic products, antimicrobial agents, solvents, and commodity materials such natural rubbers and biofuels.

Despite this high diversity and product functionality, all isoprenoids are formed from the 5-carbon (C₅) building blocks isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP). These two building blocks are formed from one of two native pathways: the mevalonate (MVA) pathway (native to most archaea and eukaryotes) or the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate/1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP/MEP) pathway (native to most bacteria). The MVA pathway utilizes 3 acetyl-CoA molecules for the formation of the C₅ intermediates, while the 3-carbon intermediates pyruvate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate serve as the starting point in the DXP pathway. Following the synthesis of IPP and DMAPP through either pathway, these intermediates are condensed and modified by various combinations of for example geranyl-, farnesyl- or, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthases, prenyl transferase, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases to form thousands of products.

While these native pathways have been exploited for the synthesis of various isoprenoid products, there are limitations in using the native pathways. For example, the synthesis of the required C₅ building blocks from either the MVA or DXP pathway results in the inevitable loss of carbon from the starting intermediates (3 acetyl-CoA molecules or pyruvate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate). Furthermore, both the MVA and DXP pathways are energy (ATP) intensive, with the net consumption of 3 ATP equivalents from starting intermediates. Thus, there exists a need for methods to overcome the inherently low carbon and energy efficiency of natural isoprenoid precursor synthesis pathways. Preferably, such pathways would further diversify the range of products, and provide a more carbon and energy efficient route.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

This disclosure generally relates to the use of either enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes expressing those enzyme combinations to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds through novel synthetic metabolic pathways instead of the natural mevalonate (MVA) pathway or 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) pathways, that can be exploited to achieve better carbon and or energy efficiency than the natural pathways.

Several approaches are described herein. In one approach, the enzymes are made and combined in one or more in vitro reactions to make the desired products. In another approach, recombinant cells are harvested and used as temporary bioreactors containing the enzymes to do all or part of the reactions for as long as the enzymes remain active. In another approach, the cells are lysed and the lysate is used to catalyze the needed reactions. In yet another approach, recombinant cells are used in a growing, living system to continually make products. Combinations of the various approaches can also be used.

Further, there are three basic products types made herein, a) isoprenoid precursors, b) isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds, and c) polyketides. Prenylated aromatic compounds are made by condensing isoprenoid precursors and aromatic polyketides, which can be made either by the methods of the invention or can be purchased or made by prior art recombinant synthesis methods.

As described herein, the novel pathways for the synthesis of these products exploit enzymes catalyzing Claisen, aldol, or acyloin condensation reactions for the generation of longer chain length intermediates from central carbon metabolites (FIG. 1). Both decarboxylative and non-carboxylative condensations are utilized, enabling product synthesis from a number of different starting compounds. These condensation reactions serve as a platform for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof, polyketides, and prenylated aromatic compounds when utilized in combination with a variety of metabolic pathways and enzymes for carbon rearrangement and the addition/removal of functional groups (FIG. 1).

One aspect of the invention is a CoA-dependent elongation platform based on the use of Claisen condensations, which accept functionalized acyl-CoAs as primers and extender units in a reverse beta-oxidation like pathway. Products can be pulled out at any point, and further modified if desired. In other aspects of the invention, aldol or acyloin condensations serve as the starting condensation reaction to enable product synthesis from central carbon metabolites such as pyruvate through various enzyme combinations (FIG. 1) Isoprenoid acyl-CoAs, such as 3-methyl-but-2-enoyl-CoA and 3-methyl-but-3-enoyl-CoA, and isoprenoid alcohols, such as prenol and isoprenol, are key pathway intermediates that can be converted to isoprenoid precursors, such as isopentenyl phosphate (IP), dimethylallyl phosphate (DMAP), IPP and DMAPP, through phosphorylation enzymes (FIG. 1). As above, any of the products can be further modified if desired.

In one embodiment, native or engineered thiolases catalyze the condensation between an acyl-CoA primer and another acyl-CoA serving as the extender unit, forming a beta-keto acyl-CoA. FIG. 1 demonstrates the general CoA-dependent elongation platform, which can also utilize decarboxylative Claisen condensation reactions catalyzed by ketoacyl-CoA synthases. Primers and extender units can be omega-functionalized to add required functionalities to the carbon chain. The beta-keto group of the beta-keto acyl-CoA formed via condensation can be reduced and modified step-wise by the beta-reduction reactions catalyzed by dehydrogenase(s), dehydratase(s) and/or reductase(s). Dehydrogenases reduce the beta-keto group of a CoA intermediate synthesized by the condensation(s) to a beta-hydroxy group. Dehydratases catalyze the dehydration of beta-keto group to an alpha, beta double bond. Reductases reduce the alpha, beta double bond to the single bond. Furthermore, various carbon re-arrangement enzymes, such as acyl-CoA mutases, can be employed to modify the carbon structure and branching of the acyl-CoAs. These CoA intermediates can then serve as the primer for the next round of condensation with the extender unit or as direct intermediates to IP, DMAP, IPP, DMAPP, or other isoprenoid precursors. After termination by spontaneous or enzyme-catalyzed CoA removal, reduction, and/or phosphorylation, and subsequent structure re-arrangement, isoprenoids precursors (e.g., IPP, DMAPP, GPP, GGPP, FPP) are produced, and isoprenoids and derivatives thereof can be produced from those. Examples of pathways based on these Claisen condensation reactions are shown in FIGS. 2-6.

In another embodiment, either non-decarboxylative or decarboxylative Claisen condensation is used to form acetoacetyl-CoA as an intermediate. In one such pathway, acetoacetyl-CoA is subsequently converted to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA, which is then dehydrated and decarboxylated to form the isoprenoid acyl-CoA 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (FIG. 7). In another pathway from acetoacetyl-CoA, acetone generated from the decarboxylation of acetoacetic acid is converted to 3-methyl-3-hydroxy-butyryl-CoA through a non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation, which is then dehydrated to form 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (FIG. 8). 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA can then be converted to prenol through various alcohol forming termination pathways (FIG. 7 and FIG. 8). This 5-carbon isoprenoid alcohol is then converted to DMAPP through a two-step phosphorylation with DMAP as an intermediate, or a one step diphosphorylation catalyzed by an alcohol diphosphokinase. DMAPP can be isomerized into IPP, generating the two required C₅ isoprenoid precursors.

Isoprenoid precursors, such as DMAPP, IPP, and GPP, can be condensed and modified by various combinations of geranyl-, farnesyl- or, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthases, prenyl transferase, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases to form numerous isoprenoid products and derivatives thereof (FIG. 15). Combining this route for isoprenoid precursor formation for example with a route to aromatic polyketides enables the production of prenylated aromatic compounds through prenyl transfer of hydrocarbon units of isoprenoid intermediates to aromatic polyketides.

Examples of routes to polyketides include those based on thiolase-catalyzed condensation reactions or polyketide synthases. The route to polyketides via condensation and beta-reduction reactions involves the use of native or engineered thiolases that catalyze the non-decarboxylative condensation in an iterative manner (i.e. a single or multiple turns of the cycle) between two either unsubstituted or functionalized acyl-CoAs each serving as the primer and the extender unit to generate and elongate polyketide CoA intermediates. Before the next round of thiolase reaction, the beta-keto group of the polyketide chain can be reduced and modified step-wise by dehydrogenase or dehydratase or reductase reactions. Dehydrogenase reaction converts the beta-keto group to beta-hydroxy group. Dehydratase reaction converts the beta-hydroxy group to alpha-beta-double-bond. Reductase reaction converts the alpha-beta-double-bond to a single bond. Spontaneous or enzymatically catalyzed termination reaction(s) terminate the elongation of polyketide chain at any point through CoA removal and spontaneous rearrangement of the structure, generating the final functional polyketide products. This approach is the subject of patent application WO2017020043, BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYKETIDES, filed Aug. 1, 2016, and 62/198,764, filed Jul. 30, 2015.

Alternatively, polyketide molecules can be formed through polyketide synthases (PKS). This large class of secondary metabolites formed by bacteria, fungi and plant are synthesized through these multi-domain enzymes or enzyme complexes. From a relatively small set of starting and extending molecules, these enzymes are capable of producing a vast array of complex metabolites through combinatorial and iterative carbon-carbon bond formation. Here, PKSs can be exploited for the synthesis of targeted polyketide molecules that can be further combined with isoprenoids and isoprenoid precursors synthesized through various pathways to form different molecules. This includes prenyl transfer of the hydrocarbon moiety of isoprenoid precursors to aromatic polyketides, forming prenylated aromatic compounds.

This disclosure also relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds through acyloin condensation reactions (FIG. 1). Certain examples involve using valine biosynthetic enzymes through acetolactate as an intermediate (FIG. 9 and FIG. 10). The pathway begins from a central carbon intermediate, in which two molecules of pyruvate are combined to form acetolactate through decarboxylative acyloin condensation, followed by subsequent isomeroreduction and dehydration to form 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate. These reactions, catalyzed by acetolactate synthase, acetohydroxyacid isomeroreductase, and dihydroxyacid dehydratase, respectively, are part of the ubiquitous valine biosynthesis pathway.

Following initial use of this amino acid synthesis pathway for the generation of 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, several metabolic routes to isoprenoid precursors can be exploited. One such pathway involves a keto-reduction and combinations of dehydration and phosphorylation, either converting the free acid intermediate or its CoA derivative to prenol (FIG. 9). Alternatively, the addition of 2-carbons to 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, followed by subsequent isomerization, and decarboxylation results in the generation of isovaleryl-CoA, which can then be converted to prenol through a series of reactions (FIG. 10). For either pathway, prenol is then converted to DMAPP, which can be isomerized into IPP generating the two required C₅ isoprenoid precursors. As with the above pathways, DMAPP and IPP can be condensed and modified by various combinations of geranyl-, farnesyl- or, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthases, prenyl transferase, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases to form numerous isoprenoid products and derivatives thereof, including prenylated aromatic compounds.

In another embodiment, the non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation of isobutanal and formyl-CoA to 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA catalyzed by 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase is utilized (FIG. 11). Isobutanal is generated through the use of Claisen condensation and beta-reduction reactions, with carbon rearrangement and an aldehyde forming termination pathway. Formyl-CoA can be generated directly from formate or formaldehyde. Following acyloin condensation, 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA is converted to prenol through various pathways (FIG. 11). As with the above pathways, prenol is subsequently converted into DMAPP and IPP, which can be condensed and modified by various combinations of geranyl-, farnesyl- or, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthases, prenyl transferase, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases to form numerous isoprenoid products and derivatives thereof, including prenylated aromatic compounds.

This disclosure also relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds through aldol condensation reactions (FIG. 1). Pathways exploiting this reaction utilize an aldolase catalyzing the aldol condensation of a ketone, aldehyde, or carboxylic acid with an aldehyde to produce an aldol product. Depending on the compounds undergoing aldol condensation, a variety of metabolic pathways and enzymes for carbon rearrangement and the addition/removal of functional groups can be utilized for the synthesis of key isoprenoid intermediates including isoprenoid acyl-CoAs, such as 3-methyl-but-2-enoyl-CoA and 3-methyl-but-3-enoyl-CoA, and isoprenoid alcohols, such as prenol and isoprenol (FIG. 1). These intermediates are subsequently converted to isoprenoid precursors.

In one embodiment, an aldolase catalyzes the aldol condensation of pyruvate and acetaldehyde forming 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate (FIG. 12 and FIG. 13). Carbon rearrangement catalyzed by a mutase and reduction through the action of a 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase converts 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate to 2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate, an intermediate of the aforementioned valine biosythensis pathway. Following dehydration to 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, several metabolic routes to isoprenoid precursors can be exploited, including keto-reduction and combinations of dehydration and phosphorylation, either converting the free acid intermediate or its CoA derivative to prenol (FIG. 12). Alternatively, the addition of 2-carbons to 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, followed by subsequent isomerization, and decarboxylation results in the generation of isovaleryl-CoA, which can then be converted to prenol through a series of reactions (FIG. 13). For either pathway, prenol is then converted to DMAPP, which can be isomerized into IPP generating the two required C₅ isoprenoid precursors.

In another embodiment, an aldolase catalyzes the aldol condensation of 2-oxobutanoate and acetaldehyde forming 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylpentanoate (FIG. 14). Conversion of this intermediate to 4-methyl-2-oxopent-4-enoate, through the action of a mutase and a dehydratase, enables the use of a number of pathways to generate isoprenol from 4-methyl-2-oxopent-4-enoate. This 5-carbon isoprenoid alcohol is then converted to IPP through a two-step phosphorylation with IP as an intermediate, or a one step diphosphorylation catalyzed by an alcohol diphosphokinase. IPP can be isomerized into DMAPP generating the two C₅ isoprenoid precursors. As with the above pathways, IPP and DMAPP can be condensed and modified by various combinations of geranyl-, farnesyl- or, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthases, prenyl transferase, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases to form numerous isoprenoid products and derivatives thereof, including prenylated aromatic compounds.

The in vivo process involves for example performing traditional fermentations using industrial organisms (for example bacteria or yeast, such as E. coli, B. subtilus, S. cerevisiae, P. pastoris and the like) that convert different feedstocks into isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids, and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds. These organisms are considered workhorses of modern biotechnology. Media preparation, sterilization, inoculum preparation, fermentation and product recovery are some of the main steps of the process.

As an alternative to the in vivo expression of the pathway(s), a cell free, in vitro, version of the pathway(s) can be constructed. By purifying, or partially purifying, the relevant enzyme for each reaction step, the overall pathway can be assembled by combining the necessary enzymes. Alternatively, crude protein extract of cells expressing the pathway(s) can be utilized. With the addition of the relevant cofactors and substrates, the pathway can be assessed for its performance independently of a host. As yet another alternative, whole wet or dried cells can be used as bioreactors.

As used herein, a “primer” is a starting molecule for a Claisen condensation reaction to add one or multiple carbon extender units to a growing acyl-CoA. The reactions can be performed once or can be repeated in a cycle for increased carbon chain length. The typical “initial” or “initiating” primer is either acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA, but as the chain grows by adding extender units in each cycle, the primer will accordingly increase in size. In some cases, recombinant microbes or enzyme systems can also be provided with larger primers, e.g, C4 primers, etc. added to the media or obtained from other cell pathways. In this invention, non-traditional primers can also be used in which the primer is functionalized, e.g., the terminal omega carbon has been functionalized (i.e., omega-hydroxylated, omega-carboxylated, etc).

It should be noted that there is a second type of primer used herein, which are the short oligonucleotides used in amplification reactions. These should not be confused with the “primer” used in the carbon chain elongation cycles described herein.

As used herein, the “extender unit” is an acyl-CoA that reacts with the primer in one or more condensations to add carbons on the acyl-CoA primer. In biological systems, the extender unit is typically acetyl-CoA. In this invention, traditional extenders or non-traditional extender units can be used, for example, when the terminal omega carbon has been functionalized (e.g., omega-hydroxylated extender unit, omega-carboxylated extender unit, etc).

Thiolases are ubiquitous enzymes that have key roles in many vital biochemical pathways, including the beta-oxidation pathway of fatty acid degradation and various biosynthetic pathways. Members of the thiolase family can be divided into two broad categories: degradative thiolases (EC 2.3.1.16), and biosynthetic thiolases (EC 2.3.1.9). The forward and reverse reactions are shown below:

These two different types of thiolases are found both in eukaryotes and prokaryotes: for example acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase (EC: 2.3.1.9) and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (EC: 2.3.1.16). 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (also called thiolase I) has a broad chain-length specificity for its substrates and is involved in degradative pathways such as fatty acid beta-oxidation. Acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase (also called thiolase II) is specific for the thiolysis of acetoacetyl-CoA and is involved in biosynthetic pathways such as poly beta-hydroxybutyric acid synthesis.

The degradative thiolases can be made to run in the forward direction by building up the level of left hand side reactants (primer and extender unit), thus driving the equilibrium in the forward direction and/or by overexpressing same or by expressing a mutant of same.

As used herein, a “thiolase” is an enzyme that catalyzes the condensation of an either unsubstituted or functionalized acyl-CoA as the primer and another either unsubstituted or functionalized acyl-CoA for chain elongation to produce a beta-keto acyl-CoA in a non-decarboxylative condensation reaction:

wherein R1 or R2 throughout are independently an hydrogen, alkyl group, hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, aryl group, halogen, amino group, hydroxyacyl group, carboxyacyl group, aminoacyl group, ketoacyl group, halogenated acyl group, or any other functionalized acyl groups.

As used herein, a “ketoacyl-CoA synthase” is an enzyme that catalyzes the condensation of an either unsubstituted or functionalized acyl-CoA as the primer and either unsubstituted or functionalized beta-carboxylic acyl-CoA for chain elongation to produce a beta-keto acyl-CoA in a decarboxylative condensation reaction:

As used herein, a “hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HACD)” is an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a beta-keto acyl-CoA to a beta-hydroxy acyl-CoA:

As used herein, “enoyl-CoA hydratase (ECH)” is an enzyme that catalyzes the dehydration of a beta-hydroxy acyl-CoA to an enoyl-CoA:

As used herein, an “enoyl-CoA reductase (ECR)” is an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of an enoyl-CoA to an acyl-CoA:

As used herein, the “beta-reduction enzymes” include HACD, ECH and ECR.

As used herein, an “acyloin condensation enzyme” is an enzyme that catalyzes the acyloin condensation of a ketone or aldehyde with either an alpha-ketoacid or an aldehyde to produce an acyloin product:

As used herein, “acetolactate synthase” or “ALS” enzyme (also known as acetohydroxy acid synthase, or AHAS) (EC 2.2.1.6) is a protein found in plants and microorganisms. ALS catalyzes the first step in the synthesis of the branched-chain amino acids (valine, leucine, and isoleucine) through a decarboxylative acyloin condensation between two pyruvate molecules. “Acetohydroxyacid isomeroreductase” or “AHAIR” (EC1.1.1.86) (also known as (ketol-acid reductoisomerase or “KARI”) is the second enzyme in the pathway for valine production. “Dihydroxyacid dehydratase” (EC 4.2.1.9) is the third enzyme in the valine pathway. Table E provides a variety of examples of these enzymes.

As used herein, an “aldolase” is an enzyme that catalyzes the aldol condensation of a ketone, aldehyde, or carboxylic acid with an aldehyde to produce an aldol product:

As used herein, a “termination pathway” or “termination enzymes” refers to one or more enzymes (or genes encoding same) that convert a CoA intermediate to a direct product (e.g. acid, alcohol, etc.)

As used herein, an “alcohol forming termination enzyme” refers to one or more enzymes (or genes encoding same) that converts an acyl-CoA to an alcohol, for example:

a) Alcohol forming acyl-CoA reductase;

b) Aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase plus alcohol dehydrogenase;

c) The transformation of acyl-CoA to a carboxylic acid (for example through a thioesterase, acyl-CoA transferase or phosphotransacylase plus carboxylate kinase), a carboxylic acid reductase plus an alcohol dehydrogenase;

d) Aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase, an aldehyde decarboxylase, plus an omega-oxidation enzyme.

As used herein, a “phosphorylation enzyme” refers to one or more enzymes (or genes encoding same) that convert an alcohol to a phosphate or diphosphate. For example, an alcohol kinase, an alcohol kinase plus a phosphate kinase, or an alcohol diphosphokinase.

As used herein, “isoprenoid acyl-CoAs” are a class of intermediate products including 3-methyl-but-2-enoyl-CoA (3-methylcrotonyl-CoA), 3-methyl-but-3-enoyl-CoA, and intermediates with one or more prenyl (3-methyl-but-2-en-1-yl) or isoprenyl (3-methyl-but-3-en-1-yl) units attached to 3-methyl-but-2-enoyl-CoA or 3-methyl-but-3-enoyl-CoA:

As used herein, “isoprenoid alcohols” are a class of intermediate products including 3-methyl-but-2-en-1-ol (prenol), 3-methyl-but-3-en-1-ol (isoprenol), and products with one or more prenyl (3-methyl-but-2-en-1-yl) or isoprenyl (3-methyl-but-3-en-1-yl) units attached to 3-methyl-but-2-en-1-ol or 3-methyl-but-3-en-1-ol:

As used herein, “dimethylallyl pyrophosphate” or “DMAPP” is an intermediate product of both mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway and the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate/1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway (DXP/MEP) pathway. It is an isomer of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and exists in virtually all life forms.

As used herein, “isopentenyl pyrophosphate” or “IPP” is an intermediate product of both mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway and the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate/1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway (DXP/MEP) pathway.

Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase (IPP isomerase) catalyzes the interconversion of the relatively un-reactive IPP and the more-reactive electrophile DMAPP:

As used herein, “geranyl pyrophosphate” or “GPP”, also known as geranyl diphosphate (GDP), is an intermediate used by organisms in the biosynthesis of farnesyl pyrophosphate, geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, cholesterol, terpenes, prenylated aromatic compounds, terpenoids and the like:

IPP and DMAPP are condensed to make GPP:

DMAPP and IPP—also known as “isoprenoid precursors” herein—can be further condensed and modified to make a wide range of products, including prenylated aromatic compounds and terpenoids. “Isoprenoid precursors” also includes isoprenoid monophosphates, such as dimethylallyl phosphate (DMAP) and isopentenyl phosphate (IP), as well as longer chain length intermediates with a hydrocarbon chain bound to a mono- or pyro-phosphate, such as geranyl pyrophophosphate (GPP), farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) which can be formed through iterative condensation(s) of DMAPP and IPP. The terpenoids—also called “isoprenoids”—are a large and diverse class of naturally occurring organic chemicals derived from five-carbon isoprene units assembled and modified in thousands of ways.

As used herein, a “prenylated aromatic compound” is a derivative of an isoprenoid containing one or more prenyl units (3-methyl-but-2-en-1-yl) attached to a compound containing one or more aromatic group.

As used herein, a “cannabinoid” is a prenylated aromatic compound naturally found in the Cannabis sativa L plant, or a derivative thereof. Over 60 cannabinoids have been identified to date. Many of the more common cannabinoids have either 21 or 22 carbon atoms. Examples of cannabinoids include (CBGA), cannabigerol (CBG), cannabigerovarinic acid (CBGVA), cannabigerovarin (CBGV), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), etrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidiol (CBD), cannbichromenic acid (CBCA), cannbichromene (CBC), tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid (THCVA), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), cannabidivarinic acid (CBDVA), cannabidivarin (CBDV), cannabichrovarinic acid (CBCV A), and cannabichrovarin (CBCV).

As used herein, references to cells or bacteria or strains and all such similar designations include progeny thereof. The use of the singular “cell” does not imply that a single cell is to be used in any method, but includes all progeny produced by growing such cell. It is also understood that all progeny may not be precisely identical in DNA content, due to deliberate or inadvertent mutations that have been added to the parent. Mutant progeny that have the same function or biological activity as screened for in the originally transformed cell are included. Where distinct designations are intended, it will be clear from the context.

The terms “operably associated” or “operably linked,” as used herein, refer to functionally coupled nucleic acid sequences.

As used herein “recombinant” or “engineered” is relating to, derived from, or containing genetic material that has been intentionally altered by the action on man.

“Reduced activity” or “inactivation” is defined herein to be at least a 75% reduction in protein activity, as compared with an appropriate control species, usually wild type of that gene. Preferably, at least 80, 85, 90, 95% reduction in activity is attained, and in the most preferred embodiment, the activity is eliminated (100%, aka a “knock-out” or “null” mutants). Proteins can be inactivated with inhibitors, by mutation, or by suppression of expression or translation, and the like. Use of a frame shift mutation, early stop codon, deletions or insertions, gene editing, e.g., with CRISPR/cas9 and the like, or point mutations of critical residues, and the like, can completely inactivate (100%) of a gene product by completely preventing transcription and/or translation of the active protein.

“Overexpression” or “overexpressed” is defined herein to be at least 150% of protein activity as compared with an appropriate control species (e.g., wild type of the gene in question), and preferably 200, 500, 1000% or more. Any expression in a host species that otherwise lacks the gene would be overexpression. Overexpression can be achieved by mutating the protein to produce a more active form or a form that is resistant to inhibition, by removing inhibitors, by gene editing, e.g, with CRISPR/cas9 and the like, or adding activators, and the like. Overexpression can also be achieved by removing repressors, adding multiple copies of the gene to the cell, or upregulating the endogenous gene, and the like.

The term “heterologous” as used herein means containing or derived from a polymer of nucleic acids wherein at least one of the following is true: (a) the sequence of nucleic acids is foreign to (i.e., not naturally found in) a given cell; (b) the sequence may be naturally found in a given cell, but in an unnatural (e.g., greater than expected) amount; or (c) the sequence of nucleic acids comprises two or more subsequences that are not naturally found in the same relationship to each other in a given host. For example, regarding instance (c), a heterologous nucleic acid sequence that is recombinantly produced will have two or more sequences from unrelated genes arranged to make a new functional nucleic acid. The unrelated genes of part (c) may be either foreign to or naturally found in the recombinant microorganism. A heterologous enzyme is one that is produced by the transcription and translation of heterologous DNA. Overexpression and reduced expression is typically achieved through heterologous DNA

The microbes of the invention are generally made by transforming the host cell with an expression vector encoding one or more of the proteins, but the genes can also be added to the chromosome by recombineering, homologous recombination, and similar techniques. Where the needed protein is endogenous, as is the case in some instances, it may suffice as is, but it is usually overexpressed for better functionality and control over the level of active enzyme. The symbol “@” is used to indicate where a gene is inserted into the genome, otherwise it is placed into the native locus.

The term “endogenous” or “native” means that a gene originated from the species in question, without regard to subspecies or strain, although that gene may be naturally or intentionally mutated, or placed under the control of a promoter that results in overexpression or controlled expression of said gene. Thus, genes from Clostridia would not be endogenous to Escherichia, but a plasmid expressing a gene from E. coli would be considered to be endogenous to any genus of Escherichia, even though it may now be overexpressed. By contrast, a “heterogenous” gene would come from a different species.

The use of the word “a” or “an” when used in conjunction with the term “comprising” in the claims or the specification means one or more than one, unless the context dictates otherwise.

The term “about” means the stated value plus or minus the margin of error of measurement or plus or minus 10% if no method of measurement is indicated.

The use of the term “or” in the claims is used to mean “and/or” unless explicitly indicated to refer to alternatives only or if the alternatives are mutually exclusive.

The terms “comprise”, “have”, “include” and “contain” (and their variants) are open-ended linking verbs and allow the addition of other elements when used in a claim.

The phrase “consisting of” is closed, and excludes all additional elements.

The phrase “consisting essentially of” excludes additional material elements, but allows the inclusions of non-material elements that do not substantially change the nature of the invention, such as instructions for use, buffers, background mutations that do not effect the invention, and the like.

As used herein, reference to the accession number of an enzyme or its gene is intended to include the sequence data incorporated therein, as well as all known homologs linked thereto. Furthermore, reference to any protein by accession number includes all those homologs that catalyze the same reaction, although Km and Kcat can vary. Bacterial homologs preferably have >50% amino acid identity, but mammalian homologs are typically >80%.

In calculating “% identity,” the unaligned terminal portions of the query sequence are not included in the calculation. The identity is calculated over the entire length of the reference sequence, thus short local alignments with a query sequence are not relevant (e.g., % identity=number of aligned residues in the query sequence/length of reference sequence). Alignments are performed using BLAST homology alignment as described by Tatusova T A & Madden T L (1999) FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 174:247-250. The default parameters were used, except the filters were turned OFF. As of Jan. 1, 2001 the default parameters were as follows: BLASTN or BLASTP as appropriate; Matrix=none for BLASTN, BLOSUM62 for BLASTP; G Cost to open gap default=5 for nucleotides, 1 1 for proteins; E Cost to extend gap [Integer] default=2 for nucleotides, 1 for proteins; q Penalty for nucleotide mismatch [Integer] default=−3; r reward for nucleotide match [Integer] default=1; e expect value [Real] default=10; W word size [Integer] default=1 1 for nucleotides, 3 for proteins; y Dropoff (X) for blast extensions in bits (default if zero) default=20 for blastn, 7 for other programs; X dropoff value for gapped alignment (in bits) 30 for blastn, 15 for other programs; Z final X dropoff value for gapped alignment (in bits) 50 for blastn, 25 for other programs. This program is available online at NCBI™ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/).

This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A-B: Synthesis of isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof, and prenylated aromatic compounds using Claisen, aldol, or acyloin condensation reactions. Thiolases catalyze the non-decarboxylative condensation between an acyl-CoA, serving as the primer, and another acyl-CoA, serving as the extender unit, forming beta-keto acyl-CoA. Ketoacyl-CoA synthases catalyze the decarboxylative condensation between acyl-CoA and a beta-carboxylic acyl-CoA to form a beta-ketoacyl-CoA forming a beta-keto acyl-CoA. Aldolases or 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyases catalyze the aldol condensation of an aldehyde and a ketone, or an aldehyde and a second aldehyde, or an aldehyde and a carboxylic acid to form an aldol. Acyloin synthases or acetolactate synthase catalyze the non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation of a ketone and an aldehyde, or an aldehyde and a second aldehyde, or the decarboxylative acyloin condensation of a ketone and an alpha-keto acid, an aldehyde and an alpha keto acid, or an alpha-keto acid and a second alpha-keto acid to form an acyloin. Following condensation of starting compounds to initiate a given pathway, a variety of metabolic pathways and enzymes (dotted lines or multiple arrows) for carbon rearrangement and the addition/removal of functional groups can be utilized for the synthesis of key isoprenoid intermediates including isoprenoid acyl-CoAs, such as 3-methyl-but-2-enoyl-CoA and 3-methyl-but-3-enoyl-CoA, and isoprenoid alcohols, such as prenol and isoprenol. Isoprenoid alcohols are then converted to isoprenoid precursors such as DMAPP, IPP, and GPP. Prenylated aromatic compounds are formed from the prenyl transfer of the hydrocarbon units of isoprenoid precursors to aromatic polyketides. Isoprenoids and derivatives thereof can be formed from the isoprenoid precursors via prenyl transferase, terpene synthase, or terpene cyclases.

FIG. 2A-B: Generation of isoprenoid precursor GPP through non-decarboxylative condensations, beta-reductions, acyl-CoA mutases, and termination pathways starting with acetyl-CoA as the primer and propionyl-CoA as the extender unit.

FIG. 3A-B: Generation of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP, and GPP through non-decarboxylative condensation, beta-reductions, and termination pathways starting with glycolyl-CoA as the primer and propionyl-CoA as the extender unit.

FIG. 4A-B: Generation of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP through non-decarboxylative condensation, beta-reductions, acyl-CoA mutase, and termination pathways starting with propionyl-CoA as the primer and glycolyl-CoA as the extender unit.

FIG. 5A-B: Generation of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP through non-decarboxylative condensations, beta-reductions, acyl-CoA mutase, and termination pathways starting with propionyl-CoA as the primer and acetyl-CoA as the extender unit.

FIG. 6A-B: Generation of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP through non-decarboxylative condensation, beta-reductions, acyl-CoA mutase, and termination pathways starting with acetyl-CoA as the primer and propionyl-CoA as the extender unit.

FIG. 7A-B: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the central carbon intermediate acetyl-CoA through decarboxylative or non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation. Conversion of 2 acetyl-CoA or an acetyl-CoA and a malonyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA initiates the pathway, which then proceeds through 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA as an intermediate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table C.

FIG. 8A-B: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the central carbon intermediate acetyl-CoA CoA through decarboxylative or non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation. Conversion of 2 acetyl-CoA or an acetyl-CoA and a malonyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA initiates the pathway, which proceeds through 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyryl-CoA as an intermediate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table D.

FIG. 9A-B: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the acyloin condensation of the central carbon intermediate pyruvate. Conversion of 2 pyruvate to acetolactate initiates the pathway, which proceeds through 2-hydroxyisovalerate as an intermediate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table E.

FIG. 10A-B: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the acyloin condensation of the central carbon intermediate pyruvate. Conversion of 2 pyruvate to acetolactate initiates the pathway, which proceeds through 2-isopropylmalate as an intermediate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table F.

FIG. 11A-C: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation of isobutanol and formyl-CoA. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table G.

FIG. 12A-B: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the aldol condensation of acetaldehyde and pyruvate. Condensation to 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanote initiates the pathway, which proceeds through 2-hydroxyisovalerate as an intermediate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table H.

FIG. 13A-C: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the aldol condensation of acetaldehyde and pyruvate. Condensation to 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanote initiates the pathway, which proceeds through 2-isopropylmalate as an intermediate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table I.

FIG. 14A-B: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors IPP, DMAPP and GPP from the aldol condensation of acetaldehyde and 2-oxobutanoate. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table J.

FIG. 15: Pathways for the synthesis of isoprenoids from isoprenoid precursors such as DMAPP, IPP, GPP, and FPP. Generation of isoprenoid precursors through described routes can be combined with various isoprenoid forming enzymes such as prenyl transferases, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases to synthesize isoprenoids and derivatives thereof. Exemplary enzymes for each step shown in Table K.

FIG. 16: Pathways for the synthesis of polyketides, olivetolic acid and olivetol, through thiolases-catalyzed non-decarboxylative condensations, beta-reductions, and termination pathways.

FIG. 17: Synthesis of prenylated aromatic compound cannabigerolic acid through olivetolic acid prenylation with the hydrocarbon unit of geranyl pyrophosphate. Geranyl pyrophosphate generated through various example routes as shown in FIG. 2-14, or through native pathways such as MVA or DXP pathway or commercial sources. Olivetolic acid generated through thiolases-catalyzed non-decarboxylative condensations, beta-reductions, and termination pathways, with examples shown in FIG. 16 or through alternative pathways or from commercial sources. Exemplary enzymes prenyl transfer step shown in Table L.

FIG. 18: Titers of tiglic acid of JST06(DE3) strain overexpressing thiolase FadAx, hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase FadB2x and enoyl-CoA hydratase FadB1x along with acyl-CoA transferase Pct with or without thioesterase YdiI in shake flasks or bioreactor.

FIG. 19: Total ion GC-MS chromatogram showing peak of synthesized 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid synthesized by MG1655(DE3) ΔglcD pET-P1-bktB-phaB1-P2-phaJ pCDF-P1-pct-P2-tdter.

FIG. 20: Results of in vitro enzymatic assays of acyl-CoA transferases Pct and Pct540 on different substrates.

FIG. 21: 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid titer of JST06(DE3) expressing alsS, ilvC, ilvD and panE when grown on various carbon sources.

FIG. 22: Absorbance at 340 nm of in vitro assay samples and controls on dehydration of ethylene glycol to acetaldehyde by PddABC, coupled with actaldehyde oxidization to acetyl-CoA by Lmo1179. Red: control without B12 coenzyme; B;ue: control without cell lysates; Green: reaction sample with lyate and B12 coenzyme.

FIG. 23: Butyric acid production of JC01 strain overexpressing AtoB, FadB and EgTer in combination with overexpression of different thioesterase through pZS vector.

FIG. 24: in vitro characterization of HACL1. Top left, the result of assay on degradation of 2-hydroxyhexadecaonyl-CoA to formyl-CoA and pentadecanal; Top right, the result of assay on acyloin condensation of pentadecanal and formyl-CoA to 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA, which is hydrolyzed to 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid; Down left: the result of assay on acyloin condensation between formyl-CoA and acetaldehyde to lactyl-CoA, which is hydrolyzed to lactate; Down right, the result of assay on acyloin condensation between formaldehyde and formyl-CoA to glycolyl-CoA, which is hydrolyzed to glycolate.

FIG. 25: NADH oxidization of samples and controls of in vitro formate activation assay by E. coli acyl-CoA synthase ACS (EcAcs) coupled by Listeria monocytogenes acyl-CoA reductase Lmo1179 (LmACR).

FIG. 26: Prenol production in E. coli through the pathway via HMG-CoA with usage of different acyl-CoA reductases and alcohol dehydrogenase and different number of vectors.

FIG. 27: Geraniol production of E. coli strains harboring novel GPP synthesis pathway via HMG-CoA and prenol with usage of acyl-CoA reductases AdhE2 or CbjALD and alcohol dehydrogenase YahK.

FIG. 28: GC-MS spectra of olivetolic produced in vivo in comparison to olivetolic acid standard.

FIG. 29: GC-MS spectra of cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) produced in vivo in comparison to CBGA standard.

FIG. 30: Embodiments of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This disclosure generally relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes comprising the same to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds through novel synthetic metabolic pathways. As described herein, the novel pathways for the synthesis of these products exploit enzymes catalyzing Claisen, aldol, or acyloin condensation reactions for the generation of longer chain length intermediates from central carbon metabolites (FIG. 1). Both decarboxylative and non-carboxylative condensations are utilized, enabling product synthesis from a number of different starting compounds. These condensation reactions serve as a platform for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof, polyketides, and prenylated aromatic compounds when utilized in combination with a variety of metabolic pathways and enzymes for carbon rearrangement and the addition/removal of functional groups (FIG. 1). Isoprenoid alcohols are key intermediary products for the production of isoprenoid precursors in these novel synthetic metabolic pathways.

One such pathway employs native or engineered thiolases that catalyze the condensation between an acyl-CoA, serving as the primer, and another acyl-CoA, serving as the extender unit, enabling the formation of beta-keto acyl-CoA intermediate (FIG. 1). Primers and extender units can be omega-functionalized to add required functionalities to the carbon chain, which can be further modified to form isoprenoid intermediates. The beta-keto group of the beta-keto acyl-CoA formed via condensation can be reduced and modified step-wise by one or more of the beta-reduction enzymes-dehydrogenase, dehydratase, and/or reductase reactions. Furthermore, various carbon re-arrangement enzymes, such as acyl-CoA mutases, can be employed to modify the carbon structure and branching of the acyl-CoAs. These CoA intermediates can then serve as the primer for the next round of condensation with the extender unit or as direct precursors to IPP, DMAPP, or other isoprenoid intermediates. After the termination by spontaneous or enzyme-catalyzed CoA removal, reduction, and/or phosphorylation, and subsequent structure re-arrangement, isoprenoids precursors (e.g. IPP and DMAPP), isoprenoids and derivatives thereof are produced. Many examples of thiolase enzymes which can potentially catalyze the condensation of an acyl-CoA primer and acyl-CoA extender unit are provided herein and the following Table A provides several additional examples which can also serve as templates for engineered variants. In another embodiment, ketoacyl-CoA syntheses can be employed in place of thiolases, catalyzing decarboxylative Claisen condensations.

By employing these thiolase- or ketoacyl-CoA synthase catalyzed condensations with unsubstituted or functionalized acyl-CoAs serving as the primer and the extender unit, various beta-keto acyl-CoAs can be generated that through additional beta-reduction and carbon rearrangement modifications serve as direct precursors to the C₅ isoprenoid intermediates IPP or DMAPP. For example, FIGS. 2-6 depict various primer/extender unit combinations that through condensation and beta-reduction/carbon rearrangement reaction form CoAs that can be converted to IPP and DMAPP through various termination pathways. These building blocks can then be converted to longer chain length isoprenoid intermediates and products through, for example, known geranyl-, farnesyl- or, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthases, such as the formation of the C₁₀ intermediate geranyl pyrophosphate (GPP) from IPP and DMAPP by GPP synthase.

In addition to serving as precursors to IPP and DMAPP, the above described acyl-CoA intermediates can also serve as a primer for the next round of condensation with an extender unit enabling the synthesis of longer chain beta-keto acyl-CoAs. Additional rounds of elongation/beta-reduction/carbon rearrangement result in CoA intermediates that can be converted to longer chain length (e.g. C₁₀, C₁₅, etc.) isoprenoid intermediates. For example, FIG. 2 depicts the direct synthesis of GPP through condensation and beta-reduction/carbon rearrangement formation of an isoprenoid acyl-CoA that can be converted to GPP. This type of strategy can be utilized to target not only C₁₀ isoprenoid intermediates, but also longer chain length compounds as well. Following either route to isoprenoid precursors various prenyl transferases, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases can be used to convert the isoprenoid precursors into desired isoprenoid products and derivatives thereof. Exemplary materials that can be used with the invention include those in Tables A and B.

In another embodiment, the formation of isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds proceeds from acetoacetyl-CoA formed as an intermediate through the non-decarboxylative condensation of 2 acetyl-CoA molecules catalyzed by thiolase(s) or decarboxylative condensation of acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA catalyzed by keto-acyl-CoA synthase(s). In one such pathway, acetoacetyl-CoA is first converted to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA by hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase (FIG. 7). 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA is then dehydrated and decarboxylated through the action of an enoyl-CoA hydratase and glutaconyl-CoA decarboxylase, respectively, to form 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (FIG. 7). From 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA, a number of routes are available leading to the formation of dimethylallyl phosphate. The formation of the isoprenoid precursors IPP and DMAPP then proceeds as described. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 7 and Table C provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

In another pathway from acetoacetyl-CoA, acetone generated from the decarboxylation of acetoacetic acid is converted to 3-methyl-3-hydroxy-butyryl-CoA through a condensation (FIG. 8). Dehydration of 3-methyl-3-hydroxy-butyryl-CoA through the action of an enoyl-CoA hydratase then forms 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA. From 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA, a number of routes are available leading to the formation of dimethylallyl phosphate, and then to IPP and DMAPP as described. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 8 and Table D provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

This disclosure also relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds through acyloin condensation reactions (FIG. 1). In one embodiment, the pathway begins from the central carbon intermediate pyruvate, with a decarboxylative acyloin condensation of 2 molecules of pyruvate forming acetolactate. Subsequent isomeroreduction and dehydration convert acetolactate to 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate (FIG. 9 and FIG. 10). These first 3 reactions are catalyzed by acetalactate synthase, acetohydroxyacid isomeroreductase, and dihydroxyacid dehydratase, respectively.

Following the formation of 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, several potential pathways can be exploited for the conversion of 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate to isoprenoid precursors. One such pathway to isoprenoid precursors involves a keto-reduction to 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoate, catalyzed by 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase. A series of different reactions can then be employed to convert 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoate into prenol (FIG. 9). In general, these steps involve the dehydration and phosphorylation of either the acid intermediate (3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoate) or its CoA derivative to into prenol. Conversion of the acid intermediate requires a 2-hydroxyacid dehydratase for the formation of an alpha-beta-double bond, and the subsequent conversion to 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA through the action of any of an acyl-CoA synthetase, an acyl-CoA transferase, or the combination of a carboxylate kinase and phosphotransacylase (FIG. 9). From 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA, a number of routes are available leading to the formation of prenol. The formation of the isoprenoid precursors IPP and DMAPP then proceeds from prenol through an alcohol kinase and phosphate kinase or an alcohol diphosphokinase to form DMAPP, with isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase able to interconvert DMAPP and IPP. These pathways are also depicted in FIG. 9 and Table E.

Alternatively, 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoate can be converted into its CoA derivative (3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA) before the dehydration reaction. This can be accomplished through any of an acyl-CoA synthetase, an acyl-CoA transferase, or the combination of a carboxylate kinase and phosphotransacylase. Following activation to 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA, the dehydration reaction forms 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA, which is catalyzed by a 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase, for which a number of candidate enzymes are available (Table E). From 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA, a number of routes are available leading to the formation of prenol. The formation of the isoprenoid precursors IPP and DMAPP proceeds as described. These pathways are also depicted in FIG. 9 and Table E.

An alternative route from 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate involves the addition of 2 carbons (with acetyl-CoA as the donor) through the action of isopropylmalate synthases to form (2S)-isopropylmalate (FIG. 10). Isopropylmalate isomerase and isopropylmalate dehydrogenase then convert (2S)-isopropylmalate to 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate, which is subsequently converted to 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA through a branched chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase and an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (FIG. 10). From 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA, a number of routes are available leading to the formation of prenol. The formation of the isoprenoid precursors IPP and DMAPP is as described above. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 10 and Table F provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

In another embodiment, the non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation of isobutanal and formyl-CoA to 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA catalyzed by 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase is utilized (FIG. 11). Isobutanal is generated through the use of Claisen condensation and beta-reduction reactions, with carbon rearrangement and an aldehyde forming termination pathway. Formyl-CoA can be generated directly from formate or formaldehyde. Following acyloin condensation, 3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA is converted to prenol through various pathways (FIG. 11). Prenol is subsequently converted into DMAPP and IPP. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 11 and Table G provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

This disclosure also relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds through acyloin condensation reactions (FIG. 1). In one embodiment, the pathway begins from the central carbon intermediate pyruvate, which is condensed with acetealdeyhde in an aldol condensation to form 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate (FIG. 12). Carbon rearrangement catalyzed by a mutase and reduction through the action of a 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase converts 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate to 2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate, an intermediate of the aforementioned valine biosythensis pathway. Following dehydration to 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, several metabolic routes to isoprenoid precursors can be exploited, including keto-reduction and combinations of dehydration and phosphorylation, either converting the free acid intermediate or its CoA derivative to prenol (FIG. 12). Prenol is subsequently converted into DMAPP and IPP. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 12 and Table H below provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

Alternatively, the addition of 2-carbons to 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate, followed by subsequent isomerization, and decarboxylation results in the generation of isovaleryl-CoA, which can then be converted to prenol through a series of reactions (FIG. 13). Prenol is then converted to DMAPP, which can be isomerized into IPP generating the two C₅ isoprenoid precursors. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 13 and Table I below provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

In another embodiment, an aldolase catalyzes the aldol condensation of 2-oxobutanoate and acetaldehyde forming 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylpentanoate (FIG. 14). Conversion of this intermediate to 4-methyl-2-oxopent-4-enoate, through the action of a mutase and a dehydratase, enables the use of a number of pathways to generate isoprenol from 4-methyl-2-oxopent-4-enoate. This 5-carbon isoprenoid alcohol is then converted to IPP through a two-step phosphorylation with IP as an intermediate, or a one step diphosphorylation catalyzed by an alcohol diphosphokinase. IPP can be isomerized into DMAPP generating the two C₅ isoprenoid precursors. These pathways are depicted in FIG. 14 and Table J below provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

The synthesis of IPP, DMAPP, GPP, FPP or other isoprenoid precursors can then be combined with the rearrangement of these intermediates into the desired isoprenoid product. The 5-carbon isomers IPP and DMAPP are the fundamental building blocks of isoprenoid products. From these C₅ units, an immense number of products can be synthesized through the action of for example prenyl transferases, terpene synthases, or terpene cyclases, which involves the prenyl transfer, head-to-tail condensation, head-to-head condensation, tail-to-tail condensation, or cyclization, among other biochemical reactions, of IPP, DMAPP, and other longer chain isoprenoid precursors synthesized from the C₅ building blocks. As such, the generation of these intermediates can enable the synthesis of for example a variety of monoterpenes (C₁₀), sesquiterpenes (C₁₅), diterpenes (C₂₀), sesterterpenes (C₂₅), triterpenes (C₃₀), sesquarterpenes (C₃₅), and tetraterpenes (C₄₀), among other isoprenoid compounds and derivatives thereof (FIG. 15). Table K below provides examples of enzymes that can be used.

The isoprenoid precursors synthesized through these routes can also be exploited for the synthesis of hybrid products, which contain as an example, the C₅ (dimethylallyl), C₁₀ (geranyl), or C₁₅ (farnesyl) isoprenoid attached to an aromatic core structure. The prenylation of these aromatic compounds with the isoprenoid units offers another route to diverse products. One route to polyketides involves native or engineered thiolases catalyzing the condensation in an iterative manner (i.e. one or multiple rounds) between two either unsubstituted or functionalized acyl-CoAs each serving as the primer and the extender unit to generate and elongate polyketide CoAs. Before an optional next round of thiolase reaction, the beta-keto group of the polyketide chain can be reduced and modified step-wise by the beta-reduction reactions. Spontaneous or enzymatically catalyzed termination reaction terminates the elongation of the polyketide chain at any point through CoA removal and reactions rearranging the structure, generating the final functional polyketide products. Examples of enzymes that can be used for these key reactions are shown in Tables A and B. This approach is the subject of patent application WO2017020043, BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYKETIDES, filed Aug. 1, 2016, and 62/198,764, filed Jul. 30, 2015.

The polyketides synthesized through this route or other routes such as to polyketide synthases can be combined with isoprenoid precursors for the formation of prenylated aromatic compounds. For example, FIG. 16 demonstrates olivetolic acid generation through condensation and beta-reduction reactions and generation of isoprenoid precursor geranyl pyrophosphate, which when combined through the action of an aromatic prenyltransferase or 4-hydroxybenzoate grenyltransferase, enables the synthesis of the cannabinoid cannabigerolic acid (FIG. 17). Cannabigerolic acid can then be converted into a number of other cannabinoids, including Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, cannabidiolic acid, and cannabichromenic acid. Examples of enzymes that can be used for these key reactions are shown in Table L.

As such, through the use of these novel pathways based on Claisen, aldol, or acyloin condensation, this platform can be exploited to make not only isoprenoids precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof, but also diverse hybrid products with wide ranging applications.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Through Utilization of Beta-Oxidation Reversal and Methyl Group Transferring Mutase

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway that recruits condensation and beta-reduction reactions as well as a mutase that moves the methyl group by one carbon. E. coli serves as the host organism. This pathway starts from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between acetyl-CoA, which serves as the primer, and propionyl-CoA, which serves as the extender unit, by thiolase FadAx (AAK18171.1) from P. putida. In the pathway, propionyl-CoA is activated from propionic acid, which is either supplemented or synthesized through overexpressed native pathway of conversion of succinate to propionic acid, catalyzed by M. elsdenii acyl-CoA transferase Pct (BAU59368.1). After two beta-reduction steps catalyzed by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase FadB2x (AAK18170.1) and enoyl-CoA hydratase FadB1x (AAK18173.1), both from P. putida, 2-methylcrotonyl-CoA (tiglyl-CoA) is generated. Then, mutase moves the methyl group from alpha-site to beta-site on tiglyl-CoA, generating 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (3-methylcrotonyl-CoA). 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD (BAC80217.1).

Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. Then, DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, with S80F mutation to make the enzyme exclusive active on GPP synthesis, Reiling et al. 2004) or Abies grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation to improve the activity). 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA can also serve as the primer for the next iteration composed of reactions by thiolase, hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, enoyl-CoA hydratase and enoyl-CoA reductase, with acetyl-CoA as the extender unit, generating 5-methyl-4-hexenoyl-CoA. 5-methyl-4-hexenoyl-CoA, serving as the primer, is condensed with extender unit propionyl-CoA through condensation by P. putida thiolase FadAx. After two beta-reduction steps catalyzed by P. putida hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase FadB2x and enoyl-CoA hydratase FadB1x, 2,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoyl-CoA is formed. Then, mutase moves the methyl group from alpha-site to beta-site, converting 2,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoyl-CoA to 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoyl-CoA, namely geranyl-CoA. Geranyl-CoA is converted to geraniol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase. Geraniol is then converted to GPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated through two steps, the first step is catalyzed by Arabidopsis thaliana alcohol kinase AT5G58560 (NP_200664.1) and the second step is catalyzed by Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, Y70A, V130A and I130A mutations to increase specificity on geranyl phosphate over isopentenyl phosphate, Mabanglo et al. 2012). The one-step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, with N-terminal 65 aa truncated to improve the activity, Iijima et al. 2004) converts GPP to geraniol, which serves as the proxy product of GPP to demonstrate the synthesis pathway.

JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of this novel pathway. JST06(DE3) (MG1655(DE3) ΔldhA ΔpoxB Δpta ΔadhE ΔfrdA ΔyciA ΔybgC ΔydiI ΔtesA ΔfadM ΔtesB) (Cheong et al. 2016) is an E. coli strain deficient in mixed-acid fermentation pathways due to deletions of genes ldhA, poxB, pta, adhE and frdA, which maximize the supply of acetyl-CoA, and deletions of genes encoding major thioesterases (yciA, ybgC, ydiI, tesA, fadM and tesB), which minimize the hydrolysis of CoA intermediates.

The genes for overexpression are either cloned into appropriate vectors or inserted into chromosome with strong synthetic constitutive promoter, such as M1-93. When cloned into vectors, these genes are amplified through PCR using appropriate primers to append homology on each end for recombination into the vector backbone with e.g., Phusion polymerase (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass.) to serve as the gene insert. Plasmids are linearized by the appropriate restriction enzymes (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass., USA) and recombined with the gene inserts using the In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system. The mixture is subsequently transformed into Stellar competent cells. Transformants that grow on solid media (LB+Agar) supplemented with the appropriate antibiotic are isolated and screened for the gene insert by PCR. Plasmids from verified transformants are isolated and the sequence of the gene insert is further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The sequence confirmed plasmids are then introduced to host strain through electroporation.

When inserted into chromosome, CRISPR is used and genetic sites of tesB, adhE and ldhA are suitable loci, although others could be used. CRISPR method is based on the method developed by Jiang et al. (Jiang et al. 2015). First, the host strain is transformed with plasmid pCas, the vector for expression of Cas9 and λ-red recombinase. The resulting strain is grown under 30° C. with L-arabinose for induction of λ-red recombinase expression, and when OD reaches ˜0.6, competent cells are prepared and transformed with pTargetF (AddGene 62226) expressing sgRNA and N20 spacer targeting the locus and template of insertion of target gene. The template is the inserted gene plus M1-93 promoter with ˜500 bp sequences homologous with upstream and downstream of the insertion locus, constructed through overlap PCR with usage of Phusion polymerase or synthesized by GenScript (Piscataway, N.J.) or GeneArt® (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.). The way to switch N20 spacer of pTargetF plasmid is inverse PCR with the modified N20 sequence hanging at the 5′ end of primers with usage of Phusion polymerase and followed by self-ligation with usage of T4 DNA ligase and T4 polynucleotide kinase (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass., USA). Transformants that grow under 30° C. on solid media (LB+Agar) supplemented with spectinomycin and kanamycin (or other suitable antibiotic) are isolated and screened for the chromosomal gene insert by PCR. The sequence of the gene insert, which is amplified from genomic DNA through PCR using Phusion polymerase, is further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The pTargetF can then be cured through IPTG induction, and pCas can be cured through growth under higher temperature like 37-42° C.

All molecular biology techniques are performed with standard methods (Miller, 1972; Sambrook et al., 2001) or by manufacturer protocol. Strains are stored in glycerol stocks at −80° C. Plates are prepared using LB medium containing 1.5% agar, and appropriate antibiotics are included at the following concentrations: ampicillin (100 μg/mL), kanamycin (50 μg/mL), spectinomycin (50 μg/mL) and chloramphenicol (12.5 μg/mL).

MOPS minimal medium (Neidhardt et al., 1974) with 125 mM MOPS and Na₂HPO₄ in place of K₂HPO₄ (2.8 mM), supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol or 40 g/L glucose, 10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/L yeast extract, 100 μM FeSO₄, 5 mM calcium pantothenate, 5 mM (NH₄)₂SO₄, and 30 mM NH₄Cl is used for fermentations. If required, 55 g/L of CaCO₃ is also supplemented as pH buffer. 20 mM propionic acid is supplemented, if it is not synthesized intracellularly and needed for the experiment. Antibiotics (50 μg/mL carbenicillin, 50 μg/mL spectinomycin and 50 μg/mL kanamycin) are included when appropriate. All chemicals are obtained from Fisher Scientific Co. (Pittsburg, Pa.) and Sigma-Aldrich Co. (St. Louis, Mo.).

Fermentations are performed in 25 mL Pyrex Erlenmeyer flasks (narrow mouth/heavy duty rim, Corning Inc., Corning, N.Y.) filled with appropriate volume of fermentation medium and sealed with foam plugs filling the necks. A single colony of the desired strain is cultivated overnight (14-16 hrs) in LB medium with appropriate antibiotics and used as the inoculum with initial OD₅₅₀ as ˜0.05. After inoculation, flasks are incubated in a NBS I24 Benchtop Incubator Shaker (New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., Edison, N.J.) at 200 rpm and 37° C. or 30° C. When optical density (550 nm, OD₅₅₀) reached ˜0.3-0.5, appropriate concentration of isopropyl beta-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) (or other suitable inducer) is added for plasmid gene induction. Additional fermentations are conducted in a SixFors multi-fermentation system (Infors HT, Bottmingen, Switzerland) with an air flowrate of 2 N L/hr, independent control of temperature (37° C.), pH (controlled at 7.0 with NaOH and H₂SO₄), and appropriate stirrer speed. Pre-cultures are grown in 25 mL Pyrex Erlenmeyer flasks as described above and incubated for 4 hours post-induction. An appropriate amount of this pre-culture is centrifuged, washed twice with fresh media, and used for inoculation (400 mL initial volume). The fermentations in bioreactor use described fermentation media with 30 g/L glycerol or 40 g/L glucose, with the optional inclusion of 5 μM sodium selenite to promote FHL activity, and appropriate IPTG and antibiotics. If required, propionic acid (20 mM) is added at 0, 24, and 48 hours.

After the fermentation, the supernatant obtained through 5000 g, 5 min centrifuge in an Optima L-80XP Ultracentrifuge (Beckman-Coulter, Schaumburg, Ill.) of 2 mL culture is prepared for GC-FID/GC-MS analysis of geraniol. The supernatant aliquots of 2 mL are transferred to 5 mL glass vials (Fisher Scientific Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.). Then, organic solvent (typically hexane) is added at a 1:1 ratio to a fermentation broth sample (e.g. 2 mL for a 2 mL aqueous solution) for extraction. Following an appropriate extraction (vortex samples for 15 seconds, spin on a rotator at 60 rpm for 2 hours, and vortex again for 15 seconds), 1 mL of the organic phase is removed. 50 μL pyridine and 50 uL BSTFA are then added to the 1 mL organic phase for derivatization, with the reaction allowed to proceed at 70° C. for 30 minutes. After cooling to room temperature, this mixture is used for GC analysis.

GC analysis is conducted on an Agilent 7890B Series Custom Gas Chromatography system equipped with a 5977B Inert Plus Mass Selective Detector Turbo EI Bundle (for identification) or a Flame Ionization Detector (for quantification) and an Agilent HP-5 capillary column (0.25 mm internal diameter, 0.25 μm film thickness, 30 m length). The following temperature profile is used with helium as the carrier gas at a flowrate of 1.5 mL/min: Initial 50° C. (hold 3 min); ramp at 20° C./min to 270° C. (hold 6 min). The injector and detector temperature are 250° C. and 350° C., respectively. 1 uL of sample is injected with a 4:1 split ratio.

Among above enzymes, the activities of thiolase FadAx, hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase FadB2x and enoyl-CoA hydratase FadB1x, required for the above described GPP synthesizing reverse beta-oxidation pathways, have already been demonstrated in vivo. JST06(DE3) overexpressing these enzymes along with E. coli thioesterase YdiI (NP_416201.1) and Pct have been grown in shake flasks with 20 g/L glycerol and 20 mM propionic acid for 48 hours at 20 mL volume and in a controlled bioreactor for 72 hours with 30 g/L glycerol and supplementation of 20 mM propionic acid every 24 hours, both induced by induced by 5 μM IPTG at 37° C., leading to production of 1.39 g/L of 2-methyl-2-butenoic acid or tiglic acid in shake flasks, and 3.79 g/L of tiglic acid in bioreactors (FIG. 18). If YdiI is not overexpressed, no tiglic acid production was detected, indicating that YdiI is able to hydrolyze 2-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (tiglyl-CoA), generated through FadAx condensation between primer acetyl-CoA and extender unit propionyl-CoA and subsequent beta-reduction steps by FadB2x and FadB1x, to tiglic acid.

In the above demonstration, the genes encoding FadAx and Pct were expressed from pCDF-P1-pct-fadAx and the genes encoding FadB1x, FadB2x and YdiI were expressed from pET-P1-fadB2x-fadB1x-P2-ydiI. The primers used in constructions of these plasmids are listed in Table M. For the construction of pCDF-P1-pct-fadAx, the pct gene insert was first PCR amplified with pct-f1/pct-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDFDuet-1 (Novagen, Darmstadt, Germany) cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system (Clontech Lab., CA) to construct pCDF-P1-pct. Then, the fadAx gene insert was PCR amplified with fadAx-f1/fadAx-r1 and inserted into vector pCDF-P1-pct cleaved by EcoRI through In-Fusion cloning, generating pCDF-P1-pct-fadAx. For the construction of pET-P1-fadB2x-fadB1x-P2-ydiI, the fadB2x gene insert was first PCR amplified with fadB2x-f1/fadB2x-r1 primers and inserted into vector pETDuet-1 (Novagen, Darmstadt, Germany) cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion cloning, generating pET-P1-fadB2x. Then, the fadB1x gene insert was PCR amplified with fadB1x-f1/fadB1x-r1 primers and inserted into pET-P1-fadB2x cleaved by EcoRI through In-Fusion cloning, generating pET-P1-fadB2x-fadB1x. Finally, the ydiI gene insert was PCR amplified with ydiI-f1/ydiI-r1 primers and inserted into pET-P1-fadB2x-fadB1x cleaved by NdeI (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass., USA) through In-Fusion cloning, generating pET-P2-fadB2x-fadB1x-P2-ydiI. Before the introduction to host strain, the sequences of constructed plasmids were confirmed by DNA sequencing.

Two plasmids for expressing the pathway that converts prenol to GPP and geraniol (or “Lower alcohol pathway” as shown in FIG. 1) and can be used in above pathway have been constructed and are listed in Table N. To construct pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk and pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-thaipk-mtipk, the gene inserts encoding Idi and trGPPS2 (“tr” means “truncated” as first 84 aa of GPPS2 was truncated to improve the activity) were PCR amplified with idi-f1/idi-r1 and trgpps2-f1/trgpps2-r1 respectively and inserted together into pETDuet-1 cleaved by NcoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2. Then, the gene insert encoding GES was PCR amplified with ges-f1/ges-r1 primers and inserted into vector pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2 cleaved by NdeI and KpnI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges. When constructing pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk, the gene inserts encoding YchB and MtIPK were PCR amplified with ychB-f1/ychB-r1 and mtipk-f1/mtipk-r1 respectively and inserted together into pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges cleaved by XhoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk. When constructing pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-thaipk-mtipk, the gene insert encoding ThaIPK (with V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations) was PCR amplified with thaipk-f1/thaipk-r1 and inserted into pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges cleaved by XhoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-thaipk, and then the gene encoding MtIPK was PCR amplified with mtipk-f2/mtipk-r1 and inserted into pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-thaipk cleaved by XhoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-thaipk-mtipk. The sequences of required primers can be seen in Table N. The sequences of constructed plasmids were further confirmed by DNA sequencing. Then, the sequence confirmed plasmids were introduced to competent cells of the host strain.

Among above enzymes, in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned below, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization.

For the tested enzymes, E. coli enzymes were expressed in pCA24N-gene (-gfp) plasmids from the ASKA collection (Kitagawa et al., 2005). Gene encoding Maqu_2507 and ChnD were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript. The gene encoding CbjALD was amplified from the genomic DNA of C. beijerinckii. The primers required for cloning of these genes are listed in Table O. The cbjALD gene insert was PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of C. beijerinckii. with cbjALD-f1 and cbjALD-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDFDuet-1 cleaved by EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pCDF-ntH6-cbjALD. The sequence of the cbjALD gene insert was further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The protein was expressed with an n-terminal 6 His-tag.

The codon-optimized maqu_2507 gene insert was PCR amplified with maqu_2507-f1 and maqu_2507-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDFDuet-1 (Novagen, Darmstadt, Germany) cleaved by EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pCDF-ntH6-maqu_2507. The sequence of the maqu_2507 gene insert was further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The protein was expressed with an n-terminal 6 His-tag.

The codon-optimized chnD gene insert was PCR amplified with chnD-f1 and chnD-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDFDuet-1 (Novagen, Darmstadt, Germany) cleaved by EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pCDF-ntH6-chnD. The sequence of the chnD gene insert was further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The protein was expressed with an n-terminal 6 His-tag.

For expression of enzymes, cultures were grown in 25 mL of LB media in 125 mL flasks (Wheaton Industries, Inc., Millville, N.J.) at 37° C. A single colony of the desired strain was cultivated overnight (14-16 hrs) in 10 mL of LB medium in baffled flasks (Wheaton Industries, Inc., Millville, N.J.) with appropriate antibiotics and used as the inoculum (3%). The cells were induced with 0.1 mM IPTG at an OD550˜0.6.

After post-induction growth for 4 h for ASKA strains, or 16 for other strains, the cells were collected and washed twice by 9 g/L sodium chloride solution. Cells were then re-suspended in lysis buffer (50 mM NaH₂PO₄, 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) to an OD ˜40. After re-suspension, the cells were disrupted using glass beads and then centrifuged at 4° C., 13000 g, 10 min in an Optima L-80XP Ultracentrifuge (Beckman-Coulter, Schaumburg, Ill.). The resultant supernatant is the crude enzyme extract. The His-tagged enzymes were then purified from crude extract by using Ni-NTA spin kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). The crude extracts are centrifuged (270 g, 5 min) in spin columns that were equilibrated with lysis buffer and then washed twice by wash buffer (50 mM NaH₂PO₄, 300 mM NaCl, 20 mM imidazole, pH 8.0). After washing, the enzyme was eluted twice in elution buffer (50 mM NaH₂PO₄, 300 mM NaCl, 500 mM imidazole, pH 8.0). Both washing and elution steps are centrifuged at 890 g for 2 min. The purified enzyme extracts were then further concentrated and dialyzed through Amicon® Ultra 10K Device (Millipore, Billerica, Mass.). The enzymes were first filtered by centrifugation at 4° C., 14000 g, 10 min, and then washed with 100 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7 buffer under the same centrifugation conditions. Finally, the concentrated and dialyzed enzymes were recovered through 4° C., 1000 g, 2 min centrifugation. The protein concentration was established using the Bradford Reagent (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass.) using BSA as the protein standard. SDS-PAGE monitor of purified proteins was performed through XCell SureLock™ Mini-cell system (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) with gels (12% acrylamide resolving gel and 4% acrylamide stacking gel) prepared through SureLock™ Mini-cell system (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). The composition of the running buffer for SDS-PAGE was 3 g/L tris base, 14.4 g/L glycine and 1 g/L SDS in water.

Enzymatic reactions were monitored on either a Synergy HT plate reader (BioTek Instruments, Inc., Winooski, Vt.) or a Biomate 5 Spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass.) according to established protocols. Measurement of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA reduction by acyl-CoA reductases was measured by following the decrease (oxidation of NAD(P)H) in absorbance at 340 nm from a reaction mixture containing 100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 5 mM DTT, 0.3 mM NAD(P)H, and 1 or 5 mM 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. Measurement of alcohol dehydrogenase activity on prenol was measured by following the increase (reduction of NAD(P)⁺) in absorbance at 340 nm from a reaction mixture containing 100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 1 mM NAD(P)⁺, and 1 mM prenol.

For assays of acyl-CoA reductases, the crude extract of CbjALD did not show the detectable reduction activity on 1 mM 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA, but the activity was detected (0.008 μmol/mg/min) when the enzyme was purified and the concentration of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA was 5 mM. The crude extract of Maqu_2507 showed 0.08±0.01 μmol/mg/min towards 1 mM 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. These results indicate that CbjALD and Maqu_2507 are suitable for reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. CbjALD uses NADH as cofactor, while Maqu_2507 uses NADPH as cofactor.

Among the assayed alcohol dehydrogenases, YahK, YjgB and ChnD showed the activity on oxidization of prenol to 3-methyl-1-butenal. They should be suitable for catalyzing the required reverse reduction reaction of 3-methyl-1-butenal, which is converted from 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by CbjALD, to prenol. The results are shown in Table P.

3-methylcrotonyl-CoA, which is then converted to GPP via prenol through the pathway described above, can also be supplied through two different versions of reverse beta-oxidation pathways incorporated with methyl-group transferring mutase. The first pathway starts from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between propionyl-CoA, which serves as the primer, and glycolyl-CoA, which serves as the extender unit, catalyzed by thiolase. In this pathway, propionyl-CoA is activated from propionic acid, which is either supplemented or synthesized through overexpressed native pathway of conversion of succinate to propionic acid, while glycolyl-CoA is activated from glycolic acid, which is either supplemented or synthesized through overexpressed native pathway of conversion of glyoxylate, the intermediate of glyoxylate shunt, to glycolic acid. The activations of both propionic acid and glycolic acid are catalyzed by Pct. After three beta-reduction steps catalyzed by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, enoyl-CoA hydratase and enoyl-CoA reductases, 2-hydroxypentanoyl-CoA is generated. Then, mutase moves the methyl group from γ-site to beta-site on 2-hydroxypentanoyl-CoA, generating 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoyl-CoA, and 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase converts 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoyl-CoA to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. The second pathway starts from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between propionyl-CoA, which serves as the primer, and acetyl-CoA, which serves as the extender unit, catalyzed by thiolase. In the pathway, propionyl-CoA is activated from propionic acid, which is either supplemented or synthesized through overexpressed native pathway of conversion of succinate to propionic acid, catalyzed by Pct. After two beta-reduction steps catalyzed by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and enoyl-CoA hydratase, 3-hydroxypentanoyl-CoA is generated. Then, mutase moves the methyl group from -site to beta-site on 3-hydroxypentanoyl-CoA, generating 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoyl-CoA, and enoyl-CoA hydratase converts 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoyl-CoA to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA.

The non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between primer acetyl-CoA, similar to propionyl-CoA required in the above described pathway, and extender unit glycolyl-CoA, and the subsequent beta-reduction by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase have been in vivo demonstrated in E. coli. MG1655(DE3) ΔglcD (glcD gene encoding a subunit of glycolate oxidase was deleted to block degradation of glycolic acid) strain overexpressing thiolase BktB (AAC38322.1) from Ralstonia eutropha, hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase PhaB1 (P14697.1) from R. eutropha, enoyl-CoA hydratase PhaJ (032472.1) from Aeromonas caviae and enoyl-CoA reductase TdTer (4GGO_A) from Treponema denticola along with activation enzyme Pct, which was supposed to produce 4-hydroxybutyric acid through reverse beta-oxidation pathway starting from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between primer glycolyl-CoA and extender unit acetyl-CoA, was also found to produce 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid detected by GC-MS, after 96 h growth under 30° C. in LB supplemented with glucose and glycolic acid. The GC-MS chromatogram showing the peak of 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid is shown in FIG. 19. This result indicates that thiolase BktB can accept glycolyl-CoA as extender unit and acetyl-CoA as primer in the condensation, generating 2-hydroxy-3-oxobutanoyl-CoA, and PhaB1 can reduce 2-hydroxy-3-oxobutanoyl-CoA to 2,3-dihydroxybutanoyl-CoA, which is hydrolyzed to 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid by native E. coli enzymes.

In the strain producing 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid, genes encoding BktB, PhaB1 and PhaJ were overexpressed from pET-P1-bktB-phaB1-P2-phaJ and genes encoding Pct and TdTer were overexpressed from pCDF-P1-pct-P2-tdter, as shown in Table Q, along with primer sequences required for construction of these plasmids. The genes used for 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid production were were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript, except bktB and phaB1, which were amplified from the genomic DNA of R. eutropha, and pct, which was amplified from the genomic DNA of M. elsdenii. To construct pET-P1-bktB-phaB1-P2-phaJ, the gene insert encoding phaJ was amplified with phaJ-f1/phaJ-r1 and inserted into pETDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P2-phaJ. Then, the gene insert encoding BktB was PCR amplified with bktB-f1/bktB-r1 and inserted into pET-P2-phaJ cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-bktB-P2-phaJ. Then, the gene insert encoding PhaB1 was PCR amplified with phaB1-f1/phaB1-r1 primers and inserted into vector pET-P1-bktB-P2-phaJ cleaved by EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-bktB-phaB1-P2-phaJ. To construct pCDF-P1-pct-P2-tdter, the gene encoding TdTer was was amplified with tdter-f1/tdter-r1 and inserted into pCDFDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P2-tdter. Then, the gene insert encoding pct was PCR amplified with pct-f1/pct-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDF-P2-tdter cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P1-pct-P2-tdter. The sequences of required primers can be seen in Table Q. The sequences of constructed plasmids were further confirmed by DNA sequencing. Then, the sequence confirmed plasmids were introduced to competent cells of the host strain.

Fermentations for 2,3-dihydroxybutric acid production were conducted in 250 mL Erlenmeyer Flasks filled with 50 mL LB media supplemented with 10 g/L glucose and appropriate antibiotics. A single colony of the desired strain was cultivated overnight (14-16 h) in LB medium with appropriate antibiotics and used as the inoculum (2%). After inoculation, cells were cultivated at 30° C. and 250 rpm in a NBS I24 Benchtop Incubator Shaker (New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., Edison, N.J.) until an optical density of ˜0.8 was reached, at which point IPTG (0.1 mM) and neutralized glycolic acid (40 mM) were added. Flasks were then incubated under the same conditions for 96 hours.

Besides above pathways, there is also a novel pathway of GPP synthesis employing beta-oxidation reversal without usage of methyl-group transferring mutase and via 3-methyl-3-butenol (isoprenol) instead of prenol. This pathway starts from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between glycolyl-CoA, which serves as the primer, and propionyl-CoA, which serves as the extender unit, catalyzed by thiolase. In this pathway, propionyl-CoA is activated from propionic acid, which is either supplemented or synthesized through overexpressed native pathway of conversion of succinate to propionic acid, while glycolyl-CoA is activated from glycolic acid, which is either supplemented or synthesized through overexpressed native pathway of conversion of glyoxylate, the intermediate of glyoxylate shunt, to glycolic acid. The activations of both propionic acid and glycolic acid are catalyzed by Pct. After three beta-reduction steps catalyzed by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, enoyl-CoA hydratase and enoyl-CoA reductases, 4-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoyl-CoA is generated. 4-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoyl-CoA is converted to 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Then, an alcohol dehydratase converts 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol to 3-methyl-3-butenol (isoprenol). Isoprenol is then converted to IPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) and the second step is catalyzed by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1) or Methanocaldococcus jannaschii phosphate kinase MjIPK (3K4Y_A). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, the proxy product for the synthesis pathway. For this pathway, JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration. Vector creation, strain creation, growth and analysis of supernatant are conducted as described above.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 2-hydroxyisovaleric Acid and Prenol Starting from Decarboxylative Acyloin Condensation Between Two Pyruvates

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway that starts from decarboxylative acyloin condensation between two pyruvates 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid and prenol, using E. coli as the host organism. This pathway starts from decarboxylative acyloin condensation of two pyruvates to (S)-2-acetolactone by B. subtilis acetolactate synthase AlsS (NP_391482.2). E. coli acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase IlvC (NP_418222.1) converts (S)-2-acetolactone to (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. E. coli dihydroxy acid dehydratase IlvD (YP_026248.1) dehydrates (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyric acid (2-oxoisovaleric acid). Then, L. lactis 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase PanE (AIS03659.1) reduces 2-oxoisovaleric acid to (2R)-3-methyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid (2-hydroxyisovaeleric acid). 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid is then activated to (2R)-3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA (2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA) by acyl-CoA transferase selected from the group consisting M. elsdenii Pct (BAU59368.1) and C. propionicum Pct540 (CAB77207.1, with V193A mutation to enhance the expression in E. coli, Choi et al. 2016). 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA can be directly dehydrated to 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (3-methylcrotonyl-CoA) by C. difficlle 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase HadBCI (AJP10092.1, AJP10093.1, AJP10091.1 or C. propionicum 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase LcdABC (G3KIM4.1, G3KIM3.1, G3KIM5.1. HadBCI is originally a 2-hydroxyisocaproyl-CoA dehydratase. Kim et al. 2005). LcdABC is originally a lactonyl-CoA dehydratase. (Hofmeister et al. 1992).

2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA can also be converted to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by a multi-step pathway. In that pathway, 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA is first reduced to (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol catalyzed by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol is dehydrated to 3-methylbutanal by diol dehydratase which is then converted to isovaleryl-CoA by aldehyde-forming acyl-CoA reductase. Isovaleryl-CoA is converted to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by P. aeruginosa acyl-CoA dehydrogenase acyl-CoA dehydrogenase LiuA (APJ52511.1).

3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. ChnD (BAC80217.1).

In another route, 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid is dehydrated to 3-methylcrotonic acid by 2-hydroxyacid dehydratase. 3-methylcrotonic acid is either activated to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA, which is then converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase, or directly converted to prenol by two step reductions by carboxylate reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase. Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, the proxy product for the synthesis pathway. Because 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase is oxygen-sensitive, the strain harboring this pathway is grown under microaerobic or anoxic or anaerobic conditions.

As above, JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of novel pathway. The genes for overexpression are either cloned into appropriate vectors or inserted into chromosome with strong synthetic constitutive promoter M1-93, as described in the previous example. Transformed cells are grown, and supernatant analyzed, also as described in the previous example.

Among above enzymes, as mentioned in the previous example, the in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned above, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization. The results of assays on alcohol dehydrogenases can be seen in Table P, and the results of assays on acyl-CoA reductases and relevant enzyme preparation and assay methods are described in the previous example.

The in vitro activities of acyl-CoA transferases Pct and Pct540 on activation of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid to 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA have also been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay.

Genes encoding Pct540 was codon optimized and synthesized by GeneArt. The gene encoding Pct was PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of M. elsdenii. The primers required for cloning of these genes are listed in Table R. The pct gene insert was PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of Megasphaera elsdenii with pct-f2 and pct-r2 primers and inserted into vector pUCBB-ctH6-eGFP (Vick et al. 2011) cleaved by BglII and XhoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pUCBB-ctH6-pct. The sequence of the pct gene insert was further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The protein was expressed with a c-terminal 6 His-tag.

The codon-optimized pct540 gene insert was PCR amplified with pct540-f1 and pct540-r1 primers and inserted into vector pTrcHis2A (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) cleaved by NcoI and SalI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pTH-ctH6-pct540. The sequence of the pct540 gene insert was further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The protein was expressed with a c-terminal 6 His-tag. The sequence-confirmed plasmids were introduced into BL21(DE3) (Studier et al. 1986).

For expression of enzymes, cultures were grown in 25 mL of LB media in 125 mL flasks (Wheaton Industries, Inc., Millville, N.J.) at 37° C. A single colony of the desired strain was cultivated overnight (14-16 hrs) in 10 mL of LB medium in baffled flasks (Wheaton Industries, Inc., Millville, N.J.) with appropriate antibiotics and used as the inoculum (3%). Except for the expression of pct, the cells were induced with 0.1 mM IPTG at an OD550˜0.6, while pct was expressed constitutively.

After post-induction growth for 16 hours, the cells were collected and washed twice by 9 g/L sodium chloride solution. Cells were then re-suspended in lysis buffer (50 mM NaH₂PO₄, 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) to an OD ˜40. After re-suspension, the cells were disrupted using glass beads and then centrifuged at 4° C., 13000 g, 10 min in an Optima L-80XP Ultracentrifuge (Beckman-Coulter, Schaumburg, Ill.). The resultant supernatant is the crude enzyme extract. The His-tagged enzymes were then purified from crude extract by using Ni-NTA spin kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). The crude extracts are centrifuged (270 g, 5 min) in spin columns that were equilibrated with lysis buffer and then washed twice by wash buffer (50 mM NaH₂PO₄, 300 mM NaCl, 20 mM imidazole, pH 8.0). After washing, the enzyme was eluted twice in elution buffer (50 mM NaH₂PO₄, 300 mM NaCl, 500 mM imidazole, pH 8.0). Both washing and elution steps are centrifuged at 890 g for 2 min. The purified enzyme extracts were then further concentrated and dialyzed through Amicon® Ultra 10K Device (Millipore, Billerica, Mass.). The enzymes were first filtered by centrifugation at 4° C., 14000 g, 10 min, and then washed with 100 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7 buffer under the same centrifugation conditions. Finally, the concentrated and dialyzed enzymes were recovered through 4° C., 1000 g, 2 min centrifugation. The protein concentration was established using the Bradford Reagent (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass.) using BSA as the protein standard. SD S-PAGE monitor of purified proteins was performed through XCell SureLock™ Mini-cell system (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) with gels (12% acrylamide resolving gel and 4% acrylamide stacking gel) prepared through SureLock™ Mini-cell system (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). The composition of the running buffer for SDS-PAGE was 3 g/L tris base, 14.4 g/L glycine and 1 g/L SDS in water.

Enzymatic reactions were monitored on either a Synergy HT plate reader (BioTek Instruments, Inc., Winooski, Vt.) or a Biomate 5 Spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass.) according to established protocols.

Measurement of acyl-CoA transferase activity was conducted in a two-step reaction in which the residual amount of acetyl-CoA after incubation of the enzyme with the substrate of interest was measured. Each assay was carried out in 100 mM Tris-HCL (pH 7.4). First, 0.1 mM acetyl-CoA and 1 or 10 mM of the substrate was incubated with purified enzyme for 15 min at 30° C. After denaturation of the enzyme (90 s at 95° C.), 0.1 mM oxaloacetate, 5 μg citrate synthase and 0.5 mM DTNB were added, and the reaction was further incubated for 15 min at 30° C. The amount of generated CoASH was determined by measuring the absorbance at 412 nm.

Pct and Pct540 were assayed on CoA transfer from acetyl-CoA to three different substrates: original substrate propionic acid, 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid and 3-methylcrotonic acid, which are required for this novel GPP synthesis pathway. The results of activation of different substrates by Pct and Pct540 are shown in FIG. 20. Pct and Pct540 were shown to have slight activity towards 3-methylcrotonic acid. These enzymes have higher activity towards 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid, and the activity of Pct is higher than that of Pct540, though their activities on 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid are lower than those on original substrate propionic acid. Thus, Pct and Pct540 are suitable acyl-CoA transferases for activation of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid.

Also, JST06(DE3) strain overexpressing B. subtilis acetolactate synthase AlsS, E. coli acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase IlvC, E. coli dihydroxy acid dehydratase IlvD and Lactococcus lactis 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase PanE—the enzymes of first four steps of the pathway—have been grown in shake flasks with 20 mL LB-like MOPS supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol or 32 g/L glucose (55 g/L CaCO₃ was also added when glucose was used) for 48 hours under 37° C. with 5 μM IPTG induction. The genes encoding AlsS, IlvC, IlvD and PanE were expressed from the plasmid pET-P1-ilvC-ilvD-P2-alsS-panE. The genes encoding AlsS and PanE were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript, while the genes encoding IlvC and IlvD were amplified from genomic DNA of wild type E. coli MG1655 strain. The plasmids used for the construction of plasmid are listed in Table R. The codon-optimized alsS and panE gene inserts were PCR amplified with alsS-f1/alsS-r1 and panE-f1/panE-r1 primers respectively, and inserted together into vector pETDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, resulting in pET-P2-alsS-panE plasmid. The ilvC and ilvD gene inserts were PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of E. coli with ilvC-f1/ilvC-r1 and ilvD-f1/ilvD-r1 primers respectively, and inserted together into vector pET-P2-alsS-panE cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, generating pET-P1-ilvC-ilvD-P2-alsS-panE. The sequences of constructed plasmids are further confirmed by DNA sequencing. The quantification of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid was performed via ion-exclusion HPLC using a Shimadzu Prominence SIL 20 system (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc., Columbia, Md.) equipped with an HPX-87H organic acid column (Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif.) with operating conditions to optimize peak separation (0.3 mL/min flow rate, 30 mM H₂SO₄ mobile phase, column temperature 42° C.). Concentration of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid in fermentation samples was determined through calibration to known 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid standards (5, 1, 0.5, 0.2 and 0.1 g/L).

As shown in FIG. 21, this strain shows high production of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid, especially when glucose was used as carbon source, in which the titer was 8.27 g/L. This indicates that AlsS, IlvC, IlvD and PanE can supply 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid with high flux, providing sufficient intermediates supply for the subsequent conversion into prenol and GPP.

Plasmids containing the codon optimized gene encoding 6×HIS-tagged Lmo1179 and PddABC were constructed. The resulting construct was transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3) for expression. The resulting strain was cultured in 50 mL of TB media containing appropriate antibiotics in a 250 mL flask. When the culture reached an OD550 of approximately 0.6, expression was induced by the addition of 0.1 mM IPTG, and the cells were harvested by centrifugation after overnight incubation at room temperature.

The HIS-tagged Lmo1179 protein was purified from the cell extract using Talon Metal Affinity Resin (Clontech lab., CA). In short, a 250 μL resin bed was equilibrated twice using 2.5 mL of a buffer containing 50 mM sodium phosphate, 300 mM NaCl, and 10 mM imidazole at pH 7.5 (NPI-10). The cell extract was added to the resin and the mixture shaken gently for 20 minutes on ice. The resin was then washed twice with 2.5 mL buffer NPI-20 (same as NPI-10 but with 20 mM imidazole), shaking gently on ice for 15 minutes each wash. The resin was then transferred to a gravity column and washed once with 1.25 mL NPI-20. Finally, the desired protein was eluted using 1.25 mL of buffer NPI-250 (same as buffer NPI-10 but with 250 mM imidazole), and the eluate collected in 500 μL fractions.

Clarified cell lysates of BL21(DE3) strain overexpressing His-tagged PddABC was prepared by resuspending a saved pellet in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer pH 7.5 containing 0.2 M ethylene glycol. The resuspended cells were broken by glass beads and supernatant was reserved after centrifugation. Assays were performed by coupling the dehydration of ethylene glycol to acetaldehyde to acyl-CoA reductase Lmo1179 to give acetyl-CoA with the reduction of NAD⁺ to NADH, which was monitored at 340 nm. The final assay mixture was 250 μL and contained 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 5 mM CoASH, 0.5 mM NAD⁺, 0.2 M ethylene glycol, 7 μL purified Lmo1179, 50 μL cell lysate, and 15 μM coenzyme B12 (the cofactor of PddABC). The relevant controls included were no cell lysates (replaced with 50 μL of buffer) and no coenzyme B12.

The in vitro activity of dehydration of ethylene glycol to acetaldehyde by diol dehydratae PddABC (AFJ04717.1, AFJ04718.1, AFJ04719.1) from Klebsiella oxytoca has been proven, as shown in FIG. 22. This assay was coupled with oxidization of resultant acetaldehyde to acetyl-CoA by Listeria monocytogenes acyl-CoA reductase (ACR) Lmo1179 (CAC99257.1) and the activity was measured through observation of increased NADH absorbance. Based on these results, PddABC should be a good candidate of diol dehydratase for dehydration of (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol required for GPP synthesis pathway.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 2-hydroxyisovaleric Acid and Prenol Starting from Aldol Condensation Between Acetaldehyde and Pyruvate

The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway that starts from aldol condensation between pyruvate and acetaldehyde via 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid and prenol, using E. coli as the host organism. This pathway starts from aldol condensation between pyruvate and acetaldehyde to (S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentaonoic acid by E. coli aldolase MhpE (NP_414886.1). Acetaldehyde is supplied either through decarboxylation of pyruvate by Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-keto acid decarboxylase PDC1 (CAA97573.1) or through reduction of acetyl-CoA by E. coli aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase MhpF (NP_414885.1). Then, a mutase moves the —(C═O)COOH group of (S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoic acid from C-3 site to C-4 site, forming 3-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylbutyric acid. 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase converts 3-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylbutyric acid to (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. E. coli dihydroxy acid dehydratase IlvD (YP_026248.1) dehydrates (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyric acid (2-oxoisovaleric acid). Then, L. lactis 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase PanE (AIS03659.1) reduces 2-oxoisovaleric acid to (2R)-3-methyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid (2-hydroxyisovaeleric acid). 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid is then activated to (2R)-3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA (2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA) by acyl-CoA transferase selected from the group consisting M. elsdenii Pct (BAU59368.1) and C. propionicum Pct540 (CAB77207.1, with V193A mutation to enhance the expression in E. coli, Choi et al. 2016). 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA can be directly dehydrated to 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (3-methylcrotonyl-CoA) by C. difficile 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase HadBCI (AJP10092.1, AJP10093.1, AJP10091.1. HadBCI is originally a 2-hydroxyisocaproyl-CoA dehydratase. Kim et al. 2005) or C. propionicum 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase LcdABC (G3KIM4.1, G3KIM3.1, G3KIM5.1. LcdABC is originally a lactonyl-CoA dehydratase, Hofmeister et al. 1992). 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA can also be converted to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by a multi-step pathway.

In that pathway, 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA is first reduced to (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol catalyzed by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol is dehydrated to 3-methylbutanal by diol dehydratase which is then converted to isovaleryl-CoA by aldehyde-forming acyl-CoA reductase. Isovaleryl-CoA is converted to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by P. aeruginosa acyl-CoA dehydrogenase acyl-CoA dehydrogenase LiuA (APJ52511.1). 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by an alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. ChnD (BAC80217.1).

In another route, 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid is dehydrated to 3-methylcrotonic acid by 2-hydroxyacid dehydratase. 3-methylcrotonic acid is either activated to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA, which is then converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase, or directly converted to prenol by two step reductions by carboxylate reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase. Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, the proxy product for the synthesis pathway. Because 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase is oxygen-sensitive, the strain harboring this pathway is grown under microaerobic or anoxic or anaerobic conditions.

JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of this novel pathway. Vector creation, strain creation, growth and analysis of supernatant are as described above in previous examples.

Among above enzymes, as mentioned in the previous example, The in vitro activities of acyl-CoA transferases Pct and Pct540 on activation of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid to 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA, the in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned above, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization. The results of assays on alcohol dehydrogenases and acyl-CoA transferases can be seen in Table R and FIG. 20 respectively, and the results of assays on acyl-CoA reductases and relevant enzyme preparation and assay methods are described in the previous example.

The in vitro activity of dehydration of ethylene glycol to acetaldehyde by diol dehydratae PddABC (AFJ04717.1, AFJ04718.1, AFJ04719.1) from Klebsiella oxytoca has been proven, as shown in FIG. 22. The assay method is described in the previous examples.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA and Prenol Starting from Non-Decarboxylative Acyloin Condensation Vetween Isobutanal and Formyl-CoA

The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway that starts from non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation between formyl-CoA and isobutanal via 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA and prenol, using E. coli as the host organism. This pathway starts from non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation between isobutanal and formyl-CoA to (2R)-3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA (2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA) by Homo sapiens 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase HACL1 (NP_036392.2). Formyl-CoA is activated from formate, which is a byproduct of conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA by E. coli pyruvate-formate lyase PflB (NP_415423.1), catalyzed by activation enzymes selected from the group consisting acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase, carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Isobutanal is reduced from isobutyryl-CoA by aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase. Isobutyryl-CoA is converted from butyryl-CoA by mutase. Butyryl-CoA can be supplied from butyric acid, either supplemented or intracellularly synthesized through beta-oxidation reversal starting from two acetyl-CoAs composed of ketoacyl-CoA thiolase BktB (AAC38322.1) from R. eutropha or thiolase AtoB (NP_416728.1) from E. coli, hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and enoyl-CoA hydratase multifunctional enzyme FadB from E. coli (NP_418288.1) and enoyl-CoA reductase EgTer from E. gracilis (Q5EU90.1) or fatty acid biosynthesis pathway starting from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA composed of beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase FabH (NP_415609.1), beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase FabG (NP_415611.1), 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase FabZ (NP_414722.1) and enoyl-ACP reductase FabI (NP_415804.1), all from E. coli, with termination by E. coli thioesterase TesA (NP_415027.1, with truncation of 26 aa leader sequence) and activation by E. coli acyl-CoA synthetase FadD (NP_416319.1), or directly synthesized through overexpressed beta-oxidation reversal pathway without termination. If malonyl-CoA is used to enhance its supply, E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase AccABCD (NP_414727.1, NP_417721.1, NP_417722.1, NP_416819.1) is overexpressed.

2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA can be directly dehydrated to 3-methyl-2-butenoyl-CoA (3-methylcrotonyl-CoA) by C. difficile 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase HadBCI (AJP10092.1, AJP10093.1, AJP10091.1. HadBCI is originally a 2-hydroxyisocaproyl-CoA dehydratase. Kim et al. 2005) or C. propionicum 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase LcdABC (G3KIM4.1, G3KIM3.1, G3KIM5.1. LcdABC is originally a lactonyl-CoA dehydratase. Hofmeister et al. 1992). 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA can also be converted to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by a multi-step pathway. In that pathway, 2-hydroxyisovaleryl-CoA is first reduced to (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol catalyzed by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. (2R)-3-methyl-1,2-butanediol is dehydrated to 3-methylbutanal by diol dehydratase which is then converted to isovaleryl-CoA by aldehyde-forming acyl-CoA reductase. Isovaleryl-CoA is converted to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA by P. aeruginosa acyl-CoA dehydrogenase acyl-CoA dehydrogenase LiuA (APJ52511.1). 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. ChnD (BAC80217.1).

Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, the proxy product for the synthesis pathway. Because diol dehydratase is oxygen-sensitive, the strain harboring this pathway is grown under microaerobic or anoxic or anaerobic conditions.

JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of this novel pathway. Vector creation, strain creation, growth and analysis of supernatant are as described above in previous examples.

The in vivo butyryl-CoA and butyric acid synthesis through beta-oxidation reversal composed of AtoB, FadB and EgTer has been demonstrated in E. coli. JC01 (MG1655 ΔldhA ΔpoxB Δpta ΔadhE ΔfrdA, an E. coli strain with removal of mixed-acid fermentation for improved supply of acetyl-CoA), overexpressing AtoB, FadB and EgTer produced 3.3 g/L of butyric acid when grown in LB-like MOPS media with glycerol as carbon source for 48 hours, indicating that beta-oxidation reversal composed of AtoB, FadB and EgTer is functional of supplying butyric acid with acetyl-CoA as primer and extender unit, and native endogenous thioesterases are able to hydrolyze butyryl-CoA to butyric acid. Overexpression of different E. coli thoesterases FadM (NP_414977.1), TesA (NP_415027.1), TesB (NP_414986.1), YciA (NP_415769.1), YdiI (NP_416201.1) and YbgC (NP_415264.1) was added, but as seen in FIG. 23, it did not greatly improve butyric acid production. The detailed methods of fermentation conditions and HPLC analysis for butyric acid are described in previous examples.

The vectors and primers used in overexpression of AtoB, FadB, EgTer and thioesterases are listed in Table S. The E. coli genes were PCR amplified from genomic DNA of wild type E. coli strain, while the gene encoding EgTer was codon-optimized and synthesized by GenScript. For the construction of pTH-atoB-fadB-egter, the atoB gene insert was first PCR amplified with atoB-f1/atoB-r1 primers and inserted into vector pTrcHis2A (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pTH-atoB. Then, the fadB gene insert was PCR amplified with fadB-f1/fadB-r1 primers and inserted into vector pTH-atoB cleaved by HindIII through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pTH-atoB-fadB. Finally, the egter gene insert was PCR amplified with egter-f1/egter-r1 primers and inserted into vector pTH-atoB-fadB cleaved by HindIII through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pTH-atoB-fadB-egter. The thioesterases were overexpressed from pZS vector backbone (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). The genes encoding thioesterases were PCR amplified with relevant primers (fadM-f1/fadM-r1, tesA-f1/tesB-r1, tesA-f1/tesA-r1, ydiI-f1/ydiI-r1, ybgC-f1/ybgC-r1, yciA-f1/yciA-r1) and inserted into pZS cleaved by KpnI and MluI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system.

The condensations between formyl-CoA and different kinds of aldehyde (pentadecanal, acetaldehyde, formaldehyde) by 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase HACL1 have been proven in vitro, as shown in FIG. 24. HACL1 is a good candidate to also accept required isobutanal as the substrate for acyloin condensation.

2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA was prepared by the n-hydroxysuccinimide method (Blecher, 1981). In summary, the n-hydroxysuccinimide ester of 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid is prepared by reacting n-hydroxysuccinimide with the acid in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. The product is filtered and purified by recrystallization from methanol to give pure n-hydroxysuccinimide ester of 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid. The ester is reacted with CoA-SH in presence of thioglycolic acid to give 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA. The 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA is purified precipitation using perchloric acid, filtration, and washing the filtrate with perchloric acid, diethyl ether, and acetone.

Formyl-CoA was prepared by first forming formic ethylcarbonic anhydride as previously described (Parasaran & Tarbell, 1964). Briefly, formic acid (0.4 mmol) and ethyl chloroformate (0.4 mmol) were combined in 4 mL anhydrous diethyl ether and cooled to −20° C. 0.4 mmol triethylamine was added to the mixture and the reaction was allowed to proceed at −20° C. for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was filtered over glass wool to give a solution containing formic ethylcarbonic anhydride in diethyl ether. To obtain formyl-CoA, 7 μmol CoASH was dissolved in 5 mL 3:2 water:tetrahydrofuran, to which 10 mg of sodium bicarbonate were added. The solution of formic ethylcarbonic anhydride was added dropwise to the CoASH solution with vigorous agitation, after which the organic phase was evaporated under a stream of nitrogen. The mixture was kept at 4° C. for two hours, after which any remaining diethyl ether was evaporated under nitrogen. Solid phase extraction using a C18 column was used to purify formyl-CoA from the reaction mixture. Formyl-CoA was eluted from the C18 column in methanol and stored in 2:1 methanol:ammonium acetate pH 5.5.

The resulting cell pellet was resuspended in Bacterial Protein Extraction Reagent (B-PER) (THERMO SCIE., MA) to an OD550 of approximately 40, to which approximately 5000 U of lysozyme and approximately 250 U of Benzonase nuclease (Sigma-Aldrich CO., MO) were added. The cell mixture was left at room temperature until completely clarified to give the cell extract. 1 M stock solution of imidazole was added to provide a final concentration of 10 mM imidazole in the cell extract.

A plasmid containing the codon optimized gene encoding human HIS-tagged HACL1 was constructed as described. The resulting construct, was transformed into S. cerevisiae InvSC1 (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.). The resulting strain was cultured in 50 mL of SC-URA media containing 2% glucose at 30° C. for 24 hours. The cells were pelleted and the required amount of cells were used to inoculate a 250 mL culture volume of SC-URA media containing 0.2% galactose, 1 mM MgCl₂, and 0.1 mM thiamine to 0.4 OD600. After 20 hours of incubation with shaking at 30° C., the cells were pelleted and saved.

When needed, the cell pellets were resuspended to an OD600 of approximately 100 in a buffer containing 50 mM potassium phosphate pH 7.4, 0.1 mM thiamine pyrophosphate, 1 mM MgCl₂, 0.5 mM AEBSF, 10 mM imidazole, and 250 units of Benzonase nuclease. To the cell suspension, approximately equal volumes of 425-600 μm glass beads were added. Cells were broken in four cycles of 30 seconds of vortexing at 3000 rpm followed by 30 seconds on ice. The glass beads and cell debris were pelleted by centrifugation and supernatant containing the cell extract was collected. The HIS-tagged HACL1 was purified from the cell extract using Talon Metal Affinity Resin as described above, with the only modification being the resin bed volume and all subsequent washes were halved. The eluate was collected in two 500 μL fractions.

Human HACL1 was cloned, expressed, and purified in S. cerevisiae as described above. Purified HACL1 was tested for its native catabolic activity by assessing its ability to cleave 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA to pentadecanal and formyl-CoA. Enzyme assays were performed in 50 mM tris-HCl pH 7.5, 0.8 mM MgCl₂, 0.02 mM TPP, 6.6 μM BSA, and 0.3 mM 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA. The assay mixtures were incubated for one hour at 37° C., after which the presence of pentadecanal was assessed by extraction with hexane and analysis by GC-FID. As shown in FIG. 24, pentadecanal was produced in the sample containing HACL1, but not in the control sample, which did not contain HACL1, indicating that the protein was expressed and purified in an active form.

The ability of purified HACL1 to run in the anabolic direction (reverse from the physiological direction) was also determined. An aldehyde and formyl-CoA were tested for ligation in a buffer comprised of 60 mM potassium phosphate pH 5.4, 2.5 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM TPP, 6.6 μM BSA, 5 mM aldehyde, 20% DMSO, approximately 1 mM freshly prepared formyl-CoA, and approximately 0.5 mg/mL purified HACL1. The reaction was allowed to take place at room temperature for 16 hours, after which acyl-CoAs were hydrolyzed to their corresponding acids by adjusting to pH >12.0. For situations in which a short carbon chain product was expected, for example lactate production from acetaldehyde, samples were analyzed by HPLC. In the case of longer products, for example the production of 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid from pentadecanal, samples were acidified with HCl and extracted with diethyl ether. The extracted diethyl ether was evaporated to dryness under a stream of nitrogen and derivatized by the addition of 1:1 BSTFA: pyridine. After incubation at 70° C. for 30 min, these samples were analyzed by GC-FID.

When the purified enzyme was supplied with pentadecanal and formyl-CoA, as in FIG. 24, HACL1 was shown to catalyze the ligation of these molecules to 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA as hypothesized. After hydrolysis of acyl-CoAs, the chromatogram of the sample containing enzyme shows similar peaks to the 2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA spiked standard, which are absent from the sample containing no enzyme.

The purified HACL1 was further tested for activity on shorter aldehydes, such as the ligation of acetaldehyde or formaldehyde with formyl-CoA to produce lactoyl-CoA or glycolyl-CoA, respectively. After hydrolysis of acyl-CoAs to their acid forms, these samples were analyzed by HPLC. The presence of lactate from elongation of acetaldehyde and formyl-CoA was identified in the sample containing HACL1, but not in the no enzyme control as shown in FIG. 24. Similar results were observed for glycolate from formaldehyde and formyl-CoA as shown in FIG. 24. The presence of lactate in the relevant samples was confirmed by NMR. This demonstrates that HACL1 is capable of catalyzing the ligation of aldehydes with chain lengths ranging at least from C1-C15 with formyl-CoA, making it suitable for acyloin condensation between C5 aldehyde isobutanal with formyl-CoA, required for the GPP synthesis pathway.

Also, the required activity of activation of formate to formyl-CoA by E. coli acyl-CoA synthase ACS (NP_418493.1) was also proven in vitro as shown in FIG. 25. This assay was coupled with reduction of resultant formyl-CoA to formaldehyde by Listeria monocytogenes acyl-CoA reductase (ACR) Lmo1179 (CAC99257.1) and the activity was measured through observation of NADH oxidization.

A plasmid containing the codon optimized gene encoding 6×HIS-tagged Lmo1179 from Lysteria monocytogenes was constructed. The resulting construct was transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3) for expression. The resulting strain was cultured in 50 mL of TB media containing appropriate antibiotics in a 250 mL flask. When the culture reached an OD550 of approximately 0.6, expression was induced by the addition of 0.1 mM IPTG, and the cells were harvested by centrifugation after overnight incubation at room temperature.

The HIS-tagged Lmo1179 protein was purified from the cell extract using Talon Metal Affinity Resin (Clontech lab., CA). In short, a 250 μL resin bed was equilibrated twice using 2.5 mL of a buffer containing 50 mM sodium phosphate, 300 mM NaCl, and 10 mM imidazole at pH 7.5 (NPI-10). The cell extract was added to the resin and the mixture shaken gently for 20 minutes on ice. The resin was then washed twice with 2.5 mL buffer NPI-20 (same as NPI-10 but with 20 mM imidazole), shaking gently on ice for 15 minutes each wash. The resin was then transferred to a gravity column and washed once with 1.25 mL NPI-20. Finally, the desired protein was eluted using 1.25 mL of buffer NPI-250 (same as buffer NPI-10 but with 250 mM imidazole), and the eluate collected in 500 μL fractions.

E. coli ACS was cloned, expressed, and purified in E. coli as described above. The purified enzyme was evaluated for its ability to convert formate into the extender unit formate. Enzyme assays were performed in 23 mM potassium phosphate buffer pH 7.0, 1 mM CoASH, 0.5 mM NADH, 5 mM ATP, 2.5 mM MgCl₂, 50 mM formate. E. coli ACS was added along with Lysteria monocytogenes Lmo1179, and the reduction of resulting formyl-CoA was monitored by measuring absorbance of NADH at 340 nm. The sample containing ACS resulted in an increased rate of NADH oxidation, indicating that formyl-CoA was produced by ACS.

Among above enzymes, as mentioned in the previous example, the in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned above, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization. The results of assays on alcohol dehydrogenases can be seen in Table P, and the results of assays on acyl-CoA reductases and relevant enzyme preparation and assay methods are described in the previous example.

The in vitro activity of dehydration of ethylene glycol to acetaldehyde by diol dehydratae PddABC (AFJ04717.1, AFJ04718.1, AFJ04719.1) from Klebsiella oxytoca has been proven, as shown in FIG. 22. The assay method is described in the previous examples.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 4-methyl-2-oxo-4-pentenoic Acid and Isoprenol Starting Aldol Condensation Between Acetaldehyde and 2-oxobutyric Acid

The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway that starts from aldol condensation between 2-oxobutyric acid and acetaldehyde via 4-methyl-2-oxo-4-pentenoic acid and isoprenol, using E. coli as the host organism. This pathway starts from aldol condensation between pyruvate and acetaldehyde to 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylpentaonoic acid by E. coli aldolase MhpE (NP_414886.1). Acetaldehyde is supplied either through decarboxylation of pyruvate by Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-keto acid decarboxylase PDC1(CAA97573.1) or through reduction of acetyl-CoA by E. coli aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase MhpF (NP_414885.1). 2-oxobutyric acid is elongated from pyruvate through alpha-keto acid pathway composed of: citramalate synthase CimA from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (WP_010870909.1) or Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai str. 56601 (NP_712531.1); citramalate isomerase LeuCD from E. coli (NP_414614.1, NP_414613.1) or Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (AAB98487.1, AAB99283.1) or Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai str. 56601 (NP_712276.1, NP_712277.1); Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 3-methylmalate dehydrogenase MJ0720 (WP_010870225.1) or Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai str. 56601 3-methylmalate dehydrogenase LeuB (NP_712333.1).

After the aldol condensation, a mutase transfers the methyl group of 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylpentanoic acid from C-3 to C-4 site, generating 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-4-methylpentanoic acid. Then, E. coli 2-oxopent-4-enoate dehydratase MhpD (NP_414884.2) dehydrates 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-4-methylpentanoic acid into 4-methyl-2-oxo-4-pentenoic acid. 4-methyl-2-oxo-4-pentenoic acid can be converted to 3-methyl-3-butenoyl-CoA by alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase and 3-methyl-3-butenoyl-CoA is converted to isoprenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. 4-methyl-2-oxo-4-pentenoic acid can also be converted to isoprenol by two steps of reactions catalyzed by alpha-keto acid decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methyl-3-butenoyl-CoA to isoprenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD (BAC80217.1).

Isoprenol is then converted to IPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) and the second is catalyzed by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1) or Methanocaldococcus jannaschii phosphate kinase MjIPK (3K4Y_A)). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, the proxy product for the synthesis pathway.

JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of this novel pathway. Vector creation, strain creation, growth and analysis of supernatant are as described above in previous examples.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 2-oxoisovaleric Acid, 2-oxoisocaproic Acid and Prenol Starting from Decarboxylative Acyloin Condensation Between Two Pyruvates

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway via 2-oxoisovaleric acid, 2-oxoisocaproic acid and prenol. E. coli serves as the host organism. This pathway starts from decarboxylative acyloin condensation of two pyruvates to (S)-2-acetolactone by B. subtilis acetolactate synthase AlsS (NP_391482.2). E. coli acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase IlvC (NP_418222.1) converts (S)-2-acetolactone to (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. E. coli dihydroxy acid dehydratase IlvD (YP_026248.1) dehydrates (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyric acid (2-oxoisovaleric acid). Then, 2-oxoisovaleric acid is elongated into 2-oxoisocaproic acid through alpha-keto acid pathway composed of: E. coli isopropylmalate synthase LeuA (NP_414616.1, with a G462D mutation to maximize 2-oxoisocaprate production and minimize 2-oxoisovalerate, Connor et al. 2008) which condenses 2-oxoisovaleric acid and acetyl-CoA to (2S)-2-isopropylmalate; E. coli isopropyl isomerase LeuCD (NP_414614.1, NP_414613.1) which converts (2S)-2-isopropylmalate to (2R, 3S)-3-isopropylmalate; E. coli isopropylmalate dehydrogenase LeuB (NP_414615.4) which oxidizes and decarboxylates (2R, 3S)-3-isopropylmalate, generating 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoic acid (2-oxoisocaproic acid). Then, S. avermitilis alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex BkdFGH-LpdA1 (BAC72088.1, BAC72089.1, BAC72090.1, KUN54417.1) converts 2-oxoisocaproic acid into isovaleryl-CoA. Overexpression of heterologous branched alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex requires improved lipoylation, which can be realized though supplementation of lipoic acid accompanied with overexpression of E. coli lipoate-protein ligase LplA (NP_418803.1), or overexpression of E. coli endogenous lipoylation pathway consisting lipolate synthase LipA (NP_415161.1) and lipoyl(octanoyl) transferase LipB (NP_415163.2). P. aeruginosa acyl-CoA dehydrogenase LiuA (APJ52511.1) converts isovaleryl-CoA to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD (BAC80217.1). Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. Then, DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, with N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, which serves as a proxy to demonstrate a functioning pathway.

JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of this novel pathway. Vector creation, strain creation, growth and analysis of supernatant is conducted as described in previous examples.

The required plasmids and primers for this example are listed in Table T. The genes encoding E. coli enzymes are PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of wild type strain, while genes encoding other enzymes are codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript. For construction of pET-P1-ilvC-ilvD-P2-alsS-liuA, the codon-optimized alsS and liuA gene inserts were first PCR amplified with alsS-f1/alsS-r2 and liuA-f1/liuA-r1 primers respectively, and inserted together into vector pETDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI and KpnI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, resulting in pET-P2-alsS-panE plasmid. The ilvC and ilvD gene inserts were then PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of E. coli with ilvC-f1/ilvC-r1 and ilvD-f1/ilvD-r1 primers respectively, and inserted together into vector pET-P2-alsS-liuA cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, generating pET-P1-ilvC-ilvD-P2-alsS-liuA. For construction of pCDF-P1-bkdF-bkdG-bkdH-P2-lplA-lpdA1, the lplA and lpdA1 gene inserts were first PCR amplified with lplA-f1/lplA-r1 and lpdA1-f1/lpdA1-r1 primers respectively, and inserted together into vector pCDFDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI and KpnI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, resulting in pCDF-P2-lplA-lpdA1. The codon-optimized bkdF, bkdG and bkdH gene inserts were then PCR amplified with bkdF-f1/bkdF-r1, bkdG-f1/bkdG-r1, bkdH-f1/bkdH-r1 respectively and inserted together into pCDF-P2-lplA-lpdA1 cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, generating pCDF-P1-bkdF-bkdG-bkdH-P2-lplA-lpdA1. For construction of pRSF-P1-leuA(G462D)-leuB-P2-leuC-leuD, the leuA and leuB genes were PCR amplified together into two pieces from the genomic DNA of E. coli with leuA(G462D)B-f11/leuA(G462D)B-r11 and leuA(G462D)B-f12/leuA(G462D)B-r12 respectively, and attached together through overlap PCR with leuA(G462D)B-f2/leuA(G462D)B-r2 to generate G462D mutation. The overlap PCR product was inserted into pRSFDuet-1 cleaved by NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, generating pRSF-P1-leuA(G462D)-leuB. Then leuC and leuD genes were amplified together from from the genomic DNA of E. coli with leuCD-f1/leuCD-r1 and the resulting gene insert was inserted into pRSF-P1-leuA(G462D)-leuB cleaved by KpnI, generating pRSF-P1-leuA(G462D)-leuB-P2-leuC-leuD. Before the introduction to host strain, the sequences of constructed plasmids were confirmed by DNA sequencing.

Among above enzymes, as mentioned in the previous example, the in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned above, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization. The results of assays on alcohol dehydrogenases can be seen in Table P, and the results of assays on acyl-CoA reductases and relevant enzyme preparation and assay methods are described in the previous example.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 2-oxoisovaleric Acid, 2-O Xoisocaproic Acid and Prenol Starting from Aldol Condensation Between Pyruvate and Acetaldehyde

The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway that starts from aldol condensation between pyruvate and acetaldehyde via 2-oxoisovaleric acid, 2-oxoisocaproic acid and prenol, using E. coli as the host organism. This pathway starts from aldol condensation between pyruvate and acetaldehyde to (S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoic acid by E. coli aldolase MhpE (NP_414886.1). Acetaldehyde is supplied either through decarboxylation of pyruvate by Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-keto acid decarboxylase PDC1(CAA97573.1) or through reduction of acetyl-CoA by E. coli aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase MhpF (NP_414885.1). Then, a mutase moves the —(C═O)COOH group of (S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoic acid from C-3 site to C-4 site, forming 3-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylbutyric acid. 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase converts 3-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-methylbutyric acid to (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. E. coli dihydroxy acid dehydratase IlvD (YP_026248.1) dehydrates (2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyric acid (2-oxoisovaleric acid). Then, 2-oxoisovaleric acid is elongated into 2-oxoisocaproic acid through alpha-keto acid pathway composed of: E. coli isopropylmalate synthase LeuA (NP_414616.1, with a G462D mutation to maximize 2-oxoisocaprate production and minimize 2-oxoisovalerate, Connor et al. 2008) which condenses 2-oxoisovaleric acid and acetyl-CoA to (2S)-2-isopropylmalate; E. coli isopropyl isomerase LeuCD (NP_414614.1, NP_414613.1) which converts (2S)-2-isopropylmalate to (2R, 3S)-3-isopropylmalate; E. coli isopropylmalate dehydrogenase LeuB (NP_414615.4) which oxidizes and decarboxylates (2R, 3S)-3-isopropylmalate, generating 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoic acid (2-oxoisocaproic acid). Then, S. avermitilis alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex BkdFGH-LpdA1 (BAC72088.1, BAC72089.1, BAC72090.1, KUN54417.1) converts 2-oxoisocaproic acid into isovaleryl-CoA.

Overexpression of heterologous branched alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex requires improved lipoylation, which can be realized though supplementation of lipoic acid accompanied with overexpression of E. coli lipoate-protein ligase LplA (NP_418803.1), or overexpression of E. coli endogenous lipoylation pathway consisting lipolate synthase LipA (NP_415161.1) and lipoyl(octanoyl) transferase LipB (NP_415163.2). P. aeruginosa acyl-CoA dehydrogenase LiuA (APJ52511.1) converts isovaleryl-CoA to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD (BAC80217.1). Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. Then, DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, with N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, which serves as a proxy to demonstrate a functioning pathway.

JST06(DE3) serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of this novel pathway. Vector creation, strain creation, growth and analysis of supernatant are largely as described in previous examples.

The plasmids listed in Table T can be used for required gene expression. The primers required for construction of these plasmids are also listed in Table T and their construction process is described in previous examples.

Among above enzymes, as mentioned in the previous example, the in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned above, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization. The results of assays on alcohol dehydrogenases can be seen in Table P, and the results of assays on acyl-CoA reductases and relevant enzyme preparation and assay methods are described in the previous example.

GPP Biosynthesis Via 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) and Prenol Starting from Non-Decarboxylative Claisen Condensation Between Two Acetyl-CoAs or Decarboxylative Claisen Condensation Between Acetyl-CoA and Malonyl-CoA

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway via HMG-CoA and prenol. E. coli serves as the host organism. This pathway starts from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between two acetyl-CoAs to acetoacetyl-CoA catalyzed by E. coli thiolase AtoB (NP_416728.1) or decarboxylative Claisen condensation between acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA by ketoacyl-CoA synthase. Malonyl-CoA is supplied from acetyl-CoA by E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase AccABCD (NP_414727.1, NP_417721.1, NP_417722.1, NP_416819.1). Then, S. aureus 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase HMGS (BAU36102.1) condenses acetoacetyl-CoA with another acetyl-CoA to generate 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA). HMG-CoA is dehydrated to 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA by M. xanthus enoyl-CoA hydratase LiuC (WP_011553770.1). M. xanthus glutaconyl-CoA decarboxylase AibAB (WP_011554267.1, WP_011554268.1) decarboxylates 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD (BAC80217.1). Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP. Then, DMAPP and IPP are condensed to GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa is truncated). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, which serves as the proxy for pathway function.

JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of novel pathway. The genotype atoB^CT5 refers to chromosomal atoB gene, encoding the thiolase that condenses acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA, under the p^CT5 promoter for controlled induction by cumate. To enable the cumate-inducible chromosomal expression of atoB gene in JST06(DE3), E. coli atoB gene was first PCR amplified from genomic DNA extracted through Genomic DNA Purification kit (Promega, Fitchburg, Wis., USA), digested with BglII and NotI, and ligated by T4 ligase (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) into pUCBB-ntH6-eGFP (Vick et al. 2011) that was previously digested with BglII and NotI to produce pUCBB-P^CT5-atoB. The resulting ligation products were used to transform E. coli DH5alpha (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.), and positive clones identified by PCR were confirmed by DNA sequencing. To integrate the cumate-controlled atoB construct into the chromosome of JST06(DE3), first the cumate repressor (cymR), promoter/operator regions (p^CT5) and respective ORFs were PCR amplified, as was the kanamycin drug construct via pKD4 (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000). These respective products were linked together via overlap extension PCR to create a final chromosomal targeting construct. Integration of the cumate-controlled constructs was achieved via standard recombineering protocols by using strain HME45 and selection on LB drug plates (Thomason et al. 2001). The primers used in the construction of JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 are listed in Table U.

The gene fadB, encoding hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and enoyl-CoA hydratase is deleted to minimize the flux of acetoacetyl-CoA entering the competing beta-oxidation reversal pathway. The gene deletion is performed using P1 phage transduction (Yazdani et al. 2008) with single gene knockout mutants from the National BioResource Project (NIG, Japan, Baba et al. 2006) as the specific deletion donor.

The other genes for overexpression are made, put into cells and tested as described above. The quantification of intermediate prenol is also performed via ion-exclusion HPLC using a Shimadzu Prominence SIL 20 system equipped with an HPX-87H organic acid column (Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif.) with operating conditions to optimize peak separation (0.3 mL/min flow rate, 30 mM H₂SO₄ mobile phase, column temperature 42° C.). Concentration of 2-oxoisovaleric acid in fermentation samples is determined through calibration to known prenol standards (5, 1, 0.5, 0.2 and 0.1 g/L).

The first part of pathway to prenol has demonstrated been in vivo. The plasmids used for demonstration of in vivo prenol production are listed in Table V and the primers required for constructions of these plasmids are listed in Table W. First, the pathway to prenol was expressed in two vectors: the genes encoding acyl-CoA reductases were inserted into pETDuet-1 vector, while other genes were expressed from plasmid pCDF-P1-HMGS-aibA-aibB-P2-liuC. When using CbjALD, endogenous alcohol dehyrogenases without overexpression was used. Except for genes encoding E. coli enzymes YjgB and YahK, which were PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of wild type E. coli MG1655 strain, and the gene encoding CbjALD, which was PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of C. beijerinckii, the genes were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript. The adhE2, cbjALD and maqu_2507 gene inserts were PCR amplified with adhE2-f1/adhE2-r1, cbjALD-f2/cbjALD-r2 and maqu_2507-f2/maqu_2507-r2 primers respectively and inserted into vector pETDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pET-P2-adhE2, pET-P2-cbjALD, pET-P2-maqu_2507 respectively. For construction of pCDF-P1-HMGS-aibA-aibB-P2-liuC, the codon-optimized liuC gene insert was first PCR amplified with liuC-f1/liuC-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDFDuet-1, cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P2-liuC. Then, the codon-optimized hmgs gene insert was PCR amplified with hmgs-f1/hmgs-r1 primers and inserted into vector pCDF-P2-liuC cleaved with NcoI and EcoRI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P1-HMGS-P2-liuC. Finally, the codon optimized aibA and aibB gene inserts were PCR amplified with aibA-f1/aibA-r1 and aibB-f1/aibB-r1 primers respectively and inserted into vector pCDF-P2-liuC cleaved with EcoRI and SalI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P1-HMGS-aibAB-P2-liuC. The sequences of constructed plasmids were further confirmed by DNA sequencing. Then, the sequence confirmed plasmids were introduced to competent cells of host strain JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB.

As shown in FIG. 26, under the two-vector system, the strain expressing AdhE2 showed 190 mg/L of prenol production when grown under 37° C. for 48 hours in shake flasks with 20 mL LB-like MOPS media supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol, induced under 10 μM IPTG and 100 μM cumate, while prenol production was not detected when expressing CbjALD and Maqu_2507. To test whether the burden caused by multiple vector system led to undetected prenol production when using CbjALD and Maqu_2507, the cbjALD and maqu_2507 gene inserts were PCR amplified with cbjALD-f2/cbjALD-r3 and maqu_2507-f2/maqu_2507-r3 primers respectively and inserted into vector pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-liuC cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC and pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-maqu_2507-liuC respectively, so that whole prenol supplying pathway is expressed through single vector. As a result, while the strain JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-maqu_2507-liuC still did not produce detectable prenol, JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC produced 475 mg/L of prenol production, higher than the strain with two-vector system using AdhE2, when grown under same conditions as above, possibly due to the added metabolic burden of maintaining two plasmids in the cell.

To test whether co-expression of alcohol dehydrogenases YahK, YjgB and ChnD, which had been proven to be active on oxidizing prenol to 3-methyl-1-butenal through in vitro assay according to the second experiment, can improve prenol production with usage of CbjALD, the chnD, yjgB, yahK gene inserts were PCR amplified with chnD-f2/chnD-r2, yjgB-f1/yjgB-r1 and yahK-f1/yahK-r1 primers respectively and inserted into vector pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC cleaved by BglII and XhoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC-chnD, pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC-yjgB and pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC-yahK respectively, and the resultant plasmids were introduced into JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB. As a result, the strain overexpressing ChnD and YjgB did not show the detectable prenol production, while the strain overexpressing YahK produced 535 mg/L of prenol, higher than that of JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC, which uses endogenous alcohol dehydrogenase without overexpression, when grown under same conditions as above. To summarize, the pathway to prenol is effective in vivo when using acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and AdhE2, and co-expression of YahK can further improve prenol production when using CbjALD.

After demonstrating the in vivo prenol production, the rest of the pathway, which converts prenol to geraniol, was added. A three-vector system was first used as shown in Table V. The pathway to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA was expressed through pCDF-P1-HMGS-aibA-aibB-P2-liuC; acyl-CoA reductases AdhE2 or CbjALD were expressed through pRSF-P2-adhE2 or pRSF-P2-cbjALD; the rest of the pathway converting prenol to geraniol was expressed through pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk. For construction of other plasmids, the E. coli genes encoding Idi and YchB were PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of wild type E. coli MG1655 strain, while the other genes were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript. The adhE2 and cbjALD gene inserts were PCR amplified with were PCR amplified with adhE2-f1/adhE2-r1 and cbjALD-f2/cbjALD-r2 primers respectively and inserted into vector pRSFDuet-1 cleaved by NdeI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to construct pRSF-P2-adhE2 and pRSF-P2-cbjALD respectively. To construct pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk, the gene inserts encoding Idi and trGPPS2 (“tr” means “truncated” as first 84 aa of GPPS2 was truncated to improve the activity) were PCR amplified with idi-f1/idi-r1 and trgpps2-f1/trgpps2-r1 respectively and inserted together into pETDuet-1 cleaved by NcoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2. Then, the gene insert encoding GES was PCR amplified with ges-f1/ges-r1 primers and inserted into vector pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2 cleaved by NdeI and KpnI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges. Finally, the gene inserts encoding YchB and MtIPK were PCR amplified with ychB-f1/ychB-r1 and mtipk-f1/mtipk-r1 respectively and inserted together into pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges cleaved by XhoI through In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system to generate pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk. The sequences of required primers can be seen in Table W. The sequences of constructed plasmids were further confirmed by DNA sequencing. Then, the sequence confirmed plasmids were introduced to competent cells of host strain JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB.

As shown in FIG. 27, the resultant strain using AdhE2 did not show detectable geraniol production, while the strain using CbjALD and endogenous alcohol dehydrogenases without overexpression had 0.54 mg/L of geraniol production when grown under 30° C. for 48 hours in shake flasks with 20 mL LB-like MOPS media supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol, induced under 10 μM IPTG and 100 μM cumate. Though the titer was small and further improvement measures, like decreasing the vector number and optimizing fermentation conditions, were required, this result indicates that the claimed novel GPP synthesis pathway via HMG-CoA and prenol is effective in vivo when using acyl-CoA reductase CbjALD.

A two-vector system was also tested for geraniol production with usage of acyl-CoA reductase CbjALD with or without alcohol dehydrogenase YahK. One plasmid was pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC or pCDF-P2-HMGS-aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC-yahK that expresses the pathway from acetoacetyl-CoA to prenol (or most of “upper alcohol pathway”, as shown in FIG. 1), and the other plasmid was pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk that expresses the pathway converting from prenol to geraniol (or “lower alcohol pathway”, as shown in FIG. 1). As shown in FIG. 27, the resultant strain using two-vector system and CbjALD and endogenous alcohol dehydrogenases without overexpression had 3.7 mg/L of geraniol production when grown under 30° C. for 48 hours in shake flasks with 20 mL LB-like MOPS media supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol, induced under 50 μM IPTG and 100 μM cumate, indicating that reduction of expression vector can improve the geraniol production. The addition of YahK overexpression further improved the titer to 7.0 mg/L. When YahK was overexpressed, the strain was grown under 30° C. for 48 hours in shake flasks with 15 mL LB-like MOPS media supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol, induced under 10 μM IPTG and 100 μM cumate.

(Prophetic) GPP Biosynthesis Via 3-methyl-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA and Prenol Starting from Non-Decarboxylative Claisen Condensation Between Two Acetyl-CoAs or Decarboxylative Claisen Condensation Between Acetyl-CoA and Malonyl-CoA

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of GPP through a novel pathway via 3-methyl-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA and prenol. E. coli serves as the host organism. This pathway starts from non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between two acetyl-CoAs to acetoacetyl-CoA catalyzed by E. coli thiolase AtoB (NP_416728.1) or decarboxylative Claisen condensation between acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA by ketoacyl-CoA synthase. Malonyl-CoA is supplied from acetyl-CoA by E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase AccABCD (NP_414727.1, NP_417721.1, NP_417722.1, NP_416819.1). Then, acetoacetyl-CoA is hydrolyzed to acetoacetic acid by enzymes selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA transferase and phosphotransacylase plus carboxylate kinase. Acetoacetate decarboxylase removes the carboxyl group of acetoacetic acid, generating acetone. 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) synthase then performs a condensation between acetone and another acetyl-CoA, generating 3-methyl-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA. Enoyl-CoA hydratase dehydrates 3-methyl-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA to 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA. 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted to prenol by alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase or aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase and alcohol dehydrogenase or carboxylate reductase and the hydrolysis enzyme selected from the group consisting thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthase, acyl-CoA transferase and carboxylate kinase plus phosphotransacylase. Alcohol-forming acyl-CoA reductase is selected from the group consisting C. acetobutylicum AdhE2 (YP_009076789.1) and M. aquaeolei VT8 Maqu_2507 (YP_959769.1). CbjALD from C. beijerinckii aldehyde forming acyl-CoA reductase (AAT66436.1) is selected for conversion of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA to prenol. Alcohol dehydrogenase is selected from the group consisting E. coli YahK (NP_414859.1), E. coli YjgB (NP_418690.4) and Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD (BAC80217.1).

Prenol is then converted to DMAPP by one or two steps of phosphorylation. If phosphorylated by two steps, the first step is catalyzed by E. coli alcohol kinase YchB (NP_415726.1) or Thermoplasma acidophilum phosphate kinase ThaIPK (WP_010900530.1, V73I, Y141V and K204G mutations to increase specificity on prenol. Liu et al. 2016) and the second is by M. thermautotrophicus phosphate kinase MtIPK (AAB84554.1). The one step phosphorylation is catalyzed by alcohol diphosphokinase. E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1) converts DMAPP to IPP, which is condensed with DMAPP to form GPP catalyzed by E. coli GPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1, S80F) or A. grandis GPP synthase GPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation). Ocimum basilicum geraniol synthase GES (AR11765.1, N-terminal 65 aa truncation) converts GPP to geraniol, which serves as the proxy product.

JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of novel pathway. The genes for overexpression are made and put into cells, which are gown and the supernatants analyzed as described above.

The quantifications of intermediates prenol and acetone are also performed via ion-exclusion HPLC using a Shimadzu Prominence SIL 20 system equipped with an HPX-87H organic acid column with operating conditions to optimize peak separation (0.3 mL/min flow rate, 30 mM H₂SO₄ mobile phase, column temperature 42° C.). Concentration of 2-oxoisovaleric acid in fermentation samples is determined through calibration to known acetone and prenol standards (5, 1, 0.5, 0.2 and 0.1 g/L).

The in vivo production of acetone has been demonstrated in E. coli. The JC01 (MG1655 ΔldhA ΔpoxB Δpta ΔadhE ΔfrdA, an E. coli strain with removal of mixed-acid fermentation for improved supply of acetyl-CoA) strain overexpressing thiolase AtoB and thioesterase YbgC showed 53 mg/L of acetone production when grown in LB-like MOPS media with glycerol under 37° C. for 48 hours. This result indicates that YbgC can hydrolyze acetoaceetyl-CoA, the product of non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation between two acetyl-CoAs by AtoB, to acetoacetic acid, and aetoacetic acid can be decarboxylated to acetone spontaneously or by endogenous E. coli enzymes. These enzymes can be used in this GPP synthesis pathway. The media, fermentation conditions and method of HPLC analysis on acetone are described in previous example. In this fermentation, the atoB gene was expressed from pTH-atoB, while the ybgC gene was expressed from pZS-ybgC. The primers required for construction of these plasmids can be seen in Table S, and the process of construction of these plasmids is described in the previous example.

Among above enzymes, as mentioned in the previous example, the in vitro activities of acyl-CoA reductases CbjALD and Maqu_2507 on reduction of 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA and the in vitro activities of alcohol dehydrogenases ChnD, YjgB and YahK on oxidization of prenol have been proven through enzymatic spectrophotometric assay. E. coli alcohol dehydrogenases FucO (NP_417279.2), YqhD (NP_417484.1), YiaY (YP_026233.1) were also assayed on prenol, but as mentioned above, they did not show the activity on prenol oxidization. The results of assays on alcohol dehydrogenases can be seen in Table P, and the results of assays on acyl-CoA reductases and relevant enzyme preparation and assay methods are described in the previous example.

(Prophetic) Synthesis of Isoprenoids

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the biosynthesis of isoprenoids other than geraniol from isoprenoid precursor GPP or others, which are supplied from claimed novel pathways. E. coli serves as the host strain. The possible isoprenoid products are monoterpenes like limonene and pinene, which are derived from GPP, and sesquiterpenes like beta-caryophyllene, valencene, vetispiradiene, amorphadiene and farnesene, which are derived from farnesyl diphosphate (FPP), as shown in FIG. 15. FPP is a isoprenoid precursor with five more carbons than GPP and supplied through condensation between GPP and IPP, which are supplied from above novel claimed pathways, by E. coli FPP synthase IspA (NP_414955.1). These mentioned isoprenoids are with great industrial importance and can be used as biofuels and solvents and be used in the fields of cosmetics, pharmaceutics and perfumery. The conversion of GPP to limonene is catalyzed by Mentha spicata limonene synthase LS (AGN90914.1). The conversion of GPP to pinene is catalyzed by Pinus taeda pinene synthase Pt30 (AAO61228.1). The conversion of FPP to beta-caryophyllene is catalyzed by Artemisia annua beta-caryophyllene synthase QHS1 (AAL79181.1). The conversion of FPP to valencene is catalyzed by Callitropsis nootkatensis valenecene synthase VALC (AFN21429.1). The conversion of FPP to vetispiradiene is catalyzed by Hyoscyamus muticus vetispiradiene synthase VS1 (Q39978.2). The conversion of FPP to amorphadiene is catalyzed by Artemisia annua amorphadiene synthase ADS (AAF61439.1). The conversion of FPP to farnesene is catalyzed by Malta domestica farnesene synthase FS (NP_001280822.1). The genes encoding enzymes for productions of above isoprenoids are separately cloned into pACYCDuet-1 vector (Novagen, Darmstadt, Germany), and the resultant plasmids can be directly used and introduced to GPP-synthesizing strains as described in previous examples to realized productions of isoprenoids. The resultant vectors are listed in Table X. Except ispA, which is PCR amplified from the genomic DNA of wild type E. coli, the genes encoding synthases of isoprenoids are codon-optimized and synthesized by GenScript (Piscataway, N.J.) or GeneArt® (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.).

In Vivo Synthesis of Olivetolic Acid in E. coli

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate in vivo synthesis of olivetolic acid with E. coli as host organism. Olivetolic acid is a suitable aromatic acceptor of geranyl group donated from GPP, which is synthesized by claimed novel pathways, MVA, MEP/DXP, or other pathways, the prenylation reaction generating the valuable cannabinoid, cannabigerolic acid (CBGA). Olivetolic acid is synthesized through multiple possible pathways. The first pathway starts from three series of decarboxylative Claisen condensation with hexanoyl-CoA as the initial primer and malonyl-CoA as the extender unit by e.g., C. sativa olivetol synthase OLS (BAG14339.1), generating 3,5,7-trioxododecanoyl-CoA. Then, C. sativa olivetolic acid cyclase OAC (AFN42527.1, several non-conservative substitutions of residues are performed to improve the activity) cyclizes 3,5,7-trioxododecanoyl-CoA to olivetolic acid.

The second pathway also starts from three series of decarboxylative Claisen condensation with hexanoyl-CoA as the initial primer and malonyl-CoA as the extender unit, but catalyzed by other polyketide synthases selected from e.g., H. macrophylla stilbenecarboxylate synthase STCS (AAN76183.1, with a subset of mutations of T135S, T198M and I200C to accept hexanoyl-CoA as the active substrate), a type III polyketide synthase, and type I polyketide synthases AviM from Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tue57 (AAK83194.1), ArmB from Armillaria mellea (AFL91703.1) and CalO5 from Micromonospora echinospora ssp. Calichensis (AAM70355.1). These polyketide synthases directly perform the cyclization of 3,5,7-trioxododecanoyl-CoA to olivetolic acid.

The third pathway starts from three series of condensations with hexanoyl-CoA as the initial primer and acetyl-CoA as the extender unit by polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase selected e.g., from the group consisting FadAx (AAK18171.1) and PcaF (AAA85138.1) from P. putida, DcaF (CAG68532.1) from Acinetobacter sp. ADP1, and ScFadA (AAL10298.1) from S. collinus, generating 3,5,7-trioxododecanoyl-CoA, which is then cyclized to olivetolic acid by OAC.

Hexanoyl-CoA can be supplied from hexanoic acid, either supplemented or intracellularly synthesized through beta-oxidation reversal composed of e.g., ketoacyl-CoA thiolase BktB (AAC38322.1) from R. eutropha, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and enoyl-CoA hydratase multifunctional enzyme FadB from E. coli (NP_418288.1) and enoyl-CoA reductase EgTer from E. gracilis (Q5EU90.1) or fatty acid biosynthesis pathway composed of beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthases FabH (NP_415609.1) and FabB (NP_416826.1), acetoacetyl-ACP reductase FabG (NP_415611.1), 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase FabZ (NP_414722.1) and enoyl-ACP reductase FabI (NP_415804.1), all from E. coli, with termination by E. coli thioesterase TesA (NP_415027.1, with truncation of 26 aa leader sequence) and activation by E. coli acyl-CoA synthetase FadD (NP_416319.1), or directly synthesized through overexpressed beta-oxidation reversal pathway without termination.

If malonyl-CoA is used as the extender unit, to enhance its supply, e.g., E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase AccABCD (NP_414727.1, NP_417721.1, NP_417722.1, NP_416819.1) is overexpressed. Also, to improve acetyl-CoA supply, e.g., E. coli pyruvate dehydrogenase complex AceEF-Lpd is overexpressed (e.g., NP_414658.1, NP_414656.1, NP_414657.1, A358V mutation in Lpd subunit to increase the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase by reducing inhibition by NADH, Chen et al. 2014).

JST06(DE3) ΔfadE bktB^CT5 ΔatoB fadB^CT5 ΔfadA egter^CT5, which is able to intracellularly supply hexanoyl-CoA and hexanoic acid through beta-oxidation reversal, can serve as the host strain for the in vivo production of olivetolic acid. JST06(DE3) is described in previous examples and is selected to maximize the flux of beta-oxidation reversal for hexanoyl-CoA supply required for the synthesis of olivetolic acid via polyketoacyl-CoA thiolases. ΔatoB fadB^CT5 are as described above. BktB, FadB and EgTer are chromosomally expressed under p^CT5 promoter with control by cumate. To integrate the cumate-controlled bktB construct into the chromosome of the target strain, first the cumate repressor (cymR), promoter/operator regions (P^CT5), and respective ORFs are PCR amplified using appropriate primers, as is chloramphenicol drug construct via pKD4 (Datsenko and Wanner, 2000). These respective products are linked together via overlap extension PCR to create a final chromosomal targeting construct. The fadA gene was separately deleted via recombineering in the HME45 derivative harboring the cumate-controlled fadBA construct by replacement of the fadA ORF with a zeocin resistance marker amplified from pKDzeo (Magner et al. 2007).

For the creation of the cumate-controlled egTER, the cat gene, cymR repressor gene, hybrid cumate-controlled phage T5 promoter, and egTER gene are PCR amplified from genomic DNA of a strain with egTER seamlessly replacing fadBA at the cumate controlled fadBA locus (See below for details). This product is recombineered into strain HME45 at the end of the fabI locus, selecting on chloramphenicol (12.5 μg/ml) LB plates. Integration is done in a manner to duplicate the last 22 bp of fabI (including stop codon) so as retain an overlapping promoter for the next native downstream gene.

Construction of the strain serving as the PCR template for egTER described above was accomplished by first creating a kan-sacB fusion cassette via overlap extension PCR using pKD4 and genomic DNA, respectively. This kan-sacB cassette was integrated between fadB and fadA of the fadBA^CT5 strain formerly constructed (Vick et al., 2015) through subsequent recombineering. Seamless replacement of the kan-sacB cassette to create the cat-cymR-P^CT5-egTER at the fadBA locus was done via recombineering and subsequent sucrose selection with codon optimized egter (Genscript) PCR product. The primers for construction of this strain are listed in Table Y.

The gene fadE, encoding acyl-CoA dehydrogenase is deleted to block the degradation of hexanoyl-CoA through beta-oxidation. The gene deletion is performed using P1 phage transduction (Yazdani et al. 2008) with single gene knockout mutants from the National BioResource Project (NIG, Japan, Baba et al. 2006) as the specific deletion donor.

The constructed vectors for expression of different routes of olivetolic acid synthesis pathways are listed in Table Z. To construct pET-P1-OLS-P2-OAC, the OLS gene insert was first PCR amplified with OLS-BamHI-F/OLS-EcoRI-R primers and inserted into vector pETDuet-1 cleaved by BamHI and EcoRI through Gibson Assembly cloning system, generating pET-P1-OLS. Then, the OAC gene insert was PCR amplified with OAC-NdeI-Up/OAC-XhoI-Dn primers and inserted into pET-P1-OLS cleaved by NdeI and XhoI through Gibson Assembly cloning system, generating pET-P1-OLS-P2-OAC.

The in vivo synthesis of olivetolic acid in E. coli has been demonstrated by using C. sativa olivetol synthase OLS and olivetolic acid cyclase OAC. JST06(DE3) ΔfadE bktB^CT5 ΔatoB fadB^CT5 ΔfadA egter^CT5 @fabI served as the host strain containing plasmid pET-P1-OLS-P2-OAC. The genes encoding OLS and OAC were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript. The resultant strain for olivetolic acid production was grown in shake flasks with 15 mL LB-like MOPS media supplemented with 20 g/L glycerol and 55 g/L CaCO₃ at 30° C. for 48 hours. Extracellular olivetolic acid was extracted and derivatized following the protocols described in previous examples and the resulting sample analyzed via GC-MS. FIG. 28 shows GC-MS identification of in vivo olivetolic acid synthesis through comparison with an olivetolic acid standard. This result demonstrates that OLS and OAC are effective for in vivo biosynthesis of olivetolic acid which can be used as the acceptor group donated from GPP synthesized through claimed pathways for production of valued compound cannabigerolic acid (CBGA).

(Prophetic) In Vivo Synthesis of Divarinolic Acid in E. coli

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate in vivo synthesis of divarinolic acid with E. coli as host organism. Divarinolic acid is a suitable aromatic acceptor of geranyl group donated from GPP, which is synthesized by claimed novel pathways or the known MVA, MEP/DXP pathways, or otherwise, in the prenylation reaction generating cannabinoid cannabigerovarinic acid (CBGVA). Divarinolic acid is synthesized through multiple possible pathways. The first pathway starts from three series of condensation with butyryl-CoA as the initial primer and malonyl-CoA as the extender unit by e.g., C. sativa olivetol synthase OLS (BAG14339.1), generating 3,5,7-trioxodecanoyl-CoA. Then, C. sativa olivetolic acid cyclase OAC (e.g., AFN42527.1, several non-conservative substitutions of residues are performed to improve the activity) cyclizes 3,5,7-trioxodecanoyl-CoA to divarinolic acid.

The second pathway also starts from three series of condensations with butyryl-CoA as the initial primer and malonyl-CoA as the extender unit, but catalyzed by catalyzed by other polyketide synthases selected from e.g., H. macrophylla stilbenecarboxylate synthase STCS (AAN76183.1, with a subset of mutations of T135S, T198M and I200C), a type III polyketide synthase, and type I polyketide synthases AviM from Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tue57 (AAK83194.1), ArmB from Armillaria mellea (AFL91703.1) and CalO5 from Micromonospora echinospora ssp. Calichensis (AAM70355.1). These polyketide synthases then directly perform the cyclization of 3,5,7-trioxodecanoyl-CoA to divarinolic acid.

The third pathway starts from three series of condensations with butyryl-CoA as the initial primer and acetyl-CoA as the extender unit by polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase from e.g., FadAx (AAK18171.1) and PcaF (AAA85138.1) from P. putida, DcaF (CAG68532.1) from Acinetobacter sp. ADP1, and ScFadA (AAL10298.1) from S. collinus, generating 3,5,7-trioxodecanoyl-CoA, which is then cyclized to divarinolic acid by OAC.

Butyryl-CoA can be supplied from butyric acid, either supplemented or intracellularly synthesized through beta-oxidation reversal composed of e.g., ketoacyl-CoA thiolase BktB (AAC38322.1) from R. eutropha or thiolase AtoB (NP_416728.1) from E. coli, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and enoyl-CoA hydratase multifunctional enzyme FadB from E. coli (NP_418288.1) and enoyl-CoA reductase EgTer from E. gracilis (Q5EU90.1) or fatty acid biosynthesis pathway composed of beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase FabH (NP_415609.1), beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase FabG (NP_415611.1), 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase FabZ (NP_414722.1) and enoyl-ACP reductase FabI (NP_415804.1), all from E. coli, with termination by e.g., E. coli thioesterase TesA (NP_415027.1, with truncation of 26 aa leader sequence) and activation by E. coli acyl-CoA synthetase FadD (NP_416319.1), or directly synthesized through overexpressed beta-oxidation reversal pathway without termination. If malonyl-CoA is used as the extender unit, to enhance its supply, e.g., E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase AccABCD is overexpressed. Also, to improve acetyl-CoA supply, e.g., E. coli pyruvate dehydrogenase complex AceEF-Lpd is overexpressed.

JST06(DE3) ΔfadE bktB^CT5 ΔatoB fadB^CT5 ΔfadA egter^CT5 @fabI, which is able to intracellularly supply butyryl-CoA through beta-oxidation reversal, can serve as the host strain for the in vivo production of olivetolic acid. Its construction, growth and analysis of products are as described above in previous examples.

The in vivo butyryl-CoA and butyric acid synthesis through beta-oxidation reversal composed of AtoB, FadB and EgTer has been demonstrated in E. coli. The results are shown in FIG. 23. Strain and vector constructions, fermentation conditions and analysis method are as described above in previous examples.

(Prophetic) In Vivo Synthesis of Orsellinic Acid in E. coli

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate in vivo synthesis of orsellinic acid with E. coli as host organism. Orsellinic acid is a suitable aromatic acceptor of geranyl group donated from GPP, which is synthesized by claimed novel pathways or other pathways, in the prenylation reaction. Orsellinic acid is synthesized through multiple possible pathways. The first pathway starts from three series of decarboxylative Claisen condensations with acetyl-CoA as the initial primer and malonyl-CoA as the extender unit by e.g., C. sativa olivetol synthase OLS (BAG14339.1), generating 3,5,7-trioxooctanoyl-CoA. Then, C. sativa olivetolic acid cyclase OAC (AFN42527.1) cyclizes 3,5,7-trioxooctanoyl-CoA to orsellinic acid.

The second pathway also starts from three series of decarboxylative Claisen condensations with acetyl-CoA as the initial primer and malonyl-CoA as the extender unit, but catalyzed by other polyketide synthases selected from e.g., H. macrophylla stilbenecarboxylate synthase STCS (AAN76183.1, with a subset of mutations of T135S, T198M and I200C), a type III polyketide synthase, and type I polyketide synthases AviM from Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tue57 (AAK83194.1), ArmB from Armillaria mellea (AFL91703.1) and CalO5 from Micromonospora echinospora ssp. Calichensis (AAM70355.1). These polyketide synthases then directly performs the cyclization of 3,5,7-trioxooctanoyl-CoA to orsellinic acid.

The third pathway starts from condensation between two acetyl-CoAs to acetoacetyl-CoA catalyzed by E. coli thiolase AtoB (NP_416728.1). Then, two series of condensation reactions with acetoacetyl-CoA as the primer and acetyl-CoA as the extender unit by polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase selected from e.g., FadAx (AAK18171.1) and PcaF (AAA85138.1) from P. putida, DcaF (CAG68532.1) from Acinetobacter sp. ADP1, and ScFadA (AAL10298.1) from S. collinus, generates 3,5,7-trioxooctanoyl-CoA, which is then cyclized to orsellinic acid by OAC. If malonyl-CoA is used as the extender unit E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase AccABCD is preferably overexpressed. Also, to improve acetyl-CoA supply, E. coli pyruvate dehydrogenase complex AceEF-Lpd is overexpressed.

JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 ΔfadB serves as the E. coli host strain for demonstration of the novel pathway. Vector and strain creation, growth and analysis are as described in previous examples.

In Vivo Synthesis of CBGA in E. coli

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate in vivo synthesis of cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) with E. coli as host organism. In this example, Streptomyces sp. strain CL190 prenyltransferase NphB (BAE00106.1), which is soluble and desirable for functional expression and operation in E. coli, was used to convert GPP, which was synthesized through mevalonate pathway and GPP synthase in this example, and extracellularly supplemented olivetolic acid, into CBGA. Besides NphB, Lithospermum erythrorhizon PGT-1(Q8W405), Lithospermum erythrorhizon PGT-2 (Q8W404), E. coli UbiA (P0AGK1), Arabidopsis thaliana PPT1 (Q93YP7), Schizosaccharomyces pombe Coq2 (Q10252), Cannabis sativa CsPT1, Streptomyces coelicolor SCO7190 (BAE00107.1), Streptomyces sp. CNQ-509 CnqP3 (AKH84817.1) and Phleum pretense Phlp4 (ABB78007.1) can be another options of prenyltransferases for transfer of geranyl group from GPP to olivetolic acid forming CBGA.

The mevalonate pathway used herein is composed of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase HMGS (BAU36102.1) and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase HMGR (OLN67110.1) from S. aureus, mevalonate kinase MK (NP_013935.1), phosphomevalonate kinase PMK (NP_013947.1) and phosphomevalonate decarboxylase PMD (NP_014441.1) from S. cerevisiae and E. coli isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase Idi (NP_417365.1). A. grandis GPP synthase TrGPPS2 (AAN01134.1, N-terminal 84 aa truncation) was selected for condensation of IPP and DMAPP to GPP.

Except for the gene encoding Idi, which was amplified from the genomic DNA of E. coli wild type MG1655 strain, the required genes were codon optimized and synthesized by either GeneArt or GenScript. The genes encoding HMGS, HMGR, MK, PMK and PMD were expressed through pCDF-P1-MK-PMK-PMD-P2-HMGS-HMGR, while the genes encoding Idi, TrGPPS2 and NphB were expressed through pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CymR-CT5-NphB. The primers used for constructions of these plasmids are listed in Table AA.

Primers NphB-IF-fwd and NphB-IF-rev were used to PCR amplify NphB gene from the synthesized DNA fragment with usage of Phusion polymerase, and the amplified DNA fragment was assembled with NdeI/KpnI digested pETDuet-1 vector by In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, resulting in plasmid pET-P2-NphB. Primers idi-GB-fwd, idi-GB-rev, trGPPS2-IF-fwd, and GPPS2-GB-rev were utilized to PCR amplify DNA fragments containing idi and trGPPS2 with usage of Phusion polymerase, respectively. These two amplified DNA fragments were assembled with NcoI digested pET-P2-NphB by Gibson assembly cloning system, resulting in plasmid pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-NphB.

Later, primers CymR-GB-fwd and CymR-GB-rev were used to amplify CymR with CT5 promoters, and NphB-cumate-GB-fwd and NphB-cumate-GB-rev were used to PCR amplify NphB fragment with usage of Phusion polymerase. Two amplified DNA fragments were assembled with NotI/XhoI digested pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-NphB by Gibson assembly, providing plasmid pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CymR-CT5-NphB.

For cloning plasmid pCDF-P1-MK-PMK-PMD-P1-HMGS-HMGR, the synthesized DNA fragments containing HMGS genes and HMGR genes were assembled with NdeI digested pCDFDuet-1 vector by In-Fusion HD Eco-Dry Cloning system, resulting plasmid pCDF-P2-HMGS-HMGR. Primers MK-IF-fwd and MK-IF-rev were used to PCR amplify DNA containing MK gene with usage of Phusion polymerase, and the amplified DNA fragment was assembled with NcoI/EcoRI digested pCDF-P2-HMGS-HMGR by in-fusion cloning, producing plasmid pCDF-P1-MK-P2-HMGS-HMGR.

Similarly, primer PMK-IF-fwd and PMK-IF-rev were used to PCR amplify PMK with usage of Phusion polymerase and the DNA fragment was assembled with EcoRI digested pCDF-P1-MK-P2-HMGS-HMGR by In-fusion cloning, resulting in plasmid pCDF-P1-MK-PMK-P2-HMGS-HMGR.

Finally, primers PMD-IF-fwd and PMD-IF-rev were utilized to PCR amplify PMD gene with usage of Phusion polymerase, and the amplified DNA fragments were assembled with EcorI digested pCDF-P1-MK-PMK-P2-HMGS-HMGR by In-fusion cloning, resulting in the plasmid pCDF-P1-MK-PMK-PMD-P2-HMGS-HMGR.

Host strain JST06(DE3) atoB^CT5 containing plasmid pCDF-P1-MK-PMK-PMD-P2-HMGS-HMGR and pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CymR-CT5-NphB was inoculated into 5 ml LB medium in 25 ml flask with antibiotic and shaking under 37° C. with 200 rpm in NBS 124 Benchtop Incubator Shaker for overnight. The overnight culture was used as the seed culture to start the subculture with appropriate volume of LB-like MOPS medium as described above supplied with 20 g/L glucose in 25 ml flask. After 3 hours shaking under 37° C. at 200 rpm, the culture OD550 reached about 0.5. 20 μM IPTG and 100 μM cumate, and 500 mg/L olivetolic acid were added into the culture to induce enzyme expression and supply the substrate. Then, the flasks were transferred into another same type of shaker to grow under 30° C. After growing for 48 hours, 2 mL of fermentation broths with or without cells were collected for GC-MS identification and GC-FID quantification of CBGA. If without cell, the 5000 g, 5 min centrifuge in an Optima L-80XP Ultracentrifuge (Beckman-Coulter, Schaumburg, Ill.) was performed to remove the cells.

The fermentation broths of 2 mL were transferred to 5 mL glass vials (Fisher Scientific Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.). Then, organic solvent (typically hexane) was added at a 1:1 ratio to a fermentation broth sample (e.g. 2 mL for a 2 mL aqueous solution) for extraction. Before extraction, the samples were acidified with sulfuric acid (80 uL per 2 mL sample) and 30% (w/v) NaCl was added (340 uL per 2 mL). Following an appropriate extraction (vortex samples for 15 seconds, spin on a rotator at 60 rpm for 2 hours, and vortex again for 15 seconds), 1 mL of the organic phase was removed and evaporated to dryness under a gentle N₂ stream. 100 μL pyridine and 100 μL BSTFA were then added for derivatization, with the reaction allowed to proceed at 70° C. for 60 minutes. After cooling to room temperature, this mixture was used for GC analysis.

GC analysis was conducted on an Agilent 7890B Series Custom Gas Chromatography system equipped with a 5977B Inert Plus Mass Selective Detector Turbo EI Bundle (for identification) or a Flame Ionization Detector (for quantification) and an Agilent HP-5 capillary column (0.25 mm internal diameter, 0.25 μm film thickness, 30 m length). The following temperature profile was used with helium as the carrier gas at a flowrate of 1.2 mL/min: Initial 200° C. (hold 1 min); ramp at 30° C./min to 300° C. (hold 5 min). The injector and detector temperature were 290° C. and 350° C., respectively. 1 μL of sample was injected with a 4:1 split ratio.

Cells grown with 10 mL medium in 25 ml flasks produced 0.2 mg/L CBGA after 48 hours of fermentation, and cells grown with 5 ml medium in 25 ml flasks produced 0.38 mg/L CBGA. FIG. 29 shows GC-MS identification of in vivo CBGA synthesis. This result indicates that prenyltransferase NphB is well expressed and functional on transferring geranyl group from GPP to olivetolic acid to synthesize CBGA in E. coli.

Although GPP in this example was supplied through traditional mevalonate pathway, the GPP could also be generated through claimed novel pathways or MEP/DXP pathway or commercially supplied. Alternative to the extracellular supplementation in this example, olivetolic acid can also be intracellularly synthesized through the series of condensations priming from hexanoyl-CoA as described in a previous example. Alternative to NphB used in this example, prenyl transfer can be catalyzed by other suitable enzymes such as those examples listed in Table L. The vectors for expression of some of prenyltransferases have been constructed, which are shown in Table AB.

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TABLE A
Example reactions and enzymes of the Claisen condensation platform for the synthesis of isoprenoid
precursors
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
Acyl-CoA 1 + acyl-CoA 2 → beta-ketoacyl- CoA		2.3.1.-	Thiolase	E. coli atoB E. coli yqeF E. coli fadA E. coli fadI Ralstoniaeutropha bktB Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 catF Ecoli paaJ Pseudomonasputida pcaF	NP_416728.1 NP_417321.2 YP_026272.1 NP_416844.1 AAC38322.1   AAL02407.1   NP_415915.1 AAA85138.1
				Rhodococcus	YP_002778248.1
				opacus pcaF
				Streptomyces sp.	AAD22035.1
				pcaF
				Ralstonia eutropha	AEI80291.1
				phaA
				Clostridium	AAC26023.1
				acetobutylicum thIA
				Clostridium	AAC26026.1
				acetobutylicum thIB
				Pseudomonas	AAK18168.1
				putida fadA
				P. putida fadAx	AAK18171.1
				Acinetobacter sp.	CAG68532.1
				ADP1 dcaF
				E. coli paaJ	NP_415915.1
Acyl-CoA + beta- carboxylic acyl-CoA → beta-ketoacyl- CoA + CO2		2.3.1.-	Ketoacyl- CoA synthase	Gluconobacter oxydans GOX0115 Pseudomonasaeruginosa FabH2 Streptomyces sp. MMG1121 PRK09352 Streptomycestendae Acs2 Streptomyces sp. strain CL190 NphT7	AAW59909.1   NP_252023.1   WP_053666104.1     AFS18568.1   BAJ10048.1
				Physaria fendleri	AAK62348.1
				KCS3
				Saccharomyces	NP_009963.1
				cerevisiae ELO2
				Arabidopsis	NP_171620.2
				thaliana col KCS1
				Arabidopsis	NP_195178.1
				thaliana col FAE1
				Arabidopsis	NP_177020.1
				thaliana col CER6
beta- ketoacyl- CoA → beta- hydroxyacyl- CoA		1.1.1.35; 1.1.1.36	Hydroxyacyl- CoA dehydrogenase	E. coli fadB E. coli fadJ E. coli paaH P. putida fadB P. putida fadB2x Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 dcaH	NP_418288.1 NP_416843.1 NP_415913.1 AAK18167.2 AAK18170.1 CAG68533.1
				Ralstonia	P14697.1
				eutrophus phaB
				Clostridium	AAA95971.1
				acetobutylicum hbd
			3-oxoacyl-	E. coli fabG	NP_415611.1
			[acyl-carrier-
			protein]
			reductase
beta- hydroxyacyl- CoA → enoyl- CoA		4.2.1.17; 4.2.1.119	enoyl-CoA hydratase	E. coli fadB E. coli fadJ E. coli paaF P. putida fadB P. putida fadB1x Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 dcaE	NP_418288.1 NP_416843.1 NP_415911.1 AAK18167.2 AAK18173.1 CAG68535.1
				Clostridium	AAA95967.1
				acetobutylicum crt
				Aeromonas caviae	O32472.1
				phaJ
			3-	E. coli fabA	NP_415474.1
			hydroxyacyl-	E. coli fabZ	NP_414722.1
			[acyl-carrier-
			protein]
			dehydratase
Enoyl-CoA → Acyl-CoA		1.3.1.44	enoyl-CoA reductase	Euglena gracilis TER Treponemadenticola TER Clostridiumacetobutylicum TER	Q5EU90.1   4GGO_A   4EUH_A
			enoyl-[acyl-	E. coli fabI	NP_415804.1
			carrier-	Enterococcus	NP_816503.1
			protein]	faecalis fabK
			reductase	Bacillus subtilis	KFK80655.1
				fabL
				Vibrio cholerae	ABX38717.1
				fabV
			acyl-CoA	E. coli fadE	NP_414756.2
			dehydrogenase	E. coli ydiO	NP_416210.4
Carbon rearrangement (select examples)		5.4.99.-	acyl-CoA mutase	Streptomyces cinnamonensis icmAB Metallosphaerasedula Msed_0638, Msed_2055 Cupriavidusmetallidurans icmF Kyrpidiatusciae rcmAB Rhodobactersphaeroides meaA	AAC08713.1. CAB59633.1   A4YEG1, A4YIE3     Q1LRY0   D5WTR7, D5WTR8 ABA80144.1

TABLE B
Example termination pathways and enzymes
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
Acyl-CoA → Carboxylic acid		3.1.2.-	Thioesterase	E. coli tesA E. coli tesB E. coli yciA E. coli fadM E. coli ydiI E. coli ybgC	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1
				E. coli paaI	NP_415914.1
				Mus musculus	P58137.1
				acot8
				Lycopersicon	ADK38536.1
				hirsutum f
				glabratum mks2
				Alcanivorax	YP_692749.1
				borkumensis tesB2
				Fibrobacter	YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola Pr1687
		2.8.3.8	Acyl-	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			CoA:acetyl-	Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
			CoA	cat2
			transferase	Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phosphotrans-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	acylase +	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	Carboxylate	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			kinase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39011.1
				pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39021.1
				pduW
Acyl-CoA → Alcohol		1.2.1.84	Alcohol- forming CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsis	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1
				thaliana At3g44560
				Arabidopsis	AEE79553.1
				thaliana At3g56700
				Arabidopsis	AED93034.1
				thaliana At5g22500
				Arabidopsis	AEE86278.1
				thaliana CER4
				Marinobacter	YP_959486.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
Acyl-CoA → Aldehyde		1.2.1.10	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1
				E. coli eutE	NP_416950.1
				Salmonella enterica	AAA80209.1
				eutE
				E. coli mhpF	NP_414885.1
Carboxylic Acid → Aldehyde		1.2.1.-	Carboxylic Acid (Carboxylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC   Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardiaiowensis	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1
				Car
				Segniliparus	WP_013138593.1
				rotundus Car
Aldehyde → Alcohol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehydrogen- ase	E. coli betA E. coli dkgA E. coli eutG E. coli fucO E. coli ucpA E. coli yahK	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1
				E. coli ybbO	NP_415026.1
				E. coli ybdH	NP_415132.1
				E. coli yiaY	YP_026233.1
				E. coli yjgB	NP_418690.4
				Acinetobacter sp.	AAG10028.1
				SE19 ChnD
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
				Saccharomyces	Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium kluyveri	EDK35022.1
				4hbD
Aldehyde → Alkane		4.1.99.5	Aldehyde decarbonylase	Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 orf1593 Nostocpunctiforme PCC73102 npun_R1711	Q54764.1     B2J1M1.1
				Prochlorococcus	Q7V6D4.1
				marinus MIT9313
				pmt1231
Alcohol → Alkenyl		4.2.1.-	Dehydratase	Elizabethkingia meningoseptica	GQ144652.1
				ohyA
Alcohol → Phospho		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phosphotrans- ferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560 Mentha x piperita	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7   P56848
				ipk
				Methanocaldococcus	Q58487
				jannaschii mvk
				Arabidopsis	AT5G27450.1
				thaliana mvk
				E. coli ychB	NP_415726.1
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				Methanothermobacter	AAB84554.1
				thermautotrophicus
				ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldococcus	3K4Y_A
				jannaschii ipk
Phospho → Diphospho		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phosphotrans- ferase	Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcus	AAB84554.1     WP_010900530.1   Q9FD67
				faecalis mvaK2
				Streptococcus	A0A0I7UH23
				pneumoniae
				mvaK2
				Staphylococcus	A0A0E8GDF5
				aureus mvaK2
				Methanocaldococcus	3K4Y_A
				jannaschii ipk
Alcohol → Diphospho		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphosphoki- nase	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1
				Arabidopsis	BAH19964.1
				thaliana col TPK1
				Arabidopsis	BAH57065.1
				thaliana col TPK2
IPP ↔ DMAPP		5.3.3.2	isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
3,5,7- trioxododecanoyl- CoA → olivetolate		4.4.1.26	olivetolic acid cyclase	Cannabis sativa OAC	I6WU39

TABLE C
Example reactions and enzymes of the novel isoprenoid precursor synthesis pathway via 3-hydroxy-3-
methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) and prenol based on Claisen condensation reactions
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
2 acetyl- CoA → acetoacetyl- CoA		2.3.1.-	Thiolase	E. coli atoB E. coli yqeF E. coli fadA E. coli fadI Ralstoniaeutropha bktB Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 catF Ecoli paaJ Pseudomonasputida pcaF Rhodococcusopacus pcaF	NP_416728.1 NP_417321.2 YP_026272.1 NP_416844.1 AAC38322.1   AAL02407.1   NP_415915.1 AAA85138.1   YP_002778248.1
				Streptomyces sp.	AAD22035.1
				pcaF
				Ralstonia	AEI80291.1
				eutropha phaA
				Clostridium	AAC26023.1
				acetobutylicum
				thIA
				Clostridium	AAC26026.1
				acetobutylicum
				thIB
				Pseudomonas	AAK18168.1
				putida fadA
				P. putida fadAx	AAK18171.1
				Acinetobacter sp.	CAG68532.1
				ADP1 dcaF
				E. coli paaJ	NP_415915.1
Acetyl- CoA + malonyl- CoA → acetoacetyl- CoA + CO2		2.3.1.-	Ketoacyl- CoA synthase	Gluconobacter oxydans GOX0115 Pseudomonasaeruginosa FabH2 Streptomyces sp. MMG1121 PRK09352 Streptomycestendae Acs2 Streptomyces sp.	AAW59909.1     NP_252023.1   WP_053666104.1     AFS18568.1   BAJ10048.1
				strain CL190
				NphT7
				Physaria fendleri	AAK62348.1
				KCS3
				Saccharomyces	NP_009963.1
				cerevisiae ELO2
				Arabidopsis	NP_171620.2
				thaliana col KCS1
				Arabidopsis	NP_195178.1
				thaliana col FAE1
				Arabidopsis	NP_177020.1
				thaliana col CER6
Acetoacetyl- CoA + acetyl- CoA → 3- hydroxy-3- meth- ylglutaryl- CoA		2.3.3.10	Hydrox- ymethyl glutaryl- CoA synthase	Staphylococcus aureus HMGS Saccharomycescerevisiae HMGS Enterococcusfaecalis mvaS Ustilagomaydis hcs1 Arabidopsisthaliana BAP1 Homosapiens	BAU36102.1   NP_013580.1   AAG02438.1   KIS66367.1   AAD00297.1   NP_001317592.1
				HMGCS1
				Homo sapiens	NP_001159579.
				HMGCS2
3-hydroxy-3- meth- ylglutaryl- CoA → 3- meth- ylglutaconyl- CoA		4.2.1.17; 4.2.1.119	Enoyl- CoA hydratase	Myxococcus xanthus liuC E. coli fadB Aeromonaspunctata phaJ E. coli fadJ E. coli paaF	WP_011553770.1   NP_418288.1 O32472.1   NP_416843.1 NP_415911.1
				P. putida fadB	AAK18167.2
				P. putida fadB1x	AAK18173.1
				Acinetobacter sp.	CAG68535.1
				ADP1 dcaE
				Clostridium	AAA95967.1
				acetobutylicum
				crt
				Aeromonas	O32472.1
				caviae phaJ
				E. coli fabA	NP_415474.1
				E. coli fabZ	NP_414722.1
3-meth- ylglutaconyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA + CO2		4.1.1.70	Gluta- conyl- CoA decarbox- ylase	Myxococcus xanthus aibAB	WP_011554267.1 WP_011554268.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoate		3.1.2.-	Thioes- terase	E. coli tesA E. coli tesB E. coli yciA E. coli fadM E. coli ydiI E. coli ybgC E. coli paaI	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1 NP_415914.1
				Mus musculus	P58137.1
				acot8
				Lycopersicon	ADK38536.1
				hirsutum f
				glabratum mks2
				Alcanivorax	YP_692749.1
				borkumensis
				tesB2
				Fibrobacter	YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola
				Pr1687
		2.8.3.8	Acyl-	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			CoA:a-	Clostridium	AAA92344.1
			cetyl-	kluyveri cat2
			CoA	Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
			trans-	acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
			ferase	ctfAB
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phos-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	photrans-	acetobutylicum
		2.7.2.15	acylase +	ptb
			Carbox-	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			ylate	faecalis ptb
			kinase	Salmonella	AAD39011.1
				enterica pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum
				buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella	AAD39021.1
				enterica pduW
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1.-	Carbox- ylic Acid (Carbox- ylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardia	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1
				iowensis Car
				Segniliparus	WP_013138593.1
				rotundus Car
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenol		1.2.1.-	Alcohol- forming Acyl- CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsis	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1     AEE77915.1
				thaliana
				At3g44560
				Arabidopsis	AEE79553.1
				thaliana
				At3g56700
				Arabidopsis	AED93034.1
				thaliana
				At5g22500
				Arabidopsis	AEE86278.1
				thaliana CER4
				Marinobacter	YP_959486.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenal		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald	AAC45217.1     BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1
				E. coli eutE	NP_416950.1
				Salmonella	AAA80209.1
				enterica eutE
				E. coli mhpF	NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3-methyl-2- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehy- drogen- ase	E. coli betA E. coli dkgA E. coli eutG E. coli fucO E. coli ucpA E. coli yahK E. coli ybbO	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1 NP_415026.1
				E. coli ybdH	NP_415132.1
				E. coli yiaY	YP_026233.1
				E. coli yjgB	NP_418690.4
				Acinetobacter sp.	AAG10028.1
				SE19 ChnD
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
				Saccharomyces	Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium	EDK35022.1
				kluyveri 4hbD
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana	P07277     P24521   Q67ZM7
				At5g58560
				Mentha x piperita	P56848
				ipk
				Methanocaldo-	Q58487
				coccus
				jannaschii mvk
				Arabidopsis	AT5G27450.1
				thaliana mvk
				E. coli ychB	NP_415726.1
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				Methanothermo-	AAB84554.1
				bacter
				thermautotro-
				phicus ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
dimethylallyl phosphate → dimethylallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.4-	Phos- phate Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Methanothermo- bacter thermautotro- phicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcus	AAB84554.1       WP_010900530.1   Q9F067
				faecalis mvaK2
				Streptococcus	A0A0I7UH23
				pneumoniae
				mvaK2
				Staphylococcus	A0A0E8GDF5
				aureus mvaK2
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphos- phokinase	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA Arabidopsis	NP_415725.1   NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1
				thaliana col
				TPK1
				Arabidopsis	BAH57065.1
				thaliana col
				TPK2
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	iso- pentenyl diphos- phate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyrophos- phate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	P22939   Q8LKJ2

TABLE D
Example reactions and enzymes of the novel isoprenoid precursor synthesis pathway via 3-hydroxy-3-
methylbutyryl-CoA and prenol based on Claisen condensation reactions
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
2 acetyl- CoA → acetoacetyl- CoA		2.3.1.-	Thiolase	E. coli atoB E. coli yqeF E. coli fadA E. coli fadI Ralstoniaeutropha bktB Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 catF Ecoli paaJ Pseudomonasputida pcaF Rhodococcusopacus pcaF	NP_416728.1 NP_417321.2 YP_026272.1 NP_416844.1 AAC38322.1   AAL02407.1   NP_415915.1 AAA85138.1   YP_002778248.1
				Streptomyces sp.	AAD22035.1
				pcaF
				Ralstonia	AEI80291.1
				eutropha
				phaA
				Clostridium	AAC26023.1
				acetobutylicum
				thIA
				Clostridium	AAC26026.1
				acetobutylicum
				thIB
				Pseudomonas	AAK18168.1
				putida fadA
				P. putida fadAx	AAK18171.1
				Acinetobacter sp.	CAG68532.1
				ADP1 dcaF
				E. coli paaJ	NP_415915.1
Acetyl-CoA + malonyl- CoA → acetoacetyl- CoA + CO2		2.3.1.-	Ketoacyl- CoA synthase	Gluconobacter oxydans GOX0115 Pseudomonasaeruginosa FabH2 Streptomyces sp. MMG1121 PRK09352 Streptomycestendae Acs2	AAW59909.1     NP_252023.1     WP_053666104.1     AFS18568.1
				Streptomyces sp.	BAJ10048.1
				strain CL190
				NphT7
				Physaria fendleri	AAK62348.1
				KCS3
				Saccharomyces	NP_009963.1
				cerevisiae
				ELO2
				Arabidopsis	NP_171620.2
				thaliana col
				KCS1
				Arabidopsis	NP_195178.1
				thaliana col
				FAE1
				Arabidopsis	NP_177020.1
				thaliana col
				CER6
Acetoacetyl- CoA → Acetoacetic acid + CoA       3-methyl-2- butenoul- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoate		3.1.2.-	Thioes- terase	E. coli tesA E. coli tesB E. coli yciA E. coli fadM E. coli ydiI E. coli ybgC E. coli paaI Musmusculus acot8 Lycopersiconhirsutum f glabratum mk52 Alcanivoraxborkumensis tesB2	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1 NP_415914.1 P58137.1   ADK38536.1     YP_692749.1
				Fibrobacter	YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola Pr1687
		2.8.3-	CoA	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			trans-	E. coli atoA	NP_416726.1
			ferase	E. coli scpC	NP_417395.1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92346.1
				cat1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
				cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				Pseudomonas	NP_746081.1
				putida pcalJ	NP_746082.1
				Megasphaera	WP_014015705.1
				elsdenii pct
				Acidaminococcus	CAA57199.1
				fermentans gctAB	CAA57200.1
				Acetobacter aceti	AGG68319.1
				aarC
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phos-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	photrans-	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	acylase +	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			Carbox-	faecalis ptb
			ylate	Salmonella enterica	AAD39011.1
			kinase	pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39021.1
				pduW
Acetoacetic acid → acetone + CO2		4.1.1.56;	Decar- boxylase	Lycopersicon hirsutum f glabratum mks1 Clostridiumacetobutylicum adc	ADK38535.1     AAA63761.1
Acetone + acetyl- CoA → 3- hydroxy-3- methylbutyryl- CoA		2.3.3.-	Hydrox- ymethyl butyryl- CoA synthase	Staphylococcus aureus HMGS Saccharomycescerevisiae HMGS Enterococcusaecalis mvaS Ustilagomaydis hcs1 Arabidopsisthaliana BAP1	BAU36102.1   NP_013580.1   AAG02438.1   KIS66367.1   AAD00297.1
				Homo sapiens	NP_001317592.1
				HMGCS1
				Homo sapiens	NP_001159579
				HMGCS2
3-hydroxy-3- methylbutyryl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA		4.2.1.17; 4.2.1.119	Enoyl- CoA hydratase	Myxococcus xanthus liuC E. coli fadB Aeromonaspunctata phaJ E. coli fadJ E. coli paaF P. putida fadB P. putida fadB1x	WP_011553770.1   NP_418288.1 O32472.1   NP_416843.1 NP_415911.1 AAK18167.2 AAK18173.1
				Acinetobacter sp.	CAG68535.1
				ADP1 dcaE
				Clostridium	AAA95967.1
				acetobutylicum crt
				Aeromonas caviae	O32472.1
				phaJ
				E. coli fabA	NP_415474.1
				E. coli fabZ	NP_414722.1
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1.-	Carbox- ylic Acid (Carbox- ylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardiaiowensis	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1
				Car
				Segniliparus	WP_013138593.1
				rotundus Car
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenol		1.2.1.-	Alcohol- forming Acyl- CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsis	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1
				thaliana At3g44560
				Arabidopsis	AEE79553.1
				thaliana At3g56700
				Arabidopsis	AED93034.1
				thaliana At5g22500
				Arabidopsis	AEE86278.1
				thaliana CER4
				Marinobacter	YP_959486.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenal		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald E. coli eutE	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1   NP_416950.1
				Salmonella enterica	AAA80209.1
				eutE
				E. coli mhpF	NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3-methyl-2- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehydro- genase	E. coli betA E. coli dkgA E. coli eutG E. coli fucO E. coli ucpA E. coli yahK E. coli ybbO	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1 NP_415026.1
				E. coli ybdH	NP_415132.1
				E. coli yiaY	YP_026233.1
				E. coli yjgB	NP_418690.4
				Acinetobacter sp.	AAG10028.1
				SE19 ChnD
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
				Saccharomyces	Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium kluyveri	EDK35022.1
				4hbD
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560 Mentha x piperita	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7   P56848
				ipk
				Methanocaldo-	Q58487
				coccus
				jannaschii mvk
				Arabidopsis	AT5G27450.1
				thaliana mvk
				E. coli ychB	NP_415726.1
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				Methanothermo-	AAB84554.1
				bacter
				thermautotrophicus
				ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
dimethylallyl phosphate → dimethylallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.4-	Phos- phate Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Methanothermo- bacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcus	AAB84554.1       WP_010900530.1   Q9F067
				faecalis mvaK2
				Streptococcus	A0A0I7UH23
				pneumoniae
				mvaK2
				Staphylococcus	A0A0E8GDF5
				aureus mvaK2
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphos- phokin- ase	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA Arabidopsisthaliana col TPK1 Arabidopsis	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1   BAH57065.1
				thaliana col TPK2
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	isopen- tenyl diphos- phate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyrophos- phate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	P22939 Q8LKJ2

TABLE E
Example reactions and enzymes of the pathway for isoprenoid precursor synthesis based on acyloin
condensation via 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid and prenol through utilization of 2-hydroxyacid/2-hydroxyacyl-CoA
dehydratase
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
2 pyruvate → acetolactate		2.2.1.6	Aceto- lactate synthase	E. coli ilvBN   E. coli ilvH   B. subtilis alsS	P08142, P0ADF8 P00893, P00894 Q04789
aceto- lactate → 2,3- dihydroxy- 3-meth- ylbutanoate		1.1.1.86	Acetohy- droxy acid isomerore- ductase	E. coli ilvC	P05793
2,3- dihydroxy- 3- methylbu- tanoate → 3-methyl-2- oxobu- tanoate		4.2.1.9	Dihydrox- yacid dehy- dratase	E. coli ilvD	P05791
3-methyl-2- oxobu- tanoate → 3-methyl- 2-hydrox- ybutanoate		1.1.1.-	2-hydrox- yacid dehy- drogenase	Acidaminococcus fermentans hgdH Methanocaldo-coccusjannaschii mdh M.jannaschii comC E. coli mdh E. coli serA E. coli idhA	D2RMS7   Q60176     Q58820 P61889 P0A9T0 P52643
				Haloferax	Q2VEQ7
				mediterranei ddh
				Lactococcus lactis	A0A089XK51
				panE
3-methyl-2- hydroxybu- tanoate → 3-methyl-2- butenoate		4.2.1.-       4.2.1-	2-hydrox- yacid dehy- dratase 2-hydrox- yacyl- CoA dehydratase	E. coli fumA E. coli fumB E. coli fumC   Acidaminococcusfermentans hgdCAB Clostridiumsymbiosum	P0AC33 P14407 P05042   P11568, P11569, P11570, Q9X5B6, Q9X5B7,
				hgdCAB	Q9X5B8,
				Fusobacterium	A5TT16,
				nucleatum	A5TT17,
				hgdCAB	A5TT18,
				Peptoclostridium	AAV40818.1,
				difficile hadIBC	AAV40819.1,
					AAV40820.1
				Clostridium	G3KIM3,
				propionicum	G3KIM4,
				IcdCAB	G3KIM5
3-methyl-2- hydroxybu- tanoate → 3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanoyl- CoA       3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA		6.2.1.-	Acyl-CoA synthetase	E. coli paaK E. coli sucCD   E. coli fadK E. coli fadD E. coli prpE E. coli menE Penicilliumchrysogenum phl Salmonellatyphimurium LT2 prpE Bacillussubtilis bioW Cupriavidusbasilensis hmfD Rhodopseudo-	NP_415916.1 NP_415256.1 NP_415257.1 NP_416216.4 NP_416319.1 NP_414869.1 NP_416763.1 CAJ15517.1   AAL19325.1     AAC00261.1   ADE20402.1   CAJ18317.1
				monas
				palustris badA
				R. palustris hbaA	CAE26113.1
				Pseudomonas	NP_249687.1
				aeruginosa PAO1
				pqsA
				Arabidopsis	Q42524.1
				thaliana 4cl
		2.8.3-	CoA	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			transferase	E. coli atoA	NP_416726.1
				E. coli scpC	NP_417395.1
				Clostridium	AAA92346.1
				kluyveri cat1
				Clostridium	AAA92344.1
				kluyveri cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				Pseudomonas	NP_746081.1
				putida pcalJ	NP_746082.1
				Megasphaera	WP_014015705.1
				elsdenii pct
				Acidaminococcus	CAA57199.1
				fermentans	CAA57200.1
				gctAB
				Acetobacter aceti	AGG68319.1
				aarC
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
				Clostridium	CA377207.1
				propionicum
				Pct540
		2.3.1.-;	Carbox-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.-	ylate	acetobutylicum
			kinase +	ptb
			Phos-	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			photrans-	faecalis ptb
			acylase	Salmonella	AAD39011.1
				enterica pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum
				buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella	AA039021.1
				enterica pduW
3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA		4.2.1-	2-hydrox- yacyl- CoA dehy- dratase	Acidaminococcus fermentans hgdCAB Clostridiumsymbiosum hgdCAB Fusobacteriumnucleatum hgdCAB	P11568, P11569, P11570, Q9X5B6, Q9X5B7, Q9X5B8, A5TT16, A5TT17, A5TT18,
				Peptoclostridium	AAV40818.1,
				difficile hadIBC	AAV40819.1,
					AAV40820.1
				Clostridium	G3KIM3,
				propionicum	G3KIM4,
				IcdCAB	G3KIM5
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoate       3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate		3.1.2.-	Thioes- terase	E. coli tesA E. coli tesB E. coli yciA E. coli fadM E. coli ydiI E. coli ybgC E. coli paaI Musmusculus acot8 Lycopersiconhirsutum f glabratum mks2 Alcanivoraxborkumensis tesB2 Fibrobactersuccinogenes	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1 NP_415914.1 P58137.1   ADK38536.1     YP_692749.1   YP_005822012.1
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola
				Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola
				Pr1687
		2.8.3.8	Acyl-	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			CoA:acyl-	Clostridium	AAA92344.1
			CoA	kluyveri cat2
			transferase	Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
				Clostridium	NP_349676.1
				acetobutylicum
				ptb
				Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
				faecalis ptb
				Salmonella	AAD39011.1
				enterica pduL
		2.3.1.-;	Phos-	Clostridium	AAK81015.1
		2.7.2.1;	photrans-	acetobutylicum
		2.7.2.15	acylase +	buk
			Carbox-	Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
			ylate	faecalis buk
			kinase	Salmonella	AAD39021.1
				enterica
				pduW
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal     3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybu- tanoate → 3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanal		1.2.1.-	Carbox- ylic Acid (Carbox- ylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardiaiowensis Car Segniliparusrotundus Car	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1   WP_013138593.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenol     3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-1,2- butandiol		1.2.1.-	Alcohol- forming Acyl-CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g44560 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g56700 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g22500 Arabidopsisthaliana CER4 Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1   AEE79553.1   AE093034.1   AEE86278.1   YP_959486.1
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenal     3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanal       3-meth- ylbutanal → isovaleryl- CoA		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald E. coli eutE Salmonellaenterica eutE E. coli mhpF	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1   NP_416950.1 AAA80209.1   NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3- methyl-2- butenol         3-methyl-2- hydrox- ybutanal → 3-methyl- 1,2- butandiol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehy- drogenase	E. coli betA E. coli dkgA E. coli eutG E. coli fucO E. coli ucpA E. coli yahK E. coli ybbO E. coli ybdH E. coli yiaY E. coli yjgB Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8 maqu_2507 Saccharomyces	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1 NP_415026.1 NP_415132.1 YP_026233.1 NP_418690.4 AAG10028.1     YP_959769.1     Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium	EDK35022.1
				kluyveri 4hbD
3-methyl- 1,2- butandiol → 3-meth- ylbutanal		4.2.1.-	Diol dehy- dratase	Klebsiella ocytoca pddABC   E. coli pduCDE     S.enterica pduCDE	Q59470, Q59471, Q59472 CAS09680, CAS09681, CAS09682 NP_456590, NP_456591, NP_456592
isovaleryl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA		1.3.8.4	Acyl-CoA dehy- drogenase	Pseudomonas aeruginosa liuA E. coli aidB E. coli fadE Streptomycesavermitilis acdH	APJ52511.1   NP_418608.6 NP_414756.2 AAD44196.1
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimeth- ylallyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560 Mentha x piperita	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7   P56848
				ipk
				Methanocaldo-	Q58487
				coccus
				jannaschii mvk
				Arabidopsis	AT5G27450.1
				thaliana mvk
				E. coli ychB	NP_415726.1
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				Methanothermo-	AAB84554.1
				bacter
				thermautotrophicus
				ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
dimeth- ylallyl phosphate → dimeth- ylallyl pyrophos-		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Methanothermo- bacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcus	AAB84554.1       WP_010900530.1   Q9F067
				faecalis mvaK2
				Streptococcus	A0A0I7UH23
				pneumoniae
				mvaK2
				Staphylococcus	A0A0E8GDF5
				aureus mvaK2
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimeth- ylallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphos- phoki- nase	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA Arabidopsisthaliana col TPK1	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1
				Arabidopsis	BAH57065.1
				thaliana col TPK2
DMAPP ↔ IPP			iso- pentenyl diphos- phate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyrophos- phate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	P22939 Q8LKJ2

TABLE F
Example reactions and enzymes of the pathway for isoprenoid precursor synthesis based on acyloin
condensation via 2-oxoisovaleric acid, 2-oxoisocaproic acid and prenol through alpha-keto acid pathway and
branched alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
2 pyruvate → acetolactate		2.2.1.6	Acetolac- tate synthase	E. coli ilvBN   E. coli ilvIH   B. subtilis alsS	P08142, P0ADF8 P00893, P00894 Q04789
acetolac- tate → 2,3- dihydroxy-3- methylbu- tanoate		1.1.1.86	Acetohy- droxy acid isomerore- ductase	E. coli ilvC	P05793
2,3- dihydroxy-3- methylbu- tanoate → 3-methyl-2- oxobutanoate		4.2.1.9	Dihy- droxy acid dehy- dratase	E. coli ilvD	P05791
3-methyl-2- oxobu- tanoate + acetyl- CoA → 2- isopro- pylmalate + CoA		2.3.3.13	Isopro- pylmalate synthase	E. coli leuA	NP_414616.1
2-isopro- pylmalate → 3-isopro- pylmalate		4.2.1.33	Isopro- pylmalate isomerase	E. coli leuCD	NP_414614.1 NP_414613.1
3-isopro- pylmalate → 4-methyl-2- oxopen- tanoate + CO2		1.1.1.85	Isopro- pylmalate dehy- drogenase	E. coli leuB	NP_414615.4
4-methyl-2- oxopen- tanoate + CoA → isovaleryl- CoA + CO2		1.2.1.-	alpha-keto acid dehy- drogenase complex	Streptomyces avermitilis bkdFGH-IpdA1   Homosapiens BKDHAB- DBT-DLD   Bacillussubtilis	BAC72088.1 BAC72089.1 BAC72090.1 KUN54417.1 NP_000700.1 NP_000047.1 NP_001909.3 NP_000099.2 WP_004398565.1
				bfmBAA-bfmBAB-	WP_004398638.1
				bfmBB-pdhD	WP_003230323.1
					WP_003232309.1
				E. coli IpdA-aceEF	NP_414657.1
					NP_414658.1
					NP_414656.1
Isovaleryl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA		1.3.8.4	Acyl-CoA dehy- drogenase	Pseudomonas aeruginosa liuA E. coli aidB E. coli fadE Streptomycesavermitilis acdH	APJ52511.1   NP_418608.6 NP_414756.2 AAD44196.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butanoate		3.1.2.-	Thioes- terase	E. coli tesA E. coli tesB E. coli yciA E. coli fadM E. coli ydiI E. coli ybgC E. coli paaI Musmusculus	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1 NP_415914.1 P58137.1
				acot8
				Lycopersicon	ADK38536.1
				hirsutum f
				glabratum mks2
				Alcanivorax	YP_692749.1
				borkumensis tesB2
				Fibrobacter	YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola Pr1687
		2.8.3.8	Acyl-	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			CoA:a-	Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
			cetyl-CoA	cat2
			transferase	Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phos-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	photrans-	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	acylase +	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			Carbox-	faecalis ptb
			ylate	Salmonella enterica	AA039011.1
			kinase	pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AA039021.1
				pduW
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1.-	Carbox- ylic Acid (Carbox- ylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardiaiowensis	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1
				Car
				Segniliparus	WP_013138593.1
				rotundus Car
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenol		1.2.1.-	Alcohol- forming Acyl-CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsis	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1
				thaliana At3g44560
				Arabidopsis	AEE79553.1
				thaliana At3g 56700
				Arabidopsis	AED93034.1
				thaliana At5g22500
				Arabidopsis	AEE86278.1
				thaliana CER4
				Marinobacter	YP_959486.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenal		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald E. coli eut E	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1   NP_416950.1
				Salmonella enterica	AAA80209.1
				eutE
				E. coli mhpF	NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3- methyl-2- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehy- drogenase	E. coli betA E. coli dkgA E. coli eutG E. coli fucO E. coli ucpA E. coli yahK E. coli ybbO	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1 NP_415026.1
				E. coli ybdH	NP_415132.1
				E. coli yiaY	YP_026233.1
				E. coli yjgB	NP_418690.4
				Acinetobacter sp.	AAG10028.1
				SE19 ChnD
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
				Saccharomyces	Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium kluyveri	EDK35022.1
				4hbD
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560 Mentha x piperita	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7   P56848
				ipk
				Methanocaldo-	Q58487
				coccus
				jannaschii mvk
				Arabidopsis	AT5G27450.1
				thaliana mvk
				E. coli ispE	P62615
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				E. coli ychB	NP_415726.1
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum IPK
dimeth- ylallyl phosphate → dimethy- lallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phos- photrans- ferase	Methanothermo- bacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcus	AAB84554.1       WP_010900530.1   Q9F067
				faecalis mvaK2
				Streptococcus	A0A0I7UH23
				pneumoniae
				mvaK2
				Staphylococcus	A0A0E8GDF5
				aureus mvaK2
				Methanocaldo-	3K4Y_A
				coccus
				jannaschii ipk
3-methy1-2- butenol → dimeth- ylallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphos- phokinase	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA Arabidopsisthaliana col TPK1	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1
				Arabidopsis	BAH57065.1
				thaliana col TPK2
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	isopen- tenyl diphos- phate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyro- phosphate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	P22939 Q8LKJ2

TABLE G
Example reactions and enzymes of the novel isoprenoid precursor synthesis pathway via 2-
hydroxyisovaleric acid and prenol starting from non-decarboxylative acyloin condensation between
isobutanal and formyl-CoA
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
pyruvate → formate + acetyl-CoA		2.3.1.54	Pruvate formate lyase	E. coli pflB E. coli tdcE Chlamydomonasreinhardtii pfl1 Streptococcusmutans pfl	NP_415423.1 YP_026205.1 CAF04129.1   WP_002262619.1
formate + CoA → formyl-CoA		6.2.1.-	Acyl-CoA synthetase	E. coli paaK E. coli sucCD   E. coli fadK E. coli fadD	NP_415916.1 NP_415256.1 NP_415257.1 NP_416216.4 NP_416319.1
				E. coli prpE E. coli menE Penicilliumchrysogenum phl E. coli acs Salmonella	NP_414869.1 NP_416763.1 CAJ5517.1   NP_418493.1 AAL19325.1
				typhimurium LT2
				prpE
				Bacillus subtilis	AAC00261.1
				bioW
				Cupriavidus	ADE20402.1
				basilensis hmfD
				Rhodopseudomon	CAJ18317.1
				as palustris badA
				R. palustris hbaA	CAE26113.1
				Pseudomonas	NP_249687.1
				aeruginosa PAO1
				pqsA
				Arabidopsis	Q42524.1
				thaliana 4cl
		2.8.3-	CoA	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			transferase	E. coli atoA	NP_416726.1
				E. coli scpC	NP_417395.1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92346.1
				cat1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
				cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				Pseudomonas	NP_746081.1
				putida pcalJ	NP_746082.1
				Megasphaera	WP_014015705.1
				elsdenii pct
				Acidaminococcus	CAA57199.1
				fermentans gctAB	CAA57200.1
				Acetobacter aceti	AGG68319.1
				aarC
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
				Clostridium	CAB77207.1
				propionicum
				Pct540
		2.3.1.-;	Carboxylate	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.-	kinase +	acetobutylicum ptb
			Phosphotran-	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			asacylase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella	AAD39011.1
				enterica pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella	AAD39021.1
				enterica pduW
acetyl-CoA + CO2 → malonyl-CoA		6.4.1.2	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase	E. coli accABCD       Saccharomycescerevisiae HFA1 Homosapiens	NP_414727.1 NP_417721.1 NP_417722.1 NP_416819.1 P32874.2   NP_001084.3
				ACC2 Acidianusbrierleyi accBC + pccB   Mycobacteriumtuberculosis H37Rv	BAC55868.1 BAC55867.1 BAC55869.1 WP_003900487.1
				accD6
				Streptomyces	AAD37851.1
				venezuelae ATCC
				10712 jadJ
2 acetyl- CoA → acetoacetyl- CoA		2.3.1.-	Thiolase	E. coli atoB E.coli yqeF E.coli fadA E.coli fadl Ralstoniaeutropha bktB Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 catF Ecoli paaJ Pseudomonasputida pcaF	NP_416728.1 NP_417321.2 YP_026272.1 NP_416844.1 AAC38322.1   AAL02407.1   NP_415915.1 AAA85138.1
				Rhodococcus opacus pcaF Streptomyces sp. pcaF Ralstoniaeutropha phaA	YP_002778248.1   AAD22035.1   AEI80291.1
				Clostridium	AAC26023.1
				acetobutylicum thIA
				Clostridium	AAC26026.1
				acetobutylicum thIB
				Pseudomonas	AAK18168.1
				putida fadA
				P. putida fadAx	AAK18171.1
				Acinetobacter sp.	CAG68532.1
				ADP1 dcaF
				E. coli paaJ	NP_415915.1
acetyl-CoA + malonyl- CoA → aceoacetyl- CoA + CO2		2.3.1.-	ketoacyl- CoA synthase	Gluconobacter oxydans GOX0115 Pseudomonasaeruginosa FabH2 Streptomyces sp. MMG1121 PRK09352 Streptomycestendae Acs2 Streptomyces sp. CL 190 nphT7	AAW59909.1   NP_252023.1   WP_053666104.1     AFS18568.1   BAJ10048.1
				Physaria fendleri KCS3 Saccharomycescerevisiae ELO2 Arabidopsisthaliana col KCS1	AAK62348.1   NP_009963.1   NP_171620.2
				Arabidopsis	NP_195178.1
				thaliana col FAE1
				Arabidopsis	NP_177020.1
				thaliana col CER6
Acetoacetyl- CoA → 3-hydroxy- butyryl-CoA		1.1.1.35; 1.1.1.36	Hydroxy- acyl-CoA dehydro- genase	E. coli fadB E.coli fadJ E.coli paaH P.putida fadB P.putida fadB2x	NP_418288.1 NP_416843.1 NP_415913.1 AAK18167.2 AAK18170.1
				Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 dcaH Ralstoniaeutrophus phaB Clostridiumacetobutylicum hbd	CAG68533.1   P14697.1   AAA95971.1
			3-oxoacyl-	E. coli fabG	NP_415611.1
			[acyl-carrier-
			protein]
			reductase
3-hydroxy- butyryl- CoA → crotonyl-CoA		4.2.1.17; 4.2.1.119	enoyl-CoA hydratase	E. coli fadB E.coli fadJ E.coli paaF P.putida fadB P.putida fadB1x	NP_418288.1 NP_416843.1 NP_415911.1 AAK18167.2 AAK18173.1
				Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 dcaE Clostridiumacetobutylicum crt Aeromonascaviae	CAG68535.1   AAA95967.1   O32472.1
				phaJ
			3-	E. coli fabA	NP_415474.1
			hydroxyacyl-	E. coli fabZ	NP_414722.1
			[acyl-carrier-
			protein]
			dehydratase
Crotonyl- CoA → butyryl-CoA		1.3.1.44	enoyl-CoA reductase	Euglena gracilis TER Treponemadenticola TER Clostridium	Q5EU90.1   4GGO_A   4EUH_A
			enoyl- [acyl-carrier- protein]	acetobutylicum TER E.coli fabl Enterococcusfaecalis fabK	NP_415804.1 NP_816503.1
			reductase	Bacillus subtilis	KFK80655.1
				fabL
				Vibrio cholerae	ABX38717.1
				fabV
			acyl-CoA	E. coli fadE	NP_414756.2
			dehydrogenase	E. coli ydiO	NP_416210.4
Butyryl- CoA → isobutyryl- CoA		5.4.99.-	mutase	Aquincola tertiaricarbonis ibmF	4R3U_A
Isobutanal + formyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA		4.1.-.-	2-hydroxy- acyl-CoA lyase	Homo sapiens hacl1 Rattusnorvegicus hacl1 Dictyosteliumdiscoidcum hacl1 Musmusculus hacl1	Q9UJ83   Q8CHM7   Q54DA9   Q9QXE0
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl-CoA		4.2.1-	2-hydroxy- acyl-CoA dehydratase	Acidaminococcus fermentans hgdCAB Clostridiumsymbiosum hgdCAB Fusobacteriumnucleatum hgdCAB	P11568, P11569, P11570,   Q9X5B6, Q9X5B7, Q9X5B8,   A5TT16, A5TT17, A5TT18,
				Peptoclostridium difficile hadlBC   Clostridiumpropionicum lcdCAB	AAV40818.1, AAV40819.1, AAV40820.1 G3KIM3, G3KIM4, G3KIM5
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoate		3.1.2.-	Thioesterase	E. coli tesA E.coli tesB E.coli yciA E.coli fadM E.coli ydil E.coli ybgC	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1
				E. coli paal	NP_415914.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate				Mus musculus acot8 Lycopersiconhirsutum f glabratum mks2 Alcanivoraxborkumensis tesB2 Fibrobacter	P58137.1   ADK38536.1     YP_692749.1   YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes Fs2108 Prevotellaruminicola Pr655 Prevotellaruminicola Pr1687	YP_003574018.1   YP_003574982.1
		2.8.3-	CoA	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			transferase	E. coli atoA	NP_416726.1
				E. coli scpC	NP_417395.1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92346.1
				cat1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
				cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				Pseudomonas	NP_746081.1
				putida pcalJ	NP_746082.1
				Megasphaera	WP_014015705.1
				elsdenii pct
				Acidaminococcus	CAA57199.1
				fermentans gctAB	CAA57200.1
				Acetobacter aceti	AGG68319.1
				aarC
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phospho-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	transacylase +	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	Carboxylate	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			kinase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella	AAD39011.1
				enterica pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella	AAD39021.1
				enterica pduW
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1.-	Carboxylic Acid (Carboxylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardiaiowensis	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1
				Car Segniliparusrotundus Car	WP_013138593.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1
Isobutyryl- CoA → isobutanal				E. coli eut E	NP_416950.1
3-methyl- butanal → isovaleryl- CoA				Salmonella enterica eutE E.coli mhpF	AAA80209.1   NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3-methyl-2- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehydragenase	E. coli betA E.coli dkgA E.coli eutG E.coli fucO E.coli ucpA	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4
				E. coli yahK E.coli ybbO E.coli ybdH	NP_414859.1 NP_415026.1 NP_415132.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanal → 3-methyl-1,2- butandiol				E. coli yiaY E.coli yjgB Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8 maqu_2507 Saccharomyces	YP_026233.1 NP_418690.4 AAG10028.1   YP_959769.1     Q04894.1
				cerevisiae Clostridium kluyveri 4hbD	EDK35022.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenol		1.2.1.-	Alcohol- forming Acyl-CoA reductase	Salmonella enterica pduW Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g44560	AAD39021.1   AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-1,2- butandiol				Arabidopsis thaliana At3g56700 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g22500 Arabidopsisthaliana CER4 Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8	AEE79553.1   AED93034.1   AEE86278.1   YP_959486.1
				maqu_2220 Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8 maqu_2507	YP_959769.1
3-methyl-1,2- butandiol → 3-methyl- butanal		4.2.1-	Diol dehydratase	Klebsiella ocytoca pddABC E.coli pduCDE     S.enterica pduCDE	Q59470, Q59471, Q59472 CAS09680, CAS09681, CAS09682 NP_456590, NP_456591, NP_456592
isovaleryl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl-CoA		1.3.8.4	Acyl-CoA dehydro- genase	Pseudomonas aeruginosa liuA E.coli aidB E.coli fadE Streptomyces	APJ52511.1   NP_418608.6 NP_414756.2 AAD44196.1
				avermitilis acdH
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl phosphate		2.7.1-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phospho- transferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560 Menthaxpiperita	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7   P56848
				ipk Arabidopsisthaliana mvk E.coli ychB E.coli glpK Methanothermobacterthermautotrophicus	AT5G27450.1   NP_415726.1 P0A6F3 AAB84554.
				ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldococ-	3K4Y_A
				cus jannaschii ipk
dimethylallyl phosphate → dimethylallyl pyrophosphate		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phospho- transferase	Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcusfaecalis mvaK2	AAB84554.1     WP_010900530.1   Q9FD67
				Streptococcus pneumoniae mvaK2 Staphylococcusaureus mvaK2 Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii ink	A0A0I7UH23     A0A0E8GDF5   3K4Y_A
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl pyrophosphate		2.7.6.-	Alcohol diphospho- kinase	E. coli prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 prsA Arabidopsisthaliana col TPK1 Arabidopsis	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1   BAH57065.1
				thaliana col TPK2
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase	E. coli idi	NP_417365.1
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyrophosphate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	NP_414955.1 AAN01134.1

TABLE H
Example reactions and enzymes of the pathway for isoprenoid precursor synthesis via 2-
hydroxyisovaleric acid and prenol starting from aldol condensation between acetaldehyde and pyruvate
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
pyruvate → acetaldehyde		4.1.1.1	alpha-ketoacid decarboxylase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae PDC1 Saccharomycescerevisiae PDC5 Saccharomycescerevisiae PDC6 Pisumsativum PDC1	NP_013145.1   NP_013235.1   NP_011601.3   CAA91444.1
				Saccharomyces cerevisiae ARO10 Saccharomycescerevisiae TH13 Lactococcuslactis	NP_010668.3   NP_010203.1   CAG34226.1
				kivd
				Pantoea	WP_003848906.1
				agglomerans idpC
				Enterobacter	WP_073396207.1
				cloacae idpC
pyruvate + acetalde- hyde → 4- hydroxy-2- oxopentan- oate		4.1.3.39	aldolase	E. coli mhpE Pseudomonasputida xylK Pseudomonas sp. CF600 dmpG	NP_414886.1 WP_011005904.1   WP_017849278.1
4-hydroxy- 2- oxopentan- oate → 3- hydroxy-2- oxo-3- methyl- butanoate		5.4.99.-	mutase	Streptomyces cinnamonensis icmAB Metallosphaerasedula Msed_0638, Msed_2055 Cupriavidusmetallidurans icmF	AAC08713.1. CAB59633.1   A4YEG1, A4YIE3   Q1LRY0
				Kyrpidia tusciae rcmAB Rhodobactersphaeroides meaA	D5WTR7, D5WTR8 ABA80144.1
2,3- dihydroxy- 3-methyl- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- oxo- butanoate		4.2.1.9	Dihydroxyacid dehydratase	E. coli ilvD	P05791
3-hydroxy- 2-oxo-3- methyl- butanoate → 2,3- dihydroxy- 3-methyl-		1.1.1.-	2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenae	Acidaminococcus fermentans hgdH Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii mdh M.jannaschii comC E.coli mdh E.coli serA	D2RMS7   Q60176   Q58820 P61889 P0A9T0
butanoate				E. coli ldhA	P52643
3-methyl-2- oxo- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate				Haloferax mediterranei ddh Lactococcuslactis panE	Q2VEQ7   A0A089XK51
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- butenoate		4.2.1.-     4.2.1-	2-hydroxy acid dehydratase   2-hydroxy- acyl-CoA dehydratase	E. coli fumA E.coli fumB E.coli fumC Acidaminococcusfermentans hgdCAB Clostridium symbiosum	P0AC33 P14407 P05042 P11568, P11569, P11570, Q9X5B6, Q9X5B7,
				hgdCAB Fusobacteriumnucleatum hgdCAB   Peptoclostridium	Q9X5B8, A5TT16, A5TT17, A5TT18, AAV40818.1,
				difficile hadlBC	AAV40819.1,
					AAV40820.1
				Clostridium	G3KIM3,
				propionicum	G3KIM4,
				IcdCAB	G3KIM5
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA		6.2.1.-	Acyl-CoA synthetase	E. coli paaK E.coli sucCD   E.coli fadK E.coli fadD E.coli prpE E.coli menE	NP_415916.1 NP_415256.1 NP_415257.1 NP_416216.4 NP_416319.1 NP_414869.1 NP_416763.1
3-methyl-2- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA				Penicillium chrysogenum phl Salmonella typhimurium LT2 prpE Bacillussubtilis bioW	CAJ15517.1   AAL19325.1     AAC00261.1
				Cupriavidus basilensis hmfD Rhodopseudomonaspalustris badA R.palustris hbaA Pseudomonas	ADE20402.1   CAJ18317.1   CAE26113.1 NP_249687.1
				aeruginosa PA0O1
				pqsA
				Arabidopsis	Q42524.1
				thaliana 4cl
		2.8.3-	CoA	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			transferase	E. coli atoA	NP_416726.1
				E. coli scpC	NP_417395.1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92346.1
				cat1
				Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
				cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				Pseudomonas	NP_746081.1
				putida pcalJ	NP_746082.1
				Megasphaera	WP_014015705.1
				elsdenii pct
				Acidaminococcus	CAA57199.1
				fermentans gctAB	CAA57200.1
				Acetobacter aceti	AGG68319.1
				aarC
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
				Clostridium	CAB77207.1
				propionicum
				Pct540
		2.3.1.-;	Carboxylate	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.-	kinase +	acetobutylicum ptb
			Phospho-	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			transacylase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39011.1
				pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39021.1
				pduW
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA		4.2.1-	2- hydroxyacyl- CoA dehydratase	Acidaminococcus fermentans hodCAB Clostridiumsymbiosum hgdCAB Fusobacterium nucleatum hgdCAB	P11568, P11569, P11570, Q9X5B6, Q9X5B7, Q9X5B8, A5TT16, A5TT17,
				Peptoclostridiumdifficile hadlBC   Clostridiumpropionicum	A5TT18, AAV40818.1, AAV40819.1, AAV40820.1 G3KIM3, G3KIM4,
				led CAB	G3KIM5
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoate		3.1.2.-	Thioesterase	E. coli tesA E.coli tesB E.coli yciA E.coli fadM E.coli ydil E.coli ybgC	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1
				E. coli paal	NP_415914.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate				Mus musculus acot8 Lycopersiconhirsutum f glabratum mks2 Alcanivoraxborkumensis tesB2 Fibrobacter	P58137.1   ADK38536.1     YP_692749.1   YP_005822012.1
		2.8.3.8	Acyl-CoA: acetyl-CoA	succinogenes Fs2108 Prevotellaruminicola Pr655 Prevotellaruminicola Pr1687 E.coli atoD Clostridiumkluyveri	YP_003574018.1   YP_003574982.   NP_416725.1 AAA92344.1
			transferase	cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1-;	Phospho-	Clostndium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	transacylase +	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	Carboxylate	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			kinase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39011.1
				pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39021.1
				pduW
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1.-	Carboxylic Acid (Carboxylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanal				Nocardia iowensis Car Segniliparusrotundus Car	AAR91681.1   WP_013138593.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butenol		1.2.1-	Alcohol- forming Acyl- CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g44560	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 1,2-butandiol				Arabidopsis thaliana At3g56700 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g22500 Arabidopsisthaliana CER4 Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8	AEE79553.1   AED93034.1   AEE86278.1   YP_959486.1
				maqu_2220 Marinobacteraquaeolei VT8 maqu_2507	YP_959769.1
acetyl- CoA → acetaldehyde		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1	AAC45217.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butenal				Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald	BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanal				E. coli eutE Salmonellaenterica eutE	NP_416950.1 AAA80209.1
3-methyl- butanal → isovaleryl- CoA				E. coli mhpF	NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3-methyl-2- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehydrogenae	E. coli betA E.coli dkgA E.coli eutG E.coli fucO E.coli ucpA	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4
3-methyl-2- hydroxy- butanal → 3-methyl- 1,2-butandiol				E. coli yahK E.coli ybbO E.coli ybdH E.coli yiaY E.coli yjgB Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD Marinobacter	NP_414859.1 NP_415026.1 NP_415132.1 YP_026233.1 NP_418690.4 AAG10028.1   YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8 maqu_2507 Saccharomycescerevisiae ADH6 Clostridiumkluyveri 4hbD	Q04894.1   EDK35022.1
3-methyl- 1,2- butandiol → 3-methyl- butanal		4.2.1.-	Diol dehydratase	Klebsiella ocytoca pddABC   E.coli pduCDE     S.enterica pduCDE	Q59470, Q59471, Q59472 CAS09680, CAS09681, CAS09682 NP_456590, NP_456591, NP_456592
isovaleryl- CoA → 3-methyl-2 butenoyl- CoA		1.3.8.4	Acyl-CoA dehydrogenae	Pseudomonas aeruginosa liuA E.coli aidB E.coli fadE Streptomycesavermitilis acdH	APJ52511.1   NP_418608.6 NP_414756.2 AAD44196.1
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethyallyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phosphotrans- ferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7
				Mentha x piperita ipk Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii mvk Arabidopsisthaliana mvk E.coli ychB	P56848   Q58487   AT5G27450.1   NP_415726.1
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				Methanothermobactr	AAB84554.1
				thermautotrophicus
				ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldococ-	3K4Y_A
				cus jannaschii ipk
dimethyallyl phosphate → dimethyallyl pyrophos- phate		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phosphotrans- ferase	Methanothermobactr thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcusfaecalis mvaK2	AAB84554.1     WP_010900530.1   Q9FD67
				Streptococcus pneumoniae mvaK2 Staphylococcusaureus mvaK2 Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii ipk	A0A0I7UH23     A0A0E8GDF5   3K4Y_A
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl pyrophosphate		2.7.6-	Alcohol dis- phosphokinae	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA Arabidopsisthaliana col TPK1	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1
				Arabidopsis thaliana col TPK2	BAH57065.1
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1.-	Geranyl pyrophosphae synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	P22939 Q8LKJ2

TABLE I
Example reactions and enzymes of the pathway for isoprenoid precursor synthesis via 2-oxoisovaleric
acid, 2-oxoisocaproic acid and prenol starting from aldol condensation between pyruvate and acetaldehyde
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
pyruvate → acetaldehyde		4.1.1.1	alpha-ketoacid decarboxylase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae PDC1 Saccharomycescerevisiae PDC5 Saccharomycescerevisiae PDC6 Pisumsativum PDC1	NP_013145.1   NP_013235.1   NP_011601.3   CAA91444.1
				Saccharomyces cerevisiae ARO10 Saccharomycescerevisiae TH13 Lactococcuslactis	NP_010668.3   NP_010203.1   CAG34226.1
4-methyl-2- oxo- pentanoate → 3- methyl- butanal + CO2				kivd Pantoea agglomerans idpC Enterobactercloacae idpC	WP_003848906.1   WP_073396207.1
pyruvate + acetalde- hyde → 4- hydroxy-2- oxopentan- oate		4.1.3.39	aldolase	E. coli mhpE Pseudomonasputida xylK Pseudomonas sp. CF600 dmpG	NP_414886.1 WP_011005904.1   WP_017849278.1
4-hydroxy- 2- oxopentan- oate → 3- hydroxy-2- oxo-3- methyl- butanoate		5.4.99.-	mutase	Streptomyces cinnamonensis icmAB Metallosphaerasedula Msed_0638, Msed_2055 Cupriavidusmetallidurans icmF	AAC08713.1. CAB59633.1   A4YEG1, A4YIE3   Q1LRY0
				Kyrpidia tusciae rcmAB Rhodobactersphaeroides meaA	D5WTR7, D5WTR8 ABA80144.1
3-hydroxy- 2-oxo-3- methyl- butanoate → 2,3- dihydroxy- 3-methyl-		1.1.1.-	2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase	Acidammococcus fermentans hgdH Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii mdh M.jannaschii comC E.coli mdh E.coli serA E.coli ldhA	D2RMS7   Q60176   Q58820 NP_417703.1 NP_417388.1 NP_415898.1
				Haloferax mediterranei ddh Lactococcuslactis panE	Q2VEQ7   A0A089XK51
2,3- dihydroxy- 3-methyl- butanoate → 3-methyl-2- oxo- butanoate		4.2.1.9	Dihydroxyacid dehydratase	E. coli ilvD	P05791
3-methyl-2- oxo- butanoate + acetyl-CoA → 2-isopropyl- malate + CoA		2.3.3.13	Isopropylmalate synthase	E. coli leuA	NP_414616.1
2-isopropyl- malate → 3- isopropyl- malate		4.2.1.33	Isopropylmalate isomerase	E. coli leuCD	NP_414614.1 NP_414613.1
3-isopropyl- malate → 4- methyl-2- oxopentanoate + CO2		1.1.1.85	Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase	E. coli leuB	NP_414615.4
4-methyl-2- oxopentanoate + CoA → isovaleryl- CoA + CO2		1.2.1.-	alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex	Streptomyces avermitilis bkdFGH- lpdA1   Homosapiens BKDHAB-DBT-DLD Bacillussubtilis	BAC72088.1 BAC72089.1 BAC72090.1 KUN54417.1 NP_000700.1 NP_000047.1 NP_001909.3 NP_000099.2 WP_004398565.1
				bfmBAA-bfmBAB- bfmBB-pdhD E.coli lpdA-aceEF	WP_004398638.1 WP_003230323.1 WP_003232309.1 NP_414657.1 NP_414658.1
					NP_414656.1
Isovaleryl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoyl-CoA		1.3.8.4	Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase	Pseudomonas aeruginosa liuA E.coli aidB E.coli fadE Streptomyces avermitilis acdH	APJ52511.1   NP_418608.6 NP_414756.2 AAD44196.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3- methyl-2- butenoate		3.1.2.-	Thioesterase	E. coli tesA E.coli tesB E.coli yciA E.coli fadM E.coli ydil E.coli ybgC	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1
				E. coli paal Musmusculus acot8 Lycopersiconhirsutum f glabratum mks2	NP_415914.1 P58137.1   ADK38536.1
				Alcanivorax	YP_692749.1
				borkumensis tesB2
				Fibrobacter	YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola Pr1687
		2.8.3.8	Acyl-CoA:	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			acetyl-CoA	Clostridium kluyveri	AAA92344.1
			transferase	cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phospho-	Clostridium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	transacylase +	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	Carboxylate	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			kinase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39011.1
				pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39021.1
				pduW
3-methyl-2- butenoate → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1-	Carboxylic Acid (Carboxylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1
				Nocardia iowensis Car Segniliparusrotundus Car	AAR91681.1   WP_013138593.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butenol		1.2.1-	Alcohol- forming Acyl- CoA reductase	Clostridium acetobutylicum adhE2 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g44560	YP_009076789.1     AEE75132.1   AEE77915.1
				Arabidopsis thaliana At3g56700 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g22500 Arabidopsisthaliana CER4	AEE79553.1   AED93034.1   AEE86278.1
				Marinobacter	YP_959486.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl-2- butenal		1.2.1-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1
				E. coli eutE	NP_416950.1
acetyl-Coa → acetaldehyde				Salmonella enterica eutE E.coli mhpF	AAA80209.1   NP_414885.1
3-methyl-2- butenal → 3- methyl-2- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehydrogenase	E. coli betA E.coli dkgA E.coli eutG E.coli fucO E.coli ucpA E.coli yahK	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1
				E. coli ybbO E.coli ybdH E.coli yiaY E.coli yjgB Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD	NP_415026.1 NP_415132.1 YP_026233.1 NP_418690.4 AAG10028.1
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
				Saccharomyces	Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium kluyveri	EDK35022.1
				4hbD
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phospho- transferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7
				Mentha x piperita ipk Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii mvk Arabidopsisthaliana mvk E.coli ispE	P56848   Q58487   AT5G27450.1   P62615
				E. coli glpK	P0A6F3
				E. coli ychB	NP_415726.1
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum IPK
dimethylallyl phosphate → dimethylallyl pyrophosphate		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phospho- transferase	Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcusfaecalis mvaK2	AAB84554.1     WP_010900530.1   Q9FD67
				Streptococcus pneumoniae mvaK2 Staphylococcusaureus mvaK2 Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii ipk	A0A0I7UH23     A0A0E8GDF5   3K4Y_A
3-methyl-2- butenol → dimethylallyl pyrophosphate		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphospho- kinase	Escherichia coli Prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 PrsA Arabidopsisthalianacol TPK1	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1
				Arabidopsis thaliana col TPK2	BAH57065.1
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase	E. coli idi	Q46822
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyrophosphate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	P22939 Q8LKJ2

TABLE J
Reactions of the isoprenoid precursor synthesis pathway via 4-methyl-2-oxopent-4-enoic acid and
isoprenol starting from aldol condensation between acetaldehyde and 2-oxobutyric acid
				Source organism	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	and gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
acetyl-Coa → acetaldehyde		1.2.1.-	Aldehyde forming CoA reductase	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acr1 Acinetobacter sp Strain M-1 acrM Clostridiumbeijerinckii ald	AAC45217.1   BAB85476.1   AAT66436.1
3-methyl-2- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- 2-butenal				E. coli eutE Salmonellaenterica eutE E.coli mhpF	NP_416950.1 AAA80209.1   NP_414885.1
pyruvate → acetaldehyde		4.1.1.1	alpha- ketoacid decarboxylase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae PDC1 Saccharomycescerevisiae PDC5 Saccharomycescerevisiae PDC6 Pisumsativum	NP_013145.1   NP_013235.1   NP_011601.3   CAA91444.1
				PDC1
4-methyl-2- oxopent-4- enoate → 3- methyl- 3-butenal				Saccharomyces cerevisiae ARO10 Saccharomycescerevisiae TH13 Lactococcuslactis kivd Pantoeaagglomerans idpC Enterobacter	NP_010668.3   NP_010203.1   CAG34226.1   WP_003848906.1   WP_073396207.1
				cloacae idpC
Pyruvate + acetyl- CoA → citramalate		2.3.1.182	Citramalate synthase	Methanocaldococ- cus jannaschii cimA LeptospirainterrogansserovarLai str. 56601 cimA	WP_10870909.1   NP_71253.1
Citramalate → 3-methyl- malate		4.2.1.35	Citramalate isomerase	E. coli leuCD   Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii leuCD Leptospirainterrogans	NP_414614.1 NP_414613.1 AAB98487.1 AAB99283.1   NP_712276.1 NP_712277.1
				serovar Lai str. 56601 leuCD
3-methyl- malate → 2- oxobutyric acid + CO2		1.2.1-	3-methylmalate dehydrogenase	Methanocaldococcus jannaschii MJ0270 LeptospirainterrogansserovarLai str. 56601 leuB	WP_010870225.1     NP_712333.1
2-oxobutyric acid + acetalde- hyde → 4- hydroxy-2- oxo-3-methyl- pentanoate		4.1.3.-	aldolase	E. coli mhpE Pseudomonasputida xylK Pseudomonas sp. CF600 dmpG	NP_414886.1 WP_011005904.1   WP_017849278.1
4-hydroxy-2- oxo-3-methyl- pentanoate → 4-hydroxy- 2-oxo- 4-methyl- pentanoate		5.4.99.-	mutase	Streptomyces cinnamonensis icmAB Metallosphaerasedula Msed_0638, Msed_2055 Cupriavidusmetallidurans icmF	AAC08713.1. CAB59633.1   A4YEG1, A4YIE3     Q1LRY0
				Kyrpidia tusciae rcmAB Rhodobactersphaeroides meaA	D5WTR7, D5WTR8 ABA80144.1
4-hydroxy-2- oxo-4-methyl- pentanoate → 4-methyl-2- oxopent-4- enoate		4.2.1.-	2-oxopent- 4-enoate hydratase	E. coli mhpD Comamonastestosteroni CNB- 1 cnbE Pseudomonasputida xylJ	NP_414884.2 WP_012478201.1     WP_011005906.1
4-methyl-2- oxopent-4- enoate → 3-methyl-3- butenoyl-CoA		1.2.1.,-	alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase	Streptomyces avermitilis bkdFGH-lpdA1   Homosapiens BKDHAB- DBT- DLD Bacillussubtilis	BAC72088.1 BAC72089.1 BAC72090.1 KUN54417.1 NP_000700.1 NP_000047.1 NP_001909.3 NP_000099.2 WP_004398565.1
				bfmBAA-bfmBAB- bfmBB-pdhD   E.coli lpdA-aceEF	WP_004398638.1 WP_003230323.1 WP_003232309.1 NP_414657.1 NP_414658.1 NP_414656.1
3-methyl-3- butenoyl- CoA →3- methyl-3- butenoate		3.1.2.-	Thioesterase	E. coli tesA E.coli tesB E.coli yciA E.coli fadM E.coli ydil E.coli ybgC	NP_415027.1 NP_414986.1 NP_415769.1 NP_414977.1 NP_416201.1 NP_415264.1
				E. coli paal Musmusculus acot8 Lycopersiconhirsutum f glabratum mks2	NP_415914.1 P58137.1   ADK38536.1
				Alcanivorax	YP_692749.1
				borkumensis
				tesB2
				Fibrobacter	YP_005822012.1
				succinogenes
				Fs2108
				Prevotella	YP_003574018.1
				ruminicola Pr655
				Prevotella	YP_003574982.1
				ruminicola Pr1687
		2.8.3-	CoA	E. coli atoD	NP_416725.1
			transferase	E. coli atoA	NP_416726.1
				E. coli scpC	NP_417395.1
				Clostridium	AAA92346.1
				kluyveri cat1
				Clostridium	AAA92344.1
				kluyveri cat2
				Clostridium	NP_149326.1,
				acetobutylicum	NP_149327.1
				ctfAB
				Pseudomonas	NP_746081.1
				putida pcalJ	NP_746082.1
				Megasphaera	WP_014015705.1
				elsdenii pct
				Acidaminococcus	CAA57199.1
				fermentans gctAB	CAA57200.1
				Acetobacter aceti	AGG68319.1
				aarC
				E. coli ydiF	NP_416209.1
		2.3.1.-;	Phosphotranas-	Clostndium	NP_349676.1
		2.7.2.1;	cylase +	acetobutylicum ptb
		2.7.2.15	Carboxylate	Enterococcus	AAD55374.1
			kinase	faecalis ptb
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39011.1
				pduL
				Clostridium	AAK81015.1
				acetobutylicum buk
				Enterococcus	AAD55375.1
				faecalis buk
				Salmonella enterica	AAD39021.1
				pduW
3-methyl-3- butenoate → 3-methyl- butenal		1.2.99.6	Carboxylic Acid (Carboxylate) reductase	E. coli PaoABC     Mycobacteriummarinum Car Nocardiaiowensis	NP_414820.1, NP_414819.1, NP_414818.1 WP_012393886.1   AAR91681.1
				Car Segniliparusrotundus Car	WP_013138593.1
3-methyl-3- butenal → 3-methyl- butenol		1.1.1.-	Alcohol dehydrogenase	E. coli betA E.coli dkgA E.coli eutG E.coli fucO E.coli ucpA E.coli yahK	NP_414845.1 NP_417485.4 NP_416948.4 NP_417279.2 NP_416921.4 NP_414859.1
				E. coli ybbO E.coli ybdH E.coli yiaY E.coli yjgB Acinetobacter sp. SE19 ChnD	NP_415026.1 NP_415132.1 YP_026233.1 NP_418690.4 AAG10028.1
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
				Saccharomyces	Q04894.1
				cerevisiae ADH6
				Clostridium kluyveri	EDK35022.1
				4hbD
3-methyl-3- butenoyl- CoA → 3-methyl- butenol		1.2.1-	Alcohol- forming Acyl-CoA reductase	Salmonella enterica pduW Arabidopsisthaliana At3g11980 Arabidopsis	AAD39021.1   AEE75132.1     AEE77915.1
				thaliana At3g44560 Arabidopsisthaliana At3g56700 Arabidopsis	AEE79553.1     AED93034.1
				thaliana
				At5g22500
				Arabidopsis	AEE86278.1
				thaliana CER4
				Marinobacter	YP_959486.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2220
				Marinobacter	YP_959769.1
				aquaeolei VT8
				maqu_2507
3-methyl-3- butenol → Isopentenyl phosphate		2.7.1.-	Alcohol Kinase/ Phospho- transferase	Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG12 Saccharomycescerevisiae ERG8 Arabidopsisthaliana At5g58560	P07277   P24521   Q67ZM7
				Mentha x piperita ipk Arabidopsisthaliana mvk E.coli ychB E.coli glpK Methanothermobacter	P56848   AT5G27450.1   NP_415726.1 P0A6F3 AAB84554.1
				thermautotrophicus
				ipk
				Thermoplasma	WP_010900530.1
				acidophilum ipk
				Methanocaldococ-	3K4Y_A
				cus jannaschii ipk
isopentenyl phosphate → isopentenyl pyrophosphate		2.7.4-	Phosphate Kinase/ Phospho- transferase	Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ipk Thermoplasmaacidophilum ipk Enterococcusfaecalis mvaK2	AAB84554.1     WP_010900530.1   Q9FD67
				Streptococcus pneumoniae mvaK2 Staphylococcusaureus mvaK2 Methanocaldococ-cusjannaschii ipk	A0A0I7UH23   A0A0E8GDF5     3K4Y_A
3-methyl-3- butenol → Isopentenyl pyrophosphate		2.7.6-	Alcohol diphosphokinase	E. coli prs Mycoplasmapneumoniae M129 prsA Arabidopsisthaliana col TPK1	NP_415725.1 NP_109761.1     BAH19964.1
				Arabidopsis thaliana col TPK2	BAH57065.1
DMAPP ↔ IPP		5.3.3.2	isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase	E. coli idi	NP_417365.1
DMAPP + IPP → GPP		2.5.1-	Geranyl pyrophosphate synthase	E. coli ispA Abiesgrandis GPPS2	NP_414955.1 AAN01134.1

TABLE K
Example reactions and enzymes for the synthesis of isoprenoids
				Source	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	organism and	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	gene name	Numbers
GPP → limonene		4.2.3.16	limonene synthase	Mentha spitaca LS Ocimumbasilicum FES Abiesgrandis g-lim1 Abiesgrandis	AGN90914.1   AAV63790.1   AAB70907.1   AAF61455.1
				g-pin2 Arabidopsisthaliana col TPS 10 Piceaabies TPS-car Piceaabies TPS-lim	NP_179998.1     AA073863.1   AAS47694.1
GPP → pinene		4.2.3.119 4.2.3.120 4.2.3.121 4.2.3.122	pinene synthase	Pinus taeda pt30 Abiesgrandis g-pin1 Abiesgrandis g-lim1 Abiesgrandis	AAQ61228.1   AAB71085.1   AAB70907.1   AAF61455.1
				g-pin2 Piceaabies TPS-car Piceaabies TPS-lim Ocimumbasilicum FES	AA073863.1   AAS47694.1   AAV63790.1
GPP + IPP → FPP		2.5.1.10	farnesyl diphos- phate synthase	E. coli ispA Saccharomycescerevisiae FPP1 Solanumlycopersicum lefps1 Arabidopsisthaliana col FPS1 Capsicumannuum GGPPS Ginkgobiloba FPS Hevea	NP_414955.1 NP_012368.1   NP_001234068.1     NP_199588.1     XP_016568624.1     AAR27053.1   BAB60678.1
				brasiliensis hbgg Homosapiens FDPS Methanotherm-obactermarburgensis	NP_001129293.1   WP_013295358.1
				Marburg idsA
				Mycobacterium	WP_003417957.1
				tuberculosis
				H37Rv
				rv3398c
FPP → beta- caryo- phyllene		4.2.3.57	beta- caryo- phyllene synthase	Artemisia annua QHS1 Arabidopsisthalianacol AT5G23960 Cucumissativus bcp	AAL79181.1   NP_197784.2     NP_001292628.1
				Oryza sativa osTPS3 Zingiberzerumbet zss1	XP_015648213.1   BAG12020.1
FPP → valencene		4.2.3.73	valencene synthase	Callitropsis nootkatensis VALC Citrussinensis tps1 Vitisvinifera vales	AFN21429.1     AAQ04608.1   AAS66358.1
FPP → vetispir- adiene		4.2.3.21	vetispir- adiene synthase	Hyoscyamus muticus VS1	Q39978.2
FPP → amor- phadiene		4.2.3.24	amor- phadiene synthase	Artemisia annua ads	AAF61439.1
FPP → farnesene		4.2.3.46 4.2.3.47	farnesene synthase	Malus domestica FS Arabidopsisthaliana col TPS03 Cucumissativus	NP_001280822.1   NP_567511.3     NP_001267674.1
				afs Piceaabies TPS-far Arabidopsisthaliana col	AAS47697.1   NP_199276.1
				AT5G44630
				Artemisia annua	CAC12731.1
				FS
				Citrus junos	AAK54279.1
				CJFS
				Mentha	AAB95209.1
				x piperita
				tspa 11
				Picea abies	AAS47695.1
				TPS-lon
				Zea mays	NP_001105850.2
				TPS10
				Zea mays TPS1	NP_001105097.1

TABLE L
Example reactions for the production of prenylated aromatic compounds and example enzymes
				Source
				organism and	Protein
		EC	Enzyme	gene/enzyme	Accession
Reaction	Illustration	Numbers	names	name	Numbers
Olivetolic acid + GPP → canna- bigerolic acid		2.5.1.-	geranl pyrophosphate: olivetolate geranyl- transferase	Lithospermum erythrorhizon PGT-1 Lithospermumerythrorhizon PGT-2 E.coli ubiA Arabidopsisthaliana PPT1 Schizosaccharomycespombe coq2 Cannabissativa CsPT1 Streptomyces sp. strain CL190 nphB Streptomyces	Q8W405     Q8W404     P0AGK1 Q93YP7   Q10252       BAE00106.1   BAE00107.1
				Coelicolor SCQ7190 Streptomyces sp. CNQ-509 cnqp3 Phleum pretense phi p4	AKH84817.1   ABB78007.1

TABLE M
Plasmids and primers used for in vivo tiglic
acid production
	Plasmids
	pCDF-P1-pct-fadAx
	pET-P1-fadB2x-fadB1x
	pET-P1-fadB2x-fadB1x-P2-ydil
	Primers
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence
pct-f1	1	5′-AGGAGATATACCATGAGAAAAGTAGAA
		ATCATTAC-3′
pct-r1	2	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTATTTTTTCA
		GTCCCATGGGAC-3′
fadAx-f1	3	5′-GAAAAAATAAGAATTTAAGGAGGAATA
		AACC ATGACCCTGGCAAATGATCC-3′
fadAx-r1	4	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAATACAGAC
		ATTCAACTGCC-3′
fadB2x-f1	5	5′-AGGAGATATACCATGCATATCGCCAAC
		AAACAC-3′
fadB2x-r1	6	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTATTTTGCTG
		CCATGCGCAG-3′
fadB1x-f1	7	5′-AGCAAAATAAGAATTTAAGGAGGAATA
		AACC ATGGCCTTTGAAACCATTCTG-3′
fadB1x-r1	8	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAGCGATCTT
		TAAACTGTGC-3′
ydil-f1	9	5′-AAGGAGATATACATATGATATGGAAAC
		GGAAAATCAC-3′
ydil-r1	10	5′-TTGAGATCTGCCATATGTCACAAAATG
		GCGGTCGTC-3′

TABLE N
plasmids and primers used for conversion of
prenol to GPP and geraniol
	Plasmids
	pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-ychB-mtipk
	pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-ges-thaipk-mtipk
	Primers
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence
idi-f1	11	AGGAGATATACCATGCAAACGGAACACGTCATTT
idi-r1	12	TGCGCTATATGCCATGGTTTATTCCTCCTTAAAT
		TATTTAAGCTGGGTAAATGCAGATA
trgpps2-f1	13	ATGGCATATAGCGCAATGGC
trgpps2-r1	14	GTGATGGCTGCTGCCTTAGTTCTGACGAAATGCA
		ACAT
ges-f1	15	AAGGAGATATACATAATGGAAGAAAGCAGCAGCA
		AA
ges-r1	16	TTACCAGACTCGAGGTTACTGGGTAAAAAACAGG
		GC
ychB-f1	17	ACCCAGTAACCTCGAAAGGAGGAATAAGGC ATG
		CGGACACAGTGGCCCT
ychB-r1	18	TTTCAGGATGATCATTTGTTATTCCTCCTTAAGG
		TCTTAAAGCATGGCTCTGTGCAA
mtipk-f1	19	ATGATCATCCTGAAACTGGGT
mtipk-r1	20	CTTTACCAGACTCGAGTTAGTGTTTACCTGTAAT
		ACGTG
mtipk-f2	21	GATCCGCTAACTCGATAAGGAGGAATAACAA AT
		GATCATCCTGAAACTGGGT
taipk-f1	22	ACCCAGTAACCTCGAAAGGAGGAATAAGGCATGA
		TGATCCTGAAAATTGGTG
taipk-r1	23	CTTTACCAGACTCGAGTTAGCGGATCACGGTGCC
		A

TABLE O
List of primers
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence	Description
maqu_2507-	24	GCCAGGATCCGAATTCGAACTA	maqu_2507
f1		CTTTCTGACCGGTGG	forward
maqu_2507-	25	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTACCA	maqu_2507
r1		GTAAATGCCACGCA	reverse
cbjALD-f1	26	GCCAGGATCCGAATTCGAATAA	cbjALD
		AGACACACTAATACCTAC	forward
cbjALD-r1	27	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAGCC	cbjALD
		GGCAAGTACACATC	reverse
chnD-f1	28	GCCAGGATCCGAATTCGCACTG	chnD
		CTATTGTGTTACCCAC	forward
chnD-r1	29	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTCAATT	chnD
		TTCGTGCATCAGAAC	reverse

TABLE P
Measured activities of different alcohol
dehydrogenases on oxidization of prenol.
Enzyme (cofactor) Specific activity (μmol/mg/min)
FucO (NAD+)       N.D.
YqhD (NADP+)      N.D.
YjgB (NADP+)      0.30 ± 0.03
YahK (NADP+)      0.167 ± 0.005
YiaY (NAD+)       N.D.
ChnD (NAD+)       0.123 ± 0.007

TABLE Q
plasmids and primers used for in vivo 2,3-
dihydroxybutyric acid production
	Plasmids
	pET-P1-bktB-phaB1-P2-phaJ
	pCDF-P1-pct-P2-tdter
	Primers
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence
tdTer-f1	30	5′-AAGGAGATATACATATGATTGTTAAG
		CCGATGGTCC-3′
tdTer-r1	31	5′-TTGAGATCTGCCATATGTTAGATGCG
		GTCAAAACGTTCA-3′
pct-f1	32	5′-AGGAGATATACCATGAGAAAAGTAGA
		AATCATTAC-3′
pct-r1	33	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTATTTTTTC
		AGTCCCATGGGAC-3′
bktB-f1	34	5′-AGGAGATATACCATGATGACGCGTGA
		AGTGGTAGT-3′
bktB-r1	35	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTCAGATACGC
		TCGAAGATGG-3′
phaB1-f1	36	5′-GCGTATCTGAGAATTAGGAGGCTCTC
		TATGACTCAGCGCATTGCGTA
phaB1-r1	37	5′-CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTCAGCCCATG
		TGCAGGCC-3′
phaJ-f1	38	5′-AAGGAGATATACATATGTCGGCACAA
		AGCCTG-3′
phaJ-r1	39	5′-TTGAGATCTGCCATATGTTACGGCAG
		TTTCACCACC-3′

TABLE R
List of primers used in example of GPP BIOSYNTHESIS VIA 2-
HYDROXYISOVALERIC ACID AND PRENOL STARTING FROM DECARBOXYLATIVE
ACYLOIN CONDENSATION BETWEEN TWO PYRUVATES
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence	Description
pct540-	40	GAGGAATAAACCATGCGTAAAGTGCCGATTATTA	pct540
f1			forward
pct540-	41	GATGATGATGGTCGACGCTTTTCATTTCTTTCAGGCC	pct540
r1			reverse
pct-f2	42	TAGAAGGAGGAGATCTATGAGAAAAGTAGAAATCATTACAG	pct forward
pct-r2	43	GGGGGACCAGCTCGAGTTTTTTCAGTCCCATGGGACC	pct reverse
alsS-f1	44	AAGGAGATATACATATGACCAAAGCAACCAAAGAA	alsS forward
alsS-r1	45	AATGGTAATACGCATGTTAATTTCCTCCTAGAATTACAGGG	alsS reverse
		CTTTGGTTTTCAT
panE-f1	46	ATGCGTATTACCATTGCCGG	panE forward
panE-r1	47	TTGAGATCTGCCATATTATTTGGCTTTCAGCAGTTCTT	panE reverse
ilvC-f1	48	AGGAGATATACCATGGCTAACTACTTCAATAC	ilvC forward
ilvC-r1	49	ACGGTACTTAGGCATGGTTTATTCCTCCTTAAACTCTTAAC	ilvC reverse
		CCGCAACAGCAATAC
ilvD-f1	50	ATGCCTAAGTACCGTTCCG	ilvD forward
ilvD-r1	51	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAACCCCCCAGTTTCGATTT	ilvD reverse

TABLE S
plasmids and primers used for in vivo
butyric acid production through beta-
oxidation reversal
		Plasmids
		pTH-atoB-fadB-egter
		pZS-fadM
		pZS-tesA
		pZS-tesB
		pZS-yciA
		pZS-ybgC
		pZS-ydil
		pCDF-P1-pct-P2-tdter
		Primers
		SEQ
		ID
	Name	NO:	Sequence
	fadM-f1	129	5′-TTAAAGAGGAGAAAGGTACCATGC
			AAACACAAATCAAAGT-3′
	fadM-r1	52	5′-TGCCTCTAGCACGCGTCGTTTACT
			TAACCATCTGCTCCA-3′
	tesA-f1	53	5′-TTAAAGAGGAGAAAGGTACCATGA
			TGAACTTCAACAATGTTTTC-3′
	tesA-r1	54	5′-TGCCTCTAGCACGCGTTCCGTTGC
			TTTATGAGTCATG-3
	tesB-f1	55	5′-TTAAAGAGGAGAAAGGTACCATGA
			GTCAGGCGCTAAAAAA-3′
	tesB-r1	56	5′-TGCCTCTAGCACGCGTAACAGCCG
			GACGGTTTTC-3
	ybgC-f1	57	5′-TTAAAGAGGAGAAAGGTACCGTGA
			ATACAACGCTGTTTCGAT-3′
	ybgC-r1	58	5′-TGCCTCTAGCACGCGTTCACTGCT
			TAAACTCCGCGA-3′
	yciA-f1	59	5′-TTAAAGAGGAGAAAGGTACCATGT
			CTACAACACATAACGTCCC-3′
	yciA-r1	60	5′-TGCCTCTAGCACGCGTTTCAGTAA
			GCAGAAAGTCAAAAGC-3′
	ydil-f1	61	5′-TTAAAGAGGAGAAAGGTACCATGA
			TATGGAAACGGAAAATCA-3′
	ydil-r1	62	5′-TGCCTCTAGCACGCGTGGTGACAA
			CGTCACAAAATGG-3′
	atoB-f1	63	5′-GAGGAATAAACCATGAAAAATTGT
			GTCATCGTCA-3′
	atoB-r1	64	5′-CCCAAGCTTCGAATTCTTAATTCA
			ACCGTTCAATCAC-3′
	fadB-f1	65	5′-TAAGAATTCGAAGCTGCGGATTCA
			GGAGACTGACA-3′
	fadB-r1	66	5′-GTTCGGGCCCAAGCTTTAAGCCGT
			TTTCAGGTCGC-3′
	egter-f1	67	5′-AAACGGCTTAAAGCTAATAAGGAG
			GAATAAACCATGGCAATGTTTACCACG
			AC-3′
	egter-r1	68	5′- GTTCGGGCCCAAGCTTGCGGCCG
			CTTATTGCTGTGCTGCGGAC -3′

TABLE T
plasmids and primers required for GPP
biosynthesis via 2-oxoisovaleric acid,
2-oxoisocaproic acid and prenol starting from
decarboxylative acyloin condensation between
two pyruvates
	Plasmids
	pET-P1-ilvC-ilvD-P2-alsS-liuA
	pCDF-P1-bkdF-bkdG-bkdH-P2-
	IpIA-IpdA1
	pRSF-P1-leuA(G462D)-leuB-P2-
	leuC-leuD
	Primers
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence
alsS-f1	44	AAGGAGATATACATATGACCA
		AAGCAACCAAAGAA
alsS-r2	69	GCTCGGATAGGTCATGTGATA
		TTCCTCCTAGCTATGTTACAG
		GGCTTTGGTTTTCATC
ilvC-f1	48	AGGAGATATACCATGGCTAAC
		TACTTCAATAC
ilvC-r1	49	ACGGTACTTAGGCATGGTTTA
		TTCCTCCTTAAACTCTTAACC
		CGCAACAGCAATAC
ilvD-f1	50	ATGCCTAAGTACCGTTCCG
ilvD-r1	51	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAAC
		CCCCCAGTTTCGATTT
liuA-f1	70	ATGACCTATCCGAGCCTGAA
liuA-r1	71	TTACCAGACTCGAGGGTACCT
		TAGCGGGTTTCATTAAACAGT
bkdF-f1	72	AGGAGATATACCATGACCGTT
		GAAAGCACCGC
bkdF-r1	73	CATTTTTTCTGCCATGAGTTA
		TTCCTCCTACAACTCTTAATT
		ACCACCTTGACCGG
bkdG-f1	74	ATGGCAGAAAAAATGGCAATC
		G
bkdG-r1	75	GCTTGCTTCGGTCATGCTTTA
		TTCCTCCTTTAATTGTTAATA
		TGCCAGGCTACGATC
bkdH-f1	76	ATGACCGAAGCAAGCGTTCG
bkdH-r1	77	TTACCAGACTCGAGGGTACCT
		TAGCGGGTTTCATTAAACAGT
IpIA-f1	78	AAGGAGATATACATATGTCCA
		CATTACGCCTGCT
IpIA-r1	79	TGCATCATTTGCCATCCATTA
		TTCCTCCTTGGGTAACTACCT
		TACAGCCC
IpdA1-f1	80	ATGGCAAATGATGCAAGCAC
IpdA1-r1	81	TTACCAGACTCGAGGGTACCT
		TAATCATGGCTATGCAGCGG
leuA(G462D)B-	82	AGGAGATATACCatgAGCCAG
f11		CAAGTCAT
leuA(G462D)B-	83	CACCTGgtCaAGCGCATCTTT
r11		ACCGTGGC
leuA(G462D)B-	84	AAGATGCGCTtGacCAGGT
f12		G GATATCGTCGCTAA
leuA(G462D)B-	85	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTACA
r12		CCCCTTCTGCTACATA
leuA(G462D)B-	86	AGGAGATATACCatgAGCCAG
f2
leuA(G462D)B-	87	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAC
r2
leuCD-f1	88	CGATCGCTGACGTCGatgGCT
		AAGACGTTATACGAAAA
leuCD-r1	89	TTACCAGACTCGAGGGTACCt
		taATTCATAAACGCAGGTTGT
		T

TABLE U
List of primers used in the construction of
strain JST06(DE3) atoBCT5
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence
kan-homatoE-L	90	TTGGTTTAACGCTGTTCTGACG
		GCACCCCTACAAACAGAAGGAA
		TATAAACATATGAATATCCTCC
		TTA
kan-ovcymatoB-	91	TCTGAAATTCTGCCTCGTGAGT
R		GTAGGCTGGAGCTGCTTCG
cym-pCTC-	92	CGAAGCAGCTCCAGCCTACACT
atoB-ovkan-L		CACGAGGCAGAATTTCAGA
atoBintrecomb-	93	GCCAGCCCGCTTTTTAAC
R

TABLE V
Strains and plasmids
Host strain	Plasmid 1	Plasmid 2	Plasmid 3	Product
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pET-P2-maqu_2507		Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-liuC
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pET-P2-adhE2		Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-liuC
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pET-P2-cbjALD		Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-liuC
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-			Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-			Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-
	maqu_2507-liuC
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-			Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-cbjALD-
	liuC-chnD
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-			Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-cbjALD-
	liuC-yjgB
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-			Prenol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-cbjALD-
	liuC-yahK
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pRSF-P2-adhE2	pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-	Geraniol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-liuC		P2-ges-ychB-mtipk
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pRSF-P2-cbjALD	pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-	Geraniol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-liuC		P2-ges-ychB-mtipk
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-		Geraniol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-cbjALD-liuC	P2-ges-ychB-mtipk
JST06(DE3) atoBCT5	pCDF-P1-HMGS-	pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-		Geraniol
ΔfadB	aibAB-P2-cbjALD-	P2-ges-ychB-mtipk
	liuC-yahK

TABLE W
Primers used
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence	Description
maqu_250	94	AAGGAGATATACATATGAACTACTTTCTGACCGGT	maqu_2507
7-f2			forward
maqu_250	95	TTGAGATCTGCCATATGTTACCAGTAAATGCCACGCAT	maqu_2507
7-r2			reverse
maqu_250	96	TTAAATTCCGGCATAATTACTCCTTCACTGCCATATTAC	maqu_2507
7-r3		CAGTAAATGCCACGCAT	reverse
cbjALD-f2	97	AAGGAGATATACATATGAATAAAGACACACTAATACCTA	cbjALD
			forward
cbjALD-r2	98	TTGAGATCTGCCATATGTTAGCCGGCAAGTACACATC	cbjALD
			reverse
cbjALD-r3	99	TTAAATTCCGGCATAATTACTCCTTCACTGCCATATTAG	cbjALD
		CCGGCAAGTACACATC	reverse
adhE2-f1	100	AAGGAGATATACATATGAAAGTTACAAATCAAAAAGAAC	adhE2
			forward
adhE2-r1	101	TTGAGATCTGCCATATGTTAAAATGATTTTATATAGATA	adhE2
		TCCTTAAG	reverse
hmgs-f1	102	AGGAGATATACCATGACCATCGGCATCGATAAG	hmgs
			forward
hmgs-r1	103	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTATTCCGGACGATGATATTCG	hmgs
			reverse
aibA-f1	104	TCCGGAATAAGAATTGTAGGAGGAATACTACATGAAAAC	aibA
		CGCACGTTGGTG	forward
aibA-r1	105	CAGGGTTGCGCTCATGGTTTATTCCTCCTTAAAATCTTA	aibA
		TGCTGCACGACGGGTCA	reverse
aibB-f1	106	ATGAGCGCAACCCTGGATAT	aibB
			forward
aibB-r1	107	CCTGCAGGCGCGCCGAGCTCTTATGCACCAACCAGTGCA	aibB
		T	reverse
liuC-f1	108	AAGGAGATATACATATGCCGGAATTTAAAGTTGATG	liuC
			forward
liuC-r1	109	TTGAGATCTGCCATATTAACGACCTTTATAAACCGGT	liuC
			reverse
chnD-f2	110	TTAATATGGCAGATCAGGAGGAATAGCTGATGCACTGCT	chnD
		ATTGTGTTACC	forward
chnD-r2	111	CTTTACCAGACTCGAGTCAATTTTCGTGCATCAGAAC	chnD
			reverse
yjgB-f1	112	TTAATATGGCAGATCAGGAGGAATAGCTGATGTCGATGA	yjgB
		TAAAAAGCTATG	forward
yjgB-r1	113	CTTTACCAGACTCGAGTCAAAAATCGGCTTTCAACAC	yjgB
			reverse
yahK-f1	114	TTAATATGGCAGATCAGGAGGAATAGCTGATGAAGATCA	yahK
		AAGCTGTTGGTG	forward
yahK-r1	115	CTTTACCAGACTCGAGTCAGTCTGTTAGTGTGCGATT	yahK
			reverse

TABLE X
Plasmids for the synthesis of isoprenoids
Name
pACYC-P1-ls
pACYC-P1-pt30
pACYC-P1-qhs1-P2-ispA
pACYC-P1-valc-P2-ispA
pACYC-P1-vs1-P2-ispA
pACYC-P1-fs-P2-ispA

TABLE Y
List of primers used in the construction
of strain JST06(DE3) ΔfadE bktBCT5 ΔatoB
fadBCT5 ΔfadA egterCT5
		SEQ
	Construct/P	ID
	CR Product	NO:	Sequences
	kan-cymR-	130,	F-
	PCT5-atoB-	116	GATGTTCAAGAAAACACCCGATAAC
	(cat-sacB)		TTTCGCTATCGGGTGTTTTTATTGA
	cat-sacB		ATCAAAGGGAAAACTGTCCATAT
	cassette		R-
	with atoB		GCATTGGCGGCGGTCAGGGAATTGC
	homology		GATGGTGATTGAACGGTTGAATTAA
			AAAATGAGACGTTGATCGGC
	kan-cymR-	117,	F-
	PCT5-bktB	118	CAACAAACAGACAATCTGGTCTGTT
	ΔatoB		TGTATTATGAACGAAGGAGAGATCT
	bktB for		ATGACGCGTGAAGTGGTAGT
	replacement		R-
	of atoB-cat-		GATGTTCAAGAAAACACCCGATAAC
	sacB		TTTCGCTATCGGGTGTTTTTATTGA
	cassette		TCAGATACGCTCGAAGATGG
	cat-cymR-	119,	F-
	PCT5-egTER	120	TTGACGGCGGTTTCAGCATTGCTGC
	@ fabl		AATGAACGAACTCGAACTGAAATAA
	cat-cymR-		GTGTAGGCTGGAGCTGCTTCG
	PCT5-		R-
	egTER with		AACAGAGATAACGGGCGGCAGAACG
	fabl		CCGCCCATCTTTACCAACAGAACGA
	homology		TTATTTCAGTTCGAGTTCGTTTTAT
			TGCTGTGCTGCGGAC
	cat-cymR-	121,	F-
	PCT5-egTER	122	CAACAAACAGACAATCTGGTCTGTT
	@ fadBA		TGTATTATGAACGAAGGAGAGATCT
	ΔfadBA		ATGGCAATGTTTACCACGAC
	egTER for		R-
	replacement		TTAAACCCGCTCAAACACCGTCGCA
	of fadB-		ATACCCTGACCCAGACCGATACACA
	(kansacB)-		TTATTGCTGTGCTGCGGAC
	fadA
	cassette
	cat-cymR-	123,	F1-
	PCT5--fadB-	124,	ATCCTCCGGTTGAGCCAGCCCGTCC
	(kan-sacB)-	125,	GGTTGGCGACCTGAAAACGGCTTAA
	fadA @	126	ATGATTGAACAAGATGGATTGC
	fadBA		R1-
	Overlap		TAAGGGGTGACGCCAAAGTATCAGA
	extension		AGAACTCGTCAAGAAGG
	of kan and		F2-
	sacB		CCTTCTTGACGAGTTCTTCTGATAC
	with fadBA		TTTGGCGTCACCCCTTA
	junction		R2-
	homology		ATCGGGGTGCGAATTGCATCGACAA
			TGACAACCTGTTCCATTGTGACTCC
			ATCAAAGGGAAAACTGTCCATAT
	fadA	127,	F-
	deletion	128	TTGAGCCAGCCCGTCCGGTTGGCGA
			CCTGAAAACGGCTTAAGGAGTCACA
			ATGGCCAAGTTGACCAGTG
			R-
			TTAAACCCGCTCAAACACCGTCGCA
			ATACCCTGACCCAGACCGATACACA
			TCAGTCCTGCTCCTCTGC

TABLE Z
Plasmids for expression of olivetolic acid synthesis pathways
Name                      Synthesis pathway
pRSF-P1-OLS-P2-OAC        Olivetol synthase with olivetolic
                          acid cyclase
pCDF-P1-OLS-P2-OAC        Olivetol synthase with olivetolic
                          acid cyclase
pET-P1-OLS-P2-OAC         Olivetol synthase with olivetolic
                          acid cyclase
pET-P1-OLS-P2-OAC(Y27F)   Olivetol synthase with olivetolic
                          acid cyclase
pRSF-P1-STC               Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS               Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS (T135S)       Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS (T198M)       Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS (I200C)       Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS (T135S T198M) Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS (T135S I200C) Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS (T198M I200C) Polyketide synthase without cyclase
pET-P1-STCS               Polyketide synthase without cyclase
(T135S T198M I200C)
pET-P1-dcaF-P2-OAC        Polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase with
                          olivetol cyclase
pET-P1-fadAx-P2-OAC       Polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase with
                          olivetol cyclase
pET-P1-ScfadA-P2-OAC      Polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase with
                          olivetol cyclase
pET-P1-dcaF-P2-OAC        Polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase with
                          olivetol cyclase
pET-P1-bktB-P2-OAC        Polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase with
                          olivetol cyclase

TABLE AA
Primers for constructions of plasmids
used for demonstration of in vivo
production of CBGA in E. coli.
	SEQ
	ID
Name	NO:	Sequence
MK-IF-fwd	131	AGGAGATATACCATGAGCCTGCCGT
		TTCTG
MK-IF-rev	132	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTAGCTGGT
		CCACGGCAG
PMK-IF-fwd	133	GACCAGCTAAGAATTTAGGAGGAAT
		AACTCATGAGCG
PMK-IF-rev	134	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCATTCCTCCT
		TTAATTGTTATTTGTC
PMD-IF-fwd	135	AAGGAGGAATGAATTATGACCGTTT
		ATACCGCAAG
PMD-IF-rev	136	CGCCGAGCTCGAATTCTTATTCTTT
		CGGCAGACC
idi-GB-fwd	137	GTTTAACTTTAAGAAGGAGATATAC
		atgCAAACGGAACACGTC
idi-GB-rev	138	ATGGTTTATTCCTCCTTAAAttaTT
		TAAGCTGGGTAAATGCAG
trGPPS2-IF-	139	TTTAAGGAGGAATAAACCATGGTGG
fwd		AATTTGACTTTAACAAATATAT
GPPS2-GB-	140	GTGATGGCTGCTGCCTTAGTTCTGA
rev		CGAAATGCAAC
CymR-GB-	141	CTGCAGGTCGACAAGCTTGCAGGCG
fwd		TATCACGAGGCAG
CymR-GB-	142	CATCTGCTGCTTCGCTCATATGAGA
rev		TCTCTCCTTCGTTCATAATACAAAC
NphB-	143	TCTCATATGAGCGAAGCAGCAGATG
cumate-GB-
fwd
NphB-	144	AGCAGCGGTTTCTTTACCAGACTCG
cumate-GB-		AGGTCAATCTTCCAGGCTATCAA
rev
NphB-IF-fwd	145	AAGGAGATATACATAATGAGCGAAG
		CAGCAGAT
NphB-IF-rev	146	TTACCAGACTCGAGGTCAATCTTCC
		AGGCTATCAA

TABLE AB
Plasmids for expression of prenyltransferase
and CBGA in vivo synthesis in E. coli
Name
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-P2-NphB
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CT5-NphB
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CT5-CnqP3
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CT5-CphB
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CT5-SCO7190
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CT5-SCO7190(R65S)
pET-P1-idi-trGPPS2-CT5-SCO7190(E278G)

Claims

1. A process for the production of an isoprenoid(s) or an isoprenoid derivative(s), said process comprising: a) providing one or more alcohol(s) selected from prenol, isoprenol, or both;b) catalyzing conversion of said alcohol(s) to dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP) and isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) using a) an alcohol kinase (EC 2.7.1.-) plus a phosphate kinase (EC 2.7.4.-), or b) an alcohol diphosphokinase (EC 2.7.6.-), plus optionally c) an IPP isomerase (5.3.3.2);c) catalyzing conversion of said DMAPP and IPP to geranyl diphosphate (GPP) using a GPP synthase; andd) catalyzing conversion of said GPP to an isoprenoid(s) or an isoprenoid derivative(s) using one or more enzyme(s) selected from a group comprising farnesyl diphosphate synthase, geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthase, prenyl transferase, terpene synthase, terpene cyclase, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, cannabidiolic acid synthase, cannabichromenic acid synthase, tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid synthase, cannabidivarinic acid synthase, and cannabichrovarinic acid synthase.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein said process comprises catalyzing a prenyl transfer from said GPP or said isoprenoid to an aromatic polyketide(s) forming a prenylated aromatic compound(s) using an aromatic prenyltransferase or a 4-hydroxybenzoate geranyltransferase.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein said prenylated aromatic compound(s) is a cannabinoid(s).

4. The process of claim 1, wherein said process occurs in a recombinant organism grown in a culture medium and said isoprenoid(s) or isoprenoid derivative(s) is isolated from said culture medium or said recombinant microorganism or both.

5. The process of claim 3, wherein said process occurs in a recombinant organism grown in a culture medium.

6. The process of claim 1, wherein said process occurs in a cell free system.

7. The process of claim 2, wherein said process occurs in a cell free system.

8. The process of claim 3, wherein said process occurs in a cell free system.

9. A process for the production of a cannabinoid, said process comprising: a) providing an alcohol selected from prenol, isoprenol, or both;b) catalyzing conversion of said alcohol to DMAPP and IPP using a) an alcohol kinase (EC 2.7.1.-) plus a phosphate kinase (EC 2.7.4.-), or b) an alcohol diphosphokinase (EC 2.7.6.-), plus optionally c) an IPP isomerase (5.3.3.2);c) catalyzing conversion of said DMAPP and IPP to GPP using GPP synthase;d) catalyzing a prenyl transfer from said GPP to an aromatic polyketide to form a cannabinoid using an aromatic prenyltransferase or a 4-hydroxybenzoate geranyltransferase;e) optionally catalyzing conversion of said cannabinoid to another cannabinoid using one or more enzymes selected from the group comprising tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, cannabidiolic acid synthase, cannabichromenic acid synthase, tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid synthase, cannabidivarinic acid synthase, and cannabichrovarinic acid synthase; ande) isolating said cannabinoid.

10. The process of claim 9, wherein said aromatic polyketide is selected from olivetolic acid, olivetol, divarinolic acid or divarinol.

11. A process for the production of a cannabinoid, said process comprising: a) providing one or more alcohol(s) selected from prenol and isoprenol;b) catalyzing conversion of said alcohol(s) to DMAPP or IPP using one or more enzyme(s) selected from i) an alcohol kinase (EC 2.7.1.-) plus a phosphate kinase (EC 2.7.4.-), or ii) an alcohol diphosphokinase (EC 2.7.6.-);c) catalyzing a prenyl transfer from said DMAPP or IPP to an aromatic polyketide to form a cannabinoid using an aromatic prenyltransferase or a 4-hydroxybenzoate geranyltransferase;d) optionally catalyzing conversion of said cannabinoid to another cannabinoid using one or more enzymes selected from the group comprising tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, cannabidiolic acid synthase, cannabichromenic acid synthase, tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid synthase, cannabidivarinic acid synthase, and cannabichrovarinic acid synthase; ande) isolating said cannabinoid.

12. The process of claim 11, wherein said aromatic polyketide is selected from olivetolic acid, olivetol, divarinolic acid or divarinol.