De Novo Biosynthesis of Indole-3-acetic Acid in Engineered Escherichia coli
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Abstract
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is considered the most common and important naturally occurring auxin in plants and a major regulator of plant growth and development. In this study, an aldehyde dehydrogenase AldH from Escherichia coli was found to convert indole-3-acetylaldehyde into IAA. Then we established an artificial pathway in engineered E. coli for microbial production of IAA from glucose. The overall pathway includes the upstream pathway from glucose to L-tryptophan and the downstream pathway from L-tryptophan to IAA. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the biosynthesis of IAA directly from a renewable carbon source. The study described here shows the way for the development of a beneficial microbe for biosynthesis of auxin and promoting plant growth in the future.
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