Table 1 Stable enzyme set.

From: Isobutanol production freed from biological limits using synthetic biochemistry

 

Enzyme

Organism

Native/Mutant

Activity (units)b

Half-life in 8% isobutanol (hours)

TmHex

Hexokinasea

T. maritima

Native

14.5 ± 0.3

>>96

TmPgi

Glucose-6-phosphate isomerasea

T. maritima

Native

29.6 ± 1.1

>>113

EcPfkB

Phosphofructokinase B

E. coli

Native

8.3 ± 0.1

55/123d

TtFba

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolasea

T. thermophilus

Codon-optimized

4.7 ± 0.10

>>117

TmTpi

Triosephosphate isomerasea

T. maritima

Native

210 ± 0.7

>>100

TkGapN’

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (non-phosphorylating)a

T. kodakarensis

Designed Codon-optimized

7.6 ± 0.8

>>117

AfGapDH

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (phosphorylating)a

A. fulgidus

Native

10.9 ± 0.6

>>100

TmPgk

Phosphoglycerate kinasea

T. maritima

Native

8.4 ± 0.5

>>100

Gs iPgm

Phosphoglycerate mutase (2,3-bisphosphoglycerate independent)a

G. stearothermophilus

Native

49.4 ± 2.2

>>117

TtEno

Phosphoenolpyruvate hydratasea

T. thermophilus

Codon-optimized

117 ± 5

>>117

TtPyk

Pyruvate kinasea

T. thermophilus

Codon-optimized

23.8 ± 0.8

>>139

BsAlsS-P

Acetolactate synthase

B. subtilis

PROSSc Codon-optimized

4.9 ± 0.2

>>115

GsIlvC

Ketol-acid reductoisomerasea

G. stearothermophilus

Native

0.9 ± 0.1

>>123

SmIlvD

Dihydroxyacid dehydratase

S. mutans

Native

2.7 ± 0.2

125

KivD-S

Alpha-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase

L. lactis

PROSSc/DE Codon-optimized

18.0 ± 1.6

123

EcYahK

Aldehyde reductase

E. coli

Native

4.5 ± 0.4

138

  1. DE directed evolution.
  2. aEnzyme from hyperthermophilic organism.
  3. bUnit defined as µmole product min−1 mg−1 enzyme.
  4. cPROSS design algorithm33.
  5. dBiphasic inactivation in 8% isobutanol.