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An artificial cell containing cyanobacteria for endosymbiosis mimicking
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AbstractThe bottom-up constructed artificial cells help to understand the cell working mechanism and provide the evolution clues for organisms. Cyanobacteria are believed to be the ancestors of chloroplasts according to endosymbiosis theory. Herein we demonstrate an artificial cell containing cyanobacteria to mimic endosymbiosis phenomenon. The cyanobacteria sustainably produce glucose molecules by converting light energy into chemical energy. Two downstream “metabolic” pathways starting from glucose molecules are investigated. One involves enzyme cascade reaction to produce H2O2(assisted by glucose oxidase) first, followed by converting Amplex red to resorufin (assisted by horseradish peroxidase). The more biological one involves nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) production in the presence of NAD+and glucose dehydrogenase. Further, NADH molecules are oxidized into NAD+by pyruvate catalyzed by lactate dehydrogenase, meanwhile, lactate is obtained. Therefore, the sustainable cascade cycling of NADH/NAD+is built. The artificial cells built here simulate the endosymbiosis phenomenon, meanwhile pave the way for investigating more complicated sustainable energy supplied metabolism inside artificial cells.
Title: An artificial cell containing cyanobacteria for endosymbiosis mimicking
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AbstractThe bottom-up constructed artificial cells help to understand the cell working mechanism and provide the evolution clues for organisms.
Cyanobacteria are believed to be the ancestors of chloroplasts according to endosymbiosis theory.
Herein we demonstrate an artificial cell containing cyanobacteria to mimic endosymbiosis phenomenon.
The cyanobacteria sustainably produce glucose molecules by converting light energy into chemical energy.
Two downstream “metabolic” pathways starting from glucose molecules are investigated.
One involves enzyme cascade reaction to produce H2O2(assisted by glucose oxidase) first, followed by converting Amplex red to resorufin (assisted by horseradish peroxidase).
The more biological one involves nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) production in the presence of NAD+and glucose dehydrogenase.
Further, NADH molecules are oxidized into NAD+by pyruvate catalyzed by lactate dehydrogenase, meanwhile, lactate is obtained.
Therefore, the sustainable cascade cycling of NADH/NAD+is built.
The artificial cells built here simulate the endosymbiosis phenomenon, meanwhile pave the way for investigating more complicated sustainable energy supplied metabolism inside artificial cells.
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