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−	<small>D</small>-Xylose is a monosaccharide belonging to the aldopentose family. It was recently    shown that the <small>D</small>-xylose dehydrogenase <i>xylB</i> from <i>Caulobacter crescentus</i> can convert <small>D</small>-xylose to <small>D</small>-xylonolactone. This can react spontaneously or through the catalysation of <i>xylC</i> to <small>D</small>-xylonic acid.	+	<small>D</small>-Xylose is a monosaccharide belonging to the aldopentose family. It was recently    shown that the <small>D</small>-xylose dehydrogenase <i>xylB</i> from <i>Caulobacter crescentus</i> can convert <small>D</small>-xylose to <small>D</small>-xylonolactone. This can react spontaneously or through the catalysation of <i>xylC</i> to <small>D</small>-xylonic acid. (2)
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D-xylonic acid producing operon

D-Xylose is a monosaccharide belonging to the aldopentose family. It was recently shown that the D-xylose dehydrogenase xylB from Caulobacter crescentus can convert D-xylose to D-xylonolactone. This can react spontaneously or through the catalysation of xylC to D-xylonic acid. (2)

In E. coli D-xylonic acid can further be metabolized to ethyleneglycol by the enzymes yjhG (BBa_K1602012), yagE (BBa_K1602011) and yqhD (BBa_K1602013) which are already present in this host. (1)

Usage

This part is a composite of two coding genes with strong RBS (BBa_B0034). The transcription is controlled by a T7 promotor (BBa_I719005).

We used this operon to investigate possible production of ethylene glycol in E. coli.

T7-promotor (BBa_I719005) ribosome binding site B0034 (BBa_B0034) D-xylose dehydrogenase xylB (BBa_K1602009) D-xylonolactone lactonase xylC (BBa_K1602010)

Results

E. coli BL21 were transformed with the operon and grown to a OD of 0.6. A negative sample was taken before IPTG was added to a concentration of 1mM for induction. Cells stayed at 28°C for 12 hours and later were harvested and resuspended in buffer. A small amount of both induced samples and negative samples was loaded on a SDS-PAGE while proteins were extracted from the rest. The SDS-PAGE showed overexpression of proteins of the expected mass.

Figure 2 Scan of the PAGE containing four different samples: marker (M; Protein Marker III AppliChem); samples 1-4 reference and induced.	Figure 3 Plot of the gel lanes based on contrast analyses - created with ImageJ