Patent Publication Number: US-11028416-B2

Title: Engineered biosynthetic pathways for production of tyramine by fermentation

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation application of international application no. PCT/US2018/17127, filed Feb. 6, 2018, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 62/455,428, filed Feb. 6, 2017, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
     This invention was made with Government support under Agreement No. HR0011-15-9-0014, awarded by DARPA. The Government has certain rights in the invention. 
    
    
     INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF THE SEQUENCE LISTING 
     This application includes a sequence listing which has been submitted electronically in ASCII format and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. This ASCII copy, created on Jun. 23, 2019, is named 2019-06-23_ZMGNP001US_seqlist.txt and is 331,410 bytes in size. 
     FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The present disclosure relates generally to the area of engineering microbes for overproduction of tyramine by fermentation. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Tyramine is known to exist in nature as the decarboxylation product of tyrosine. Often tyramine is produced in environments or processes where protein-rich materials have rotted or decayed. Tyramine is present in foods produced from fermentation of protein-rich substances such as animal milk or legumes. These processes rely on an external source of proteins containing aromatic amino acids and microbes expressing tyrosine decarboxylases. 
     SUMMARY 
     Various embodiments contemplated herein may include, but need not be limited to, one or more of the following: 
     Embodiment 1: An engineered microbial cell, wherein the engineered microbial cell expresses: (a) a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC); and (b) the engineered microbial cell includes increased activity of one or more upstream enzyme(s) in the tyramine biosynthesis pathway, said increased activity being increased relative to a control cell. 
     Embodiment 2: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 1, wherein the one or more upstream enzyme(s) includes 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase. 
     Embodiment 3: An engineered microbial cell, wherein the engineered microbial cell expresses: (a) a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC); and (b) the engineered microbial cell includes increased activity of one or more enzyme(s) selected from the group consisting of a dehydroquinate synthase, a dehydroquinate dehydratase, a shikimate dehydrogenase, a shikimate kinase, EPSP synthase, aromatic pentafunctional enzyme, a chorismate synthase, a chorismate mutase, a prephenate dehydratase, a phenyalananine aminotransferase, a prephenate dehydrogenase, a prephenate aminotransferase, an arogenate dehydrogenase, a phenylalanine hydroxylase, and a tyrosine aminotransferase, said increased activity being increased relative to a control cell; wherein the engineered microbial cell produces tyramine. 
     Embodiment 4: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 3, wherein the engineered microbial cell additionally expresses: (c) a feedback-disregulated 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase or a feedback-disregulated chorismate mutase. 
     Embodiment 5: An engineered microbial cell, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes: (a) means for expressing a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC); and (b) means for increasing the activity of one or more upstream enzyme(s) in the tyramine biosynthesis pathway. 
     Embodiment 6: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 5, wherein the one or more upstream enzyme(s) includes 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase. 
     Embodiment 7: An engineered microbial cell, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes: (a) means for expressing a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC); and (b) means for increasing the activity of one or more enzyme(s) selected from the group consisting of a dehydroquinate synthase, a dehydroquinate dehydratase, a shikimate dehydrogenase, a shikimate kinase, EPSP synthase, aromatic pentafunctional enzyme, a chorismate synthase, a chorismate mutase, a prephenate dehydratase, a prephenate aminotransferase, an arogenate dehydrogenase, a phenylalanine hydroxylase, a phenyalananine aminotransferase, a prephenate dehydrogenase, and a tyrosine aminotransferase, said increased activity being increased relative to a control cell; wherein the engineered microbial cell produces tyramine. 
     Embodiment 8: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 7, wherein the engineered microbial cell additionally expresses: (c) means for expressing a feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase or a feedback-disregulated chorismate mutase. 
     Embodiment 9: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 1-8, wherein the engineered microbial cell produces tyramine by fermentation of a substrate, wherein at least 50% of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. 
     Embodiment 10: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 4, 8, or 9, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes: (a) a heterologous TYDC; and (b) a feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase. 
     Embodiment 11: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 3-10, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes a fungal cell. 
     Embodiment 12: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 3-11, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes a yeast cell. 
     Embodiment 13: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 8, wherein the yeast cell includes a cell of the genus  Saccharomyces.    
     Embodiment 14: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 13, wherein the yeast cell is a cell of the species  cerevisiae.    
     Embodiment 15: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 4, 8, or 9-14, wherein the DAHP synthase is a variant of a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase. 
     Embodiment 16: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 3-15, wherein the heterologous TYDC includes a TYDC having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Papaver somniferum.    
     Embodiment 17: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 4, 8, or 9-16, wherein the: (a) heterologous TYDC includes a  P. somniferum  Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2; and the (b) feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase is a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase encoded by the Aro4 gene that additionally includes a K229L mutation. 
     Embodiment 18: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 3-17, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes increased activity of a prephenate dehydrogenase relative to the control cell. 
     Embodiment 19: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 18, wherein the engineered microbial cell expresses an extra copy of a wild-type  S. cerevisiae  prephenate dehydrogenase gene. 
     Embodiment 20: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 18, wherein the engineered microbial cell expresses an extra copy of a wild-type  S. cerevisiae  transaldolase gene. 
     Embodiment 21: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 2 or embodiment 6, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes a yeast cell. 
     Embodiment 22: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 21, wherein the yeast cell includes a cell of the genus  Yarrowia.    
     Embodiment 23: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 22, wherein the yeast cell is a cell of the species  lipolytica.    
     Embodiment 24: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 22 or embodiment 23, wherein the heterologous TYDC includes a TYDC having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Enterococcus faecium.    
     Embodiment 25: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 22-24, wherein the DAHP synthase includes a DAHP synthase having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a DAHP synthase from  S. cerevisiae.    
     Embodiment 26: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 25, wherein the: (a) heterologous TYDC includes a pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  E. faecium  Com15; and (b) DAHP synthase includes a phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase (DAHP synthase) from  S. cerevisiae  S288c. 
     Embodiment 27: An engineered microbial cell which is a yeast cell including a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to a TYDC from  Papaver somniferum , wherein the engineered yeast cell produces tyramine. 
     Embodiment 28: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 27, wherein the engineered yeast cell is a cell of the genus  Saccharomyces.    
     Embodiment 29: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 28, wherein the engineered yeast cell is a cell of the species  cerevisiae.    
     Embodiment 30: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 3-10, wherein the engineered microbial cell is a bacterial cell. 
     Embodiment 31: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 30, wherein the bacterial cell is a cell of the genus  Corynebacteria.    
     Embodiment 32: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 31, wherein the bacterial cell is a cell of the species  glutamicum.    
     Embodiment 33: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 30-32, wherein the bacterial cell includes a feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase that is a variant of an  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase. 
     Embodiment 34: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 30-33, wherein the heterologous TYDC includes a TYDC having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Enterococcus faecium  or having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Zygosaccharomyces bailii.    
     Embodiment 35: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 33 or embodiment 34, wherein the: (a) heterologous TYDC includes an  E. faecium  TYDC; and the (b) feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase is a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase encoded by the Aro4 gene that additionally includes a K229L mutation. 
     Embodiment 36: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 33 or embodiment 34, wherein the: (a) heterologous TYDC includes an  Z. bailii  TYDC; and the (b) feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase is a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase encoded by the Aro4 gene that additionally includes a K229L mutation. 
     Embodiment 37: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 34, additionally including increased activity of chorismate synthase or prephrenate dehydrogenase, relative to a control cell. 
     Embodiment 38: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 37, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes increased activity of chorismate synthase and expresses a heterologous chorismate synthase. 
     Embodiment 39: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 38, wherein the heterologous chorismate synthase includes a chorismate synthase having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to a  S. cerevisiae  chorismate synthase. 
     Embodiment 40: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 39, wherein the heterologous chorismate synthase includes a  S. cerevisiae  chorismate synthase. 
     Embodiment 41: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 37, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes increased activity of prephenate dehydrogenase and expresses an additional copy of a prephenate dehydrogenase gene. 
     Embodiment 42: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 41, wherein the additional copy of the prephenate dehydrogenase gene encodes a prephenate dehydrogenase having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to a prephenate dehydrogenase from  S. cerevisiae.    
     Embodiment 43: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 42, wherein the additional copy of the prephenate dehydrogenase gene encodes a prephenate dehydrogenase from  S. cerevisiae.    
     Embodiment 44: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 2 or embodiment 6, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes a bacterial cell. 
     Embodiment 45: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 44, wherein the bacterial cell includes a cell of the genus  Corynebacterium  or  Bacillus.    
     Embodiment 46: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 45, wherein the bacterial cell is a cell of the species  glutamicum  or  subtilis , respectively. 
     Embodiment 47: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 45 or embodiment 46, wherein the heterologous TYDC includes a TYDC having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Enterococcus faecium.    
     Embodiment 48: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 45-47, wherein the DAHP synthase includes a DAHP synthase having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a DAHP synthase from  S. cerevisiae.    
     Embodiment 49: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 45-48, wherein the engineered microbial cell includes increased activity of a shikimate kinase relative to a control cell. 
     Embodiment 50: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 49, wherein the shikimate kinase includes a shikimate kinase having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a shikimate kinase from  Escherichia coli.    
     Embodiment 51: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 50, wherein the: (a) heterologous TYDC includes a pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  E. faecium  Com15; (b) DAHP synthase includes a phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase (DAHP synthase) from  S. cerevisiae  S288c; and (c) shikimate kinase includes a shikimate kinase from  E. coli  K12. 
     Embodiment 52: The engineered microbial cell of any one of embodiments 13-43, wherein, when cultured, the engineered microbial cell produces tyramine at a level greater than 100 mg/L of culture medium. 
     Embodiment 53: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 52, wherein the engineered microbial cell produces tyramine at a level of at least 2.5 g/L of culture medium. 
     Embodiment 54: An engineered microbial cell which is a bacterial cell including a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Enterococcus faecium , wherein the engineered bacterial cell produces tyramine. 
     Embodiment 55: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 54, wherein the bacterial cell is of the genus  Corynebacteria.    
     Embodiment 56: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 55, wherein the bacterial cell is of the species  glutamicum.    
     Embodiment 57: An engineered microbial cell which is a bacterial cell including a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity with a TYDC from  Zygosaccharomyces bailii , wherein the engineered bacterial cell produces tyramine. 
     Embodiment 58: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 57, wherein the bacterial cell is of the genus  Corynebacteria.    
     Embodiment 59: The engineered microbial cell of embodiment 58, wherein the bacterial cell is of the species  glutamicum.    
     Embodiment 60: A culture of engineered microbial cells according to any one of embodiments 13-59. 
     Embodiment 61: The culture of embodiment 60, wherein the tyramine is produced from fermentation of a substrate wherein at least 50% of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. 
     Embodiment 62: The culture of embodiment 61, wherein the substrate includes a carbon source and a nitrogen source selected from the group consisting of urea, an ammonium salt, ammonia, and any combination thereof. 
     Embodiment 63: The culture of any one of embodiments 60-62, wherein the engineered microbial cells are present in a concentration such that the culture has an optical density at 600 nm of 10-500. 
     Embodiment 64: The culture of any one of embodiments 60-63, wherein the culture includes tyramine. 
     Embodiment 65: The culture of any one of embodiments 60-64, wherein the culture includes tyramine at a level greater than 100 mg/L of culture medium. 
     Embodiment 66: The culture of any one of embodiments 60-65, wherein the culture includes tyramine at a level of at least 2.5 g/L of culture medium. 
     Embodiment 67: A method of culturing engineered microbial cells according to any one of embodiments 1-59, the method including culturing the cells in the presence of a fermentation substrate including a non-protein carbon and a non-protein nitrogen source, wherein the engineered microbial cells produce tyramine. 
     Embodiment 68: The method of embodiment 67, wherein the method includes fed-batch culture, with an initial glucose level in the range of 1-100 g/L, followed controlled sugar feeding. 
     Embodiment 69: The method of embodiment 67 or embodiment 68, wherein the fermentation substrate includes glucose and a nitrogen source selected from the group consisting of urea, an ammonium salt, ammonia, and any combination thereof. 
     Embodiment 70: The method of any one of embodiments 67-69, wherein the culture is pH-controlled during culturing. 
     Embodiment 71: The method of any one of embodiments 67-70, wherein the culture is aerated during culturing. 
     Embodiment 72: The method of any one of embodiments 67-71, wherein the engineered microbial cells produce tyramine at a level greater than 100 mg/L of culture medium. 
     Embodiment 73: The method of any one of embodiments 67-72, wherein the engineered microbial cells produce tyramine at a level of at least 2.5 g/L of culture medium. 
     Embodiment 74: The method of any one of embodiments 67-73, wherein the method additionally includes recovering tyramine from the culture. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1 : Pathway for production of tyramine by fermentation. 
         FIG. 2 : A “split-marker, double-crossover” genomic integration strategy, which was developed to engineer  S. cerevisiae  strains. Two plasmids with complementary 5′ and 3′ homology arms and overlapping halves of a URA3 selectable marker (direct repeats shown by the hashed bars) were digested with meganucleases and transformed as linear fragments. A triple-crossover event integrated the desired heterologous genes into the targeted locus and re-constituted the full URA3 gene. Colonies derived from this integration event were assayed using two 3-primer reactions to confirm both the 5′ and 3′ junctions (UF/IF/wt-R and DR/IF/wt-F). See Example 1. 
         FIG. 3 : A “loop-in, single-crossover” genomic integration strategy, which was developed to engineer  C. glutamicum  strains. Loop-in only constructs (shown under the heading “Loop-in”) contained a single 2-kb homology arm (denoted as “integration locus”), a positive selection marker (denoted as “Marker”)), and gene(s) of interest (denoted as “promoter-gene-terminator”). A single crossover event integrated the plasmid into the  C. glutamicum  chromosome. Integration events are stably maintained in the genome by growth in the presence of antibiotic (e.g., 25 μg/ml kanamycin). Correct genomic integration in colonies derived from loop-in integration were confirmed by colony PCR with UF/IR and DR/IF PCR primers. Loop-in, loop-out constructs (shown under the heading “Loop-in, loop-out) contained two 2-kb homology arms (5′ and 3′ arms), gene(s) of interest (arrows), a positive selection marker (denoted “Marker”), and a counter-selection marker. Similar to “loop-in” only constructs, a single crossover event integrated the plasmid into the chromosome of  C. glutamicum . Note: only one of two possible integrations is shown here. Correct genomic integration was confirmed by colony PCR and counter-selection was applied so that the plasmid backbone and counter-selection marker could be excised. This results in one of two possibilities: reversion to wild-type or the desired pathway integration. Again, correct genomic loop-out is confirmed by colony PCR. (Abbreviations: Primers: UF=upstream forward, DR=downstream reverse, IR=internal reverse, IF=internal forward.) See Example 1. 
         FIG. 4A -4C:  FIG. 4A  shows a graph of biomass as a function of culture time under different process conditions for a culture of  S. cerevisiae  engineered to produce tyramine. The data come from a study described in Example 2.  FIG. 4B  shows the tyramine titer for the same culture.  FIG. 4C  shows the glucose concentration in this culture as a function of culture time. 
         FIG. 5 : Tyramine titers measured in extracellular broth following fermentation by the first-round engineered host  Yarrowia lipolytica . Strain designs tested the expression of additional heterologous enzymes. 
         FIG. 6 : Tyramine titers measured in extracellular broth following fermentation by the first round engineered host  Bacillus subtilis . Strain designs tested the expression of additional heterologous enzymes. 
         FIG. 7 : Tyramine titers measured in extracellular broth following fermentation by the host  S. cerevisiae  engineered to express the host evaluation designs for production of tyramine. 
         FIG. 8 : Tyramine titers measured in extracellular broth following fermentation by the host  C. glutamicum  engineered to express the host evaluation designs for production of tyramine. 
         FIG. 9 : Tyramine titers measured in extracellular broth following fermentation by the (third round) engineered host  S. cerevisiae . Strain designs tested the expression of additional heterologous enzymes. 
         FIG. 10 : Structure of tyramine. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of tyramine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related tyramine production methods. 
     Definitions 
     Terms used in the claims and specification are defined as set forth below unless otherwise specified. 
     The term “fermentation” is used herein to refer to a process whereby a microbial cell converts one or more substrate(s) into a desired product (such as tyramine) by means of one or more biological conversion steps, without the need for any chemical conversion step. 
     The term “engineered” is used herein, with reference to a cell, to indicate that the cell contains at least one targeted genetic alteration introduced by man that distinguishes the engineered cell from the naturally occurring cell. 
     The term “endogenous” is used herein to refer to a cellular component, such as a polynucleotide or polypeptide, that is naturally present in a particular cell. 
     The term “heterologous” is used herein, with reference to a polynucleotide or polypeptide introduced into a host cell, to refer to a polynucleotide or polypeptide, respectively, derived from a different organism, species, or strain than that of the host cell. A heterologous polynucleotide or polypeptide has a sequence that is different from any sequence(s) found in the same host cell. 
     As used with reference to polypeptides, the term “wild-type” refers to any polypeptide having an amino acid sequence present in a polypeptide from a naturally occurring organism, regardless of the source of the molecule; i.e., the term “wild-type” refers to sequence characteristics, regardless of whether the molecule is purified from a natural source; expressed recombinantly, followed by purification; or synthesized. The term wild-type is also used to denote naturally occurring cells. 
     A “control cell” is a cell that is otherwise identical to an engineered cell being tested, including being of the same genus and species as the engineered cell, but lacks the specific genetic modification(s) being tested for in the engineered cell. 
     Enzymes are identified herein by the reactions they catalyze and, unless otherwise indicated, refer to any polypeptide capable of catalyzing the identified reaction. Unless otherwise indicated, enzymes may be derived from any organism and may have a naturally occurring or mutated amino acid sequence. As is well known, enzymes may have multiple functions and/or multiple names, sometimes depending on the source organism from which they derive. The enzyme names used herein encompass orthologs, including enzymes that may have one or more additional functions or a different name. 
     The term “feedback-disregulated” is used herein with reference to an enzyme that is normally negatively regulated by a downstream product of the enzymatic pathway (i.e., feedback-inhibition) in a particular cell. In this context, a “feedback-disregulated” enzyme is a form of the enzyme that is less sensitive to feedback-inhibition than the wild-type enzyme endogenous to the cell. A feedback-disregulated enzyme may be produced by introducing one or more mutations into a wild-type enzyme. Alternatively, a feedback-disregulated enzyme may simply be a heterologous, wild-type enzyme that, when introduced into a particular microbial cell, is not as sensitive to feedback-inhibition as the endogenous, wild-type enzyme. In some embodiments, the feedback-disregulated enzyme shows no feedback-inhibition in the microbial cell. 
     The term “tyramine” refers to 4-(2-aminoethyl)phenol (CAS #51-67-2). 
     The term “sequence identity,” in the context of two or more amino acid or nucleotide sequences, refers to two or more sequences that are the same or have a specified percentage of amino acid residues or nucleotides that are the same, when compared and aligned for maximum correspondence, as measured using a sequence comparison algorithm or by visual inspection. 
     For sequence comparison to determine percent nucleotide or amino acid sequence identity, typically one sequence acts as a “reference sequence,” to which a “test” sequence is compared. When using a sequence comparison algorithm, test and reference sequences are input into a computer, subsequence coordinates are designated, if necessary, and sequence algorithm program parameters are designated. The sequence comparison algorithm then calculates the percent sequence identity for the test sequence relative to the reference sequence, based on the designated program parameters. Alignment of sequences for comparison can be conducted using BLAST set to default parameters. 
     The term “titer,” as used herein, refers to the mass of a product (e.g., tyramine) produced by a culture of microbial cells divided by the culture volume. 
     As used herein with respect to recovering tyramine from a cell culture, “recovering” refers to separating the tyramine from at least one other component of the cell culture medium. 
     Engineering Microbes for Tyramine Production 
     Tyramine Biosynthesis Pathway 
     Tyramine is derived from the aromatic branch of amino acid biosynthesis, based on the precursors phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and erythrose-4-phosphate (E4P). This pathway is illustrated in  FIG. 1 . The first step of the amino acid biosynthesis pathway, catalyzed by 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase, is subject to feedback inhibition by the aromatic amino acids tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine. Many microbes lack the enzyme that catalyzes the final step in this pathway, namely tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC). Production of tyramine in such microbial hosts requires the addition of at least one heterologous TYDC enzyme. 
     Engineering for Microbial Tyramine Production 
     Any TYDC that is active in the microbial cell being engineered may be introduced into the cell, typically by introducing and expressing the gene encoding the enzyme using standard genetic engineering techniques. Suitable TYDCs may be derived from any source, including plant, archaeal, fungal, gram-positive bacterial, and gram-negative bacterial sources. Exemplary sources include, but are not limited to:  Papaver somniferum, Petroselinum crispum, Oryza sativa, Methanosphaerula palustris Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, Zygosaccharomyces bailii, Penicillium marneffei, Talaromyces stipitatus, Trichophyton equinum, Propionibacterium  sp.  oral, Enterococcus faecium, Streptomyces hygroscopicus, Streptomyces sviceus, Modestobacter marinus, Pseudomonas putida, Sinorhizobium fredii . Some sources, such as  P. somniferum , may include more than one form of TYDC, and any of these can be used in the methods described herein. 
     One or more copies of a TYDC can be introduced into a selected microbial host cell. If more than one copy of a TYDC gene is introduced, the copies can be copies of the same or different TYDC gene. In some embodiments, the heterologous TYDC gene(s) is/are expressed from a strong, constitutive promoter. In some embodiments, the heterologous TYDC gene(s) is/are expressed from inducible promoters. The heterologous genes can optionally be codon-optimized to enhance expression in the selected microbial host cell. Codon-optimization tables are available for common microbial host cells. The codon-optimization tables used in the Examples are as follows:  Bacillus subtilis  Kazusa codon table: www.kazusa.or.jp/codon/cgi-bin/showcodon.cgi?species=1423&amp;aa=1&amp;style=N;  Yarrowia lipolytica  Kazusa codon table: www.kazusa.or.jp/codon/cgi-bin/showcodon.cgi?species=4952&amp;aa=1&amp;style=N;  Corynebacteria glutamicum  Kazusa codon table: www.kazusa.or.jp/codon/cgi-bin/showcodon.cgi?species=340322&amp;aa=1&amp;style=N;  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Kazusa codon table: http://www.kazusa.or.jp/codon/cgi-bin/showcodon.cgi?species=4932&amp;aa=1&amp;style=N. Also used, was a modified, combined codon usage scheme for  S. cereviae  and  C. glutamicum , which is reproduced below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Amino 
                   
                   
               
               
                 Acid 
                 Codon 
                 Fraction 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 A 
                 GCG 
                 0.22 
               
               
                 A 
                 GCA 
                 0.29 
               
               
                 A 
                 GCT 
                 0.24 
               
               
                 A 
                 GCC 
                 0.25 
               
               
                 C 
                 TGT 
                 0.36 
               
               
                 C 
                 TGC 
                 0.64 
               
               
                 D 
                 GAT 
                 0.56 
               
               
                 D 
                 GAC 
                 0.44 
               
               
                 E 
                 GAG 
                 0.44 
               
               
                 E 
                 GAA 
                 0.56 
               
               
                 F 
                 TTT 
                 0.37 
               
               
                 F 
                 TTC 
                 0.63 
               
               
                 G 
                 GGG 
                 0.08 
               
               
                 G 
                 GGA 
                 0.19 
               
               
                 G 
                 GGT 
                 0.3 
               
               
                 G 
                 GGC 
                 0.43 
               
               
                 H 
                 CAT 
                 0.32 
               
               
                 H 
                 CAC 
                 0.68 
               
               
                 I 
                 ATA 
                 0.03 
               
               
                 I 
                 ATT 
                 0.38 
               
               
                 I 
                 ATC 
                 0.59 
               
               
                 K 
                 AAG 
                 0.6 
               
               
                 K 
                 AAA 
                 0.4 
               
               
                 L 
                 TTG 
                 0.29 
               
               
                 L 
                 TTA 
                 0.05 
               
               
                 L 
                 CTG 
                 0.29 
               
               
                 L 
                 CTA 
                 0.06 
               
               
                 L 
                 CTT 
                 0.17 
               
               
                 L 
                 CTC 
                 0.14 
               
               
                 M 
                 ATG 
                 1 
               
               
                 N 
                 AAT 
                 0.33 
               
               
                 N 
                 AAC 
                 0.67 
               
               
                 P 
                 CCG 
                 0.22 
               
               
                 P 
                 CCA 
                 0.35 
               
               
                 P 
                 CCT 
                 0.23 
               
               
                 P 
                 CCC 
                 0.2 
               
               
                 Q 
                 CAG 
                 0.61 
               
               
                 Q 
                 CAA 
                 0.39 
               
               
                 R 
                 AGG 
                 0.11 
               
               
                 R 
                 AGA 
                 0.12 
               
               
                 R 
                 CGG 
                 0.09 
               
               
                 R 
                 CGA 
                 0.17 
               
               
                 R 
                 CGT 
                 0.34 
               
               
                 R 
                 CGC 
                 0.18 
               
               
                 S 
                 AGT 
                 0.08 
               
               
                 S 
                 AGC 
                 0.16 
               
               
                 S 
                 TCG 
                 0.12 
               
               
                 S 
                 TCA 
                 0.13 
               
               
                 S 
                 TCT 
                 0.17 
               
               
                 S 
                 TCC 
                 0.34 
               
               
                 T 
                 ACG 
                 0.14 
               
               
                 T 
                 ACA 
                 0.12 
               
               
                 T 
                 ACT 
                 0.2 
               
               
                 T 
                 ACC 
                 0.53 
               
               
                 V 
                 GTG 
                 0.36 
               
               
                 V 
                 GTA 
                 0.1 
               
               
                 V 
                 GTT 
                 0.26 
               
               
                 V 
                 GTC 
                 0.28 
               
               
                 W 
                 TGG 
                 1 
               
               
                 Y 
                 TAT 
                 0.34 
               
               
                 Y 
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     In Example 1 , C. glutamicum  was engineered to express a TYDC from  E. faecium  (SEQ ID NO:1), which yielded a tyramine titer of 80 μg/L. 
     Engineering for Increased Tyramine Production 
     Increasing the Activity of Endogenous Upstream Enzymes 
     One approach to increasing tyramine production in a microbial cell which expresses a heterologous TYDC is to increase the activity of one or more upstream enzymes in the tyramine biosynthesis pathway. Upstream pathway enzymes include all enzymes involved in the conversions from a feedstock all the way to tyrosine. In certain embodiments, the upstream pathway enzymes refer specifically to the enzymes involved in the conversion of key precursors (i.e., E4P and PEP) into the last native metabolite (i.e. tyrosine) in the pathway leading to tyramine. In some embodiments, the activity of one or more upstream pathway enzymes is increased by modulating the expression or activity of the endogenous enzyme(s). In some embodiments, the activity of one or more upstream pathway enzymes is supplemented by introducing one or more of the corresponding genes into the TYDC-expressing microbial host cell. Such genes include those encoding a dehydroquinate synthase, a dehydroquinate dehydratase, a shikimate dehydrogenase, a shikimate kinase, EPSP synthase, aromatic pentafunctional enzyme, a chorismate synthase, a chorismate mutase, a prephenate dehydratase, a phenyalanine aminotransferase, a prephenate dehydrogenase, a prephenate aminotransferase, an arogenate dehydrogenase, a phenylalanine hydroxylase, an aromatic amino acid transferase such as a tyrosine aminotransferase, a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, a transaldolase, a transketolase, a DAHP synthase, a phosphoenolpyruvate synthase, a glutamate synthase. Suitable upstream pathway genes may be derived from any source, including, for example, those discussed above as sources for a heterologous TYDC gene. 
     Example 1 describes the successful engineering of a microbial host cell to express a heterologous TYDC, along with an introduced gene encoding an upstream gene; either a chorismate synthase or a prephenate dehydrogenase. In particular,  S. cerevisiae  was engineered to express a TYDC from  P. somniferum  (SEQ ID NO:2) and an additional copy of the  S. cerevisiae  gene encoding either chorismate synthase (SEQ ID NO:3) or prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:4). The results are provided in Example 1, below. 
     An introduced upstream pathway gene may be heterologous or may simply be an additional copy of an endogenous gene. In some embodiments, one or more such genes are introduced into the TYDC-expressing microbial host cell and expressed from a strong constitutive promoter and/or can optionally be codon-optimized to enhance expression in the selected microbial host cell. A TYDC-expressing microbial cell can, for example, be engineered to express one or more copies of one or more upstream pathway genes. 
     In various embodiments, the engineering of a TYDC-expressing microbial cell to increase the activity of one or more upstream pathway enzymes increases the tyramine titer by at least 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 percent or by at least 2-fold, 2.5-fold, 3-fold, 3.5-fold, 4-fold, 4.5-fold, 5-fold, 5.5-fold, 6-fold, 6.5-fold, 7-fold, 7.5-fold, 8-fold, 8.5-fold, 9-fold, 9.5-fold, 10-fold, 11-fold, 12-fold, 13-fold, 14-fold, 15-fold, 16-fold, 17-fold, 18-fold, 19-fold, 20-fold, 21-fold, 22-fold, 23-fold, 24-fold, 25-fold, 30-fold, 35-fold, 40-fold, 45-fold, 50-fold, 55-fold, 60-fold, 65-fold, 70-fold, 75-fold, 80-fold, 85-fold, 90-fold, 95-fold, or 100-fold. In various embodiments, the increase in tyramine titer is in the range of 10 percent to 100-fold, 2-fold to 50-fold, 5-fold to 40-fold, 10-fold to 30-fold, or any range bounded by any of the values listed above. (Ranges herein include their endpoints.) These increases are determined relative to the tyramine titer observed in a tyramine-producing microbial cell that lacks any increase in activity of upstream pathway enzymes. This reference cell may have one or more other genetic alterations aimed at increasing tyramine production, e.g., the cell may express a feedback-disregulated enzyme. 
     In various embodiments, the tyramine titers achieved by increasing the activity of one or more upstream pathway genes are at least 10, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, or 900 mg/L or at least 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, or 10 gm/L. In various embodiments, the titer is in the range of 10 mg/L to 10 gm/L, 100 mg/L to 5 gm/L, 200 mg/L to 4 gm/L, 300 mg/L to 3 gm/L, or any range bounded by any of the values listed above. 
     Introduction of Feedback-Disregulated Enzymes 
     Since aromatic amino acid biosynthesis is subject to feedback inhibition, another approach to increasing tyramine production in a microbial cell engineered to express a heterologous TYDC is to introduce feedback-disregulated forms of one or more enzymes that are normally subject to feedback inhibition in the TYDC-expressing microbial cell. Examples of such enzymes include DAHP synthase and chorismate mutase. A feedback-disregulated form can be a heterologous, wild-type enzyme that is less sensitive to feedback inhibition than the endogenous enzyme in the particular microbial host cell. Alternatively, a feedback-disregulated form can be a variant of an endogenous or heterologous enzyme that has one or more mutations rendering it less sensitive to feedback inhibition than the corresponding wild-type enzyme. Examples of the latter include variant DAHP synthases (two from  S. cerevisiae , one from  E. coli ) that have known point mutations rendering them resistant to feedback inhibition, e.g.,  S. cerevisiae  ARO4Q166K (SEQ ID NO:5),  S. cerevisiae  ARO4K229L (SEQ ID NO:6), and  E. coli  AroGD146N (SEQ ID NO:7). The last 5 characters of these designations indicate amino acid substitutions, using the standard one-letter code for amino acids, with the first letter referring to the wild-type residue and the last letter referring to the replacement reside; the numbers indicate the position of the amino acid substitution in the translated protein. 
     Example 1 describes the successful engineering of a fungal and bacterial host cells to express a heterologous TYDC, along with an introduced gene encoding a feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase. In particular,  S. cerevisiae  was engineered to express a TYDC 2 from  P. somniferum  (SEQ ID NO:2) and  S. cerevisiae  ARO4K229L (SEQ ID NO:6), which gave a tyramine titer of 387 μg/L. 
     In various embodiments, the engineering of a TYDC-expressing microbial cell to express a feedback-disregulated enzymes increases the tyramine titer by at least 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 percent or by at least 2-fold, 2.5-fold, 3-fold, 3.5-fold, 4-fold, 4.5-fold, 5-fold, 5.5-fold, 6-fold, 6.5-fold, 7-fold, 7.5-fold, 8-fold, 8.5-fold, 9-fold, 9.5-fold, 10-fold, 11-fold, 12-fold, 13-fold, 14-fold, 15-fold, 16-fold, 17-fold, 18-fold, 19-fold, 20-fold, 21-fold, 22-fold, 23-fold, 24-fold, 25-fold, 30-fold, 35-fold, 40-fold, 45-fold, 50-fold, 55-fold, 60-fold, 65-fold, 70-fold, 75-fold, 80-fold, 85-fold, 90-fold, 95-fold, or 100-fold. In various embodiments, the increase in tyramine titer is in the range of 10 percent to 100-fold, 2-fold to 50-fold, 5-fold to 40-fold, 10-fold to 30-fold, or any range bounded by any of the values listed above. These increases are determined relative to the tyramine titer observed in a tyramine-producing microbial cell that does not express a feedback-disregulated enzyme. This reference cell may (but need not) have other genetic alterations aimed at increasing tyramine production, i.e., the cell may have increased activity of an upstream pathway enzyme resulting from some means other than feedback-insensitivity. 
     In various embodiments, the tyramine titers achieved by using a feedback-disregulated enzyme to increase flux though the tyramine biosynthetic pathway are at least 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, or 900 mg/L or at least 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, or 5 gm/L. In various embodiments, the titer is in the range of 100 mg/L to 5 gm/L, 200 mg/L to 4 gm/L, 300 mg/L to 3 gm/L, or any range bounded by any of the values listed above. 
     The approaches of supplementing the activity of one or more endogenous enzymes and/or introducing one or more feedback-disregulated enzymes can be combined in TYDC-expressing microbial cells to achieve even higher tyramine production levels. 
     Microbial Host Cells 
     Any microbe that can be used to express introduced genes can be engineered for fermentative production of tyramine as described above. In certain embodiments, the microbe is one that is naturally incapable of fermentative production of tyramine. In some embodiments, the microbe is one that is readily cultured, such as, for example, a microbe known to be useful as a host cell in fermentative production of compounds of interest. Bacteria cells, including gram positive or gram negative bacteria can be engineered as described above. Examples include, in addition to  C. glutamicum  cells,  P. citrea, B. subtilis, B. licheniformis, B. lentus, B. brevis, B. stearothermophilus, B. alkalophilus, B. amyloliquefaciens, B. clausii, B. halodurans, B. megaterium, B. coagulans, B. circulans, B. lautus, B. thuringiensis, S. albus, S. lividans, S. coelicolor, S. griseus, Pseudomonas  sp.,  P. alcaligenes, Lactobacilis  spp. (such as  L. lactis, L. plantarum ),  L. grayi, E. coli, E. faecium, E. gallinarum, E. casseliflavus , and/or  E. faecalis  cells. 
     There are numerous types of anaerobic cells that can be used as microbial host cells in the methods described herein. In some embodiments, the microbial cells are obligate anaerobic cells. Obligate anaerobes typically do not grow well, if at all, in conditions where oxygen is present. It is to be understood that a small amount of oxygen may be present, that is, there is some level of tolerance level that obligate anaerobes have for a low level of oxygen. Obligate anaerobes engineered as described above can be grown under substantially oxygen-free conditions, wherein the amount of oxygen present is not harmful to the growth, maintenance, and/or fermentation of the anaerobes. 
     Alternatively, the microbial host cells used in the methods described herein can be facultative anaerobic cells. Facultative anaerobes can generate cellular ATP by aerobic respiration (e.g., utilization of the TCA cycle) if oxygen is present. However, facultative anaerobes can also grow in the absence of oxygen. Facultative anaerobes engineered as described above can be grown under substantially oxygen-free conditions, wherein the amount of oxygen present is not harmful to the growth, maintenance, and/or fermentation of the anaerobes, or can be alternatively grown in the presence of greater amounts of oxygen. 
     In some embodiments, the microbial host cells used in the methods described herein are filamentous fungal cells. (See, e.g., Berka &amp; Barnett, Biotechnology Advances, (1989), 7(2):127-154). Examples include  Trichoderma longibrachiatum, T. viride, T. koningii, T. harzianum, Penicillium  sp.,  Humicola insolens, H. lanuginose, H. grisea, Chrysosporium  sp.,  C. lucknowense, Gliocladium  sp.,  Aspergillus  sp. (such as  A. oryzae, A. niger, A. sojae, A. japonicus, A. nidulans , or  A. awamori ),  Fusarium  sp. (such as  F. roseum, F. graminum F. cerealis, F. oxysporuim , or  F. venenatum ),  Neurospora  sp. (such as  N. crassa  or  Hypocrea  sp.),  Mucor  sp. (such as  M. miehei ),  Rhizopus  sp., and  Emericella  sp. cells. In particular embodiments, the fungal cell engineered as described above is  A. nidulans, A. awamori, A. oryzae, A. aculeatus, A. niger, A. japonicus, T. reesei, T. viride, F. oxysporum , or  F. solani . Illustrative plasmids or plasmid components for use with such hosts include those described in U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2011/0045563. 
     Yeasts can also be used as the microbial host cell in the methods described herein. Examples include:  Saccharomyces  sp.,  Schizosaccharomyces  sp.,  Pichia  sp.,  Hansenula polymorpha, Pichia stipites, Kluyveromyces marxianus, Kluyveromyces  spp.,  Yarrowia lipolytica  and  Candida  sp. In some embodiments, the  Saccharomyces  sp. is  S. cerevisiae  (See, e.g., Romanos et al., Yeast, (1992), 8(6):423-488). Illustrative plasmids or plasmid components for use with such hosts include those described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,659,097 and U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2011/0045563. 
     In some embodiments, the host cell can be an algal cell derived, e.g., from a green algae, red algae, a glaucophyte, a chlorarachniophyte, a euglenid, a chromista, or a dinoflagellate. (See, e.g., Saunders &amp; Warmbrodt, “Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi, Including Yeast,” (1993), National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Md.). Illustrative plasmids or plasmid components for use in algal cells include those described in U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2011/0045563. 
     In other embodiments, the host cell is a cyanobacterium, such as cyanobacterium classified into any of the following groups based on morphology:  Chlorococcales, Pleurocapsales, Oscillatoriales, Nostocales, Synechosystic  or  Stigonematales  (See, e.g., Lindberg et al., Metab. Eng., (2010) 12(1):70-79). Illustrative plasmids or plasmid components for use in cyanobacterial cells include those described in U.S. Patent Pub. Nos. 2010/0297749 and 2009/0282545 and in Intl. Pat. Pub. No. WO 2011/034863. 
     Genetic Engineering Methods 
     Microbial cells can be engineered for fermentative tyramine production using conventional techniques of molecular biology (including recombinant techniques), microbiology, cell biology, and biochemistry, which are within the skill of the art. Such techniques are explained fully in the literature, see e.g., “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual,” fourth edition (Sambrook et al., 2012); “Oligonucleotide Synthesis” (M. J. Gait, ed., 1984); “Culture of Animal Cells: A Manual of Basic Technique and Specialized Applications” (R. I. Freshney, ed., 6th Edition, 2010); “Methods in Enzymology” (Academic Press, Inc.); “Current Protocols in Molecular Biology” (F. M. Ausubel et al., eds., 1987, and periodic updates); “PCR: The Polymerase Chain Reaction,” (Mullis et al., eds., 1994); Singleton et al., Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology 2nd ed., J. Wiley &amp; Sons (New York, N.Y. 1994). 
     Vectors are polynucleotide vehicles used to introduce genetic material into a cell. Vectors useful in the methods described herein can be linear or circular. Vectors can integrate into a target genome of a host cell or replicate independently in a host cell. For many applications, integrating vectors that produced stable transformants are preferred. Vectors can include, for example, an origin of replication, a multiple cloning site (MCS), and/or a selectable marker. An expression vector typically includes an expression cassette containing regulatory elements that facilitate expression of a polynucleotide sequence (often a coding sequence) in a particular host cell. Vectors include, but are not limited to, integrating vectors, prokaryotic plasmids, episomes, viral vectors, cosmids, and artificial chromosomes. 
     Illustrative regulatory elements that may be used in expression cassettes include promoters, enhancers, internal ribosomal entry sites (IRES), and other expression control elements (e.g., transcription termination signals, such as polyadenylation signals and poly-U sequences). Such regulatory elements are described, for example, in Goeddel, Gene Expression Technology: Methods In Enzymology 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990). 
     In some embodiments, vectors may be used to introduce systems that can carry out genome editing, such as CRISPR systems. See U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2014/0068797, published 6 Mar. 2014; see also Jinek M., et al., “A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity,” Science 337:816-21, 2012). In Type II CRISPR-Cas9 systems, Cas9 is a site-directed endonuclease, namely an enzyme that is, or can be, directed to cleave a polynucleotide at a particular target sequence using two distinct endonuclease domains (HNH and RuvC/RNase H-like domains). Cas9 can be engineered to cleave DNA at any desired site because Cas9 is directed to its cleavage site by RNA. Cas9 is therefore also described as an “RNA-guided nuclease.” More specifically, Cas9 becomes associated with one or more RNA molecules, which guide Cas9 to a specific polynucleotide target based on hybridization of at least a portion of the RNA molecule(s) to a specific sequence in the target polynucleotide. Ran, F. A., et al., (“In vivo genome editing using  Staphylococcus aureus  Cas9,” Nature 520(7546):186-91, 2015 Apr. 9], including all extended data) present the crRNA/tracrRNA sequences and secondary structures of eight Type II CRISPR-Cas9 systems. Cas9-like synthetic proteins are also known in the art (see U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2014-0315985, published 23 Oct. 2014). 
     Example 1 describes two illustrative integration approaches for introducing polynucleotides into the genomes of  S. cerevisiae  and  C. glutamicum  cells. 
     Vectors or other polynucleotides can be introduced into microbial cells by any of a variety of standard methods, such as transformation, conjugation, electroporation, nuclear microinjection, transduction, transfection (e.g., lipofection mediated or DEAE-Dextrin mediated transfection or transfection using a recombinant phage virus), incubation with calcium phosphate DNA precipitate, high velocity bombardment with DNA-coated microprojectiles, and protoplast fusion. Transformants can be selected by any method known in the art. Suitable methods for selecting transformants are described in U.S. Patent Pub. Nos. 2009/0203102, 2010/0048964, and 2010/0003716, and International Publication Nos. WO 2009/076676, WO 2010/003007, and WO 2009/132220. 
     Engineered Microbial Cells 
     The above-described methods can be used to produce engineered microbial cells that produce, and in certain embodiments, overproduce, tyramine. Engineered microbial cells can have at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more genetic alterations, such as 30-40 alterations, as compared to a wild-type microbial cell, such as any of the microbial host cells described herein. Engineered microbial cells described in the Example below have one, two, or three genetic alterations, but those of skill in the art can, following the guidance set forth herein, design microbial cells with additional alterations. In some embodiments, the engineered microbial cells have not more than 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, or 4 genetic alterations, as compared to a wild-type microbial cell. In various embodiments, microbial cells engineered for tyramine production can have a number of genetic alterations falling within the any of the following illustrative ranges: 1-10, 1-9, 1-8, 2-7, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 3-7, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, etc. 
     In some embodiments, an engineered microbial cell expresses at least one heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC). This is necessary in the case of a microbial host cell that does not naturally produce tyramine. In various embodiments, the microbial cell can include and express, for example: (1) a single heterologous TYDC gene, (2) two or more heterologous TYDC genes, which can be the same or different (in other words, multiple copies of the same heterologous TYDC genes can be introduced or multiple, different heterologous TYDC genes can be introduced), (3) a single heterologous TYDC gene and one or more additional copies of an endogenous TYDC gene, or (4) two or more heterologous TYDC genes, which can be the same or different, and one or more additional copies of an endogenous TYDC gene. 
     This engineered host cell can include at least one additional genetic alteration that increases flux through the pathway leading to the production of tyrosine (the immediate precursor of tyramine). These “upstream” enzymes in the pathway include: dehydroquinate synthase, dehydroquinate dehydratase, shikimate dehydrogenase, shikimate kinase, EPSP synthase, aromatic pentafunctional enzyme, chorismate synthase, chorismate mutase, prephenate dehydratase, phenyalananine aminotransferase, prephenate dehydrogenase, prephenate aminotransferase, arogenate dehydrogenase, phenylalanine hydroxylase, and tyrosine aminotransferase, including any isoforms, paralogs, or orthologs having these enzymatic activities (which as those of skill in the art readily appreciate may be known by different names). The at least one additional alteration can increase the activity of the upstream pathway enzyme(s) by any available means, e.g., by: (1) modulating the expression or activity of the endogenous enzyme(s), (2) expressing one or more additional copies of the genes for the endogenous enzymes, or (3) expressing one or more copies of the genes for one or more heterologous enzymes. 
     In some embodiments, increased flux through the pathway can be achieved by expressing one or more genes encoding a feedback-disregulated enzyme, as discussed above. For example, the engineered host cell can include and express: (1) one or more feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase genes, (2) one or more feedback-disregulated chorismate mutase genes, or (3) one or more feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase genes and one or more feedback-disregulated chorismate mutase genes. Thus, an engineered microbial cell having any of these genetic alterations can also include at least one heterologous TYDC and, optionally, one more genetic alterations that increase the activity of one or more upstream pathway enzymes. 
     The engineered microbial cells can contain introduced genes that have a wild-type nucleotide sequence or that differ from wild-type. For example, the wild-type nucleotide sequence can be codon-optimized for expression in a particular host cell. The amino acid sequences encoded by any of these introduced genes can be wild-type or can differ from wild-type. In various embodiments, the amino acid sequences have at least 0 percent, 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent amino acid sequence identity with a wild-type amino acid sequence. 
     The engineered microbial cells can, in various embodiments, be capable of producing tyramine at high titer, as described above. In some embodiments, the engineered microbial cell can produce tyramine by fermentation of a substrate, wherein at least 20 percent of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. In various embodiments, at least 25 percent, 30 percent, 35 percent, 40 percent, 45 percent, 50 percent, 55 percent, 60 percent, 65 percent, 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. In some embodiments, the percentage of the fermentation substrate that is not derived from protein or amino acid sources falls within any of the following illustrative ranges: 40-100 percent, 40-90 percent, 40-80 percent, 50-100 percent, 50-90 percent, 50-80 percent, 60-100 percent, 60-90 percent, 60-80 percent, etc. 
     The approach described herein has been carried out in fungal cells, namely the yeast  S. cerevisiae  (a eukaryote), and in bacterial cells, namely  C. glutamicum  (a prokaryote). (See Example 1.) 
     Illustrative Engineered Fungal Cells 
     Illustrative Engineered  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Cells 
     In certain embodiments the engineered yeast (e.g.,  S. cerevisiae ) cell expresses a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent amino acid sequence identity to a TYDC from  Papaver somniferum . In various embodiments, the  P. somniferum  TYDC can include SEQ ID NO:2. This may be the only genetic alteration of the engineered yeast cell, or the yeast cell can include one or more additional genetic alterations, as discussed more generally above. 
     In particular embodiments, the engineered yeast (e.g.,  S. cerevisiae ) cell additionally expresses a variant of a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase, which typically has at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase. In an illustrative embodiment, the engineered yeast (e.g.,  S. cerevisiae ) cell expresses a  P. somniferum  Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 (SEQ ID NO:2) and a feedback-disregulated  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase encoded by the Aro4 gene that additionally comprises a K229L mutation (SEQ ID NO:6) to yield a tyramine titer of about 387 μg/L (see Table 1—First-Round Results). 
     An illustrative yeast (e.g.,  S. cerevisiae ) cell having a third genetic alteration can additionally have increased activity of an upstream pathway enzyme, such as prephenate dehydrogenase, relative to the control cell, e.g., produced by introducing an additional copy of a wild-type  S. cereviseae  prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:4) gene into the cell or a gene encoding a prephenate dehydrogenase having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cereviseae  prephenate dehydrogenase. This alteration increased the tyramine titer to about 346 mg/L (see Table 1—Second-Round Results). 
     An illustrative yeast (e.g.,  S. cerevisiae ) cell having a fourth genetic alteration can additionally have increased activity of an upstream pathway enzyme, such as transaldolase, relative to the control cell, e.g., produced by introducing an additional copy of a wild-type  S. cereviseae  transaldolase (SEQ ID NO:8) gene into the cell or a gene encoding a transaldolase having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cereviseae  transaldolase. This alteration gave a tyramine titer of about 299 mg/L (see Table 7—Improvement-Round Results for  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine; note that this was better than the control strain, which contained the three alterations described in the preceding paragraphs; the titer for the control strain, in this experiment, was about 266 mg/L). In an illustrative embodiment, an engineered  S. cereviseae  cell expresses versions of these genes that are codon-optimized using a using a modified combined codon table for  Corynebacterium glutamicum  and  S. cereviseae.    
     Illustrative Engineered  Yarrowia lipolytica  Cells 
     In certain embodiments the engineered yeast (e.g.,  Yarrowia lipolytica ) cell expresses a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent amino acid sequence identity to a pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  Enterococcus faecium  (e.g., Com15). In various embodiments, the  E. faecium  TYDC can include SEQ ID NO:1. This may be the only genetic alteration of the engineered yeast cell, or the yeast cell can include one or more additional genetic alterations, as discussed more generally above. 
     In particular embodiments, the engineered yeast (e.g.,  Y. lipolytica ) cell additionally expresses a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase, which typically has at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cerevisiae  (e.g., S288c) phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase (DAHP synthase)(SEQ ID NO:9). This additional genetic alteration yielded a tyramine titer of 55 mg/L (see Table 3—Host Evaluation Results for  Yarrowia lipolytica  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine.) In an illustrative embodiment, an engineered  Y. lipolytica  cell expresses versions of these genes that are codon-optimized for  Y. lipolytica  (SEQ ID NO:10). 
     Illustrative Engineered Bacterial Cells 
     Illustrative Engineered  Corynebacterium glutamicum  Cells 
     In certain embodiments the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  C. glutamicum ) cell expresses a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent amino acid sequence identity to a TYDC from  Enterococcus faecium  (e.g., Com15) or from  Zygosaccharomyces bailii . For example, the  E. faecium  TYDC can include SEQ ID NO:1, and the  Z. bailii  TYDC can include SEQ ID NO:11. Expression of a heterologous TYDC may be the only genetic alteration of the engineered bacterial cell, or the bacterial cell can include one or more additional genetic alterations, as discussed more generally above. 
     In particular embodiments, the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  C. glutamicum ) cell additionally expresses a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase (e.g., phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase from strain 288c) or a variant thereof, which typically has at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase (SEQ ID NO:9). Both genes can be codon-optimized, for example, for  S. cerevisiae . In illustrative embodiments, the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  C. glutamicum ) cell expresses either (or both) an  E. faecium  TYDC (SEQ ID NO:1) or a  Z. bailii  TYDC (SEQ ID NO:11) in combination with a feedback-disregulated  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase encoded by the Aro4 gene that additionally comprises a K229L mutation (SEQ ID NO:6). 
     Alternatively, or in addition to expressing a DAHP synthase variant, a TYDC-expressing bacterial (e.g.,  C. glutamicum ) cell can have increased activity of an upstream pathway enzyme, such as chorismate synthase and/or prephrenate dehydrogenase relative to the control cell. In an illustrative embodiment, the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  C. glutamicum ) cell expresses an  E. faecium  TYDC (SEQ ID NO:1) in combination with a copy of a wild-type  S. cereviseae  chorismate synthase (SEQ ID NO:12) gene or a gene encoding a chorismate synthase having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cereviseae  chorismate synthase (SEQ ID NO:3). In another illustrative embodiment, the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  C. glutamicum ) cell expresses an  E. faecium  TYDC (SEQ ID NO:1) in combination with a copy of a wild-type  S. cereviseae  prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:13) gene or a gene encoding a prephenate dehydrogenase having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cereviseae  prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:4). 
     An illustrative  C. glutamicum  strain from Example 2B produced 467 mg/L tyramine and expressed pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  E. faecium  Com15 (UniProt ID C9ASN2) (SEQ ID NO:1), phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase from (DAHP synthase)  S. cerevisiae  S288c (UniProt ID P32449) (SEQ ID NO:9), where the DNA sequences for both enzymes was codon-optimized for  S. cerevisiae . (Table 6,  FIG. 8 .) (SEQ ID NOs: 43, 42). 
     Illustrative Engineered  Bacillus subtilus  Cells 
     In certain embodiments the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  Bacillus subtilus ) cell expresses a heterologous tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent amino acid sequence identity to a TYDC from  Enterococcus faecium  (e.g., Com15). For example, the  E. faecium  TYDC can include SEQ ID NO:1. Expression of a heterologous TYDC may be the only genetic alteration of the engineered bacterial cell, or the bacterial cell can include one or more additional genetic alterations, as discussed more generally above. 
     In particular embodiments, the engineered bacterial (e.g.,  B. subtilus ) cell additionally expresses a variant of a  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase (e.g., phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase from strain 288c), which typically has at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase (SEQ ID NO:9). 
     An illustrative bacterial (e.g.,  B. subtilus ) cell having a third genetic alteration can additionally have increased activity of an upstream pathway enzyme, such as shikimate kinase, relative to the control cell, e.g., produced by introducing an additional copy of a wild-type  E. coli  (e.g., K12) shikimate kinase 2 (SEQ ID NO:14) gene into the cell or a gene encoding a shikimate kinase having at least 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, or 95 percent amino acid sequence identity to the wild-type  E. coli  shikimate kinase 2 (SEQ ID NO:15). In an illustrative embodiment, an engineered  B. subtilus  cell expresses versions of these genes that are codon-optimized for  S. cerevisiae.    
     Culturing of Engineered Microbial Cells 
     Any of the microbial cells described herein can be cultured, e.g., for maintenance, growth, and/or tyramine production. Generally, tyramine is produced from fermentation of a substrate wherein at least 20% of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. Accordingly, cultures of the engineered microbial cells described herein include a fermentation substrate, wherein at least 20 percent of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. In various embodiments, at least 25 percent, 30 percent, 35 percent, 40 percent, 45 percent, 50 percent, 55 percent, 60 percent, 65 percent, 70 percent, 75 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent or 100 percent of the substrate is not derived from protein or amino acid sources. In some embodiments, the percentage of the fermentation substrate that is not derived from protein or amino acid sources falls within any of the following illustrative ranges: 40-100 percent, 40-90 percent, 40-80 percent, 50-100 percent, 50-90 percent, 50-80 percent, 60-100 percent, 60-90 percent, 60-80 percent, etc. 
     In some embodiments, the cultures are grown to an optical density at 600 nm of 10-500, such as an optical density of 50-150. 
     In various embodiments, the cultures include produced tyramine at titers of at least 10, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, or 900 mg/L or at least 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, or 10 gm/L. In various embodiments, the titer is in the range of 10 mg/L to 10 gm/L, 100 mg/L to 5 gm/L, 200 mg/L to 4 gm/L, 300 mg/L to 3 gm/L, or any range bounded by any of the values listed above. 
     Culture Media 
     Microbial cells can be cultured in any suitable medium including, but not limited to, a minimal medium, i.e., one containing the minimum nutrients possible for cell growth. Minimal medium typically contains: (1) a carbon source for microbial growth; (2) salts, which may depend on the particular microbial cell and growing conditions; and (3) water. Suitable media can also include any combination of the following: a nitrogen source for growth and product formation, a sulfur source for growth, a phosphate source for growth, metal salts for growth, vitamins for growth, and other cofactors for growth. 
     Any suitable carbon source can be used to cultivate the host cells. The term “carbon source” refers to one or more carbon-containing compounds capable of being metabolized by a microbial cell. In various embodiments, the carbon source is a carbohydrate (such as a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, or a polysaccharide), or an invert sugar (e.g., enzymatically treated sucrose syrup). Illustrative monosaccharides include glucose (dextrose), fructose (levulose), and galactose; illustrative oligosaccharides include dextran or glucan, and illustrative polysaccharides include starch and cellulose. Suitable sugars include C6 sugars (e.g., fructose, mannose, galactose, or glucose) and C5 sugars (e.g., xylose or arabinose). Other, less expensive carbon sources include sugar cane juice, beet juice, sorghum juice, and the like, any of which may, but need not be, fully or partially deionized. 
     The salts in a culture medium generally provide essential elements, such as magnesium, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur to allow the cells to synthesize proteins and nucleic acids. 
     Minimal medium can be supplemented with one or more selective agents, such as antibiotics. 
     To produce tyramine, the culture medium can include, and/or is supplemented during culture with, glucose and/or a nitrogen source such as urea, an ammonium salt, ammonia, or any combination thereof. 
     Culture Conditions 
     Materials and methods suitable for the maintenance and growth of microbial cells are well known in the art. See, for example, U.S. Pub. Nos. 2009/0203102, 2010/0003716, and 2010/0048964, and International Pub. Nos. WO 2004/033646, WO 2009/076676, WO 2009/132220, and WO 2010/003007, Manual of Methods for General Bacteriology Gerhardt et al., eds), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. (1994) or Brock in Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology, Second Edition (1989) Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Mass. 
     In general, cells are grown and maintained at an appropriate temperature, gas mixture, and pH (such as about 20° C. to about 37° C., about 6% to about 84% CO 2 , and a pH between about 5 to about 9). In some aspects, cells are grown at 35° C. In certain embodiments, such as where thermophilic bacteria are used as the host cells, higher temperatures (e.g., 50° C.-75° C.) may be used. In some aspects, the pH ranges for fermentation are between about pH 5.0 to about pH 9.0 (such as about pH 6.0 to about pH 8.0 or about 6.5 to about 7.0). Cells can be grown under aerobic, anoxic, or anaerobic conditions based on the requirements of the particular cell. 
     Standard culture conditions and modes of fermentation, such as batch, fed-batch, or continuous fermentation that can be used are described in U.S. Publ. Nos. 2009/0203102, 2010/0003716, and 2010/0048964, and International Pub. Nos. WO 2009/076676, WO 2009/132220, and WO 2010/003007. Batch and Fed-Batch fermentations are common and well known in the art, and examples can be found in Brock, Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology, Second Edition (1989) Sinauer Associates, Inc. 
     In some embodiments, the cells are cultured under limited sugar (e.g., glucose) conditions. In various embodiments, the amount of sugar that is added is less than or about 105% (such as about 100%, 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, 50%, 40%, 30%, 20%, or 10%) of the amount of sugar that can be consumed by the cells. In particular embodiments, the amount of sugar that is added to the culture medium is approximately the same as the amount of sugar that is consumed by the cells during a specific period of time. In some embodiments, the rate of cell growth is controlled by limiting the amount of added sugar such that the cells grow at the rate that can be supported by the amount of sugar in the cell medium. In some embodiments, sugar does not accumulate during the time the cells are cultured. In various embodiments, the cells are cultured under limited sugar conditions for times greater than or about 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, or 70 hours or even up to about 5-10 days. In various embodiments, the cells are cultured under limited sugar conditions for greater than or about 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, or 100% of the total length of time the cells are cultured. While not intending to be bound by any particular theory, it is believed that limited sugar conditions can allow more favorable regulation of the cells. 
     In some aspects, the cells are grown in batch culture. The cells can also be grown in fed-batch culture or in continuous culture. Additionally, the cells can be cultured in minimal medium, including, but not limited to, any of the minimal media described above. The minimal medium can be further supplemented with 1.0% (w/v) glucose (or any other six-carbon sugar) or less. Specifically, the minimal medium can be supplemented with 1% (w/v), 0.9% (w/v), 0.8% (w/v), 0.7% (w/v), 0.6% (w/v), 0.5% (w/v), 0.4% (w/v), 0.3% (w/v), 0.2% (w/v), or 0.1% (w/v) glucose. In some cultures, significantly higher levels of sugar (e.g., glucose) are used, e.g., at least 10% (w/v), 20% (w/v), 30% (w/v), 40% (w/v), 50% (w/v), 60% (w/v), 70% (w/v), or up to the solubility limit for the sugar in the medium. In some embodiments, the sugar levels falls within a range of any two of the above values, e.g.: 0.1-10% (w/v), 1.0-20% (w/v), 10-70% (w/v), 20-60% (w/v), or 30-50% (w/v). Furthermore, different sugar levels can be used for different phases of culturing. For fed-batch culture (e.g., of  S. cerevisiae  or  C. glutamicum ), the sugar level can be about 100-200 g/L (10-20% (w/v)) in the batch phase and then up to about 500-700 g/L (50-70% in the feed). 
     Additionally, the minimal medium can be supplemented 0.1% (w/v) or less yeast extract. Specifically, the minimal medium can be supplemented with 0.1% (w/v), 0.09% (w/v), 0.08% (w/v), 0.07% (w/v), 0.06% (w/v), 0.05% (w/v), 0.04% (w/v), 0.03% (w/v), 0.02% (w/v), or 0.01% (w/v) yeast extract. Alternatively, the minimal medium can be supplemented with 1% (w/v), 0.9% (w/v), 0.8% (w/v), 0.7% (w/v), 0.6% (w/v), 0.5% (w/v), 0.4% (w/v), 0.3% (w/v), 0.2% (w/v), or 0.1% (w/v) glucose and with 0.1% (w/v), 0.09% (w/v), 0.08% (w/v), 0.07% (w/v), 0.06% (w/v), 0.05% (w/v), 0.04% (w/v), 0.03% (w/v), or 0.02% (w/v) yeast extract. In some cultures, significantly higher levels of yeast extract can be used, e.g., at least 1.5% (w/v), 2.0% (w/v), 2.5% (w/v), or 3% (w/v). In some cultures (e.g., of  S. cerevisiae  or  C. glutamicum ), the yeast extract level falls within a range of any two of the above values, e.g.: 0.5-3.0% (w/v), 1.0-2.5% (w/v), or 1.5-2.0% (w/v). 
     Illustrative materials and methods suitable for the maintenance and growth of the engineered microbial cells described herein can be found below in Example 1. 
     Tyramine Production and Recovery 
     Any of the methods described herein may further include a step of recovering tyramine. In some embodiments, the produced tyramine contained in a so-called harvest stream is recovered/harvested from the production vessel. The harvest stream may include, for instance, cell-free or cell-containing aqueous solution coming from the production vessel, which contains tyramine as a result of the conversion of production substrate by the resting cells in the production vessel. Cells still present in the harvest stream may be separated from the tyramine by any operations known in the art, such as for instance filtration, centrifugation, decantation, membrane crossflow ultrafiltration or microfiltration, tangential flow ultrafiltration or microfiltration or dead end filtration. After this cell separation operation, the harvest stream is essentially free of cells. 
     Further steps of separation and/or purification of the produced tyramine from other components contained in the harvest stream, i.e., so-called downstream processing steps may optionally be carried out. These steps may include any means known to a skilled person, such as, for instance, concentration, extraction, crystallization, precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, chromatography, distillation, electrodialysis, bipolar membrane electrodialysis and/or reverse osmosis. Any of these procedures can be used alone or in combination to purify tyramine. Further purification steps can include one or more of, e.g., concentration, crystallization, precipitation, washing and drying, treatment with activated carbon, ion exchange and/or re-crystallization. The design of a suitable purification protocol may depend on the cells, the culture medium, the size of the culture, the production vessel, etc. and is within the level of skill in the art. 
     The following example is given for the purpose of illustrating various embodiments of the disclosure and is not meant to limit the present disclosure in any fashion. Changes therein and other uses which are encompassed within the spirit of the disclosure, as defined by the scope of the claims, will be identifiable to those skilled in the art. 
     Example 1—Construction and Selection of Strains of  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  and  Corynebacterium glutamicum  Engineered to Produce Tyramine 
     Plasmid/DNA Design 
     All strains tested for this work were transformed with plasmid DNA designed using proprietary software. Plasmid designs were specific to one of the two host organisms engineered in this work. The plasmid DNA was physically constructed by a standard DNA assembly method. This plasmid DNA was then used to integrate metabolic pathway inserts by one of two host-specific methods, each described below. 
       S. cerevisiae  Pathway Integration 
     A “split-marker, double-crossover” genomic integration strategy has been developed to engineer  S. cerevisiae  strains.  FIG. 2  illustrates genomic integration of complementary, split-marker plasmids and verification of correct genomic integration via colony PCR in  S. cerevisiae . Two plasmids with complementary 5′ and 3′ homology arms and overlapping halves of a URA3 selectable marker (direct repeats shown by the hashed bars) were digested with meganucleases and transformed as linear fragments. A triple-crossover event integrated the desired heterologous genes into the targeted locus and re-constituted the full URA3 gene. Colonies derived from this integration event were assayed using two 3-primer reactions to confirm both the 5′ and 3′ junctions (UF/IF/wt-R and DR/IF/wt-F). For strains in which further engineering is desired, the strains can be plated on 5-FOA plates to select for the removal of URA3, leaving behind a small single copy of the original direct repeat. This genomic integration strategy can be used for gene knock-out, gene knock-in, and promoter titration in the same workflow. 
       C. glutamicum  Pathway Integration 
     A “loop-in, single-crossover” genomic integration strategy has been developed to engineer  C. glutamicum  strains.  FIG. 3  illustrates genomic integration of loop-in only and loop-in/loop-out constructs and verification of correct integration via colony PCR. Loop-in only constructs (shown under the heading “Loop-in”) contained a single 2-kb homology arm (denoted as “integration locus”), a positive selection marker (denoted as “Marker”)), and gene(s) of interest (denoted as “promoter-gene-terminator”). A single crossover event integrated the plasmid into the  C. glutamicum  chromosome. Integration events are stably maintained in the genome by growth in the presence of antibiotic (25 μg/ml kanamycin). Correct genomic integration in colonies derived from loop-in integration were confirmed by colony PCR with UF/IR and DR/IF PCR primers. 
     Loop-in, loop-out constructs (shown under the heading “Loop-in, loop-out) contained two 2-kb homology arms (5′ and 3′ arms), gene(s) of interest (arrows), a positive selection marker (denoted “Marker”), and a counter-selection marker. Similar to “loop-in” only constructs, a single crossover event integrated the plasmid into the chromosome of  C. glutamicum . Note: only one of two possible integrations is shown here. Correct genomic integration was confirmed by colony PCR and counter-selection was applied so that the plasmid backbone and counter-selection marker could be excised. This results in one of two possibilities: reversion to wild-type (lower left box) or the desired pathway integration (lower right box). Again, correct genomic loop-out is confirmed by colony PCR. (Abbreviations: Primers: UF=upstream forward, DR=downstream reverse, IR=internal reverse, IF=internal forward.) 
     Cell Culture 
     Separate workflows were established for  C. glutamicum  and  S. cerevisiae  due to differences in media requirements and growth. Both processes involved a hit-picking step that consolidated successfully built strains using an automated workflow that randomized strains across the plate. For each strain that was successfully built, up to four replicates were tested from distinct colonies to test colony-to-colony variation and other process variation. If fewer than four colonies were obtained, the existing colonies were replicated so that at least four wells were tested from each desired genotype. 
     The colonies were consolidated into 96-well plates with selective medium (BHI for  C. glutamicum , SD-ura for  S. cerevisiae ) and cultivated for two days until saturation and then frozen with 16.6% glycerol at −80° C. for storage. The frozen glycerol stocks were then used to inoculate a seed stage in minimal media with a low level of amino acids to help with growth and recovery from freezing. The seed plates were grown at 30° C. for 1-2 days. The seed plates were then used to inoculate a main cultivation plate with minimal medium and grown for 48-88 hours. Plates were removed at the desired time points and tested for cell density (OD600), viability and glucose, supernatant samples stored for LC-MS analysis for product of interest. 
     Cell Density 
     Cell density was measured using a spectrophotometric assay detecting absorbance of each well at 600 nm. Robotics were used to transfer fixed amounts of culture from each cultivation plate into an assay plate, followed by mixing with 175 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.0) to generate a 10-fold dilution. The assay plates were measured using a Tecan M1000 spectrophotometer and assay data uploaded to a LIMS database. A non-inoculated control was used to subtract background absorbance. Cell growth was monitored by inoculating multiple plates at each stage, and then sacrificing an entire plate at each time point. 
     To minimize settling of cells while handling large number of plates (which could result in a non-representative sample during measurement) each plate was shaken for 10-15 seconds before each read. Wide variations in cell density within a plate may also lead to absorbance measurements outside of the linear range of detection, resulting in underestimate of higher OD cultures. In general, the tested strains so far have not varied significantly enough for this be a concern. 
     Cell Viability 
     Two methods were used to measure cell viability. The first assay utilized a single stain, propidium iodide, to assess cell viability. Propidium iodide binds to DNA and is permeable to cells with compromised cell membranes. Cells that take up the propidium iodide are considered non-viable. A dead cell control was used to normalize to total number of cells, by incubating a cell sample of control culture at 95° C. for 10 minutes. These control samples and test samples were incubated with the propidium iodide stain for 5 minutes, washed twice with 175 mM phosphate buffer, and fluorescence measured in black solid-bottom 96-well plates at 617 nm. 
     Glucose 
     Glucose is measured using an enzymatic assay with 16 U/mL glucose oxidase (Sigma) with 0.2 U/mL horseradish peroxidase (Sigma) and 0.2 mM Amplex red in 175 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7. Oxidation of glucose generates hydrogen peroxide, which is then oxidized to reduce Amplex red, which changes absorbance at 560 nm. The change is absorbance is correlated to the glucose concentration in the sample using standards of known concentration. 
     Liquid-Solid Separation 
     To harvest extracellular samples for analysis by LC-MS, liquid and solid phases were separated via centrifugation. Cultivation plates were centrifuged at 2000 rpm for 4 minutes, and the supernatant was transferred to destination plates using robotics. 75 μL of supernatant was transferred to each plate, with one stored at 4° C., and the second stored at 80° C. for long-term storage. 
     A first round of genetic engineering and screening was carried out using  C. glutamicum  and  S. cerevisiae  as host cells. A heterologous TYDC was expressed in the host cells, in some cases, along with a feedback-disregulated DAHP synthase. In some cases, the TYDC nucleotide sequence was codon-optimized for either  C. glutamicum  or  S. cerevisiae . The strains were produced and cultured as described above, and the tyramine titer in the culture media was measured by LC-MS. The strains and results are shown in Table 1. The best-performing strain was an  S. cerevisiae  strain expressing a  P. somniferum  TYDC (SEQ ID NO:2), along with an  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase with a K229L amino acid substitution (SEQ ID NO:6), which gave a tyramine titer of almost 387 μg/L of culture medium. This strain was selected for a second round of genetic engineering and screening. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 First-Round Results 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 E1 
                 E1 
                 E1 
                 E1 
                 E2 
                 E2 
                 E2 
                   
               
               
                 Titer 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 taxonomic 
                 codon 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 taxonomic 
                 E2 
               
               
                 μg/L 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 region 
                 opt 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 region 
                 modifications 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 
                   C. glutamicum 
                 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 80.20 
                 TYDC* 
                   E. faecium  ( S.   
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   faecium ) 
               
               
                 54.6927 
                 TYDC 
                   Z. bailii  ISA1307 
                 Fungi 
                 Cg 
               
               
                 14.3711 
                 TYDC 
                   E. faecium  ( S.   
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                   S. cerevisiae *** 
                 Fungi 
                 Q166K, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                   faecium ) 
                   
                   
                 synthase** 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 4.8087 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   M. palustris 
                 
                 Archaea 
                 Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 BAA-1556/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 DSM 19958/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 E1-9c) 
               
               
                 2.2345 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   Propionibacterium 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 sp. oral taxon 
               
               
                   
                   
                 192 str. F0372 
               
               
                 0.9617 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   P. crispum 
                 
                 Viridi- 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                   E. coli **** 
                 Bacteria 
                 D146N, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 0.5946 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   T. equinum 
                 
                 Fungi 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 D146N, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                 MYA-4606/ 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CBS 127.97) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (Horse ringworm 
               
               
                   
                   
                 fungus) 
               
               
                 0.1045 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   S. sviceus 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 29083 
               
               
                 0.0825 
                 TYDC 
                   P. putida  (strain 
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 D146N, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                 KT2440) 
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 0.0269 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   M. marinus 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain BC501) 
               
               
                 0.0024 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   P. somniferum 
                 
                 Viridi- 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Fungi 
                 Q166K, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 0.0018 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   T. equinum 
                 
                 Fungi 
                 Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 MYA-4606/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CBS 127.97) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (Horse ringworm 
               
               
                   
                   
                 fungus) 
               
               
                 0.0008 
                 TYDC 
                   S. fredii  USDA 
                 Bacteria 
                 Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 257 
               
               
                 0 
                 TYDC 
                   P. somniferum ) 
                 Viridi- 
                 Sc 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Fungi 
                 K229L, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 386.7658 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   P. somniferum 
                 
                 Viridi- 
                 Sc 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Fungi 
                 K229L, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 162.2137 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   P. somniferum 
                 
                 Viridi- 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 D146N, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 115.9018 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   P. somniferum 
                 
                 Viridi- 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 plantae 
               
               
                 4.7859 
                 TYDC 
                   O. sativa  subsp. 
                 Viridi- 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 D146N, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                 
                   Japonica 
                 
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 3.2748 
                 TYDC 
                   S. fredii  USDA 
                 Bacteria 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 257 
               
               
                 1.1297 
                 TYDC 
                   P. putida  (strain 
                 Bacteria 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 KT2440) 
               
               
                 1.0391 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   M. palustris 
                 
                 Archaea 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 BAA-1556/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 DSM 19958/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 E1-9c) 
               
               
                 0.6421 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   M. jannaschii 
                 
                 Archaea 
                 Sc 
               
               
                 0.4238 
                 TYDC 
                   O. sativa  subsp. 
                 Viridi- 
                 Cg 
                 DAHP 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 D146N, reduces 
               
               
                   
                   
                 
                   Japonica 
                 
                 plantae 
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 feedback 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibition 
               
               
                 0.1481 
                 TYDC 
                 
                   M. marinus 
                 
                 Bacteria 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain BC501) 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 *TYDC GO ID: GO:0004837 
               
               
                 **DAHP Synthase: GO ID: GO:0003849 
               
               
                 *** S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase taxon ID: Sc; Uniprot ID: P32449 
               
               
                 **** E. coli  DAHP synthase taxon ID: 83333; Uniprot ID: P0AB91 
               
               
                 Codon optimization was for  C. glutamicum  (Cg) or  S. cerevisiae  (Sc) 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the second round of engineering/screening, a third enzyme was expressed in the  S. cerevisiae  strain expressing a  P. somniferum  TYDC, along with an  S. cerevisiae  DAHP synthase with a K229L amino acid substitution from the first round. In some cases, the nucleotide sequence encoding the third enzymes was codon-optimized. Table 2 shows the third enzymes tested and the resultant tyramine titers. The higher titer was about 346 mg/L, an almost 1000-fold improvement, which was achieved by the strain expressing native  S. cerevisiae  prephenate dehydrogenase as the third enzyme. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Second-Round Results 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 E3 
                 E3 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Enzyme3-source 
                 UniProt 
                 codon 
               
               
                 Titer (μg/L) 
                 Enzyme3-activity name 
                 organism 
                 id 
                 opt 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 238453.9398 
                 DAHP synthase (D146N) 
                 
                   Escherichia coli 
                 
                 P0AB91 
                 Sc 
               
               
                 288361.4515 
                 DAHP synthase (Q166K) 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P32449 
                 Cg 
               
               
                 228876.649 
                 DAHP synthase (D146N) 
                 
                   Escherichia coli 
                 
                 P0AB91 
                 Sc 
               
               
                 285231.8609 
                 DAHP synthase (Q166K) 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P32449 
                 Cg 
               
               
                 283175.3481 
                 DAHP synthase (wild type) 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 N1P8J9 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CEN.PK2 
               
               
                 253015.743 
                 phospho-2-dehydro-3- 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P14843 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                 deoxyheptonate aldolase 
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                 243755.6441 
                 phospho-2-dehydro-3- 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P32449 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                 deoxyheptonate aldolase 
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                 249195.9423 
                 chorismate synthase 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P28777 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                 345546.6876 
                 prephenate dehydrogenase 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P20049 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                 300138.6771 
                 aromatic/aminoadipate 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P53090 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                 aminotransferase 1; 2- 
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                 aminoadipate transaminase, L- 
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 phenylalanine:2-oxoglutarate 
               
               
                   
                 aminotransferase 
               
               
                 284884.7302 
                 aromatic amino acid 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P38840 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                 aminotransferase 2; 2- 
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                 aminoadipate transaminase, L- 
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 phenylalanine:2-oxoglutarate 
               
               
                   
                 aminotransferase, kynurenine- 
               
               
                   
                 oxoglutarate transaminase 
               
               
                 334432.6849 
                 prephenate dehydrogenase 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P20049 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                 245114.4577 
                 phospho-2-dehydro-3- 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P14843 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                 deoxyheptonate aldolase 
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                 271440.4966 
                 phospho-2-dehydro-3- 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 P32449 
                 native 
               
               
                   
                 deoxyheptonate aldolase 
                 (strain ATCC 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Example 2A—Improvement-Round (Third-Round) Results in  S. cerevisiae  Constructions and Evaluation of Different Microbial Host Cells for Production of Tyramine 
     Summary 
     The best-performing strain of Example 1 was selected as the control strain to in which to test a third round of genetic engineering in an effort to improve tyramine in  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (“Improvement Round”). The control strain expressed prephenate dehydrogenase from  S. cerevisiae  (UniProt ID P20049)(SEQ ID NO:4), DAHP synthase from  S. cerevisiae  S288c (UniProt ID P32449)(SEQ ID NO:6) harboring the amino acid substitution K229L and tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 from  Papaver somniferum  (UniProt ID P54769)(SEQ ID NO:2). Tyramine production was improved in  S. cerevisiae  for eight strains relative to the control, and of these strains the strain giving the highest titer (299 mg/L vs. 266 mg/L for the control) expressed transaldolase from  S. cerevisiae  (UniProt ID P15019)(SEQ ID NO:8). 
     Strain Designs Tested 
     Tyramine production was improved by expression of each of the following heterologous enzymes or combinations of heterologous enzymes relative to the control:
         1) Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (SEQ ID NO:28)   2) Phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (UniProt ID P23538) from  Escherichia coli  K12 (SEQ ID NO:29)   3) Transketolase (UniProt ID P23254) from  S. cerevisiae  (SEQ ID NO:30)   4) Transaldolase (UniProt ID P15019) from  S. cerevisiae  (SEQ ID NO:8)   5) Transketolase (UniProt ID P23254) from  S. cerevisiae  (SEQ ID NO:30) AND transaldolase (UniProt ID P15019) from  S. cerevisiae  (SEQ ID NO:8)   6) Transketolase (UniProt ID P23254) from  S. cerevisiae  (SEQ ID NO:30) AND phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (UniProt ID P23538) from  E. coli  K12 (SEQ ID NO:29).   7) Transaldolase (UniProt ID P15019) from  S. cerevisiae  (SEQ ID NO:8) AND DAHP synthase (UniProt ID P32449) from  S. cerevisiae  harboring amino acid substitution K299L (SEQ ID NO:6).   8) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (UniProt ID P30724) from  Gracilaria gracilis  (SEQ ID NO:31)       

     Results 
     The results are shown in Table 7 (below) and  FIG. 9 . 
     In further designs, production of tyramine can be tested for improvement in strains containing the addition of the following heterologous enzymes or combinations of heterologous enzymes to the best-performing strain from this Example:
         1) 2-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphoheptonate aldolase (SEQ ID NO:32)   2) Chorismate mutase (SEQ ID NO:33)   3) Chorismate mutase (SEQ ID NO:33) and Prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:4)   4) Shikimate kinase1 (SEQ ID NO:34)   5) shikimate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:35)   6) prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:4)   7) Tyrosine aminotransferase (SEQ ID NO:36)   8) Prephenate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:4)   9) Glutamate synthase (GOGAT) large subunit (SEQ ID NO:37)   10) Glutamine synthetase (GS) (SEQ ID NO:39)   11) Glutamate synthase small subunit (SEQ ID NO:38)   12) Shikimate dehydrogenase (SEQ ID NO:35)   13) Shikimate kinase2 (SEQ ID NO:15)       

     Example 2B—Evaluation of Different Microbial Host Cells for Production of Tyramine 
     Summary 
     Host evaluation designs were tested in  Yarrowia lipolytica, Bacillus subtilus, S. cerevisiae  and  Corynebacteria glutamicum . Tyramine production was demonstrated in all strains tested. The best-performing  Y. lipolytica  strain on average produced 54.5 mg/L tyramine. The best-performing  B. subtilus  strain produced 19.9 mg/L tyramine. The best-performing  S. cerevisiae  strain from the host evaluation produced 189 mg/L tyramine. The best-performing  C. glutamicum  strain produced 467 mg/L tyramine. 
     Results 
     The best performing  Y. lipolytica  strain on average produced 54.5 mg/L tyramine and expressed the pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  Enterococcus faecium  Com15 (UniProt ID C9ASN2) (SEQ ID NO:1), phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase (DAHP synthase) from  S. cerevisiae  S288c (UniProt ID P32449) (SEQ ID NO:9), where the DNA sequences for both enzymes were codon-optimized for  Y. lipolytica . (Table 3,  FIG. 5 .) (SEQ ID Nos: 40 and 10, respectively). 
     The best-performing  B. subtilis  strain produced 19.9 mg/L tyramine and expressed the tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 (TYDC) from  Papaver somniferum  (SEQ ID NO:2), phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase (DAHP synthase) from  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  S288c (UniProt ID P32449) (SEQ ID NO: 9), and shikimate kinase 2 from  Escherichia coli  K12 (UniProt ID P0A6E1) (SEQ ID NO: 15), where the DNA sequences for all three enzymes were codon-optimized for  S. cerevisiae . (Table 4,  FIG. 6 .) (SEQ ID NOs: 43, 42, 41.) 
     The best-performing  S. cerevisiae  strain from the host evaluation produced 189 mg/L tyramine and expressed pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  E. faecium  Com15 (UniProt ID C9ASN2) (SEQ ID NO:1), phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase (DAHP synthase) from  S. cerevisiae  S288c (UniProt ID P32449) harboring the amino acid substitution K229L (SEQ ID NO:6), where the DNA sequences for both enzymes were codon-optimized using a modified combined codon table for  C. glutamicum  and  S. cerevisiae . (Table 5,  FIG. 7 .) (SEQ ID NOs: 45, 44). 
     The best-performing  C. glutamicum  strain produced 467 mg/L tyramine and expressed pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase (TYDC) from  E. faecium  Com15 (UniProt ID C9ASN2) (SEQ ID NO:1), phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase from (DAHP synthase)  S. cerevisiae  S288c (UniProt ID P32449) (SEQ ID NO:9), where the DNA sequences for both enzymes was codon-optimized for  S. cerevisiae . (Table 6,  FIG. 8 .) (SEQ ID NOs: 43, 42). 
     To improve a platform  C. glutamicum  strain for production of stilbenes and (2S)-flavanones Kallscheuer et al. (see References below) deleted genes and operons that degrade aromatic rings including polypropanoid degradation operon (phdBCDE, cg0344-47); 4-hydroxybenzoate-3-hydrolase (pobA (cg1226); the gene cluster harboring cat, ben, pca (cg2625-40), which is essential for degradation of 4-hydroxybenzoate, catechol, benzoate, and protocatechuate; and qsuE (cg0502), which is part of an operon comprised of essential genes of the anabolic shikimate pathway. Production of tyramine in  C. glutamicum  can also be tested for further improvement by deleting or lowering expression of these enzymes which degrade aromatics, since tyramine contains an aromatic ring. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Host Evaluation Results for  Yarrowia lipolytica  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 E1 
                 E1 - 
                 E1 - 
                   
                 E2 
                 E2 - 
               
               
                 Strain 
                 Titer 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E1 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
               
               
                 name 
                 (microgram/L) 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 YITYRMN_01 
                 22.7 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_02 
                 6069.1 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_03 
                 13.9 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_04 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbo- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 xylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_05 
                 16.8 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_06 
                 12804.6 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_07 
                 7.5 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_08 
                 54503.8 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_09 
                 14.6 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_10 
                 15 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 YITYRMN_11 
                 18461.8 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 E2 - 
                   
                 E3 
                 E3 - 
                 E3 - 
                   
               
               
                   
                 Strain 
                 E2 
                 source 
                 E2 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E3 
               
               
                   
                 name 
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_01 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_02 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_03 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_04 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_05 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_06 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_07 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_08 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_09 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P0A 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                 6E1 
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_10 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P0A 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                 6E1 
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                 YITYRMN_11 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P0A 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                 6E1 
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 CO = Codon Optimization; Bs =  Bacillus subtilus ; Mod = codon usage for Cg and Sc; Sc =  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Yl =  Yarrowia lipolytica . 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Host Evaluation Results for  Bacillus subtilus  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 E1 
                 E1 - 
                 E1 - 
                   
                 E2 
                 Enzyme 2 - 
               
               
                 Strain 
                 Titer 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E1 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
               
               
                 name 
                 (microgram/L) 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_01 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_02 
                   
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_03 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_04 
                 564.7 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_05 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_06 
                   
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_07 
                   
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_08 
                   
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_09 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_10 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_11 
                 19873.2 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_12 
                 124.7 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 eoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_13 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 E2 - 
                   
                 E3 
                 Enzyme 3 - 
                 E3 - 
                   
               
               
                 Strain 
                 E2 
                 source 
                 E2 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E3 
               
               
                 name 
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_01 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_02 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_03 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_04 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_05 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_06 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_07 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_08 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_09 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_10 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_11 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_12 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                 BsTYRMN_13 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P20049 
                 Prephenate 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CO = Codon Optimization; Bs = Bacillus subtilus ; Mod = codon usage for Cg and Sc; Sc =  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Yl =  Yarrowia lipolytica . 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Host Evaluation Results for  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 E1 
                 E1 - 
                 E1 - 
                   
                 E2 
                 E2 - 
               
               
                 Strain 
                 Titer 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E1 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
               
               
                 name 
                 (microgram/L) 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_114 
                 164602 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_115 
                 184762 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_116 
                 188 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_117 
                 171171 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_118 
                 66972 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_119 
                 89422 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_120 
                 81170 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 E2 - 
                   
                 E3 
                 E3 - 
                 E3 - 
                   
               
               
                   
                 Strain 
                 E2 
                 source 
                 E2 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E3 
               
               
                   
                 name 
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_114 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_115 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_116 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_117 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_118 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_119 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_120 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 CO = Codon Optimization; Bs =  Bacillus subtilus ; Mod = codon usage for Cg and Sc; Sc =  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Yl =  Yarrowia lipolytica . 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 6 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Host Evaluation Results for  Corynebacteria glutamicum  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 E1 
                 E1 - 
                 E1 - 
                   
                 E2 
                 E2 - 
               
               
                 Strain 
                 Titer 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E1 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
               
               
                 name 
                 (microgram/L) 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_69 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                   Papave r 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_70 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_71 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_72 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_73 
                   
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_74 
                 466779 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faceium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_75 
                   
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal- 
                   Entero - 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent 
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                 
                   faecium 
                 
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 
                 Com15 
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_76 
                   
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_77 
                 14 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 CgTYRMN_78 
                 49 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/ 
                 
                   Papaver 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 DOPA 
                 
                   somniferum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 decarbox- 
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ylase 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 E2 - 
                   
                 E3 
                 E3 - 
                 E3 - 
                   
               
               
                   
                 Strain 
                 E2 
                 source 
                 E2 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 source 
                 E3 
               
               
                   
                 name 
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 organism 
                 CO 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_69 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_70 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_71 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_72 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_73 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_74 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_75 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_76 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Bs 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Bs 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_77 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Sc 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Sc 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 CgTYRMN_78 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Yl 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Yl 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 2 
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 CO = Codon Optimization; Bs =  Bacillus subtilus ; Mod = codon usage for Cg and Sc; Sc =  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Yl =  Yarrowia lipolytica . 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 7 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Improvement-Round Results for  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Strains Engineered to Produce Tyramine 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 E1 
                 E1 - 
                   
                 E1 - 
                   
                 E2 
                 E2 - 
               
               
                   
                 Titer 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 E1 
                 source 
                 E1 
                 Uniiprot 
                 activity 
               
               
                   
                 (microgram/L) 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_100 
                 263842 
                 Q8U0A9 
                 2-dehydro-3- 
                   
                 
                   Pyrococcus 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P23538 
                 Phospho- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
                   
                   furiosus  ATCC 
                   
                   
                 enolpyruvate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phospho- 
                   
                 43587 
                   
                   
                 synthase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_101 
                 233752 
                 A5DB21 
                 Chorismate 
                   
                 
                   Meyerozyma 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P22259 
                 Phospho- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 mutase 
                   
                 
                   guilliermondii 
                 
                   
                   
                 enolpyruvate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCC 6260 
                   
                   
                 carboxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_102 
                 200881 
                 P07023 
                 Chorismate 
                 M53I, 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 mutase and 
                 A354V 
                   coli  K12 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Prephenate 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_103 
                 155522 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                   coli  K12 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_104 
                 193051 
                 P0A6D7 
                 Shikimate 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_105 
                 131046 
                 P10880 
                 Shikimate 
                 C162S 
                 
                   Dickeya 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                 
                   chrysanthemi 
                 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_106 
                 180373 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
                 Error 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_107 
                 154577 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_108 
                 248412 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_109 
                 226394 
                 P20049 
                 prephenate 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P09831 
                 Glutamate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 synthase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_110 
                 203759 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_111 
                 270601 
                 P38840 
                 Aromatic 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 amino acid 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 amino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 transferase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_112 
                 235307 
                 P17735 
                 Tyrosine 
                   
                 
                   Homo sapiens 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 amino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 transferase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_54 
                 265899 
                 P20049 
                 Prephenate 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_75 
                 271983 
                 P23538 
                 Phospho- 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 enolpyruvate 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_76 
                 220715 
                 P23538 
                 Phospho- 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 enolpyruvate 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_77 
                 296242 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_78 
                 299143 
                 P15019 
                 Transaldolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_79 
                 296289 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P15019 
                 Transaldolase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_80 
                 208329 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_81 
                 244921 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_82 
                 274335 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P23538 
                 Phospho- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 enolpyruvate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_83 
                 220523 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_84 
                 252995 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_85 
                 274284 
                 P15019 
                 Transaldolase 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 inhibited (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.5.1.54) (3- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy-D- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 7-phosphate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Phospho-2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 keto-3-deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_86 
                 199 
                 O52631 
                 Glycer- 
                   
                 
                   Clostridium 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldehyde-3- 
                   
                 
                   acetobutylicum 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphate 
                   
                 ATCC 824 
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_87 
                 215006 
                 P25856 
                 Glycer- 
                   
                 
                   Arabidopsis 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldehyde-3- 
                   
                 
                   thaliana 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphate 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_88 
                 141184 
                 P50362 
                 Glycer- 
                   
                   Chlamy - 
                 Mod 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldehyde-3- 
                   
                 
                   domonas 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphate 
                   
                 
                   reinhardtii 
                 
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_89 
                 238075 
                 Q5HQV4 
                 Glycer- 
                   
                   Staphylo - 
                 Mod 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldehyde-3- 
                   
                 
                   coccus 
                 
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphate 
                   
                 
                   epidermidis 
                 
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
                   
                 ATCC 35984 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_90 
                 277029 
                 P30724 
                 Glycer- 
                   
                 
                   Gracilaria 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldehyde-3- 
                   
                   gracilis  (Red 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phosphate 
                   
                 alga) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_91 
                 263562 
                 P09832 
                 Glutamate 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_92 
                 245798 
                 P32288 
                 Glutamine 
                   
                 
                   S cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 synthetase 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_93 
                 231297 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
                 Q166K 
                 
                   S cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_94 
                 264041 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2- 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_95 
                 245229 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2- 
                 D146N 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_96 
                 64088 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2- 
                 P150L 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_97 
                 236618 
                 P00888 
                 Phospho-2- 
                 N8K 
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_98 
                 140 
                 Q9ZMU5 
                 Phospho-2- 
                   
                 
                   Helicobacter 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                   pylori  ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
                   
                 700824 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                 ScTYRMN_99 
                 244825 
                 Q9YEJ7 
                 Phospho-2- 
                   
                   Aero - 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro-3- 
                   
                 
                   pyrum pernix 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 deoxy- 
                   
                 ATCC 700893 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 E2 - 
                   
                 E3 
                 E3 - 
                   
                 E3 - 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 E2 
                 source 
                 E2 
                 Uniprot 
                 activity 
                 E3 
                 source 
                 E3 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
                 ID 
                 name 
                 Modifications 
                 organism 
                 CO 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_100 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_101 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_102 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_103 
                 K229L 
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_104 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_105 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_106 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_107 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_108 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_109 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   coli  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 K12) 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_110 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_111 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_112 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_54 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_75 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_76 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_77 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_78 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_79 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 204508/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Baker&#39;s 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_80 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                   
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                 K12 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_81 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate 
                   
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 kinase 
                   
                 K12 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_82 
                   
                 
                   Escherichia 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   coli  K12 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_83 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_84 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_85 
                 K229L 
                 Fungi 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_86 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_87 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P07023 
                 Chorismate 
                 M53I, 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 mutase and 
                 A354V 
                 K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Prephenate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_88 
                   
                 
                   S. 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P07023 
                 Chorismate 
                 M53I, 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
                   
                   
                 mutase and 
                 A354V 
                 K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 Prephenate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_89 
                   
                 
                   S. cerevisiae 
                 
                 Mod 
                 P07023 
                 Chorismate 
                 M53I, 
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Mod 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 S288c 
                   
                   
                 mutase and 
                 A354V 
                 K12 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Prephenate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 genase 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_90 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_91 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_92 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_93 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_94 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_95 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_96 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_97 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_98 
               
               
                   
                 ScTYRMN_99 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 8 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 SEQ ID NO Cross-Reference Table 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ 
                 SEQ ID 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 ID 
                 NO from 
                 Sequence Type with 
                 Uniprot 
               
               
                 NO 
                 Provisional 
                 Modifications 
                 ID 
                 Activity name 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 2 
                 AA seq for enzyme C9ASN2 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase 
               
               
                 2 
                 20 
                 AA seq for enzyme P54769 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 [Includes: DOPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 decarboxylase 
               
               
                 3 
                 45 
                 AA seq 
                 P28777 
                 chorismate synthase 
               
               
                 4 
                 47 
                 AA seq for enzyme P20049 
                 P20049 
                 Prephenate dehydrogenase [NADP 
               
               
                 5 
                 31 
                 AA seq for enzyme P32449 with 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 substitution Q166K 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 6 
                 37 + 39 
                 AA seq for enzyme P32449 with 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                 (seqs were 
                 substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                   
                 duplicates) 
               
               
                 7 
                 33 + 35 
                 AA seq for enzyme P0AB91 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                 (seqs were 
                 with substitution D146N 
                   
                 Phe-sensitive (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                 duplicates) 
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 8 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P15019 
                 P15019 
                 Transaldolase (EC 2.2.1.2) 
               
               
                 9 
                 43 
                 AA seq for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 10 
                   
                 DNA seq4 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 11 
                 4 
                 AA 
                 W0VJZ5 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 12 
                 44 
                 DNA 
                 P28777 
                 chorismate synthase 
               
               
                 13 
                 46 
                 DNA seq3 for enzyme P20049 
                 P20049 
                 Prephenate dehydrogenase [NADP(+)[ 
               
               
                 14 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P0A6E1 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 
               
               
                 15 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P0A6E1 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 
               
               
                 16 
                 6 
                 AA 
                 B8GDM7 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 17 
                 8 
                 AA 
                 S3X9X3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 18 
                 10 
                 AA 
                 Q06085 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 19 
                 12 + 22 
                 AA 
                 F2PNN9 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                   
                 (seqs were 
               
               
                   
                 duplicates) 
               
               
                 20 
                 14 
                 AA 
                 B5HRY3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 21 
                 16 
                 AA 
                 Q88JU5 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 22 
                 18 
                 AA 
                 I4EZJ8 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 23 
                 24 
                 AA 
                 I3X3G3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 24 
                 27 
                 AA 
                 Q7XHL3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 25 
                 29 
                 AA 
                 Q60358 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 26 
                 41 
                 AA 
                 P14843 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 27 
                 49 
                 AA 
                 P53090 
                 aromatic amino acid aminotransferase 2_2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aminoadipate transaminase, L-phenylalanine: 2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 oxoglutarate aminotransferase, kynurenine- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 oxoglutarate transaminase 
               
               
                 28 
                 51 
                 AA seq for enzyme P38840 
                 P38840 
                 Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase 2 (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.6.1.57) (Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase II) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Aromatic amino acid-requiring protein 9) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Kynurenine aminotransferase I) (KAT I) (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.6.1.7) 
               
               
                 29 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P23538 
                 P23538 
                 Phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (PEP synthase) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (EC 2.7.9.2) (Pyruvate, water dikinase) 
               
               
                 30 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P23254 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
               
               
                 31 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P30724 
                 P30724 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 chloroplastic (EC 1.2.1.13) (NADP-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase) 
               
               
                 32 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme Q8U0A9 
                 Q8U0A9 
                 2-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphoheptonate aldolase (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.5.1.54) 
               
               
                 33 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme A5DB21 
                 A5DB21 
                 Chorismate mutase (EC 5.4.99.5) 
               
               
                 34 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P0A6D7 
                 P0A6D7 
                 Shikimate kinase 1 (SK 1) (EC 2.7.1.71) (Shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase I) (SKI) 
               
               
                 35 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P08566 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                 36 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P17735 
                 P17735 
                 Tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) (EC 2.6.1.5) (L- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase) 
               
               
                 37 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P09831 
                 P09831 
                 Glutamate synthase [NADPH] large chain (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.4.1.13) (Glutamate synthase subunit alpha) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (GLTS alpha chain) (NADPH-GOGAT) 
               
               
                 38 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P09832 
                 P09832 
                 Glutamate synthase [NADPH] small chain (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.4.1.13) (Glutamate synthase subunit beta) (GLTS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 beta chain) (NADPH-GOGAT) 
               
               
                 39 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P32288 
                 P32288 
                 Glutamine synthetase (GS) (EC 6.3.1.2) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Glutamate-ammonia ligase) 
               
               
                 40 
                   
                 DNA seq4 for enzyme C9ASN2 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase 
               
               
                 41 
                   
                 DNA seq2 for enzyme P0A6E1 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 
               
               
                 42 
                   
                 DNA seq3 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 43 
                   
                 DNA seq3 for enzyme C9ASN2 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase 
               
               
                 44 
                   
                 DNA seq2 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 45 
                   
                 DNA seq2 for enzyme C9ASN2 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase 
               
               
                 46 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P22259 
                 P22259 
                 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP) (PCK) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (PEP carboxykinase) (PEPCK) (EC 4.1.1.49) 
               
               
                 47 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P07023 with 
                 P07023 
                 T-protein [Includes: Chorismate mutase (CM) (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 substitution M53I, A354V 
                   
                 5.4.99.5); Prephenate dehydrogenase (PDH) (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.3.1.12)] 
               
               
                 48 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P10880 with 
                 P10880 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 (SK 2) (EC 2.7.1.71) (Shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                 substitution C162S 
                   
                 kinase II) (SKII) 
               
               
                 49 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme O52631 
                 O52631 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (GAPDH) (EC 1.2.1.12) (NAD-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) 
               
               
                 50 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P25856 
                 P25856 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GAPA1, chloroplastic (EC 1.2.1.13) (NADP- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent glyceraldehydephosphate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydrogenase A subunit 1) 
               
               
                 51 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P50362 
                 P50362 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase A, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 chloroplastic (EC 1.2.1.13) (NADP-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase subunit 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 A) 
               
               
                 52 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme Q5HQV4 
                 Q5HQV4 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (GAPDH 1) (EC 1.2.1.12) (NAD-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) 
               
               
                 53 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P00888 with 
                 P00888 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 substitution N8K 
                   
                 Tyr-sensitive (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 54 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme Q9ZMU5 
                 Q9ZMU5 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (EC 2.5.1.54) 
               
               
                 55 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme Q9YEJ7 
                 Q9YEJ7 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (EC 2.5.1.54) 
               
               
                 56 
                   
                 AA seq for enzyme P0AB91 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution P150L 
                   
                 Phe-sensitive (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 57 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P54769 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 [Includes: DOPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 decarboxylase 
               
               
                 58 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 59 
                   
                 DNA seq2 for enzyme P54769 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 [Includes: DOPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 decarboxylase 
               
               
                 60 
                   
                 DNA seq3 for enzyme P54769 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 [Includes: DOPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 decarboxylase 
               
               
                 61 
                   
                 DNA seq3 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 62 
                   
                 DNA seq4 for enzyme P54769 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 [Includes: DOPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 decarboxylase 
               
               
                 63 
                   
                 DNA seq4 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 64 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme C9ASN2 
                 C9ASN2 
                 Pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylase 
               
               
                 65 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 66 
                   
                 DNA seq2 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 
               
               
                 67 
                   
                 DNA seq3 for enzyme P0A6E1 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 
               
               
                 68 
                   
                 DNA seq4 for enzyme P0A6E1 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 
               
               
                 69 
                   
                 DNA seq5 for enzyme P54769 
                 P54769 
                 Tyrosine/DOPA decarboxylase 2 [Includes: DOPA 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 decarboxylase 
               
               
                 70 
                 36 
                 DNA seq5 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited 
               
               
                 71 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P20049 
                 P20049 
                 Prephenate dehydrogenase [NADP 
               
               
                 72 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme Q8U0A9 
                 Q8U0A9 
                 2-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphoheptonate aldolase (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.5.1.54) 
               
               
                 73 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P23538 
                 P23538 
                 Phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (PEP synthase) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (EC 2.7.9.2) (Pyruvate, water dikinase) 
               
               
                 74 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme A5DB21 
                 A5DB21 
                 Chorismate mutase (EC 5.4.99.5) 
               
               
                 75 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P22259 
                 P22259 
                 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP) (PCK) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (PEP carboxykinase) (PEPCK) (EC 4.1.1.49) 
               
               
                 76 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P07023 
                 P07023 
                 T-protein [Includes: Chorismate mutase (CM) (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution M53I, A354V 
                   
                 5.4.99.5); Prephenate dehydrogenase (PDH) (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.3.1.12)] 
               
               
                 77 
                   
                 DNA seq6 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution K229L 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 78 
                   
                 DNA seq5 for enzyme P0A6E1 
                 P0A6E1 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 (SK 2) (EC 2.7.1.71) (Shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase II) (SKII) 
               
               
                 79 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P0A6D7 
                 P0A6D7 
                 Shikimate kinase 1 (SK 1) (EC 2.7.1.71) (Shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 kinase I) (SKI) 
               
               
                 80 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P10880 
                 P10880 
                 Shikimate kinase 2 (SK 2) (EC 2.7.1.71) (Shikimate 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution C162S 
                   
                 kinase II) (SKII) 
               
               
                 81 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P08566 
                 P08566 
                 shikimate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                 82 
                   
                 DNA seq2 for enzyme P20049 
                 P20049 
                 prephenate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                 83 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P09831 
                 P09831 
                 Glutamate synthase [NADPH] large chain (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.4.1.13) (Glutamate synthase subunit alpha) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (GLTS alpha chain) (NADPH-GOGAT) 
               
               
                 84 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P38840 
                 P38840 
                 Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase 2 (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.6.1.57) (Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase II) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Aromatic amino acid-requiring protein 9) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Kynurenine aminotransferase I) (KAT I) (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2.6.1.7) 
               
               
                 85 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P17735 
                 P17735 
                 Tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) (EC 2.6.1.5) (L- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase) 
               
               
                 86 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P23254 
                 P23254 
                 Transketolase 
               
               
                 87 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P15019 
                 P15019 
                 Transaldolase (EC 2.2.1.2) 
               
               
                 88 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme O52631 
                 O52631 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (GAPDH) (EC 1.2.1.12) (NAD-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) 
               
               
                 89 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P25856 
                 P25856 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 GAPA1, chloroplastic (EC 1.2.1.13) (NADP- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dependent glyceraldehydephosphate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 dehydrogenase A subunit 1) 
               
               
                 90 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P50362 
                 P50362 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase A, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 chloroplastic (EC 1.2.1.13) (NADP-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase subunit 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 A) 
               
               
                 91 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme Q5HQV4 
                 Q5HQV4 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (GAPDH 1) (EC 1.2.1.12) (NAD-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) 
               
               
                 92 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P30724 
                 P30724 
                 Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 chloroplastic (EC 1.2.1.13) (NADP-dependent 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase) 
               
               
                 93 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P09832 
                 P09832 
                 Glutamate synthase [NADPH] small chain (EC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 1.4.1.13) (Glutamate synthase subunit beta) (GLTS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 beta chain) (NADPH-GOGAT) 
               
               
                 94 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P32288 
                 P32288 
                 Glutamine synthetase (GS) (EC 6.3.1.2) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Glutamate-ammonia ligase) 
               
               
                 95 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P32449 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution Q166K 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 96 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P0AB91 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution D146N 
                   
                 Phe-sensitive (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 97 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P0AB91 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution P150L 
                   
                 Phe-sensitive (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 98 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme P00888 
                 P00888 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution N8K 
                   
                 Tyr-sensitive (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 99 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme Q9ZMU5 
                 Q9ZMU5 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (EC 2.5.1.54) 
               
               
                 100 
                   
                 DNA seq1 for enzyme Q9YEJ7 
                 Q9YEJ7 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (EC 2.5.1.54) 
               
               
                 101 
                 1 
                 DNA 
                 C5IXK9 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 102 
                 3 
                 DNA 
                 W0VJZ5 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 103 
                 5 
                 DNA 
                 B8GDM7 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 104 
                 7 
                 DNA 
                 S3X9X3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 105 
                 9 
                 DNA 
                 Q06085 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 106 
                 11 + 21 
                 DNA 
                 F2PNN9 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                   
                 (seqs were 
               
               
                   
                 duplicates) 
               
               
                 107 
                 13 
                 DNA 
                 B5HRY3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 108 
                 15 
                 DNA 
                 Q88JU5 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 109 
                 17 
                 DNA 
                 I4EZJ8 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 110 
                 19 
                 DNA 
                 P54769 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 111 
                 23 
                 DNA 
                 I3X3G3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 112 
                 25 
                 DNA 
                 P54769 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 113 
                 26 
                 DNA 
                 Q7XHL3 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 114 
                 28 
                 DNA 
                 Q60358 
                 TYDC 
               
               
                 115 
                 30 
                 DNA 
                 P32449 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution Q166K 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 116 
                 32 
                 DNA 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution D146N 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 117 
                 34 
                 DNA 
                 P0AB91 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 with substitution D146N 
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 118 
                 38 
                 DNA 
                 N1P8J9 
                 Phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 tyrosine-inhibited (EC 2.5.1.54) (3-deoxy-D-arabino- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase) (DAHP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 synthase) (Phospho-2-keto-3-deoxy heptonate 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aldolase) 
               
               
                 119 
                 40 
                 DNA 
                 P14843 
                 phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 02 
               
               
                 120 
                 42 
                 DNA 
                 P32449 
                 phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxyheptonate aldolase 03 
               
               
                 121 
                 48 
                 DNA 
                 P53090 
                 aromatic/aminoadipate aminotransferase 1_2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aminoadipate transaminase, L-phenylalanine: 2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 oxoglutarate aminotransferase 
               
               
                 122 
                 50 
                 DNA 
                 P38840 
                 aromatic amino acid aminotransferase 2_2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 aminoadipate transaminase, L-phenylalanine: 2- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 oxoglutarate aminotransferase, kynurenine- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 oxoglutarate transaminase 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 SEQ 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ID 
                   
                 Codon Optimization 
               
               
                   
                 NO 
                 Source organism 
                 Abbrev. 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                   Enterococcus faecium  Com15 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                   Papaver somniferum  (Opium poppy) 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 
                   S cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 6 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 7 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 8 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 9 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 10 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 
                   Yarrowia lipolytica 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 11 
                 
                   Zygosaccharomyces bailii 
                 
               
               
                   
                 12 
                 
                   S cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 13 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  S288c 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 14 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 
                   Bacillus subtillus 
                 
               
               
                   
                 15 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 16 
                   Methanosphaerula palustris  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC BAA-1556/DSM 19958/E1-9c) 
               
               
                   
                 17 
                   Propionibacterium  sp. oral taxon 192 
               
               
                   
                   
                 str. F0372 
               
               
                   
                 18 
                 
                   Petroselinum crispum 
                 
               
               
                   
                 19 
                   Trichophyton equinum  (strain ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 MYA-4606 CBS 127.97) (Horse 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ringworm fungus) 
               
               
                   
                 20 
                   Streptomyces sviceus  ATCC 29083 
               
               
                   
                 21 
                   Pseudomonas putida  (strain KT2440) 
               
               
                   
                 22 
                   Modestobacter marinus  (strain BC501) 
               
               
                   
                 23 
                   Sinorhizobium fredii  USDA 257 
               
               
                   
                 24 
                   Oryza sativa  subsp.  Japonica   
               
               
                   
                 25 
                 
                   Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 
                 
               
               
                   
                 26 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 27 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 28 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 29 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 30 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 31 
                   Gracilaria gracilis  (Red alga) 
               
               
                   
                 32 
                   Pyrococcus furiosus  (strain ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 43587/DSM 3638/JCM 8422/Vc1) 
               
               
                   
                 33 
                   Meyerozyma guilliermondii  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 6260/CBS 566/DSM 6381/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 JCM 1539/NBRC 10279/RRL Y- 
               
               
                   
                   
                 324) (Yeast) ( Candida guilliermondii ) 
               
               
                   
                 34 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 35 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 36 
                   Homo sapiens  (Human) 
               
               
                   
                 37 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 38 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 39 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 40 
                   Enterococcus faecium  Com15 
                 
                   Yarrowia lipolytica 
                 
               
               
                   
                 41 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 42 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 43 
                   Enterococcus faecium  Com15 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 44 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 45 
                   Enterococcus faecium  Com15 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 46 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 47 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 48 
                 
                   Dickeya chrysanthemi 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Pectobacterium chrysanthemi ) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Erwinia chrysanthemi ) 
               
               
                   
                 49 
                   Clostridium acetobutylicum  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 824/DSM 792/JCM 1419/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 LMG5710/VKM B-1787) 
               
               
                   
                 50 
                   Arabidopsis thaliana  (Mouse-ear 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cress) 
               
               
                   
                 51 
                 
                   Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Chlamydomonas smithii ) 
               
               
                   
                 52 
                   Staphylococcus epidermidis  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 35984/RP62A) 
               
               
                   
                 53 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 54 
                   Helicobacter pylori  (strain J99/ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 700824) ( Campylobacter pylori  J99) 
               
               
                   
                 55 
                   Aeropyrum pernix  (strain ATCC 
               
               
                   
                   
                 700893/DSM 11879/JCM 9820/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 NBRC 100138/K1) 
               
               
                   
                 56 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
               
               
                   
                 57 
                   Papaver somniferum  (Opium poppy) 
                 
                   Bacillus subtillus 
                 
               
               
                   
                 58 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 
                   Bacillus subtillus 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 59 
                   Papaver somniferum  (Opium poppy) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 60 
                   Papaver somniferum  (Opium poppy) 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 61 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 62 
                   Papaver somniferum  (Opium poppy) 
                 
                   Yarrowia lipolytica 
                 
               
               
                   
                 63 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 
                   Yarrowia lipolytica 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 64 
                   Enterococcus faecium  Com15 
                 
                   Bacillus subtillus 
                 
               
               
                   
                 65 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 
                   Bacillus subtillus 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 66 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 67 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 
                   Yarrowia lipolytica 
                 
               
               
                   
                 68 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 69 
                   Papaver somniferum  (Opium poppy) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 70 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 71 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 72 
                   Pyrococcus furiosus  (strain ATCC 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 43587/DSM 3638/JCM 8422/Vc1) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 73 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 74 
                   Meyerozyma guilliermondii  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 6260/CBS 566/DSM 6381/ 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                 JCM 1539/NBRC 10279/NRRL Y- 
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 324) (Yeast) ( Candida guilliermondii ) 
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 75 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 76 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 77 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 78 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 79 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 80 
                 
                   Dickeya chrysanthemi 
                 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Pectobacterium chrysanthemi ) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Erwinia chrysanthemi ) 
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 81 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 
                   Corynebacterium 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  codon 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 usage 
               
               
                   
                 82 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 83 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                 84 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 85 
                   Homo sapiens  (Human) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 86 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 87 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 88 
                   Clostridium acetobutylicum  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 824/DSM 792/JCM 1419/ 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                 LMG 5710/VKM B-1787) 
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 89 
                   Arabidopsis thaliana  (Mouse-ear 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cress) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 90 
                 
                   Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 
                 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Chlamydomonas smithii ) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 91 
                   Staphylococcus epidermidis  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 35984/RP62A) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 92 
                   Gracilaria gracilis  (Red alga) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 93 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 94 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 95 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 96 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 97 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 98 
                   Escherichia coli  (strain K12) 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 99 
                   Helicobacter pylori  (strain J99/ATCC 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 700824) ( Campylobacter pylori  J99) 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 100 
                   Aeropyrum pernix  (strain ATCC 
                 modified codon usage 
               
               
                   
                   
                 700893/DSM 11879/JCM 9820/ 
                 for  Corynebacterium   
               
               
                   
                   
                 NBRC 100138/K1) 
                   glutamicum  and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   Saccharomyces 
                 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 
                   cerevisiae 
                 
               
               
                   
                 101 
                   Enterococcus faecium  ( Streptococcus   
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                   faecium ) 
               
               
                   
                 102 
                   Zygosaccharomyces bailii  ISA 1307 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 103 
                   Methanosphaerula palustris  (strain 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC BAA-1556/DSM 19958/E1-9c) 
               
               
                   
                 104 
                   Propionibacterium  sp. oral taxon 192 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 str. F0372 
               
               
                   
                 105 
                 
                   Petroselinum crispum 
                 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 106 
                   Trichophyton equinum  (strain ATCC 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                   
                 MYA-4606/CBS 127.97) (Horse 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ringworm fungus) 
               
               
                   
                 107 
                   Streptomyces sviceus  ATCC 29083 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 108 
                   Pseudomonas putida  (strain KT2440) 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 109 
                   Modestobacter marinus  (strain BC501) 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 110 
                 
                   Papaver somniferum 
                 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 111 
                   Sinorhizobium fredii  USDA 257 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 112 
                 
                   Papaver somniferum 
                 
                 codon optimized for Sc 
               
               
                   
                 113 
                   Oryza sativa  subsp.  Japonica   
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 114 
                 
                   Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 
                 
                 codon optimized for Sc 
               
               
                   
                 115 
                 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
                 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 116 
                 
                   Escherichia coli 
                 
                 codon optimized for Sc 
               
               
                   
                 117 
                 
                   Escherichia coli 
                 
                 codon optimized for Cg 
               
               
                   
                 118 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  CEN.PK2 
               
               
                   
                 119 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 120 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 121 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                 122 
                   Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (strain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ATCC 204508/S288c) (Baker&#39;s yeast) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
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