Real-time screening of biocatalysts in live bacterial colonies

Cunyu Yan, Fabio Parmeggiani, Emrys A. Jones, Emmanuelle Claude, Shaneela Hussain, Nicholas Turner, Sabine Flitsch, Perdita Barran

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    Abstract

    Screening of bacterial colonies to identify new biocatalytic activities is a widely adopted tool in biotechnology, but is constrained by the requirements for colorimetric or tag-based detection methods. Herein we report a label-free screening platform using desorption electrospray ionization coupled with ion mobility mass spectrometry imaging (DESI-IM-MS). The screening method is demonstrated for both ammonia lyases and P450 monooxygenases expressed within live bacterial colonies and is shown to enable multiplexing of enzyme variants and substrate libraries simultaneously.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1408-1411
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume139
    Issue number4
    Early online date13 Jan 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

    • Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

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