PMID- 30525473 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191008 LR - 20191008 IS - 2161-5063 (Electronic) IS - 2161-5063 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Dec 21 TI - Engineering the 5' UTR-Mediated Regulation of Protein Abundance in Yeast Using Nucleotide Sequence Activity Relationships. PG - 2709-2714 LID - 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00127 [doi] AB - The 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) plays a key role in post-transcriptional regulation, but interaction between nucleotides and directed evolution of 5'UTRs as synthetic regulatory elements remain unclear. By constructing a library of synthesized random 5'UTRs of 24 nucleotides in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we observed strong epistatic interactions among bases from different positions in the 5'UTR. Taking into account these base interactions, we constructed a mathematical model to predict protein abundance with a precision of R(2) = 0.60. On the basis of this model, we developed an approach to engineer 5'UTRs according to nucleotide sequence activity relationships (NuSAR), in which 5'UTRs were engineered stepwise through repeated cycles of backbone design, directed screening, and model reconstruction. After three rounds of NuSAR, the predictive accuracy of our model was improved to R(2) = 0.71, and a strong 5'UTR was obtained with 5-fold higher protein abundance than the starting 5'UTR. Our findings provide new insights into the mechanism of 5'UTR regulation and contribute to a new translational elements engineering approach in synthetic biology. FAU - Ding, Wentao AU - Ding W AD - Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology , Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Tianjin 300308 , China. AD - Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China. FAU - Cheng, Jian AU - Cheng J AD - Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology , Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Tianjin 300308 , China. FAU - Guo, Dan AU - Guo D AD - Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology , Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Tianjin 300308 , China. FAU - Mao, Ling AU - Mao L AD - College of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Wuhan Polytechnic University , Wuhan 430023 , China. FAU - Li, Jingwei AU - Li J AD - Laboratory of Mathematics for Nonlinear Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Contemporary Applied Mathematics, Centre for Computational Systems Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China. FAU - Lu, Lina AU - Lu L AD - Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology , Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Tianjin 300308 , China. FAU - Zhang, Yunxin AU - Zhang Y AD - Laboratory of Mathematics for Nonlinear Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Contemporary Applied Mathematics, Centre for Computational Systems Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China. FAU - Yang, Jiangke AU - Yang J AD - College of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Wuhan Polytechnic University , Wuhan 430023 , China. FAU - Jiang, Huifeng AU - Jiang H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3757-7896 AD - Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology , Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Tianjin 300308 , China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181213 PL - United States TA - ACS Synth Biol JT - ACS synthetic biology JID - 101575075 RN - 0 (5' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - 5' Untranslated Regions MH - Base Sequence MH - Directed Molecular Evolution MH - Genetic Engineering/*methods MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Models, Theoretical MH - Oligonucleotides/genetics/*metabolism MH - Plasmids/genetics/metabolism MH - Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5' untranslated region OT - Saccharomyces cerevisiae OT - directed evolution OT - translational regulation EDAT- 2018/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/09 06:00 CRDT- 2018/12/12 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00127 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Synth Biol. 2018 Dec 21;7(12):2709-2714. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00127. Epub 2018 Dec 13.