Escherichia coli NMS-16

Ancestors

All strains

Escherichia coli K12

Escherichia coli W1485

Escherichia coli MG1655

Escherichia coli MGΔtnaA

Escherichia coli MGΔtnaAΔmetJ

Escherichia coli NMS-16

Genotype with respect to wild type

F⁺ (λ) | λ- | F- λ- ilvG- rfb-50 rph-1 | ΔtnaA | ΔmetJ | Plasmid pTrc-DHsI* added

Bars (|) indicate differences between strains.

Plasmids

pTrc-DHsI* (SsDDC from Sus scrofa )

Production

Metabolites	Heterologous	Production type	Production	Biomass	Carbon source	Time	Scale	Ref.
serotonin		Titer	16.23 mg/L ^*		5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan		Flask	[ 257 ]
N-Methylserotonin		Titer	10.08 mg/L ^*		Glucose		Flask	[ 257 ]

* Inferred from plots using RetroPlot.

References

Li, Qingchen; Li, Chenxi; Zhong, Jie; Wang, Yukun; Yang, Qinghua; Wang, Bingmei; He, Wenjin; Huang, Jianzhong; Lin, Shengyuan & Qi, Feng. Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for N-methylserotonin biosynthesis. Metabolic Engineering. 2025, 87, 49-59.