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Giovanni Murtas 《Systems and synthetic biology》2010,4(2):85-93
One of the major properties of the semi-synthetic minimal cell, as a model for early living cells, is the ability to self-reproduce
itself, and the reproduction of the boundary layer or vesicle compartment is part of this process. A minimal bio-molecular
mechanism based on the activity of one single enzyme, the FAS-B (Fatty Acid Synthase) Type I enzyme from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes, is encapsulated in 1-palmitoyl-2oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) liposomes to control lipid synthesis. Consequently molecules of palmitic acid released
from the FAS catalysis, within the internal lumen, move toward the membrane compartment and become incorporated into the phospholipid
bilayer. As a result the vesicle membranes change in lipid composition and liposome growth can be monitored. Here we report
the first experiments showing vesicles growth by catalysis of one enzyme only that produces cell boundary from within. This
is the prototype of the simplest autopoietic minimal cell. 相似文献