Positive dielectrophoresis–based Raman-activated droplet sorting for culture-free and label-free screening of enzyme function in vivo
Xixian Wang, Xin Yi, Lihui Ren, Zheng Sun, Pengfei Zhu, Yuetong Ji, Chunyu Li, Jian Xu, Bo Ma
Abstract
. From a yeast library expressing algal diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGATs), a pDEP-RADS run revealed all reported TAG-synthetic variants and distinguished FA-DUs of enzyme products. Furthermore, two previously unknown DGATs producing low levels of monounsaturated fatty acid-rich TAG were discovered. This first demonstration of RACS for enzyme discovery represents hundred-fold saving in time consumables and labor versus culture-based approaches. The ability to automatically flow-sort resonance Raman-independent phenotypes greatly expands RACS' application.
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In vivoDielectrophoresisSortingEnzymeFunction (biology)ChemistryBiophysicsNanotechnologyBiochemistryCell biologyMaterials scienceComputer scienceBiologyMicrofluidicsBiotechnologyProgramming languageInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid DynamicsSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research