过量表达琥珀酸输出蛋白SucE对谷氨酸棒杆菌厌氧生产琥珀酸的影响

谷氨酸棒杆菌Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032在厌氧条件下通过三羧酸循环还原臂合成琥珀酸。高效地将细胞内的琥珀酸输出到胞外,对琥珀酸的生物合成具有重要意义。本实验以C.glutamicum XZ为出发菌株过表达琥珀酸输出蛋白表达基因suc E。突变株C.glutamicum XZ(p Exhsuc E)的琥珀酸得率提高了7%,生产率提高了19%。通量分析表明,过表达suc E基因后乙醛酸循环的相对通量提高了50%。采用两阶段培养,突变株C.glutamicum XZ(p Exhsuc E)的琥珀酸产量达到518 mmol·L-1,厌氧阶段的比生产率为0.95 mmol g CDW-1·h-1,1 mol glucose的平均得率为1.5 mol。     

瓜氨酸生产相关基因簇在谷氨酸棒杆菌中的组成型表达

构建1种组成型载体并将载体应用在表达瓜氨酸相关基因簇argCJBDF上。通过去除pXMJ19诱导型启动子上游阻遏蛋白lacI基因的方法,构建组成型质粒pXMJ19-lacI,并将谷氨酸棒杆菌中合成瓜氨酸途径的基因簇argCJBDF克隆到改造过的组成型载体中,实现瓜氨酸合成相关基因簇argCJBDF在谷氨酸棒杆菌的组成型表达。结果表明:重组菌在30℃摇瓶发酵72 h后,N-乙酰谷氨酸激酶的酶活达到(0.323±0.015)U/mg,瓜氨酸的产量达到4.33 g/L。成功构建的组成型表达载体,实现了外源基因簇argCJBDF在谷氨酸棒杆菌中的组成型表达。     

Reconstruction of the Diaminopimelic Acid Pathway to Promote L-lysine Production in Corynebacterium glutamicum

The dehydrogenase pathway and the succinylase pathway are involved in the synthesis of L-lysine in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Despite the low contribution rate to L-lysine production, the dehydrogenase pathway is favorable for its simple steps and potential to increase the production of L-lysine. The effect of ammonium (NH₄⁺) concentration on L-lysine biosynthesis was investigated, and the results indicated that the biosynthesis of L-lysine can be promoted in a high NH₄⁺ environment. In order to reduce the requirement of NH₄⁺, the nitrogen source regulatory protein AmtR was knocked out, resulting in an 8.5% increase in L-lysine production (i.e., 52.3 ± 4.31 g/L). Subsequently, the dehydrogenase pathway was upregulated by blocking or weakening the tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase (DapD)-coding gene dapD and overexpressing the ddh gene to further enhance L-lysine biosynthesis. The final strain XQ-5-W4 could produce 189 ± 8.7 g/L L-lysine with the maximum specific rate (q_Lys,max.) of 0.35 ± 0.05 g/(g·h) in a 5-L jar fermenter. The L-lysine titer and q_Lys,max achieved in this study is about 25.2% and 59.1% higher than that of the original strain without enhancement of dehydrogenase pathway, respectively. The results indicated that the dehydrogenase pathway could serve as a breakthrough point to reconstruct the diaminopimelic acid (DAP) pathway and promote L-lysine production.     

三段式谷氨酸棒杆菌发酵生产生物絮凝剂的过程及动力学模拟(英文)

Fermentation of bioflocculant with Corynebacterium glutamicum was studied by way of kinetic modeling. Lorentzian modified Logistic model, time-corrected Luedeking–Piret and Luedeking–Piret type models were pro-posed and applied to describe the cell growth, bioflocculant synthesis and consumption of substrates, with the correlation of initial biomass concentration and initial glucose concentration, respectively. The results showed that these models could well characterize the batch culture process of C. glutamicum at various initial glucose con-centrations from 10.0 to 17.5 g·L?1. The initial biomass concentration could shorten the lag time of cel growth, while the maximum biomass concentration was achieved only at the optimal initial glucose concentration of 16.22 g·L?1. A novel three-stage fed-batch strategy for bioflocculant production was developed based on the model prediction, in which the lag phase, quick biomass growth and bioflocculant production stages were sequentially proceeded with the adjustment of glucose concentration and dissolved oxygen. Biomass of 2.23 g·L?1 was obtained and bioflocculant concentration was enhanced to 176.32 mg·L?1, 18.62% and 403.63%higher than those in the batch process, respectively, indicating an efficient fed-batch culture strategy for bioflocculant production.     

Three-stage fermentation and kinetic modeling of bioflocculant by Corynebacterium glutamicum

Fermentation of bioflocculant with Corynebacterium glutamicum was studied by way of kinetic modeling. Lorentzian modified Logistic model, time-corrected Luedeking–Piret and Luedeking–Piret type models ...     

基因敲除谷氨酸棒杆菌提高鸟氨酸产量及比较蛋白质组学分析(英文)

Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum was constructed for L-ornithine production by disrupting genes of argF and proB to prevent the flux away from L-ornithine.Effect of the inactivation of 2-oxoglutarate de-hydrogenase complex(ODHC) on L-ornithine production was also investigated.It was found that the inactivation of ODHC by knockout of the kgd gene enhanced L-ornithine production.The engineered C.glutamicum ATCC13032(ΔargFΔproBΔkgd) produced L-ornithine up to 4.78 g·L-1 from 0.24 g·L-1 of the wild-type strain.In order to understand the mechanism of L-ornithine production in C.glutamicum ATCC13032(ΔargFΔproBΔkgd) and find out new strategies for further enhancing L-ornithine production,the comparative proteome between the wild-type and the engineered strain was analyzed.L-Ornithine overproduction in the engineered strain was related to the up-regulation of the expression levels of enzymes involved in L-ornithine biosynthesis pathway and down-regulation of the expression levels of proteins involved in pentose phosphate pathway.The overexpression of genes in the upstream pathway of glutamate to increase the availability of endogenous glutamate may further in-crease ornithine production in the engineered C.glutamicum and the ornithine synthesis enzymes(ArgCJBD) may not be the limiting enzymes in the engineered C.glutamicum.     

生物转化法生产琥珀酸进展与展望

琥珀酸广泛用于食品、医药和化工等行业,市场前景广阔。生物转化法制备琥珀酸具有价格低廉、环境友好、资源可再生等优点,受到国内外学者的广泛关注。综述了近年来该领域研究的热点方向,着重介绍了大肠杆菌、谷氨酸棒杆菌等作为出发菌株的代谢工程改造及菌种发酵优化等方面的研究进展,展望了今后研究的热点方向。     

Mechanistic understanding of the fermentative L‐glutamic acid overproduction by Corynebacterium glutamicum through combined metabolic flux profiling and transmembrane transport characteristics

Since the 1950s when Micrococcus glutamicus later renamed Corynebacterium glutamicum was discovered, the production of amino acids by fermentative methods has become an important aspect of industrial microbiology. Numerous studies to understand and improve the metabolic conditions leading to amino acid overproduction have been carried out. Most amino acids are currently produced by use of mutants that contain combinations of auxotrophic and regulatory mutations. L ‐Glutamic acid is the amino acid produced in the greatest quantities (10⁶ tonnes per year) and Corynebacteria are central to its industrial production. However, further improvements to strain performance are difficult to obtain by empirical optimization and a more rational approach is required. The use of metabolic flux analysis provides valuable information regarding bottlenecks in the formation of desired metabolites. Such techniques have found application in elucidating flux control, provided insight into metabolic network function and developed methods to amplify or redirect fluxes in engineered bioprocesses. Hence, branch points in biosynthesis, precursor supply in fuelling reactions and export of metabolites can be manipulated, resulting in high glutamic acid overproduction by Corynebacterium glutamicum fermentations. In this review, in addition to reviewing the state of play in metabolic flux analysis for glutamate overproduction, the metabolic pathways involved in the production of L ‐glutamic acid, the mechanisms mediating its efflux and secretion as well as their manipulation to achieve higher glutamate production, are discussed. The link between metabolic flux and transmembrane transport of glutamic acid are also considered. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry     

Active‐Site Engineering Expands the Substrate Profile of the Basidiomycete l‐Tryptophan Decarboxylase CsTDC

Aromatic l ‐amino acid decarboxylases (AADCs) catalyze the release of CO₂ from proteinogenic and non‐proteinogenic l ‐amino acid substrates and are involved in pathways that biosynthesize neurotransmitters or bioactive natural products. In contrast to AADCs from animals and plants, fungal AADCs have received very little attention. Here, we report on the in vitro characterization of heterologously produced Ceriporiopsis subvermispora AADC, now referred to as CsTDC, which is the first characterized basidiomycete AADC. This study identified the enzyme as a decarboxylase that is strictly specific for l ‐tryptophan and 5‐hydroxy‐l ‐tryptophan. The tdc gene was subjected to saturation mutagenesis so as to vary the key active site residue, Gly351. Aliphatic amino acid residues, l ‐serine, or l ‐threonine at position 351 added l ‐tyrosine and 3,4‐dihydroxy‐l ‐phenylalanine (l ‐DOPA) decarboxylase activity while retaining stereospecificity and l ‐tryptophan decarboxylase activity.     

谷氨酸脱氢酶发酵工艺的正交试验设计

谷氨酸脱氢酶是谷氨酸生物合成途径中的关键酶。为提高谷氨酸棒杆菌S0615发酵产谷氨酸脱氢酶的酶活,运用正交试验设计对其发酵培养基与培养条件进行了优化研究。结果表明,优化的培养基组成为:尿素0.8%,葡萄糖5%,玉米浆0.8%;优化的培养条件为pH值7.2,温度35℃,搅拌转速350 r/min,通气量1.5 L/min,采用恒定pH值控制尿素流加。在此发酵工艺条件下,谷氨酸脱氢酶的酶活可达到35.87 U/g。     

Transcriptome and Gene Ontology (GO) Enrichment Analysis Reveals Genes Involved in Biotin Metabolism That Affect l-Lysine Production in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Corynebacterium glutamicum is widely used for amino acid production. In the present study, 543 genes showed a significant change in their mRNA expression levels in l-lysine-producing C. glutamicum ATCC21300 than that in the wild-type C. glutamicum ATCC13032. Among these 543 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), 28 genes were up- or downregulated. In addition, 454 DEGs were functionally enriched and categorized based on BLAST sequence homologies and gene ontology (GO) annotations using the Blast2GO software. Interestingly, NCgl0071 (bioB, encoding biotin synthase) was expressed at levels ~20-fold higher in the l-lysine-producing ATCC21300 strain than that in the wild-type ATCC13032 strain. Five other genes involved in biotin metabolism or transport—NCgl2515 (bioA, encoding adenosylmethionine-8-amino-7-oxononanoate aminotransferase), NCgl2516 (bioD, encoding dithiobiotin synthetase), NCgl1883, NCgl1884, and NCgl1885—were also expressed at significantly higher levels in the l-lysine-producing ATCC21300 strain than that in the wild-type ATCC13032 strain, which we determined using both next-generation RNA sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR analysis. When we disrupted the bioB gene in C. glutamicum ATCC21300, l-lysine production decreased by approximately 76%, and the three genes involved in biotin transport (NCgl1883, NCgl1884, and NCgl1885) were significantly downregulated. These results will be helpful to improve our understanding of C. glutamicum for industrial amino acid production.     

产高纯度D-乳酸大杨杆菌的构建及发酵

以可利用蔗糖的Escherichia coli W为出发菌株,敲除产生副产物的相关基因(adhE, frdBC, pta, pflB, aldA),为促进蔗糖利用,还敲除蔗糖启动子的抑制基因(cscR),构建了D-乳酸工程菌WD 206. 结果表明,该菌经72 h发酵可有效将100 g/L蔗糖转化生成88.15 g/L乳酸,产率为84%,占代谢产物的99.5%, D-乳酸的光学纯度达99%.     

An Engineered Escherichia coli Strain with Synthetic Metabolism for in-Cell Production of Translationally Active Methionine Derivatives

In the last decades, it has become clear that the canonical amino acid repertoire codified by the universal genetic code is not up to the needs of emerging biotechnologies. For this reason, extensive genetic code re-engineering is essential to expand the scope of ribosomal protein translation, leading to reprogrammed microbial cells equipped with an alternative biochemical alphabet to be exploited as potential factories for biotechnological purposes. The prerequisite for this to happen is a continuous intracellular supply of noncanonical amino acids through synthetic metabolism from simple and cheap precursors. We have engineered an Escherichia coli bacterial system that fulfills these requirements through reconfiguration of the methionine biosynthetic pathway and the introduction of an exogenous direct trans-sulfuration pathway. Our metabolic scheme operates in vivo, rescuing intermediates from core cell metabolism and combining them with small bio-orthogonal compounds. Our reprogrammed E. coli strain is capable of the in-cell production of l -azidohomoalanine, which is directly incorporated into proteins in response to methionine codons. We thereby constructed a prototype suitable for economic, versatile, green sustainable chemistry, pushing towards enzyme chemistry and biotechnology-based production.     

Synergetic Fermentation of Glucose and Glycerol for High-Yield N-Acetylglucosamine Production in Escherichia coli

N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) is an amino sugar that has been widely used in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. Recently, microbial production of GlcNAc has been developed. One major challenge for efficient biosynthesis of GlcNAc is to achieve appropriate carbon flux distribution between growth and production. Here, a synergistic substrate co-utilization strategy was used to address this challenge. Specifically, glycerol was utilized to support cell growth and generate glutamine and acetyl-CoA, which are amino and acetyl donors, respectively, for GlcNAc biosynthesis, while glucose was retained for GlcNAc production. Thanks to deletion of the 6-phosphofructokinase (PfkA and PfkB) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (ZWF) genes, the main glucose catabolism pathways of Escherichia coli were blocked. The resultant mutant showed a severe defect in glucose consumption. Then, the GlcNAc production module containing glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (GlmS*), glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase (GNA1*) and GlcNAc-6-phosphate phosphatase (YqaB) expression cassettes was introduced into the mutant, to drive the carbon flux from glucose to GlcNAc. Furthermore, co-utilization of glucose and glycerol was achieved by overexpression of glycerol kinase (GlpK) gene. Using the optimized fermentation medium, the final strain produced GlcNAc with a high stoichiometric yield of 0.64 mol/mol glucose. This study offers a promising strategy to address the challenge of distributing carbon flux in GlcNAc production.     

Fermentative Production of L‐Lysine‐L‐lactate with Fractionated Press Juices from the Green Biorefinery

Lactic acid (LA) is a platform chemical for a future bio‐based economy. Aminium lactates act as intermediates for the production of lactic acid sequence products like lactide. It could be demonstrated that, after separation of proteins from alfalfa press juice, the supernatant can be used as fermentation media for the production of the aminium lactate, L‐lysine‐L‐lactate.     

The Biochemistry of Phytocannabinoids and Metabolic Engineering of Their Production in Heterologous Systems

The medicinal properties of cannabis and the its legal status in several countries and jurisdictions has spurred the massive growth of the cannabis economy around the globe. The value of cannabis stems from its euphoric activity offered by the unique phytocannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). However, this is rapidly expanding beyond THC owing to other non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids with new bioactivities that will contribute to their development into clinically useful drugs. The discovery of the biosynthesis of major phytocannabinoids has allowed the exploration of their heterologous production by synthetic biology, which may lead to the industrial production of rare phytocannabinoids or novel synthetic cannabinoid pharmaceuticals that are not easily offered by cannabis plants. This review summarizes the biosynthesis of major phytocannabinoids in detail, the most recent development of their metabolic engineering in various systems, and the engineering approaches and strategies used to increase the yield.