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Periplasmic dehydroshikimate dehydratase combined with quinate oxidation in Gluconobacter oxydans for protocatechuate
Kakeru Nagaki1, Naoya Kataoka2,3,4, Gunjana Theeragool1,5
1Joint Degree Program of Kasetsart University and Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Abstract:
Protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate) has antioxidant properties and is a raw material for the production of muconic acid, which is a key compound in the synthesis of polymers such as nylon and polyethylene terephthalate. Gluconobacter oxydans strain NBRC3244 has a periplasmic system for oxidation of quinate to produce 3-dehydroquinate. Previously, a periplasmic 3-dehydroshikimate production system was constructed by heterologously expressing Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus dehydroquinate dehydratase in the periplasm of G. oxydans strain NBRC3244. 3-Dehydroshikimate is converted to protocatechuate by dehydration. In this study, we constructed a G. oxydans strain that expresses the Acinetobacter baylyi quiC gene, which encodes a dehydroshikimate dehydratase of which the subcellular localization is likely the periplasm. We attempted to produce protocatechuate by co-cultivation of two recombinant G. oxydans strains-one expressing the periplasmically targeted dehydroquinate dehydratase and the other expressing A. baylyi dehydroshikimate dehydratase. The co-cultivation system produced protocatechuate from quinate in a nearly quantitative manner.
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