使用工程Vibrio natriegens的低生物质pyruvate生产伴随着parapyruvate形成
Maurice Hädrich1,2,3, Clarissa Scheuchenegger1, Sören-Tobias Vital1
1Microbial Biotechnology, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich, Straubing, Germany.
Microbial cell factories
|March 28, 2025
概括
维布里奥纳特里根被设计为使用低生物质发酵来生产高产的酸盐. 鉴定出甲基酸盐的形成是副产品,可能来自化学转化和阿尔多酶活性.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 微生物工程 微生物工程
- 合成生物学 合成生物学
背景情况:
- 酸盐是一种关键的工业前体,使微生物生产具有吸引力.
- 在工业应用中,Vibrio natriegens具有很高的基质吸收率.
- 本研究的重点是V. natriegens在低生物质度下用于pyruvate生产.
研究的目的:
- 为了设计Vibrio natriegens以实现高效的pyruvate生产.
- 为了优化发酵条件以获得高酸盐产量.
- 为了研究在pyruvate生物合成过程中副产品的形成.
主要方法:
- 在V. natriegens. 中,pyruvate脱酶复合物的失活.
- 通过酸盐补充,优化有氧发酵参数.
- 对副产品的形成进行分析,包括帕皮鲁瓦特.
- 基因操纵以评估HMG/CHA阿尔多酶 (LigK) 的作用.
主要成果:
- 工程V. natriegens (Δvnp12 ΔaceE) 产生了41.0g/L的酸盐,体积生产率为4.1g/L/h.
- 低生物质度 (6.6 g CDW/L) 保持在高葡萄糖吸收率 (3.5 g/g/h) 的情况下.
- 一个30%的碳不平衡被归因于parapyruvate形成,也观察到在Corynebacterium glutamicum.
结论:
- 经过代谢工程的V. natriegens在低生物量下实现了高的pyruvate生产率.
- 在酸盐生产过程中,V. natriegens和C. glutamicum都发生了对酸盐的形成.
- 甲基酸盐的形成很可能是化学甲基酸盐的转化,可能受阿尔多酶活性的影响.
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