克洛斯特热细胞乳酸脱酶的工程:对酶催化特性和细菌代谢的影响
Paola Ponsetto1, Emilia Malgorzata Sasal1, Gianluca Catucci1
1Structural and Functional Biochemistry, Laboratory of Proteomics and Metabolic Engineering of Prokaryotes, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123, Torino, Italy.
International journal of biological macromolecules
|September 26, 2025
概括
设计的乳酸脱酶 (LDH) 酶显著提高了Clostridium thermocellum中的乳酸 (LA) 生产. 突变的LDHs显示抑制降低,提高了生物塑料和其他应用的纤维素生物质的LA产量.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 微生物发酵 微生物发酵
- 生物化学工程 生物化学工程
背景情况:
- 克洛斯特热细胞菌将纤维素生物质发酵成乳酸 (LA),这是一个有价值的化学前体.
- 酸盐用于食品,化品,制药和可生物降解的聚合物,如聚乙烯.
- 优化LA生产对于可持续的生物制造至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究不同乳酸脱酶 (LDH) 变体对C.热细胞体中LA产生的影响.
- 描述LDH突变的特征是改变了全调节和辅因子结合.
- 通过C.热细胞体中LDH的代谢工程来提高LA产量.
主要方法:
- 在C. thermocellum中生成和表达野生型 (WT) 和突变的LDH酶 (LDHS161R,LDHI40R)
- 量化了乳酸产量和分析了酶动力学和全调节.
- 评估辅因子的特异性和对代谢中间体的敏感性.
主要成果:
- 与WT相比,突变LDHS161R的LA产量增加了32%,LDHI40R的LA产量增加了53%.
- 而LDHI40R则表现出双辅因子特异性 (NADH/NADPH).
- 突变的LDHs对抑制代谢中间体如NAD和ATP的敏感性降低.
结论:
- 工程LDH变体增强C.热细胞体中的乳酸生产.
- 改变LDH全调节和辅因子结合可以提高发酵效率.
- 这些发现支持C.热细胞的发展,以实现成本效益高的LA生物生产.
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