通过重编程pyruvate合成来进行前体平衡,以便在工程Escherichia coli中产生高产量的l-isoleucine
Xiaojing Huo1, Xuesen Xia2, Nan Xue1
1Department of Microbial Physiological & Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity and Innovative Utilization, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Bioresource technology
|February 25, 2026
概括
研究人员通过平衡其前体,增强了微生物生产必不可少的氨基酸l-isoleucine (l-Ile). 这种代谢工程策略显著增加了葡萄糖的l-Ile产量,提高了其工业可行性.
科学领域:
- 代谢工程是代谢工程.
- 合成生物学 合成生物学
- 生物化学生产 生化生产
背景情况:
- 氨基氨酸 (l-Ile) 是一种必不可少的分支链氨基酸,对于食品,料和制药应用至关重要.
- 目前l-Ile的微生物发酵产量不足于最佳,限制了其工业规模的生产.
- 有效的合成需要精确控制前体分子,2-氧丁酸盐和酸盐.
研究的目的:
- 通过代谢工程来增强从葡萄糖中获得的l-异黄素 (l-Ile) 产量.
- 为了优化2-oxobutyrate和pyruvate前体之间的平衡,以增加l-Ile的生产.
- 开发一个强大的微生物平台,以实现高效和成本效益的l-Ile合成.
主要方法:
- 构建了一个无等离子体的l-threonine (l-Thr) 合成模块,以提高2-oxobutyrate的供应.
- 通过修改运输系统和酶表达,优化了l-Ile合成途径.
- 通过删除pykFA并利用葡萄糖PTS运输系统来分割基酸盐的工程前体平衡.
- 减弱了TCA循环流量,并引入了白氨酸脱酶,以最大限度地减少损失和解决辅因子失衡.
主要成果:
- 达到0.67mol/mol葡萄糖的高l-异黄素产量和1.72g/L/h的生产率.
- 通过平衡2-氧丁酸盐/酸盐的比率,显著降低了副产品l-氨酸 (l-Val).
- 证明了一种可行的策略,以促进l-isoleucine的下游净化.
结论:
- 综合代谢工程策略成功增强了l-异黄素的生产.
- 均衡前体比对于l-Ile的高产微生物合成至关重要.
- 开发的工程菌株作为一个有前途的细胞工厂,用于l-isoleucine和衍生品生产.
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