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Vargas BDO, dos Santos JR, Pereira GAG, de Mello FDSB. An atlas of rational genetic engineering strategies for improved xylose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PeerJ 2023; 11:e16340. [PMID: 38047029 PMCID: PMC10691383 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Xylose is the second most abundant carbohydrate in nature, mostly present in lignocellulosic material, and representing an appealing feedstock for molecule manufacturing through biotechnological routes. However, Saccharomyces cerevisiae-a microbial cell widely used industrially for ethanol production-is unable to assimilate this sugar. Hence, in a world with raising environmental awareness, the efficient fermentation of pentoses is a crucial bottleneck to producing biofuels from renewable biomass resources. In this context, advances in the genetic mapping of S. cerevisiae have contributed to noteworthy progress in the understanding of xylose metabolism in yeast, as well as the identification of gene targets that enable the development of tailored strains for cellulosic ethanol production. Accordingly, this review focuses on the main strategies employed to understand the network of genes that are directly or indirectly related to this phenotype, and their respective contributions to xylose consumption in S. cerevisiae, especially for ethanol production. Altogether, the information in this work summarizes the most recent and relevant results from scientific investigations that endowed S. cerevisiae with an outstanding capability for commercial ethanol production from xylose.
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- Beatriz de Oliveira Vargas
- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Albuini FM, de Castro AG, Campos VJ, Ribeiro LE, Vidigal PMP, de Oliveira Mendes TA, Fietto LG. Transcriptome profiling brings new insights into the ethanol stress responses of Spathaspora passalidarum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:6573-6589. [PMID: 37658163 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12730-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Spathaspora passalidarum is a xylose-fermenting microorganism promising for the fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates. This yeast is more sensitive to ethanol than Saccharomyces cerevisiae for unclear reasons. An RNA-seq experiment was performed to identify transcriptional changes in S. passalidarum in response to ethanol and gain insights into this phenotype. The results showed the upregulation of genes associated with translation and the downregulation of genes encoding proteins involved in lipid metabolism, transporters, and enzymes from glycolysis and fermentation pathways. Our results also revealed that genes encoding heat-shock proteins and involved in antioxidant response were upregulated, whereas the osmotic stress response of S. passalidarum appears impaired under ethanol stress. A pseudohyphal morphology of S. passalidarum colonies was observed in response to ethanol stress, which suggests that ethanol induces a misperception of nitrogen availability in the environment. Changes in the yeast fatty acid profile were observed only after 12 h of ethanol exposure, coinciding with the recovery of the yeast xylose consumption ability. These findings suggest that the lack of fast membrane lipid adjustments, the halt in nutrient absorption and cellular metabolism, and the failure to induce the expression of osmotic stress-responsive genes are the main aspects underlying the low ethanol tolerance of S. passalidarum. KEY POINTS: • Ethanol stress halts Spathaspora passalidarum metabolism and fermentation • Genes encoding nutrient transporters showed downregulation under ethanol stress • Ethanol induces a pseudohyphal cell shape, suggesting a misperception of nutrients.
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- Fernanda Matias Albuini
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Análise de Biomoléculas (NuBioMol), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
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Willers VP, Beer B, Sieber V. Integrating Carbohydrate and C1 Utilization for Chemicals Production. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202202122. [PMID: 36520644 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202202122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In the face of increasing mobility and energy demand, as well as the mitigation of climate change, the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels will be one of the most important tasks facing humankind in the coming years. In order to initiate the transition from a petroleum-based economy to a new, greener future, biofuels and synthetic fuels have great potential as they can be adapted to already common processes. Thereby, especially synthetic fuels from CO2 and renewable energies are seen as the next big step for a sustainable and ecological life. In our study, we directly address the sustainable production of the most common biofuel, ethanol, and the highly interesting next-generation biofuel, isobutanol, from methanol and xylose, which are directly derivable from CO2 and lignocellulosic waste streams, respectively, such integrating synthetic fuel and biofuel production. After enzyme and reaction optimization, we succeeded in producing either 3 g L-1 ethanol or 2 g L-1 isobutanol from 7.5 g L-1 xylose and 1.6 g L-1 methanol. In our cell-free enzyme system, C1-compounds are efficiently combined and fixed by the key enzyme transketolase and converted to the intermediate pyruvate. This opens the way for a hybrid production of biofuels, platform chemicals and fine chemicals from CO2 and lignocellulosic waste streams as alternative to conventional routes depending solely either on CO2 or sugars.
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- Vivian Pascal Willers
- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Technical University of Munich Campus Straubing, 94315, Straubing, Germany
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- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Technical University of Munich Campus Straubing, 94315, Straubing, Germany
- Current address: CASCAT GmbH, 94315, Straubing, Germany
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- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Technical University of Munich Campus Straubing, 94315, Straubing, Germany
- Technical University of Munich, 94315, Straubing, Germany
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072, Australia
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Untargeted Metabolomics Exploration of the Growth Stage-Dependent Chemical Space of the Sclareol-Converting Biocatalyst Hyphozyma roseonigra. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12101225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hyphozyma roseonigra is a dimorphic yeast used as a biocatalyst to convert sclareol, a plant diterpenoid to ambradiol. The latter is an intermediate in the synthesis of ambrafuran, a high-value chemical in the fragrance industry. Unfortunately, little is known about the underlying biochemistry of this microorganism. In this study, the integration of multi-platform-based metabolomics was used to better comprehend H. roseonigra from a biochemical perspective. The focus on metabolomic changes during growth and development was accomplished using untargeted LC–MS and NMR analyses. Cell suspensions were grown in batch culture over a 14-day period, and cells from the early-, log-, and stationary phases were harvested every second day using platform-compatible extraction procedures. Following chemometric analysis of LC–MS and NMR data acquired from both intra- and extracellular extracts, the identified discriminatory ions annotated from the endo- and exometabolomes (metabo-fingerprinting and metabo-footprinting) were found to fall predominantly in the primary metabolism class. Pathway mapping and feature-based network correlation analysis assisted in gaining insights into the active metabolic pathways during growth and development and did not flag terpene synthesis. This study provides novel insights into the basic metabolic capabilities of H. roseonigra and suggests that sclareol is metabolized as the detoxification of a hydrophobic xenobiotic compound.
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Procópio DP, Kendrick E, Goldbeck R, Damasio ARDL, Franco TT, Leak DJ, Jin YS, Basso TO. Xylo-Oligosaccharide Utilization by Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Produce Ethanol. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:825981. [PMID: 35242749 PMCID: PMC8886126 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.825981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The engineering of xylo-oligosaccharide-consuming Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains is a promising approach for more effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass and the development of economic industrial fermentation processes. Extending the sugar consumption range without catabolite repression by including the metabolism of oligomers instead of only monomers would significantly improve second-generation ethanol production This review focuses on different aspects of the action mechanisms of xylan-degrading enzymes from bacteria and fungi, and their insertion in S. cerevisiae strains to obtain microbial cell factories able of consume these complex sugars and convert them to ethanol. Emphasis is given to different strategies for ethanol production from both extracellular and intracellular xylo-oligosaccharide utilization by S. cerevisiae strains. The suitability of S. cerevisiae for ethanol production combined with its genetic tractability indicates that it can play an important role in xylan bioconversion through the heterologous expression of xylanases from other microorganisms.
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- Dielle Pierotti Procópio
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Energy Planning, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Whole-Genome Sequence Data Analysis of Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis NASTPD13 Isolated from Hot Spring of Myagdi, Nepal. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:1869748. [PMID: 34258259 PMCID: PMC8257342 DOI: 10.1155/2021/1869748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis NASTPD13 isolated from Paudwar hot spring of Myagdi, Nepal, upon morphological and biochemical analysis revealed to be Gram-positive, straight or slightly curved, rod-shaped, spore-forming, catalase, and oxidase-positive facultative anaerobes. It grows over a wide range of pH (5.0-11) and temperature (37-75°C), which showed growth in different reduced carbon sources such as starch raffinose, glucose, fructose, inositol, trehalose, sorbitol, mellobiose, and mannitol in aerobic conditions. Furthermore, the partial sequence obtained upon sequencing showed 99% sequence similarity in 16S rRNA gene sequence with A. kamchatkensis JW/VK-KG4 and was suggested to be Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis. Moreover, whole-genome analysis of NASTPD13 revealed 2,866,796 bp genome with a G+C content of 41.6%. Analysis of the genome revealed the presence of 102 RNA genes, which includes sequences coding for 19 rRNA and 79 tRNA genes. While the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain NASTPD13 showed high similarity (>99%) to those of A. kamchatkensis JW/VK-KG4, RAST analysis of NASTPD13 genome suggested that A. kamchatkensis G10 is actually the closest neighbor in terms of sequence similarity. The genome annotation by RAST revealed various genes encoding glycoside hydrolases supporting that it can utilize several reduced carbon sources as observed and these genes could be important for carbohydrate-related industries. Xylanase pathway, particularly the genomic region encoding key enzymes for xylan depolymerization and xylose metabolism, further confirmed the presence of the complete gene in xylan metabolism. In addition, the complete xylose utilization gene locus analysis of NASTPD13 genome revealed all including D-xylose transport ATP-binding protein XylG and XylF, the xylose isomerase encoding gene XylA, and the gene XylB coding for a xylulokinase supported the fact that the isolate contains a complete set of genes related to xylan degradation, pentose transport, and metabolism. The results of the present study suggest that the isolated A. kamchatkensis NASTPD13 containing xylanase-producing genes could be useful in lignocellulosic biomass-utilizing industries where pentose polymers could also be utilized along with the hexose polymers.
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Sharma S, Arora A. Tracking strategic developments for conferring xylose utilization/fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ANN MICROBIOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s13213-020-01590-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Purpose
Efficient ethanol production through lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates could solve energy crisis as it is economically sustainable and ecofriendly. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the work horse for lignocellulosic bioethanol production at industrial level. But its inability to ferment and utilize xylose limits the overall efficacy of the process.
Method
Data for the review was selected using different sources, such as Biofuels digest, Statista, International energy agency (IEA). Google scholar was used as a search engine to search literature for yeast metabolic engineering approaches. Keywords used were metabolic engineering of yeast for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass.
Result
Through these approaches, interconnected pathways can be targeted randomly. Moreover, the improved strains genetic makeup can help us understand the mechanisms involved for this purpose.
Conclusion
This review discusses all possible approaches for metabolic engineering of yeast. These approaches may reveal unknown hidden mechanisms and construct ways for the researchers to produce novel and modified strains.
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Zhao Z, Xian M, Liu M, Zhao G. Biochemical routes for uptake and conversion of xylose by microorganisms. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:21. [PMID: 32021652 PMCID: PMC6995148 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-1662-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Xylose is a major component of lignocellulose and the second most abundant sugar present in nature. Efficient utilization of xylose is required for the development of economically viable processes to produce biofuels and chemicals from biomass. However, there are still some bottlenecks in the bioconversion of xylose, including the fact that some microorganisms cannot assimilate xylose naturally and that the uptake and metabolism of xylose are inhibited by glucose, which is usually present with xylose in lignocellulose hydrolysate. To overcome these issues, numerous efforts have been made to discover, characterize, and engineer the transporters and enzymes involved in xylose utilization to relieve glucose inhibition and to develop recombinant microorganisms to produce fuels and chemicals from xylose. Here we describe a recent advancement focusing on xylose-utilizing pathways, biosynthesis of chemicals from xylose, and engineering strategies used to improve the conversion efficiency of xylose.
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- Zhe Zhao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
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Li H, Alper HS. Producing Biochemicals in
Yarrowia lipolytica
from Xylose through a Strain Mating Approach. Biotechnol J 2019; 15:e1900304. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201900304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Haibo Li
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular BiologyThe University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular BiologyThe University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
- McKetta Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
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Sechovcová H, Kulhavá L, Fliegerová K, Trundová M, Morais D, Mrázek J, Kopečný J. Comparison of enzymatic activities and proteomic profiles of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens grown on different carbon sources. Proteome Sci 2019; 17:2. [PMID: 31168299 PMCID: PMC6545216 DOI: 10.1186/s12953-019-0150-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background The rumen microbiota is one of the most complex consortia of anaerobes, involving archaea, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and phages. They are very effective at utilizing plant polysaccharides, especially cellulose and hemicelluloses. The most important hemicellulose decomposers are clustered with the genus Butyrivibrio. As the related species differ in their range of hydrolytic activities and substrate preferences, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens was selected as one of the most effective isolates and thus suitable for proteomic studies on substrate comparisons in the extracellular fraction. The B. fibrisolvens genome is the biggest in the butyrivibria cluster and is focused on “environmental information processing” and “carbohydrate metabolism”. Methods The study of the effect of carbon source on B. fibrisolvens 3071 was based on cultures grown on four substrates: xylose, glucose, xylan, xylan with 25% glucose. The enzymatic activities were studied by spectrophotometric and zymogram methods. Proteomic study was based on genomics, 2D electrophoresis and nLC/MS (Bruker Daltonics) analysis. Results Extracellular β-endoxylanase as well as xylan β-xylosidase activities were induced with xylan. The presence of the xylan polymer induced hemicellulolytic enzymes and increased the protein fraction in the interval from 40 to 80 kDa. 2D electrophoresis with nLC/MS analysis of extracellular B. fibrisolvens 3071 proteins found 14 diverse proteins with significantly different expression on the tested substrates. Conclusion The comparison of four carbon sources resulted in the main significant changes in B. fibrisolvens proteome occurring outside the fibrolytic cluster of proteins. The affected proteins mainly belonged to the glycolysis and protein synthesis cluster. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12953-019-0150-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hana Sechovcová
- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic.,5Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 166 286 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 2Institute of Physiology, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic.,4Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 3Institute of Biotechnology, CAS, v.v.i., Průmyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- 6Institute of Microbiology, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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Verhoeven MD, Bracher JM, Nijland JG, Bouwknegt J, Daran JMG, Driessen AJM, van Maris AJA, Pronk JT. Laboratory evolution of a glucose-phosphorylation-deficient, arabinose-fermenting S. cerevisiae strain reveals mutations in GAL2 that enable glucose-insensitive l-arabinose uptake. FEMS Yeast Res 2019; 18:5026172. [PMID: 29860442 PMCID: PMC6044391 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foy062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cas9-assisted genome editing was used to construct an engineered glucose-phosphorylation-negative S. cerevisiae strain, expressing the Lactobacillus plantaruml-arabinose pathway and the Penicillium chrysogenum transporter PcAraT. This strain, which showed a growth rate of 0.26 h−1 on l-arabinose in aerobic batch cultures, was subsequently evolved for anaerobic growth on l-arabinose in the presence of d-glucose and d-xylose. In four strains isolated from two independent evolution experiments the galactose-transporter gene GAL2 had been duplicated, with all alleles encoding Gal2N376T or Gal2N376I substitutions. In one strain, a single GAL2 allele additionally encoded a Gal2T89I substitution, which was subsequently also detected in the independently evolved strain IMS0010. In 14C-sugar-transport assays, Gal2N376S, Gal2N376T and Gal2N376I substitutions showed a much lower glucose sensitivity of l-arabinose transport and a much higher Km for d-glucose transport than wild-type Gal2. Introduction of the Gal2N376I substitution in a non-evolved strain enabled growth on l-arabinose in the presence of d-glucose. Gal2N376T, T89I and Gal2T89I variants showed a lower Km for l-arabinose and a higher Km for d-glucose than wild-type Gal2, while reverting Gal2N376T, T89I to Gal2N376 in an evolved strain negatively affected anaerobic growth on l-arabinose. This study indicates that optimal conversion of mixed-sugar feedstocks may require complex ‘transporter landscapes’, consisting of sugar transporters with complementary kinetic and regulatory properties.
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- Maarten D Verhoeven
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature 2018; 560:49-54. [PMID: 30013118 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0338-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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As global temperatures rise, large amounts of carbon sequestered in permafrost are becoming available for microbial degradation. Accurate prediction of carbon gas emissions from thawing permafrost is limited by our understanding of these microbial communities. Here we use metagenomic sequencing of 214 samples from a permafrost thaw gradient to recover 1,529 metagenome-assembled genomes, including many from phyla with poor genomic representation. These genomes reflect the diversity of this complex ecosystem, with genus-level representatives for more than sixty per cent of the community. Meta-omic analysis revealed key populations involved in the degradation of organic matter, including bacteria whose genomes encode a previously undescribed fungal pathway for xylose degradation. Microbial and geochemical data highlight lineages that correlate with the production of greenhouse gases and indicate novel syntrophic relationships. Our findings link changing biogeochemistry to specific microbial lineages involved in carbon processing, and provide key information for predicting the effects of climate change on permafrost systems.
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Wasserstrom L, Portugal-Nunes D, Almqvist H, Sandström AG, Lidén G, Gorwa-Grauslund MF. Exploring D-xylose oxidation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through the Weimberg pathway. AMB Express 2018; 8:33. [PMID: 29508097 PMCID: PMC5838027 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-018-0564-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Engineering of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae towards efficient D-xylose assimilation has been a major focus over the last decades since D-xylose is the second most abundant sugar in nature, and its conversion into products could significantly improve process economy in biomass-based processes. Up to now, two different metabolic routes have been introduced via genetic engineering, consisting of either the isomerization or the oxido-reduction of D-xylose to D-xylulose that is further connected to the pentose phosphate pathway and glycolysis. In the present study, cytosolic D-xylose oxidation was investigated instead, through the introduction of the Weimberg pathway from Caulobacter crescentus in S. cerevisiae. This pathway consists of five reaction steps that connect D-xylose to the TCA cycle intermediate α-ketoglutarate. The corresponding genes could be expressed in S. cerevisiae, but no growth was observed on D-xylose indicating that not all the enzymes were functionally active. The accumulation of the Weimberg intermediate D-xylonate suggested that the dehydration step(s) might be limiting, blocking further conversion into α-ketoglutarate. Although four alternative dehydratases both of bacterial and archaeon origins were evaluated, D-xylonate accumulation still occurred. A better understanding of the mechanisms associated with the activity of dehydratases, both at a bacterial and yeast level, appears essential to obtain a fully functional Weimberg pathway in S. cerevisiae.
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- Lisa Wasserstrom
- Division of Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Present Address: Harboes Bryggeri A/S, Spegerborgvej 34, 4230 Skælskør, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Present Address: Novozymes A/S, Krogshøjvej 36, 2880 Bagsværd, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Henske JK, Wilken SE, Solomon KV, Smallwood CR, Shutthanandan V, Evans JE, Theodorou MK, O'Malley MA. Metabolic characterization of anaerobic fungi provides a path forward for bioprocessing of crude lignocellulose. Biotechnol Bioeng 2018; 115:874-884. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- John K. Henske
- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraCalifornia
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraCalifornia
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraCalifornia
- Agriculture and Biological EngineeringPurdue UniversityW. LafayetteIndiana
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences LaboratoryPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashington
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences LaboratoryPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashington
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- Animal ProductionWelfare and Veterinary SciencesHarper Adams UniversityNewportShropshireUK
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraCalifornia
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Zhang W, Liu H, Li X, Liu D, Dong XT, Li FF, Wang EX, Li BZ, Yuan YJ. Production of naringenin from D-xylose with co-culture of E. coli and S. cerevisiae. Eng Life Sci 2017; 17:1021-1029. [PMID: 32624852 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201700039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Heterologous production of naringenin, a valuable flavonoid with various biotechnological applications, was well studied in the model organisms such as Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, a synergistic co-culture system was developed for the production of naringenin from xylose by engineering microorganism. A long metabolic pathway was reconstructed in the co-culture system by metabolic engineering. In addition, the critical gene of 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL) was simultaneously integrated into the yeast genome as well as a multi-copy free plasmid for increasing enzyme activity. On this basis, some factors related with fermentation process were considered in this study, including fermented medium, inoculation size and the inoculation ratio of two microbes. A yield of 21.16 ± 0.41 mg/L naringenin was produced in this optimized co-culture system, which was nearly eight fold to that of the mono-culture of yeast. This is the first time for the biosynthesis of naringenin in the co-culture system of S. cerevisiae and E. coli from xylose, which lays a foundation for future study on production of flavonoid.
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- Wei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China.,SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin University Tianjin P.R. China
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Kwak S, Jin YS. Production of fuels and chemicals from xylose by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a review and perspective. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:82. [PMID: 28494761 PMCID: PMC5425999 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0694-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Efficient xylose utilization is one of the most important pre-requisites for developing an economic microbial conversion process of terrestrial lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and biochemicals. A robust ethanol producing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been engineered with heterologous xylose assimilation pathways. A two-step oxidoreductase pathway consisting of NAD(P)H-linked xylose reductase and NAD+-linked xylitol dehydrogenase, and one-step isomerase pathway using xylose isomerase have been employed to enable xylose assimilation in engineered S. cerevisiae. However, the resulting engineered yeast exhibited inefficient and slow xylose fermentation. In order to improve the yield and productivity of xylose fermentation, expression levels of xylose assimilation pathway enzymes and their kinetic properties have been optimized, and additional optimizations of endogenous or heterologous metabolisms have been achieved. These efforts have led to the development of engineered yeast strains ready for the commercialization of cellulosic bioethanol. Interestingly, xylose metabolism by engineered yeast was preferably respiratory rather than fermentative as in glucose metabolism, suggesting that xylose can serve as a desirable carbon source capable of bypassing metabolic barriers exerted by glucose repression. Accordingly, engineered yeasts showed superior production of valuable metabolites derived from cytosolic acetyl-CoA and pyruvate, such as 1-hexadecanol and lactic acid, when the xylose assimilation pathway and target synthetic pathways were optimized in an adequate manner. While xylose has been regarded as a sugar to be utilized because it is present in cellulosic hydrolysates, potential benefits of using xylose instead of glucose for yeast-based biotechnological processes need to be realized.
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- Suryang Kwak
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Carl R. Woose Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Carl R. Woose Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Enabling glucose/xylose co-transport in yeast through the directed evolution of a sugar transporter. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:10215-10223. [PMID: 27730335 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7879-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The capacity to co-transport glucose and xylose into yeast has remained a technical challenge in the field. While significant efforts have been made in transporter engineering to increase xylose transport rates, glucose-based inhibition still limit most of these transporters. To address this issue, we further engineer sugar transporter proteins to remove glucose inhibition and enable glucose/xylose co-transport. Specifically, we start with our previously derived CiGXS1 FIM mutant strain and subjugate it to several rounds of mutagenesis and selection in a hexose metabolism null strain. Through this effort, we identify several mutations including N326H, a truncation in the C-terminal tail, I171F, and M40V as additionally dominant for reducing glucose inhibition. The resulting transporter shows substantially improved xylose transport rates in the presence of high quantities of glucose including up to 70 g/L glucose. Moreover, the resulting transporter enables co-utilization of glucose and xylose with glucose rates on par with a wild-type transporter and xylose rates exceeding that of glucose. These results demonstrate that major facilitator superfamily hexose transporters can be rewired into glucose-xylose co-transporters without functional inhibition by either substrate. These results enhance the potential of using lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock for yeast.
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Liu JZ, Xu W, Chistoserdov A, Bajpai RK. Glycerol Dehydratases: Biochemical Structures, Catalytic Mechanisms, and Industrial Applications in 1,3-Propanediol Production by Naturally Occurring and Genetically Engineered Bacterial Strains. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2016; 179:1073-100. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-016-2051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Schneider WDH, Gonçalves TA, Uchima CA, Couger MB, Prade R, Squina FM, Dillon AJP, Camassola M. Penicillium echinulatum secretome analysis reveals the fungi potential for degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:66. [PMID: 26989443 PMCID: PMC4794826 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0476-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The enzymatic degradation of lignocellulosic materials by fungal enzyme systems has been extensively studied due to its effectiveness in the liberation of fermentable sugars for bioethanol production. Recently, variants of the fungus Penicillium echinulatum have been described as a great producer of cellulases and considered a promising strain for the bioethanol industry. RESULTS Penicillium echinulatum, wild-type 2HH and its mutant strain S1M29, were grown on four different carbon sources: cellulose, sugar cane bagasse pretreated by steam explosion (SCB), glucose, and glycerol for 120 h. Samples collected at 24, 96, and 120 h were used for enzymatic measurement, and the 96-h one was also used for secretome analysis by 1D-PAGE LC-MS/MS. A total of 165 proteins were identified, and more than one-third of these proteins belong to CAZy families. Glycosyl hydrolases (GH) are the most abundant group, being represented in larger quantities by GH3, 5, 17, 43, and 72. Cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases, β-glycosidases, xylanases, β-xylosidases, and mannanases were found, and in minor quantities, pectinases, ligninases, and amylases were also found. Swollenin and esterases were also identified. CONCLUSIONS Our study revealed differences in the two strains of P. echinulatum in several aspects in which the mutation improved the production of enzymes related to lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction. Considering the spectral counting analysis, the mutant strain S1M29 was more efficient in the production of enzymes involved in cellulose and hemicellulose degradation, despite having a nearly identical CAZy enzymatic repertoire. Moreover, S1M29 secretes more quantities of protein on SCB than on cellulose, relevant information when considering the production of cellulases using raw materials at low cost. Glucose, and especially glycerol, were used mainly for the production of amylases and ligninases.
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- Willian Daniel Hahn Schneider
- />Enzymes and Biomass Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Caxias do Sul, Francisco Getúlio Vargas Street 1130, Caxias Do Sul, RS 95070-560 Brazil
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- />Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Giuseppe Maximo Scolfaro 10.000, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
- />Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo Brazil
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- />Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Giuseppe Maximo Scolfaro 10.000, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
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- />Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, 1110 South Innovation Way, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
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- />Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, 1110 South Innovation Way, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
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- />Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Giuseppe Maximo Scolfaro 10.000, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970 Brazil
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- />Enzymes and Biomass Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Caxias do Sul, Francisco Getúlio Vargas Street 1130, Caxias Do Sul, RS 95070-560 Brazil
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- />Enzymes and Biomass Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Caxias do Sul, Francisco Getúlio Vargas Street 1130, Caxias Do Sul, RS 95070-560 Brazil
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Ali SS, Nugent B, Mullins E, Doohan FM. Fungal-mediated consolidated bioprocessing: the potential of Fusarium oxysporum for the lignocellulosic ethanol industry. AMB Express 2016; 6:13. [PMID: 26888202 PMCID: PMC4757592 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-016-0185-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Microbial bioprocessing of lignocellulose to bioethanol still poses challenges in terms of substrate catabolism. The most important challenge is to overcome substrate recalcitrance and to thus reduce the number of steps needed to biorefine lignocellulose. Conventionally, conversion involves chemical pretreatment of lignocellulose, followed by hydrolysis of biomass to monomer sugars that are subsequently fermented into bioethanol. Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) has been suggested as an efficient and economical method of manufacturing bioethanol from lignocellulose. CBP integrates the hydrolysis and fermentation steps into a single process, thereby significantly reducing the amount of steps in the biorefining process. Filamentous fungi are remarkable organisms that are naturally specialised in deconstructing plant biomass and thus they have tremendous potential as components of CBP. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum has potential for CBP of lignocellulose to bioethanol. Here we discuss the complexity and potential of CBP, the bottlenecks in the process, and the potential influence of fungal genetic diversity, substrate complexity and new technologies on the efficacy of CPB of lignocellulose, with a focus on F. oxysporum.
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Hemicellulosic Ethanol Production by Immobilized Wild Brazilian Yeast Scheffersomyces shehatae UFMG-HM 52.2: Effects of Cell Concentration and Stirring Rate. Curr Microbiol 2015; 72:133-138. [PMID: 26507335 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-015-0923-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The use of sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolysates presents an interesting alternative to second generation (2G) ethanol production. Techniques to enhance the fermentation process, e.g., the use of immobilized cells, is one of the key factors for efficient production. Here, the effect of two important parameters (cell concentration in immobilized system and stirring rate) on the 2G ethanol production using the wild Brazilian yeast S. shehatae UFMG-HM 52.2 immobilized in calcium alginate matrix are presented. A 2(2) full factorial design of experiments was carried out to evaluate the effect of cell concentrations in sodium alginate solution for immobilized bead production (3.0, 6.0, and 9.0 g/L) and stirring rate (150, 200, and 250 rpm) for 2G ethanol production. Statistical analysis showed that the use of both variables at low levels enhanced ethanol yield (YP/S). Under these process conditions, YP/S of 0.31 g/g and ethanol productivity (Qp) of 0.12 g/L h were achieved. Results showed the potential of this immobilized yeast in 2G ethanol production from C5 sugars and demonstrate the importance of adequate cell concentration in immobilized systems, a finding that stands to increase bioprocesses yields and productivity.
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Nieves LM, Panyon LA, Wang X. Engineering Sugar Utilization and Microbial Tolerance toward Lignocellulose Conversion. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2015; 3:17. [PMID: 25741507 PMCID: PMC4332379 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Production of fuels and chemicals through a fermentation-based manufacturing process that uses renewable feedstock such as lignocellulosic biomass is a desirable alternative to petrochemicals. Although it is still in its infancy, synthetic biology offers great potential to overcome the challenges associated with lignocellulose conversion. In this review, we will summarize the identification and optimization of synthetic biological parts used to enhance the utilization of lignocellulose-derived sugars and to increase the biocatalyst tolerance for lignocellulose-derived fermentation inhibitors. We will also discuss the ongoing efforts and future applications of synthetic integrated biological systems used to improve lignocellulose conversion.
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- Lizbeth M Nieves
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ , USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ , USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ , USA
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Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates for the Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates. MICROORGANISMS IN BIOREFINERIES 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45209-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hasunuma T, Hori Y, Sakamoto T, Ochiai M, Hatanaka H, Kondo A. Development of a GIN11/FRT-based multiple-gene integration technique affording inhibitor-tolerant, hemicellulolytic, xylose-utilizing abilities to industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for ethanol production from undetoxified lignocellulosic hemicelluloses. Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:145. [PMID: 25306430 PMCID: PMC4198627 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0145-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Bioethanol produced by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is currently one of the most promising alternatives to conventional transport fuels. Lignocellulosic hemicelluloses obtained after hydrothermal pretreatment are important feedstock for bioethanol production. However, hemicellulosic materials cannot be directly fermented by yeast: xylan backbone of hemicelluloses must first be hydrolyzed by heterologous hemicellulases to release xylose, and the yeast must then ferment xylose in the presence of fermentation inhibitors generated during the pretreatment. Results A GIN11/FRT-based multiple-gene integration system was developed for introducing multiple functions into the recombinant S. cerevisiae strains engineered with the xylose metabolic pathway. Antibiotic markers were efficiently recycled by a novel counter selection strategy using galactose-induced expression of both FLP recombinase gene and GIN11 flanked by FLP recombinase recognition target (FRT) sequences. Nine genes were functionally expressed in an industrial diploid strain of S. cerevisiae: endoxylanase gene from Trichoderma reesei, xylosidase gene from Aspergillus oryzae, β-glucosidase gene from Aspergillus aculeatus, xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase genes from Scheffersomyces stipitis, and XKS1, TAL1, FDH1 and ADH1 variant from S. cerevisiae. The genes were introduced using the homozygous integration system and afforded hemicellulolytic, xylose-assimilating and inhibitor-tolerant abilities to the strain. The engineered yeast strain demonstrated 2.7-fold higher ethanol titer from hemicellulosic material than a xylose-assimilating yeast strain. Furthermore, hemicellulolytic enzymes displayed on the yeast cell surface hydrolyzed hemicelluloses that were not hydrolyzed by a commercial enzyme, leading to increased sugar utilization for improved ethanol production. Conclusions The multifunctional yeast strain, developed using a GIN11/FRT-based marker recycling system, achieved direct conversion of hemicellulosic biomass to ethanol without the addition of exogenous hemicellulolytic enzymes. No detoxification processes were required. The multiple-gene integration technique is a powerful approach for introducing and improving the biomass fermentation ability of industrial diploid S. cerevisiae strains. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12934-014-0145-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tomohisa Hasunuma
- Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Suntory Research Center, 1-1-1 Wakayamadai, Shimamoto-cho, Osaka, Mishima-gun, 618-8503, Japan.
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- Suntory Research Center, 1-1-1 Wakayamadai, Shimamoto-cho, Osaka, Mishima-gun, 618-8503, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan. .,Biomass Engineering Program, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
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Simultaneous fermentation of glucose and xylose to butanol by Clostridium sp. strain BOH3. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:4771-8. [PMID: 24858088 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00337-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cellulose and hemicellulose constitute the major components in sustainable feedstocks which could be used as substrates for biofuel generation. However, following hydrolysis to monomer sugars, the solventogenic Clostridium will preferentially consume glucose due to transcriptional repression of xylose utilization genes. This is one of the major barriers in optimizing lignocellulosic hydrolysates that produce butanol. Unlike studies on existing bacteria, this study demonstrates that newly reported Clostridium sp. strain BOH3 is capable of fermenting 60 g/liter of xylose to 14.9 g/liter butanol, which is similar to the 14.5 g/liter butanol produced from 60 g/liter of glucose. More importantly, strain BOH3 consumes glucose and xylose simultaneously, which is shown by its capability for generating 11.7 g/liter butanol from a horticultural waste cellulosic hydrolysate containing 39.8 g/liter glucose and 20.5 g/liter xylose, as well as producing 11.9 g/liter butanol from another horticultural waste hemicellulosic hydrolysate containing 58.3 g/liter xylose and 5.9 g/liter glucose. The high-xylose-utilization capability of strain BOH3 is attributed to its high xylose-isomerase (0.97 U/mg protein) and xylulokinase (1.16 U/mg protein) activities compared to the low-xylose-utilizing solventogenic strains, such as Clostridium sp. strain G117. Interestingly, strain BOH3 was also found to produce riboflavin at 110.5 mg/liter from xylose and 76.8 mg/liter from glucose during the fermentation process. In summary, Clostridium sp. strain BOH3 is an attractive candidate for application in efficiently converting lignocellulosic hydrolysates to biofuels and other value-added products, such as riboflavin.
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Weyda I, Lübeck M, Ahring BK, Lübeck PS. Point mutation of the xylose reductase (XR) gene reduces xylitol accumulation and increases citric acid production in Aspergillus carbonarius. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 41:733-9. [PMID: 24570325 PMCID: PMC3953602 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1415-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aspergillus carbonarius accumulates xylitol when it grows on D-xylose. In fungi, D-xylose is reduced to xylitol by the NAD(P)H-dependent xylose reductase (XR). Xylitol is then further oxidized by the NAD(+)-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH). The cofactor impairment between the XR and XDH can lead to the accumulation of xylitol under oxygen-limiting conditions. Most of the XRs are NADPH dependent and contain a conserved Ile-Pro-Lys-Ser motif. The only known naturally occurring NADH-dependent XR (from Candida parapsilosis) carries an arginine residue instead of the lysine in this motif. In order to overcome xylitol accumulation in A. carbonarius a Lys-274 to Arg point mutation was introduced into the XR with the aim of changing the specificity toward NADH. The effect of the genetic engineering was examined in fermentation for citric acid production and xylitol accumulation by using D-xylose as the sole carbon source. Fermentation with the mutant strain showed a 2.8-fold reduction in xylitol accumulation and 4.5-fold increase in citric acid production compared to the wild-type strain. The fact that the mutant strain shows decreased xylitol levels is assumed to be associated with the capability of the mutated XR to use the NADH generated by the XDH, thus preventing the inhibition of XDH by the high levels of NADH and ensuring the flux of xylose through the pathway. This work shows that enhanced production of citric acid can be achieved using xylose as the sole carbon source by reducing accumulation of other by-products, such as xylitol.
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- István Weyda
- Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
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- Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
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- Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory (BSEL), Washington State University Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
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Jiang M, Wan Q, Liu R, Liang L, Chen X, Wu M, Zhang H, Chen K, Ma J, Wei P, Ouyang P. Succinic acid production from corn stalk hydrolysate in an E. coli mutant generated by atmospheric and room-temperature plasmas and metabolic evolution strategies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 41:115-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1346-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AFP111 is a spontaneous mutant of Escherichia coli with mutations in the glucose-specific phosphotransferase system, pyruvate formate lyase system, and fermentative lactate dehydrogenase system, created to reduce byproduct formation and increase succinic acid accumulation. In AFP111, conversion of xylose to succinic acid only generates 1.67 ATP per xylose, but requires 2.67 ATP for xylose metabolism. Therefore, the ATP produced is not adequate to accomplish the conversion of xylose to succinic acid in chemically defined medium. An E. coli mutant was obtained by atmospheric and room-temperature plasmas and metabolic evolution strategies, which had the ability to use xylose and improve the capacity of cell growth. The concentration of ATP in the mutant was 1.33-fold higher than that in AFP111 during xylose fermentation. In addition, under anaerobic fermentation with almost 80 % xylose from corn stalk hydrolysate, a succinic acid concentration of 21.1 g l−1 was obtained, with a corresponding yield of 76 %.
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412022.7 0000000093895210 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Technology 211816 Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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Iverson A, Garza E, Zhao J, Wang Y, Zhao X, Wang J, Manow R, Zhou S. Increasing reducing power output (NADH) of glucose catabolism for reduction of xylose to xylitol by genetically engineered Escherichia coli AI05. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 29:1225-32. [PMID: 23435875 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1285-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Anaerobic homofermentative production of reduced products requires additional reducing power (NADH and/or NADPH) output from glucose catabolism. Previously, with an anaerobically expressed pyruvate dehydrogenase operon (aceEF-lpd), we doubled the reducing power output to four NADH per glucose (or 1.2 xylose) catabolized anaerobically, which satisfied the NADH requirement to establish a non-transgenic homoethanol pathway (1 glucose or 1.2 xylose --> 2 acetyl-CoA + 4 NADH --> 2 ethanol) in the engineered strain, Escherichia coli SZ420 (∆frdBC ∆ldhA ∆ackA ∆focA-pflB ∆pdhR::pflBp6-pflBrbs-aceEF-lpd). In this study, E. coli SZ420 was further engineered for reduction of xylose to xylitol by (1) deleting the alcohol dehydrogenase gene (adhE) to divert NADH from the ethanol pathway; (2) deleting the glucose-specific PTS permease gene (ptsG) to eliminate catabolite repression and allow simultaneous uptake of glucose and xylose; (3) cloning the aldose reductase gene (xylI) of Candida boidinii to reduce xylose to xylitol. The resulting strain, E. coli AI05 (pAGI02), could in theory simultaneously uptake glucose and xylose, and utilize glucose as a source of reducing power for the reduction of xylose to xylitol, with an expected yield of four xylitol for each glucose consumed (YRPG = 4) under anaerobic conditions. In resting cell fermentation tests using glucose and xylose mixtures, E. coli AI05 (pAGI02) achieved an actual YRPG value of ~3.6, with xylitol as the major fermentation product and acetate as the by-product.
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- Andrew Iverson
- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, College of Bioengineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, People's Republic of China
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Ali SS, Nugent B, Mullins E, Doohan FM. Insights from the fungus Fusarium oxysporum point to high affinity glucose transporters as targets for enhancing ethanol production from lignocellulose. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54701. [PMID: 23382943 PMCID: PMC3559794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Ethanol is the most-widely used biofuel in the world today. Lignocellulosic plant biomass derived from agricultural residue can be converted to ethanol via microbial bioprocessing. Fungi such as Fusarium oxysporum can simultaneously saccharify straw to sugars and ferment sugars to ethanol. But there are many bottlenecks that need to be overcome to increase the efficacy of microbial production of ethanol from straw, not least enhancement of the rate of fermentation of both hexose and pentose sugars. This research tested the hypothesis that the rate of sugar uptake by F. oxysporum would enhance the ethanol yields from lignocellulosic straw and that high affinity glucose transporters can enhance ethanol yields from this substrate. We characterized a novel hexose transporter (Hxt) from this fungus. The F. oxysporum Hxt represents a novel transporter with homology to yeast glucose signaling/transporter proteins Rgt2 and Snf3, but it lacks their C-terminal domain which is necessary for glucose signalling. Its expression level decreased with increasing glucose concentration in the medium and in a glucose uptake study the Km(glucose) was 0.9 mM, which indicated that the protein is a high affinity glucose transporter. Post-translational gene silencing or over expression of the Hxt in F. oxysporum directly affected the glucose and xylose transport capacity and ethanol yielded by F. oxysporum from straw, glucose and xylose. Thus we conclude that this Hxt has the capacity to transport both C5 and C6 sugars and to enhance ethanol yields from lignocellulosic material. This study has confirmed that high affinity glucose transporters are ideal candidates for improving ethanol yields from lignocellulose because their activity and level of expression is high in low glucose concentrations, which is very common during the process of consolidated processing.
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- Shahin S Ali
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Laboratory, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Guo C, Jiang N. Physiological and enzymatic comparison between Pichia stipitis and recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae on xylose fermentation. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2012. [PMID: 23180545 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-012-1208-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In order to better understand the differences in xylose metabolism between natural xylose-utilizing Pichia stipitis and metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we constructed a series of recombinant S. cerevisiae strains with different xylose reductase/xylitol dehydrogenase/xylulokinase activity ratios by integrating xylitol dehydrogenase gene (XYL2) into the chromosome with variable copies and heterogeneously expressing xylose reductase gene (XYL1) and endogenous xylulokinase gene (XKS1). The strain with the highest specific xylose uptake rate and ethanol productivity on pure xylose fermentation was selected to compare to P. stipitis under oxygen-limited condition. Physiological and enzymatic comparison showed that they have different patterns of xylose metabolism and NADPH generation.
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- Changying Guo
- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
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The two metabolically versatile actinobacteria Rhodococcus opacus PD630 and R. jostii RHA1 can efficiently convert diverse organic substrates into neutral lipids mainly consisting of triacylglycerol (TAG), the precursor of energy-rich hydrocarbon. Neither, however, is able to utilize xylose, the important component present in lignocellulosic biomass, as the carbon source for growth and lipid accumulation. In order to broaden their substrate utilization range, the metabolic pathway of d-xylose utilization was introduced into these two strains. This was accomplished by heterogenous expression of two well-selected genes, xylA, encoding xylose isomerase, and xylB, encoding xylulokinase from Streptomyces lividans TK23, under the control of the tac promoter with an Escherichia coli-Rhodococcus shuttle vector. The recombinant R. jostii RHA1 bearing xylA could grow on xylose as the sole carbon source, and additional expression of xylB further improved the biomass yield. The recombinant could consume both glucose and xylose in the sugar mixture, although xylose metabolism was still affected by the presence of glucose. The xylose metabolic pathway was also introduced into the high-lipid-producing strain R. opacus PD630 by expression of xylA and xylB. Under nitrogen-limited conditions, the fatty acid composition was determined, and lipid produced from xylose by recombinants of R. jostii RHA1 and R. opacus PD630 carrying xylA and xylB represented up to 52.5% and 68.3% of the cell dry weight (CDW), respectively. This work demonstrates that it is feasible to produce lipid from the sugars, including xylose, derived from renewable feedstock by genetic modification of rhodococcus strains.
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APJ1 and GRE3 homologs work in concert to allow growth in xylose in a natural Saccharomyces sensu stricto hybrid yeast. Genetics 2012; 191:621-32. [PMID: 22426884 PMCID: PMC3374322 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Creating Saccharomyces yeasts capable of efficient fermentation of pentoses such as xylose remains a key challenge in the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. Metabolic engineering of industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains has yielded xylose-fermenting strains, but these strains have not yet achieved industrial viability due largely to xylose fermentation being prohibitively slower than that of glucose. Recently, it has been shown that naturally occurring xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces species exist. Uncovering the genetic architecture of such strains will shed further light on xylose metabolism, suggesting additional engineering approaches or possibly even enabling the development of xylose-fermenting yeasts that are not genetically modified. We previously identified a hybrid yeast strain, the genome of which is largely Saccharomyces uvarum, which has the ability to grow on xylose as the sole carbon source. To circumvent the sterility of this hybrid strain, we developed a novel method to genetically characterize its xylose-utilization phenotype, using a tetraploid intermediate, followed by bulk segregant analysis in conjunction with high-throughput sequencing. We found that this strain’s growth in xylose is governed by at least two genetic loci, within which we identified the responsible genes: one locus contains a known xylose-pathway gene, a novel homolog of the aldo-keto reductase gene GRE3, while a second locus contains a homolog of APJ1, which encodes a putative chaperone not previously connected to xylose metabolism. Our work demonstrates that the power of sequencing combined with bulk segregant analysis can also be applied to a nongenetically tractable hybrid strain that contains a complex, polygenic trait, and identifies new avenues for metabolic engineering as well as for construction of nongenetically modified xylose-fermenting strains.
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Enhanced reducing equivalent generation for 1,3-propanediol production through cofermentation of glycerol and xylose by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2011; 165:1532-42. [PMID: 21960271 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9373-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2010] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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1,3-Propanediol (1,3-PD) biosynthesis plays a key role in NADH consumption to regulate the intracellular reducing equivalent balance of Klebsiella pneumoniae. This study aimed to increase reducing equivalent for enhancing 1,3-PD production through cofermentation of glycerol and xylose. Adding xylose as cosubstrate resulted in more reducing equivalent generation and higher cell growth. In batch fermentation under microaerobic condition, the 1,3-PD concentration, conversion from glycerol, and biomass (OD(600)) relative to cofermentation were increased significantly by 9.1%, 20%, and 15.8%, respectively. The reducing equivalent (NADH) was increased by 1-3 mg/g (cell dry weight) compared with that from glycerol alone. Furthermore, 2,3-butannediol was also doubly produced as major byproduct. In fed-batch fermentation with xylose as cosubstrate, the final 1,3-PD concentration, conversion from glycerol, and productivity were improved evidently from 60.78 to 67.21 g/l, 0.52 to 0.63 mol/mol, and 1.64 to 1.82 g/l/h, respectively.
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Xu P, Bura R, Doty SL. Genetic analysis of D-xylose metabolism by endophytic yeast strains of Rhodotorula graminis and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Genet Mol Biol 2011; 34:471-8. [PMID: 21931522 PMCID: PMC3168190 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572011000300018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Two novel endophytic yeast strains, WP1 and PTD3, isolated from within the stems of poplar (Populus) trees, were genetically characterized with respect to their xylose metabolism genes. These two strains, belonging to the species Rhodotorula graminis and R. mucilaginosa, respectively, utilize both hexose and pentose sugars, including the common plant pentose sugar, D-xylose. The xylose reductase (XYL1) and xylitol dehydrogenase (XYL2) genes were cloned and characterized. The derived amino acid sequences of xylose reductase (XR) and xylose dehydrogenase (XDH) were 32%∼41% homologous to those of Pichia stipitis and Candida. spp., two species known to utilize xylose. The derived XR and XDH sequences of WP1 and PTD3 had higher homology (73% and 69% identity) with each other. WP1 and PTD3 were grown in single sugar and mixed sugar media to analyze the XYL1 and XYL2 gene regulation mechanisms. Our results revealed that for both strains, the gene expression is induced by D-xylose, and that in PTD3 the expression was not repressed by glucose in the presence of xylose.
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- Ping Xu
- School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Wang D, Li Q, Yang M, Zhang Y, Su Z, Xing J. Efficient production of succinic acid from corn stalk hydrolysates by a recombinant Escherichia coli with ptsG mutation. Process Biochem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lin Y, He P, Wang Q, Lu D, Li Z, Wu C, Jiang N. The alcohol dehydrogenase system in the xylose-fermenting yeast Candida maltosa. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11752. [PMID: 20668703 PMCID: PMC2909261 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) system plays a critical role in sugar metabolism involving in not only ethanol formation and consumption but also the general "cofactor balance" mechanism. Candida maltosa is able to ferment glucose as well as xylose to produce a significant amount of ethanol. Here we report the ADH system in C. maltosa composed of three microbial group I ADH genes (CmADH1, CmADH2A and CmADH2B), mainly focusing on its metabolic regulation and physiological function. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Genetic analysis indicated that CmADH2A and CmADH2B tandemly located on the chromosome could be derived from tandem gene duplication. In vitro characterization of enzymatic properties revealed that all the three CmADHs had broad substrate specificities. Homo- and heterotetramers of CmADH1 and CmADH2A were demonstrated by zymogram analysis, and their expression profiles and physiological functions were different with respect to carbon sources and growth phases. Fermentation studies of ADH2A-deficient mutant showed that CmADH2A was directly related to NAD regeneration during xylose metabolism since CmADH2A deficiency resulted in a significant accumulation of glycerol. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our results revealed that CmADH1 was responsible for ethanol formation during glucose metabolism, whereas CmADH2A was glucose-repressed and functioned to convert the accumulated ethanol to acetaldehyde. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of function separation and glucose repression of ADH genes in xylose-fermenting yeasts. On the other hand, CmADH1 and CmADH2A were both involved in ethanol formation with NAD regeneration to maintain NADH/NAD ratio in favor of producing xylitol from xylose. In contrast, CmADH2B was expressed at a much lower level than the other two CmADH genes, and its function is to be further confirmed.
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- Yuping Lin
- Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- * E-mail: (NJ); (QW)
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- Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (NJ); (QW)
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Toivola A, Yarrow D, van den Bosch E, van Dijken JP, Scheffers WA. Alcoholic Fermentation of d-Xylose by Yeasts. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 47:1221-3. [PMID: 16346558 PMCID: PMC240200 DOI: 10.1128/aem.47.6.1221-1223.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Type strains of 200 species of yeasts able to ferment glucose and grow on xylose were screened for fermentation of d-xylose. In most of the strains tested, ethanol production was negligible. Nineteen were found to produce between 0.1 and 1.0 g of ethanol per liter. Strains of the following species produce more than 1 g of ethanol per liter in the fermentation test with 2% xylose: Brettanomyces naardenensis, Candida shehatae, Candida tenuis, Pachysolen tannophilus, Pichia segobiensis, and Pichia stipitis. Subsequent screening of these yeasts for their capacity to ferment d-cellobiose revealed that only Candida tenuis CBS 4435 was a good fermenter of both xylose and cellobiose under the test conditions used.
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- A Toivola
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Delft University of Technology, and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Yeast Division, Julianalaan 67A, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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Temudo MF, Mato T, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MCM. Xylose anaerobic conversion by open-mixed cultures. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 82:231-9. [PMID: 19015850 PMCID: PMC7419444 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1749-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2008] [Revised: 10/04/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Xylose is, after glucose, the dominant sugar in agricultural wastes. In anaerobic environments, carbohydrates are converted into volatile fatty acids and alcohols. These can be used as building blocks in biotechnological or chemical processes, e.g., to produce bioplastics. In this study, xylose fermentation by mixed microbial cultures was investigated and compared with glucose under the same conditions. The product spectrum obtained with both substrates was comparable. It was observed that, in the case of xylose, a higher fraction of the carbon was converted into catabolic products (butyrate, acetate, and ethanol) and the biomass yield was approximately 20% lower than on glucose, 0.16 versus 0.21 Cmol X/Cmol S. This lower yield is likely related to the need of an extra ATP during xylose uptake. When submitted to a pulse of glucose, the population cultivated on xylose could instantaneously convert the glucose. No substrate preference was observed when glucose and xylose were fed simultaneously to the continuously operated bioreactor.
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- Margarida F Temudo
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands.
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Maas RHW, Springer J, Eggink G, Weusthuis RA. Xylose metabolism in the fungus Rhizopus oryzae: effect of growth and respiration on L+-lactic acid production. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 35:569-78. [PMID: 18247072 PMCID: PMC2668597 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-008-0318-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The fungus Rhizopus oryzae converts both glucose and xylose under aerobic conditions into chirally pure l(+)-lactic acid with by-products such as xylitol, glycerol, ethanol, carbon dioxide and fungal biomass. In this paper, we demonstrate that the production of lactic acid by R. oryzae CBS 112.07 only occurs under growing conditions. Deprivation of nutrients such as nitrogen, essential for fungal biomass formation, resulted in a cessation of lactic acid production. Complete xylose utilisation required a significantly lower C/N ratio (61/1) compared to glucose (201/1), caused by higher fungal biomass yields that were obtained with xylose as substrate. Decreasing the oxygen transfer rate resulted in decline of xylose consumption rates, whereas the conversion of glucose by R. oryzae was less affected. Both results were linked to the fact that R. oryzae CBS 112.07 utilises xylose via the two-step reduction/oxidation route. The consequences of these effects for R. oryzae as a potential lactic acid producer are discussed.
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- Ronald H. W. Maas
- Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Watanabe S, Pack SP, Saleh AA, Annaluru N, Kodaki T, Makino K. The positive effect of the decreased NADPH-preferring activity of xylose reductase from Pichia stipitis on ethanol production using xylose-fermenting recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2007; 71:1365-9. [PMID: 17485825 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We focused on the effects of a mutation of xylose reductase from Pichia stipitis (PsXR) on xylose-to-ethanol fermentation using recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae transformed with PsXR and PsXDH (xylitol dehydrogenase from P. stipitis) genes. Based on inherent NADH-preferring XR and several site-directed mutagenetic studies using other aldo-keto reductase enzymes, we designed several single PsXR mutants. K270R showing decreased NADPH-preferring activity without a change in NADH-preferring activity was found to be a potent mutant. Strain Y-K270R transformed with K270R PsXR and wild-type PsXDH showed a 31% decrease in unfavorable xylitol excretion with 5.1% increased ethanol production as compared to the control in the fermentation of 15 g l(-1) xylose and 5 g l(-1) glucose.
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Stephens C, Christen B, Fuchs T, Sundaram V, Watanabe K, Jenal U. Genetic analysis of a novel pathway for D-xylose metabolism in Caulobacter crescentus. J Bacteriol 2006; 189:2181-5. [PMID: 17172333 PMCID: PMC1855722 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01438-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genetic data suggest that the oligotrophic freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus metabolizes D-xylose through a pathway yielding alpha-ketoglutarate, comparable to the recently described L-arabinose degradation pathway of Azospirillum brasilense. Enzymes of the C. crescentus pathway, including an NAD(+)-dependent xylose dehydrogenase, are encoded in the xylose-inducible xylXABCD operon (CC0823-CC0819).
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- Craig Stephens
- Biology Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA.
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Phadtare S, Rawat U, Rao M. Purification and characterisation of xylitol dehydrogenase from Neurospora crassa NCL communication No. 6347. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Katahira S, Fujita Y, Mizuike A, Fukuda H, Kondo A. Construction of a xylan-fermenting yeast strain through codisplay of xylanolytic enzymes on the surface of xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:5407-14. [PMID: 15345427 PMCID: PMC520881 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.9.5407-5414.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hemicellulose is one of the major forms of biomass in lignocellulose, and its essential component is xylan. We used a cell surface engineering system based on alpha-agglutinin to construct a Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain codisplaying two types of xylan-degrading enzymes, namely, xylanase II (XYNII) from Trichoderma reesei QM9414 and beta-xylosidase (XylA) from Aspergillus oryzae NiaD300, on the cell surface. In a high-performance liquid chromatography analysis, xylose was detected as the main product of the yeast strain codisplaying XYNII and XylA, while xylobiose and xylotriose were detected as the main products of a yeast strain displaying XYNII on the cell surface. These results indicate that xylan is sequentially hydrolyzed to xylose by the codisplayed XYNII and XylA. In a further step toward achieving the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of xylan, a xylan-utilizing S. cerevisiae strain was constructed by codisplaying XYNII and XylA and introducing genes for xylose utilization, namely, those encoding xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase from Pichia stipitis and xylulokinase from S. cerevisiae. After 62 h of fermentation, 7.1 g of ethanol per liter was directly produced from birchwood xylan, and the yield in terms of grams of ethanol per gram of carbohydrate consumed was 0.30 g/g. These results demonstrate that the direct conversion of xylan to ethanol is accomplished by the xylan-utilizing S. cerevisiae strain.
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- Satoshi Katahira
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Sonderegger M, Jeppsson M, Hahn-Hägerdal B, Sauer U. Molecular basis for anaerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on xylose, investigated by global gene expression and metabolic flux analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:2307-17. [PMID: 15066826 PMCID: PMC383160 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.4.2307-2317.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yeast xylose metabolism is generally considered to be restricted to respirative conditions because the two-step oxidoreductase reactions from xylose to xylulose impose an anaerobic redox imbalance. We have recently developed, however, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain that is at present the only known yeast capable of anaerobic growth on xylose alone. Using transcriptome analysis of aerobic chemostat cultures grown on xylose-glucose mixtures and xylose alone, as well as a combination of global gene expression and metabolic flux analysis of anaerobic chemostat cultures grown on xylose-glucose mixtures, we identified the distinguishing characteristics of this unique phenotype. First, the transcript levels and metabolic fluxes throughout central carbon metabolism were significantly higher than those in the parent strain, and they were most pronounced in the xylose-specific, pentose phosphate, and glycerol pathways. Second, differential expression of many genes involved in redox metabolism indicates that increased cytosolic NADPH formation and NADH consumption enable a higher flux through the two-step oxidoreductase reaction of xylose to xylulose in the mutant. Redox balancing is apparently still a problem in this strain, since anaerobic growth on xylose could be improved further by providing acetoin as an external NADH sink. This improved growth was accompanied by an increased ATP production rate and was not accompanied by higher rates of xylose uptake or cytosolic NADPH production. We concluded that anaerobic growth of the yeast on xylose is ultimately limited by the rate of ATP production and not by the redox balance per se, although the redox imbalance, in turn, limits ATP production.
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Sonderegger M, Sauer U. Evolutionary engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for anaerobic growth on xylose. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:1990-8. [PMID: 12676674 PMCID: PMC154834 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.4.1990-1998.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Xylose utilization is of commercial interest for efficient conversion of abundant plant material to ethanol. Perhaps the most important ethanol-producing organism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, however, is incapable of xylose utilization. While S. cerevisiae strains have been metabolically engineered to utilize xylose, none of the recombinant strains or any other naturally occurring yeast has been able to grow anaerobically on xylose. Starting with the recombinant S. cerevisiae strain TMB3001 that overexpresses the xylose utilization pathway from Pichia stipitis, in this study we developed a selection procedure for the evolution of strains that are capable of anaerobic growth on xylose alone. Selection was successful only when organisms were first selected for efficient aerobic growth on xylose alone and then slowly adapted to microaerobic conditions and finally anaerobic conditions, which indicated that multiple mutations were necessary. After a total of 460 generations or 266 days of selection, the culture reproduced stably under anaerobic conditions on xylose and consisted primarily of two subpopulations with distinct phenotypes. Clones in the larger subpopulation grew anaerobically on xylose and utilized both xylose and glucose simultaneously in batch culture, but they exhibited impaired growth on glucose. Surprisingly, clones in the smaller subpopulation were incapable of anaerobic growth on xylose. However, as a consequence of their improved xylose catabolism, these clones produced up to 19% more ethanol than the parental TMB3001 strain produced under process-like conditions from a mixture of glucose and xylose.
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Jin YS, Ni H, Laplaza JM, Jeffries TW. Optimal growth and ethanol production from xylose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae require moderate D-xylulokinase activity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:495-503. [PMID: 12514033 PMCID: PMC152454 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.1.495-503.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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D-Xylulokinase (XK) is essential for the metabolism of D-xylose in yeasts. However, overexpression of genes for XK, such as the Pichia stipitis XYL3 gene and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae XKS gene, can inhibit growth of S. cerevisiae on xylose. We varied the copy number and promoter strength of XYL3 or XKS1 to see how XK activity can affect xylose metabolism in S. cerevisiae. The S. cerevisiae genetic background included single integrated copies of P. stipitis XYL1 and XYL2 driven by the S. cerevisiae TDH1 promoter. Multicopy and single-copy constructs with either XYL3 or XKS1, likewise under control of the TDH1 promoter, or with the native P. stipitis promoter were introduced into the recombinant S. cerevisiae. In vitro enzymatic activity of XK increased with copy number and promoter strength. Overexpression of XYL3 and XKS1 inhibited growth on xylose but did not affect growth on glucose even though XK activities were three times higher in glucose-grown cells. Growth inhibition increased and ethanol yields from xylose decreased with increasing XK activity. Uncontrolled XK expression in recombinant S. cerevisiae is inhibitory in a manner analogous to the substrate-accelerated cell death observed with an S. cerevisiae tps1 mutant during glucose metabolism. To bypass this effect, we transformed cells with a tunable expression vector containing XYL3 under the control of its native promoter into the FPL-YS1020 strain and screened the transformants for growth on, and ethanol production from, xylose. The selected transformant had approximately four copies of XYL3 per haploid genome and had moderate XK activity. It converted xylose into ethanol efficiently.
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- Yong-Su Jin
- Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Jin YS, Jones S, Shi NQ, Jeffries TW. Molecular cloning of XYL3 (D-xylulokinase) from Pichia stipitis and characterization of its physiological function. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:1232-9. [PMID: 11872473 PMCID: PMC123745 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.3.1232-1239.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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XYL3, which encodes a D-xylulokinase (EC 2.7.1.17), was isolated from Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 genomic DNA by using primers designed against conserved motifs. Disruption of XYL3 eliminated D-xylulokinase activity, but D-ribulokinase activity was still present. Southern analysis of P. stipitis genomic DNA with XYL3 as a probe confirmed the disruption and did not reveal additional related genes. Disruption of XYL3 stopped ethanol production from xylose, but the resulting mutant still assimilated xylose slowly and formed xylitol and arabinitol. These results indicate that XYL3 is critical for ethanol production from xylose but that P. stipitis has another pathway for xylose assimilation. Expression of XYL3 using its P. stipitis promoter increased Saccharomyces cerevisiae D-xylulose consumption threefold and enabled the transformants to produce ethanol from a mixture of xylose and xylulose, whereas the parental strain only accumulated xylitol. In vitro, D-xylulokinase activity in recombinant S. cerevisiae was sixfold higher with a multicopy than with a single-copy XYL3 plasmid, but ethanol production decreased with increased copy number. These results confirmed the function of XYL3 in S. cerevisiae.
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- Yong-Su Jin
- Department of Food Science. Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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La Grange DC, Pretorius IS, Claeyssens M, van Zyl WH. Degradation of xylan to D-xylose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae coexpressing the Aspergillus niger beta-xylosidase (xlnD) and the Trichoderma reesei xylanase II (xyn2) genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:5512-9. [PMID: 11722900 PMCID: PMC93337 DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.12.5512-5519.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The beta-xylosidase-encoding xlnD gene of Aspergillus niger 90196 was amplified by the PCR technique from first-strand cDNA synthesized on mRNA isolated from the fungus. The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA fragment was verified to contain a 2,412-bp open reading frame that encodes a 804-amino-acid propeptide. The 778-amino-acid mature protein, with a putative molecular mass of 85.1 kDa, was fused in frame with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating factor alpha1 signal peptide (MFalpha1(s)) to ensure correct posttranslational processing in yeast. The fusion protein was designated Xlo2. The recombinant beta-xylosidase showed optimum activity at 60 degrees C and pH 3.2 and optimum stability at 50 degrees C. The K(i(app)) value for D-xylose and xylobiose for the recombinant beta-xylosidase was determined to be 8.33 and 6.41 mM, respectively. The XLO2 fusion gene and the XYN2 beta-xylanase gene from Trichoderma reesei, located on URA3-based multicopy shuttle vectors, were successfully expressed and coexpressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the alcohol dehydrogenase II gene (ADH2) promoter and terminator. These recombinant S. cerevisiae strains produced 1,577 nkat/ml of beta-xylanase activity when expressing only the beta-xylanase and 860 nkat/ml when coexpressing the beta-xylanase with the beta-xylosidase. The maximum beta-xylosidase activity was 5.3 nkat/ml when expressed on its own and 3.5 nkat/ml when coexpressed with the beta-xylanase. Coproduction of the beta-xylanase and beta-xylosidase enabled S. cerevisiae to degrade birchwood xylan to D-xylose.
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- D C La Grange
- Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Rodrigues DCGA, da Silva SS, Felipe MGA. Fed-batch culture of Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037 for xylitol production from sugar cane bagasse hydrolysate. Lett Appl Microbiol 1999. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.1999.00639.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cho JY, Jeffries TW. Transcriptional control of ADH genes in the xylose-fermenting yeast Pichia stipitis. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:2363-8. [PMID: 10347014 PMCID: PMC91349 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2363-2368.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/1998] [Accepted: 04/05/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We studied the expression of the genes encoding group I alcohol dehydrogenases (PsADH1 and PsADH2) in the xylose-fermenting yeast Pichia stipitis CBS 6054. The cells expressed PsADH1 approximately 10 times higher under oxygen-limited conditions than under fully aerobic conditions when cultivated on xylose. Transcripts of PsADH2 were not detectable under either aeration condition. We used a PsADH1::lacZ fusion to monitor PsADH1 expression and found that expression increased as oxygen decreased. The level of PsADH1 transcript was repressed about 10-fold in cells grown in the presence of heme under oxygen-limited conditions. Concomitantly with the induction of PsADH1, PsCYC1 expression was repressed. These results indicate that oxygen availability regulates PsADH1 expression and that regulation may be mediated by heme. The regulation of PsADH2 expression was also examined in other genetic backgrounds. Disruption of PsADH1 dramatically increased PsADH2 expression on nonfermentable carbon sources under fully aerobic conditions, indicating that the expression of PsADH2 is subject to feedback regulation under these conditions.
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- J Y Cho
- Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
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