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Qin N, Li L, Wang Z, Shi S. Microbial production of odd-chain fatty acids. Biotechnol Bioeng 2023; 120:917-931. [PMID: 36522132 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Odd-chain fatty acids (OcFAs) and their derivatives have attracted much attention due to their beneficial physiological effects and their potential to be alternatives to advanced fuels. However, cells naturally produce even-chain fatty acids (EcFAs) with negligible OcFAs. In the process of biosynthesis of fatty acids (FAs), the acetyl-CoA serves as the starter unit for EcFAs, and propionyl-CoA works as the starter unit for OcFAs. The lack of sufficient propionyl-CoA, the precursor, is usually regarded as the main restriction for large-scale bioproduction of OcFAs. In recent years, synthetic biology strategies have been used to modify several microorganisms to produce more propionyl-CoA that would enable an efficient biosynthesis of OcFAs. This review discusses several reported and potential metabolic pathways for propionyl-CoA biosynthesis, followed by advances in engineering several cell factories for OcFAs production. Finally, trends and challenges of synthetic biology driven OcFAs production are discussed.
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- Ning Qin
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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Yang P, Liu W, Chen Y, Gong AD. Engineering the glyoxylate cycle for chemical bioproduction. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:1066651. [PMID: 36532595 PMCID: PMC9755347 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1066651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 07/24/2023] Open
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With growing concerns about environmental issues and sustainable economy, bioproduction of chemicals utilizing microbial cell factories provides an eco-friendly alternative to current petro-based processes. Creating high-performance strains (with high titer, yield, and productivity) through metabolic engineering strategies is critical for cost-competitive production. Commonly, it is inevitable to fine-tuning or rewire the endogenous or heterologous pathways in such processes. As an important pathway involved in the synthesis of many kinds of chemicals, the potential of the glyoxylate cycle in metabolic engineering has been studied extensively these years. Here, we review the metabolic regulation of the glyoxylate cycle and summarize recent achievements in microbial production of chemicals through tuning of the glyoxylate cycle, with a focus on studies implemented in model microorganisms. Also, future prospects for bioproduction of glyoxylate cycle-related chemicals are discussed.
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Carbon nanogels exert multipronged attack on resistant bacteria and strongly constrain resistance evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 608:1813-1826. [PMID: 34742090 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.10.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Developing antimicrobial agents that can eradicate drug-resistant (DR) bacteria and provide sustained protection from DR bacteria is a major challenge. Herein, we report a mild pyrolysis approach to prepare carbon nanogels (CNGs) through polymerization and the partial carbonization of l-lysine hydrochloride at 270 °C as a potential broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent that can inhibit biopolymer-producing bacteria and clinical drug-resistant isolates and tackle drug resistance issues. We thoroughly studied the structures of the CNGs, their antibacterial mechanism, and biocompatibility. CNGs possess superior bacteriostatic effects against drug-resistant bacteria compared to some commonly explored antibacterial nanomaterials (silver, copper oxide, and zinc oxide nanoparticles, and graphene oxide) through multiple antimicrobial mechanisms, including reactive oxygen species generation, membrane potential dissipation, and membrane function disruption, due to the positive charge and flexible colloidal structures resulting strong interaction with bacterial membrane. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of the CNGs (0.6 µg mL-1 against E. coli and S. aureus) remained almost the same against the bacteria after 20 passages; however, the MIC values increased significantly after treatment with silver nanoparticles, antibiotics, the bacteriostatic chlorhexidine, and especially gentamicin (approximately 140-fold). Additionally, the CNGs showed a negligible MIC value difference against the obtained resistant bacteria after acclimation to the abovementioned antimicrobial agents. The findings of this study unveil the development of antimicrobial CNGs as a sustainable solution to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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Miscevic D, Mao JY, Mozell B, Srirangan K, Abedi D, Moo-Young M, Chou CP. Bio-based production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) with modulated monomeric fraction in Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:1435-1446. [PMID: 33484319 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11108-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In this study, we applied metabolic engineering and bioprocessing strategies to enhance heterologous production of an important biodegradable copolymer, i.e., poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), with a modulated 3-hydroxyvalerate (3-HV) monomeric fraction from structurally unrelated carbon of glycerol in engineered Escherichia coli under different oxygenic conditions. We used our previously derived propanologenic (i.e., 1-propanol-producing) E. coli strain with an activated genomic Sleeping beauty mutase (Sbm) operon as a host for heterologous expression of the phaCAB operon. The 3-HV monomeric fraction was modulated by regulating dissimilated carbon flux channeling from the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle into the Sbm pathway for biosynthesis of propionyl-CoA, which is a key precursor to (R)-3-hydroxyvaleryl-CoA (3-HV-CoA) monomer. The carbon flux channeling was regulated either by manipulating a selection of genes involved in the TCA cycle or varying oxygenic condition of the bacterial culture. With these consolidated strategies being implemented, we successfully achieved high-level PHBV biosynthesis with a wide range of 3-HV monomeric fraction from ~ 4 to 50 mol%, potentially enabling the fine-tuning of PHBV mechanical properties at the biosynthesis stage. We envision that similar strategies can be applied to enhance bio-based production of chemicals derived from succinyl-CoA. KEY POINTS: • TCA cycle engineering was applied to enhance 3-HV monomeric fraction in E. coli. • Effects of oxygenic conditions on 3-HV incorporation into PHBV in E. coli were investigated. • Bacterial cultivation for high-level PHBV production in engineered E. coli was performed.
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- Dragan Miscevic
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.,Department of Drug & Food Control, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
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