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Liang S, Wang X, Sun S, Xie L, Dang X. Extraction of chitin from flammulina velutipes waste: A low-concentration acid pretreatment and aspergillus Niger fermentation approach. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 273:133224. [PMID: 38897518 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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In recent years, with the booming of the edible mushroom industry, chitin production has become increasingly dependent on fungi and other non-traditional sources. Fungal chitin has advantages including superior performance, simpler separation processes, abundant raw materials, and the absence of shellfish allergens. As a kind of edible mushroom, flammulina velutipes (F. velutipes) also has the advantages of wide source and large annual yield. This provided the possibility for the extraction of chitin. Here, a procedure to extract chitin from F. velutipes waste be presented. This method comprises low-concentration acid pretreatment coupled with consolidated bioprocessing with Aspergillus niger. Characterization by SEM, FTIR, XRD, NMR, and TGA confirmed that the extracted chitin was β-chitin. To achieve optimal fermentation of F. velutipes waste (80 g/L), ammonium sulfate and glucose were selected as nitrogen and carbon sources (5 g/L), with a fermentation time of 5 days. The extracted chitin could be further deacetylated and purified to obtain high-purity chitosan (99.2 % ± 1.07 %). This chitosan exhibited a wide degree of deacetylation (50.0 % ± 1.33 % - 92.1 % ± 0.97 %) and a molecular weight distribution of 92-192 kDa. Notably, the yield of chitosan extracted in this study was increased by 56.3 % ± 0.47 % compared to the traditional chemical extraction method.
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- Shuang Liang
- Institute of Biomass and Function Materials & National Demonstration Centre for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, College of Bioresources Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, PR China
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- Institute of Biomass and Function Materials & National Demonstration Centre for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, College of Bioresources Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, PR China.
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- Institute of Basic and Translational Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, PR China
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- Institute of Biomass and Function Materials & National Demonstration Centre for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, College of Bioresources Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, PR China; Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Clean Production and High-Value Utilization of Bio-Based Textile Materials, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, PR China.
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Mao M, Ahrens L, Luka J, Contreras F, Kurkina T, Bienstein M, Sárria Pereira de Passos M, Schirinzi G, Mehn D, Valsesia A, Desmet C, Serra MÁ, Gilliland D, Schwaneberg U. Material-specific binding peptides empower sustainable innovations in plant health, biocatalysis, medicine and microplastic quantification. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:6445-6510. [PMID: 38747901 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00991a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Material-binding peptides (MBPs) have emerged as a diverse and innovation-enabling class of peptides in applications such as plant-/human health, immobilization of catalysts, bioactive coatings, accelerated polymer degradation and analytics for micro-/nanoplastics quantification. Progress has been fuelled by recent advancements in protein engineering methodologies and advances in computational and analytical methodologies, which allow the design of, for instance, material-specific MBPs with fine-tuned binding strength for numerous demands in material science applications. A genetic or chemical conjugation of second (biological, chemical or physical property-changing) functionality to MBPs empowers the design of advanced (hybrid) materials, bioactive coatings and analytical tools. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview comprising naturally occurring MBPs and their function in nature, binding properties of short man-made MBPs (<20 amino acids) mainly obtained from phage-display libraries, and medium-sized binding peptides (20-100 amino acids) that have been reported to bind to metals, polymers or other industrially produced materials. The goal of this review is to provide an in-depth understanding of molecular interactions between materials and material-specific binding peptides, and thereby empower the use of MBPs in material science applications. Protein engineering methodologies and selected examples to tailor MBPs toward applications in agriculture with a focus on plant health, biocatalysis, medicine and environmental monitoring serve as examples of the transformative power of MBPs for various industrial applications. An emphasis will be given to MBPs' role in detecting and quantifying microplastics in high throughput, distinguishing microplastics from other environmental particles, and thereby assisting to close an analytical gap in food safety and monitoring of environmental plastic pollution. In essence, this review aims to provide an overview among researchers from diverse disciplines in respect to material-(specific) binding of MBPs, protein engineering methodologies to tailor their properties to application demands, re-engineering for material science applications using MBPs, and thereby inspire researchers to employ MBPs in their research.
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- Maochao Mao
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Makopa TP, Ncube T, Alwasel S, Boekhout T, Zhou N. Yeast-insect interactions in southern Africa: Tapping the diversity of yeasts for modern bioprocessing. Yeast 2024; 41:330-348. [PMID: 38450792 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Yeast-insect interactions are one of the most interesting long-standing relationships whose research has contributed to our understanding of yeast biodiversity and their industrial applications. Although insect-derived yeast strains are exploited for industrial fermentations, only a limited number of such applications has been documented. The search for novel yeasts from insects is attractive to augment the currently domesticated and commercialized production strains. More specifically, there is potential in tapping the insects native to southern Africa. Southern Africa is home to a disproportionately high fraction of global biodiversity with a cluster of biomes and a broad climate range. This review presents arguments on the roles of the mutualistic relationship between yeasts and insects, the presence of diverse pristine environments and a long history of spontaneous food and beverage fermentations as the potential source of novelty. The review further discusses the recent advances in novelty of industrial strains of insect origin, as well as various ancient and modern-day industries that could be improved by use yeasts from insect origin. The major focus of the review is on the relationship between insects and yeasts in southern African ecosystems as a potential source of novel industrial yeast strains for modern bioprocesses.
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- Tawanda P Makopa
- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana
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Ashok PP, Dasgupta D, Ray A, Suman SK. Challenges and prospects of microbial α-amylases for industrial application: a review. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 40:44. [PMID: 38114825 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03821-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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α-Amylases are essential biocatalysts representing a billion-dollar market with significant long-term global demand. They have varied applications ranging from detergent, textile, and food sectors such as bakery to, more recently, biofuel industries. Microbial α-amylases have distinct advantages over their plant and animal counterparts owing to generally good activities and better stability at temperature and pH extremes. With the scope of applications expanding, the need for new and improved α-amylases is ever-growing. However, scaling up microbial α-amylase technology from the laboratory to industry for practical applications is impeded by several issues, ranging from mass transfer limitations, low enzyme yields, and energy-intensive product recovery that adds to high production costs. This review highlights the major challenges and prospects for the production of microbial α-amylases, considering the various avenues of industrial bioprocessing such as culture-independent approaches, nutrient optimization, bioreactor operations with design improvements, and product down-streaming approaches towards developing efficient α-amylases with high activity and recyclability. Since the sequence and structure of the enzyme play a crucial role in modulating its functional properties, we have also tried to analyze the structural composition of microbial α-amylase as a guide to its thermodynamic properties to identify the areas that can be targeted for enhancing the catalytic activity and thermostability of the enzyme through varied immobilization or selective enzyme engineering approaches. Also, the utilization of inexpensive and renewable substrates for enzyme production to isolate α-amylases with non-conventional applications has been briefly discussed.
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- Patel Pratima Ashok
- Biochemistry and Biotechnology Area, Material Resource Efficiency Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, 248005, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Biochemistry and Biotechnology Area, Material Resource Efficiency Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, 248005, India.
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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- Biochemistry and Biotechnology Area, Material Resource Efficiency Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, 248005, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Biochemistry and Biotechnology Area, Material Resource Efficiency Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, 248005, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Pucci EFQ, Buffo MM, Del Bianco Sousa M, Tardioli PW, Badino AC. An innovative multi-enzymatic system for gluconic acid production from starch using Aspergillus niger whole-cells. Enzyme Microb Technol 2023; 171:110309. [PMID: 37690395 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2023.110309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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The use of multi-enzymatic systems for the industrial production of chemical compounds is currently considered an important green tool in synthetic organic chemistry. Gluconic acid is a multi-functional organic acid widely used in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, textile, and construction industries. Its industrial production from glucose by fermentation using Aspergillus niger has drawbacks including high costs related to cell growth and maintenance of cell viability. This study presents an innovative one-step multi-enzymatic system for gluconic acid production from starch using Aspergillus niger whole-cells in association with amylolytic enzymes. Using soluble starch as substrate, the following results were achieved for 96 h of reaction: 134.5 ± 4.3 g/L gluconic acid concentration, 98.2 ± 1.3 % gluconic acid yield, and 44.8 ± 1.4 gGA/gwhole-cells biocatalyst yield. Although the process has been developed using starch as raw material, the approach is feasible for any substrate or residue that can be hydrolyzed to glucose.
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Enzymatic Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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- Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Fermentation Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Cripwell RA, My R, Treu L, Campanaro S, Favaro L, van Zyl WH, Viljoen-Bloom M. Additional glucoamylase genes increase ethanol productivity on rice and potato waste streams by a recombinant amylolytic yeast. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 388:129787. [PMID: 37741578 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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The implementation of consolidated bioprocessing for converting starch to ethanol relies on a robust yeast that produces enough amylases for rapid starch hydrolysis. Furthermore, using low-cost substrates will assist with competitive ethanol prices and support a bioeconomy, especially in developing countries. This paper addresses both challenges with the expression of additional glucoamylase gene copies in an efficient amylolytic strain (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ER T12) derived from the industrial yeast, Ethanol Red™. Recombinant ER T12 was used as a host to increase ethanol productivity during raw starch fermentation; the ER T12.7 variant, selected from various transformants, displayed enhanced raw starch conversion and a 36% higher ethanol concentration than the parental strain after 120 h. Unripe rice, rice bran, potato waste and potato peels were evaluated as alternative starchy substrates to test ER T12.7's fermenting ability. ER T12.7 produced high ethanol yields at significantly improved ethanol productivity, key criteria for its industrial application.
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- Rosemary A Cripwell
- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Waste to Bioproducts-Lab, Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Waste to Bioproducts-Lab, Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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Wang J, Zhang L, Wang P, Lei J, Zhong L, Zhan L, Ye X, Huang Y, Luo X, Cui Z, Li Z. Identification and Characterization of Novel Malto-Oligosaccharide-Forming Amylase AmyCf from Cystobacter sp. Strain CF23. Foods 2023; 12:3487. [PMID: 37761198 PMCID: PMC10528286 DOI: 10.3390/foods12183487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Malto-oligosaccharides (MOSs) from starch conversion is advantageous for food and pharmaceutical applications. In this study, an efficient malto-oligosaccharide-forming α-amylase AmyCf was identified from myxobacter Cystobacter sp. strain CF23. AmyCf is composed of 417 amino acids with N-terminal 41 amino acids as the signal peptide, and conserved glycoside hydrolase family 13 (GH13) catalytic module and predicted C-terminal domain with β-sheet structure are also identified. Phylogenetic and functional analysis demonstrated that AmyCf is a novel member of GH13_6 subfamily. The special activity of AmyCf toward soluble starch and raw wheat starch is 9249 U/mg and 11 U/mg, respectively. AmyCf has broad substrate specificity toward different types of starches without requiring Ca2+. Under ideal circumstances of 60 °C and pH 7.0, AmyCf hydrolyzes gelatinized starch into maltose and maltotriose and maltotetraose as the main hydrolytic products with more than 80% purity, while maltose and maltotriose are mainly produced from the hydrolysis of raw wheat starch with more than 95% purity. The potential applicability of AmyCf in starch processing is highlighted by its capacity to convert gelatinized starch and raw starch granules into MOSs. This enzymatic conversion technique shows promise for the low-temperature enzymatic conversion of raw starch.
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- Jihong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease, Henan Centers for Disease and Prevention, No. 105, Nong Ye Dong Lu, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (J.W.); (L.Z.); (J.L.); (L.Z.); (L.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.H.)
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Zhang L, Zhong L, Wang P, Zhan L, Yangzong Y, He T, Liu Y, Mao D, Ye X, Cui Z, Huang Y, Li Z. Structural and Functional Properties of Porous Corn Starch Obtained by Treating Raw Starch with AmyM. Foods 2023; 12:3157. [PMID: 37685090 PMCID: PMC10486553 DOI: 10.3390/foods12173157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Porous starch is attracting considerable attention for its high surface area and shielding ability, properties which are useful in many food applications. In this study, native corn starch with 15, 25, and 45% degrees of hydrolysis (DH-15, DH-25, and DH-45) were prepared using a special raw starch-digesting amylase, AmyM, and their structural and functional properties were evaluated. DH-15, DH-25, and DH-45 exhibited porous surface morphologies, diverse pore size distributions and pore areas, and their adsorptive capacities were significantly enhanced by improved molecular interactions. Structural measures showed that the relative crystallinity decreased as the DH increased, while the depolymerization of starch double helix chains promoted interactions involving disordered chains, followed by chain rearrangement and the formation of sub-microcrystalline structures. In addition, DH-15, DH-25, and DH-45 displayed lower hydrolysis rates, and DH-45 showed a decreased C∞ value of 18.9% with higher resistant starch (RS) content and lower glucose release. Our results indicate that AmyM-mediated hydrolysis is an efficient pathway for the preparation of porous starches with different functionalities which can be used for a range of applications.
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Caballero-Sanchez L, Lázaro-Mixteco PE, Vargas-Tah A, Castro-Montoya AJ. Pilot-scale bioethanol production from the starch of avocado seeds using a combination of dilute acid-based hydrolysis and alcoholic fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microb Cell Fact 2023; 22:119. [PMID: 37386435 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02110-5] [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: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A processing methodology of raw starch extraction from avocado seeds (ASs) and a sequential hydrolysis and fermentation bioprocess in just a few steps was successfully obtained for the bioethanol production by a single yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain and this research was also to investigate the optimum conditions for the pretreatment of biomass and technical procedures for the production of bioethanol. It successfully resulted in high yields and productivity of all the experiments from the laboratory scale and the pilot plant. Ethanol yields from pretreated starch are comparable with those in commercial industries that use molasses and hydrolyzed starch as raw materials. RESULTS Before the pilot-scale bioethanol production, studies of starch extraction and dilute sulfuric acid-based pretreatment was carefully conducted. The amount of starch extracted from dry and fresh avocado seed was 16.85 g ± 0.34 g and 29.79 ± 3.18 g of dry starch, representing a yield of ∼17% and 30%, respectively. After a dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment of starch, the released reducing sugars (RRS) were obtained and the hydrolysate slurries containing glucose (109.79 ± 1.14 g/L), xylose (0.99 ± 0.06 g/L), and arabinose (0.38 ± 0.01 g/L). The efficiency of total sugar conversion was 73.40%, with a productivity of 9.26 g/L/h. The ethanol fermentation in a 125 mL flask fermenter showed that Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Fali, active dry yeast) produced the maximum ethanol concentration, pmax at 49.05 g/L (6.22% v/v) with a yield coefficient, Yp/s of 0.44 gEthanol/gGlucose, a productivity or production rate, rp at 2.01 g/L/h and an efficiency, Ef of 85.37%. The pilot scale experiments of the ethanol fermentation using the 40-L fermenter were also successfully achieved with essentially good results. The values of pmax,Yp/s, rp, and Ef of the 40-L scale were at 50.94 g/L (6.46% v/v), 0.45 gEthanol/gGlucose, 2.11 g/L/h, and 88.74%, respectively. Because of using raw starch, major by-products, i.e., acetic acid in the two scales were very low, in ranges of 0.88-2.45 g/L, and lactic acid was not produced, which are less than those values in the industries. CONCLUSIONS The sequential hydrolysis and fermentation process of two scales for ethanol production using the combination of hydrolysis by utilizing dilute sulfuric acid-based pretreatment and fermentation by a single yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain is practicable and feasible for realistic and effective scale-up strategies of bioethanol production from the starch of avocado seeds.
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- Luis Caballero-Sanchez
- Posgrado de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 58030, Morelia, Mich, México
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- Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 58030, Morelia, Mich, México
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- Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 58030, Morelia, Mich, México.
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- Posgrado de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Francisco J. Múgica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 58030, Morelia, Mich, México.
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Chen N, Yang S, You D, Shen J, Ruan B, Wu M, Zhang J, Luo X, Tang H. Systematic genetic modifications of cell wall biosynthesis enhanced the secretion and surface-display of polysaccharide degrading enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metab Eng 2023; 77:273-282. [PMID: 37100192 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a robust cell factory to secrete or surface-display cellulase and amylase for the conversion of agricultural residues into valuable chemicals. Engineering the secretory pathway is a well-known strategy for overproducing these enzymes. Although cell wall biosynthesis can be tightly linked to the secretory pathway by regulation of all involved processes, the effect of its modifications on protein production has not been extensively studied. In this study, we systematically studied the effect of engineering cell wall biosynthesis on the activity of cellulolytic enzyme β-glucosidase (BGL1) by comparing seventy-nine gene knockout S. cerevisiae strains and newly identified that inactivation of DFG5, YPK1, FYV5, CCW12 and KRE1 obviously improved BGL1 secretion and surface-display. Combinatorial modifications of these genes, particularly double deletion of FVY5 and CCW12, along with the use of rich medium, increased the activity of secreted and surface-displayed BGL1 by 6.13-fold and 7.99-fold, respectively. Additionally, we applied this strategy to improve the activity of the cellulolytic cellobiohydrolase and amylolytic α-amylase. Through proteomic analysis coupled with reverse engineering, we found that in addition to the secretory pathway, regulation of translation processes may also involve in improving enzyme activity by engineering cell wall biosynthesis. Our work provides new insight into the construction of a yeast cell factory for efficient production of polysaccharide degrading enzymes.
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- Nanzhu Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China; State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, 3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Synceres Biosciences (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd, Nanshan Medical Device Industrial Park, Nanhai Avenue, Shenzhen, 518067, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Lin Y, Feng Y, Zheng L, Zhao M, Huang M. Improved protein production in yeast using cell engineering with genes related to a key factor in the unfolded protein response. Metab Eng 2023; 77:152-161. [PMID: 37044356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a widely used cell factory for protein production. Increasing the protein production capacity of a yeast strain may be beneficial for obtaining recombinant proteins as a product or exerting its competence in consolidated bioprocessing. However, heterologous protein expression usually imposes stress on cells. Improving the cell's ability to cope with stress enhances protein yield. HAC1 is a key transcription factor in the unfolded protein response (UPR). In this study, several genes related to the UPR signal pathway, including unfolded protein sensing, HAC1 mRNA splicing, mRNA ligation, mRNA decay, translation, and Hac1p degradation, were selected as targets to engineer yeast strains. The final engineered strain produced α-amylase 3.3-fold, and human serum albumin 15.3-fold, greater than that of the control strain. Key regulation and metabolic network changes in the engineered strains were identified by transcriptome analysis and physiological characterizations. This study demonstrated that cell engineering with genes relevant to the key node HAC1 in UPR increased protein secretion substantially. The verified genetic modifications of this study provide useful targets in the construction of yeast cell factories for efficient protein production.
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- Yeping Lin
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China; Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China; Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China; Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China; Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China; Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
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Niu L, Liu L, Zhang J, Scali M, Wang W, Hu X, Wu X. Genetic Engineering of Starch Biosynthesis in Maize Seeds for Efficient Enzymatic Digestion of Starch during Bioethanol Production. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043927. [PMID: 36835340 PMCID: PMC9967003 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043927] [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: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Maize accumulates large amounts of starch in seeds which have been used as food for human and animals. Maize starch is an importantly industrial raw material for bioethanol production. One critical step in bioethanol production is degrading starch to oligosaccharides and glucose by α-amylase and glucoamylase. This step usually requires high temperature and additional equipment, leading to an increased production cost. Currently, there remains a lack of specially designed maize cultivars with optimized starch (amylose and amylopectin) compositions for bioethanol production. We discussed the features of starch granules suitable for efficient enzymatic digestion. Thus far, great advances have been made in molecular characterization of the key proteins involved in starch metabolism in maize seeds. The review explores how these proteins affect starch metabolism pathway, especially in controlling the composition, size and features of starch. We highlight the roles of key enzymes in controlling amylose/amylopectin ratio and granules architecture. Based on current technological process of bioethanol production using maize starch, we propose that several key enzymes can be modified in abundance or activities via genetic engineering to synthesize easily degraded starch granules in maize seeds. The review provides a clue for developing special maize cultivars as raw material in the bioethanol industry.
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- Liangjie Niu
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- Key Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering of Agricultural Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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Schwerdtfeger KS, Myburgh MW, van Zyl WH, Viljoen-Bloom M. Promoter-proximal introns impact recombinant amylase expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 2023; 23:foad047. [PMID: 37891015 PMCID: PMC10647015 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foad047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of starch requires recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that produce raw starch-degrading enzymes and ferment the resultant sugars to ethanol in a single step. In this study, the native S. cerevisiae COX4 and RPS25A promoter-proximal introns were evaluated for enhanced expression of amylase genes (ateA, temA or temG_Opt) under the control of an S. cerevisiae promoter (ENO1P, TEF1P, TDH3P, or HXT7P). The results showed that different promoters and promoter-intron combinations differentially affected recombinant amylase production: ENO1P-COX4i and TDH3P-RPS25Ai were the best promoters for AteA, followed closely by HXT7P. The latter was also the best promoter for TemA and TemG production, followed closely by TDH3P-RPS25Ai for both these enzymes. Introducing promoter-proximal introns increased amylase activity up to 62% in Y294[ENO-COX-AteA] and Y294[TDH3-RPS-TemA], a significant improvement relative to the intron-less promoters. Strains co-expressing both an α-amylase and glucoamylase genes yielded up to 56 g/L ethanol from 20% w/v raw starch, with a higher carbon conversion observed with strains co-expressing TDH3P-RPS25Ai-temG_Opt than HXT7P-temG_Opt. The study showed that promoter-proximal introns can enhance amylase activity in S. cerevisiae and suggest that these alternative cassettes may also be considered for expression in more efficient ethanol-producing industrial yeast strains for raw starch CBP.
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- Kirstie S Schwerdtfeger
- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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Zhao S, Tan MZ, Wang RX, Ye FT, Chen YP, Luo XM, Feng JX. Combination of genetic engineering and random mutagenesis for improving production of raw-starch-degrading enzymes in Penicillium oxalicum. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:272. [PMID: 36566178 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01997-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Raw starch-degrading enzyme (RSDE) is applied in biorefining of starch to produce biofuels efficiently and economically. At present, RSDE is obtained via secretion by filamentous fungi such as Penicillium oxalicum. However, high production cost is a barrier to large-scale industrial application. Genetic engineering is a potentially efficient approach for improving production of RSDE. In this study, we combined genetic engineering and random mutagenesis of P. oxalicum to enhance RSDE production. RESULTS A total of 3619 mutated P. oxalicum colonies were isolated after six rounds of ethyl methanesulfonate and Co60-γ-ray mutagenesis with the strain A2-13 as the parent strain. Mutant TE4-10 achieved the highest RSDE production of 218.6 ± 3.8 U/mL with raw cassava flour as substrate, a 23.2% compared with A2-13. Simultaneous deletion of transcription repressor gene PoxCxrC and overexpression of activator gene PoxAmyR in TE4-10 resulted in engineered strain GXUR001 with an RSDE yield of 252.6 U/mL, an increase of 15.6% relative to TE4-10. Comparative transcriptomics and real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR revealed that transcriptional levels of major amylase genes, including raw starch-degrading glucoamylase gene PoxGA15A, were markedly increased in GXUR001. The hydrolysis efficiency of raw flour from cassava and corn by crude RSDE of GXUR001 reached 93.0% and 100%, respectively, after 120 h and 84 h with loading of 150 g/L of corresponding substrate. CONCLUSIONS Combining genetic engineering and random mutagenesis efficiently enhanced production of RSDE by P. oxalicum. The RSDE-hyperproducing mutant GXUR001 was generated, and its crude RSDE could efficiently degrade raw starch. This strain has great potential for enzyme preparation and further genetic engineering.
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- Shuai Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Research Centre for Microbial and Enzyme Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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Marzo-Gago C, Venus J, López-Gómez JP. Production of lactic acid from pasta wastes using a biorefinery approach. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022; 15:128. [PMID: 36411476 PMCID: PMC9680126 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02222-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A total of 398 kt of pasta waste (PW), generated during the production process of pasta, were produced in 2021. Due to its chemical composition and practically zero cost, PW has already been studied as a raw material for the production of lactic acid (LA) through fermentations. The main objective of this article was to improve the economic viability of the process by replacing commercial enzymes, necessary for starch hydrolysis in PW, with raw enzymes also produced from wastes. Enzyme synthesis was achieved through solid-state fermentation (SsF) of wheat bran by Aspergillus awamori or Aspergillus oryzae at various moisture contents. The maximum amylase activity (52 U/g dry solid) was achieved after 2 days of fermentation with A. awamori at 60% of moisture content. After that, the enzymes were used to hydrolyse PW, reaching 76 g/L of total sugars, 65 g/L of glucose and a yield of 0.72 gglu/gds with the enzymes produced by A. awamori. Subsequently, the hydrolysate was fermented into LA using Bacillus coagulans A559, yielding 52 g/L and 49 g/L with and without yeast extract, respectively. Remarkably, compared to the process with commercial enzymes, a higher LA yield was reached when enzymes produced by SsF were added (0.80 gLA/gglu). Furthermore, the productivities between the two processes were similar (around 3.9 g/L/h) which highlights that yeast extract is not necessary when using enzymes produced by SsF.
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- Cristina Marzo-Gago
- grid.435606.20000 0000 9125 3310Microbiome Biotechnology Department, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, Potsdam, Germany ,grid.7759.c0000000103580096Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cádiz, Pol. Río San Pedro S/N, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- grid.435606.20000 0000 9125 3310Microbiome Biotechnology Department, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, Potsdam, Germany
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- grid.435606.20000 0000 9125 3310Microbiome Biotechnology Department, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, Potsdam, Germany ,National Center for Biotechnological Innovations of Costa Rica (CENIBiot), 1174-1200 San José, Costa Rica
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Almeida RLJ, Rios NS, dos Santos ES. Modification of red rice starch by a combination of hydrothermal pretreatments and α-amylase hydrolysis. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 296:119963. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li H, Yao D, Pan Y, Chen X, Fang Z, Xiao Y. Enhanced extracellular raw starch-degrading α-amylase production in Bacillus subtilis by promoter engineering and translation initiation efficiency optimization. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:127. [PMID: 35761342 PMCID: PMC9235159 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01855-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background A raw starch-degrading α-amylase from Pontibacillus sp. ZY (AmyZ1), previously screened by our laboratory, showed a promising application potential for starch-processing industries. However, the AmyZ1 secretory production still under investigation, which seriously restricts its application in the starch-processing industry. On the other hand, Bacillus subtilis is widely used to achieve the extracellular expression of target proteins. Results AmyZ1 secretory production was achieved in B. subtilis and was enhanced by promoter engineering and translation initiation efficiency optimization. First, based on the different phase-dependent promoters, the dual-promoter PspoVG–PspoVG142 was constructed by combining dual-promoter engineering and promoter modification. The corresponding strain BZd34 showed an extracellular AmyZ1 activity of 1437.6 U/mL during shake flask cultivation, which was 3.11-fold higher than that of the original strain BZ1 (PgroE). Then, based on translation initiation efficiency optimization, the best strain BZd343 containing optimized 5'-proximal coding sequence (opt3) produced the highest extracellular α-amylase activity of 1691.1 U/mL, which was 3.65-fold higher than that of the strain BZ1. Finally, cultivation of BZd343 in 3-L fermenter exhibited an extracellular AmyZ1 activity of 14,012 U/mL at 48 h, with productivity of 291.9 U/mL·h. Conclusions This is the first report of recombinant expression of AmyZ1 in B. subtilis and the expression level of AmyZ1 represents the highest raw starch-degrading α-amylase level in B. subtilis to date. The high-level expression of AmyZ1 in this work provides a foundation for its industrial production. The strategies used in this study also provide a strategic reference for improving the secretory expression of other enzymes in B. subtilis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-022-01855-9.
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- He Li
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China.,Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China.,Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China.,Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China.,Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China. .,Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China. .,Anhui Key Laboratory of Modern Biomanufacturing, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
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Brojanigo S, Alvarado-Morales M, Basaglia M, Casella S, Favaro L, Angelidaki I. Innovative co-production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and methane from broken rice. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 825:153931. [PMID: 35183640 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Broken rice, a low-cost starchy residue of the rice industry, can be an interesting substrate to reduce the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production cost. However, since the most common PHAs-producing strains lack amylases, this waste must be firstly hydrolysed by additional commercial enzymes. In this work, the acidogenesis phase of the anaerobic digestion was exploited as efficient hydrolysis step to convert broken rice into volatile fatty acids (VFAs) to be used as PHAs carbon source by Cupriavidus necator DSM 545, one of the most promising PHAs-producing microbes. Broken rice, both non-hydrolysed and enzymatically hydrolysed, was processed in two continuous stirred tank reactors, at hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 5, 4 and, 3 days, to produce VFAs. The highest VFAs levels were obtained from non-hydrolysed broken rice which was efficiently exploited for PHAs accumulation by C. necator DSM 545. PHAs contents were higher after 96 h of incubation and, noteworthy, reached the highest value of 0.95 g/L in the case of 4 days HRT without any chemicals supplementation, except vitamins. Moreover, in view of a biorefinery approach, the residual solid fraction was used for methane production resulting in promising CH4 levels. Methane yields were very promising again for 4 days HRT. As such, this HRT resulted to be the most suitable to obtain effluents with high promise in terms of both PHAs accumulation and CH4 production. In addition, these results demonstrate that broken rice could be efficiently processed into two valuable products without any costly enzymatic pre-treatment and pave the way for future biorefining approaches where this by-product can be converted in a cluster of added-value compounds. Techno-economical estimations are in progress to assess the feasibility of the entire process, in view of supporting the low-cost conversion of organic waste into valuable products.
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- Silvia Brojanigo
- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
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Anagnostopoulou C, Kontogiannopoulos KN, Gaspari M, Morlino MS, Assimopoulou AN, Kougias PG. Valorization of household food wastes to lactic acid production: A response surface methodology approach to optimize fermentation process. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 296:133871. [PMID: 35157886 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Lactic acid is a valuable compound used in several industrial processes such as polymers, emulsifiers manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic formulations. The present study aims to evaluate the potential use of food waste to produce lactic acid through fermentation, both by indigenous microbiota and by the bio-augmentation with two lactic acid bacteria, namely Lactobacillus plantarum BS17 and Lactobacillus casei BP2. Fermentation was studied both in batch and continuously fed anaerobic reactors at mesophilic conditions and a Response Surface Methodology approach was used to optimize the bioprocess performance and determine the environmental parameters (namely pH and time) that lead to the enhancement of lactic acid production during the batch fermentation by indigenous microorganisms. Results revealed an optimum set of conditions for lactic acid production at a pH value of 6.5 and a fermentation period of 3.5 days at 37 °C. Under these conditions lactic acid production reached a value of 23.07 g/L, which was very similar to the mathematically predicted ones, thus verifying the accuracy of the experimental design. This optimum set of conditions was further employed to examine the production of lactic acid under continuous fermentation operation. Furthermore, concentrations of volatile fatty acids and ethanol were monitored and found to be relatively low, with ethanol being the dominant by-product of fermentation, indicating the presence of heterofermentative bacteria in the food wastes. A final step of downstream process was performed resulting in the successful recovery of lactic acid with purity over 90%.
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- Chrysa Anagnostopoulou
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Soil and Water Resources Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation Dimitra, Thermi, Thessaloniki, 57001, Greece
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece; Natural Products Research Centre of Excellence (NatPro-AUTh), Center of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (CIRI-AUTh), Thessaloniki, 57001, Greece
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- Soil and Water Resources Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation Dimitra, Thermi, Thessaloniki, 57001, Greece.
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Past, Present, and Future Perspectives on Whey as a Promising Feedstock for Bioethanol Production by Yeast. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8040395. [PMID: 35448626 PMCID: PMC9031875 DOI: 10.3390/jof8040395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Concerns about fossil fuel depletion and the environmental effects of greenhouse gas emissions have led to widespread fermentation-based production of bioethanol from corn starch or sugarcane. However, competition for arable land with food production has led to the extensive investigation of lignocellulosic sources and waste products of the food industry as alternative sources of fermentable sugars. In particular, whey, a lactose-rich, inexpensive byproduct of dairy production, is available in stable, high quantities worldwide. This review summarizes strategies and specific factors essential for efficient lactose/whey fermentation to ethanol. In particular, we cover the most commonly used strains and approaches for developing high-performance strains that tolerate fermentation conditions. The relevant genes and regulatory systems controlling lactose utilization and sources of new genes are also discussed in detail. Moreover, this review covers the optimal conditions, various feedstocks that can be coupled with whey substrates, and enzyme supplements for increasing efficiency and yield. In addition to the historical advances in bioethanol production from whey, this review explores the future of yeast-based fermentation of lactose or whey products for beverage or fuel ethanol as a fertile research area for advanced, environmentally friendly uses of industrial waste products.
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Brojanigo S, Gronchi N, Cazzorla T, Wong TS, Basaglia M, Favaro L, Casella S. Engineering Cupriavidus necator DSM 545 for the one-step conversion of starchy waste into polyhydroxyalkanoates. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 347:126383. [PMID: 34808314 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Starch-rich by-products could be efficiently exploited for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production. Unfortunately, Cupriavidus necator DSM 545, one of the most efficient PHAs producers, is not able to grow on starch. In this study, a recombinant amylolytic strain of C. necator DSM 545 was developed for the one-step PHAs production from starchy residues, such as broken rice and purple sweet potato waste. The glucodextranase G1d from Arthrobacter globiformis I42 and the α-amylase amyZ from Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87 were co-expressed into C. necator DSM 545. The recombinant C. necator DSM 545 #11, selected for its promising hydrolytic activity, produced high biomass levels with noteworthy PHAs titers: 5.78 and 3.65 g/L from broken rice and purple sweet potato waste, respectively. This is the first report on the engineering of C. necator DSM 545 for efficient amylase production and paves the way to the one-step conversion of starchy waste into PHAs.
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- Silvia Brojanigo
- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, (PD), Italy
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, (PD), Italy
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, (PD), Italy
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom; National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Luang, 12120, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, (PD), Italy
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, (PD), Italy.
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Università degli Studi di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, (PD), Italy
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Sharma J, Kumar V, Prasad R, Gaur NA. Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a consolidated bioprocessing host to produce cellulosic ethanol: Recent advancements and current challenges. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 56:107925. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ma C, Wang J, Chen X, Li X, Li P, Li K, Xiong J. Investigation on the elimination of yeasty flavour in yeast extract by mixed culture of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. Int J Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.15463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Chunlei Ma
- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education) Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology College of Bioengineering and Food Hubei University of Technology Wuhan 430068 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education) Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology College of Bioengineering and Food Hubei University of Technology Wuhan 430068 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education) Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology College of Bioengineering and Food Hubei University of Technology Wuhan 430068 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education) Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology College of Bioengineering and Food Hubei University of Technology Wuhan 430068 P.R. China
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- Angel Yeast Co., Ltd Yichang 443000 China
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- Angel Yeast Co., Ltd Yichang 443000 China
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- Angel Yeast Co., Ltd Yichang 443000 China
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Gronchi N, De Bernardini N, Cripwell RA, Treu L, Campanaro S, Basaglia M, Foulquié-Moreno MR, Thevelein JM, Van Zyl WH, Favaro L, Casella S. Natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain Reveals Peculiar Genomic Traits for Starch-to-Bioethanol Production: the Design of an Amylolytic Consolidated Bioprocessing Yeast. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:768562. [PMID: 35126325 PMCID: PMC8815085 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.768562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Natural yeast with superior fermentative traits can serve as a platform for the development of recombinant strains that can be used to improve the sustainability of bioethanol production from starch. This process will benefit from a consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) approach where an engineered strain producing amylases directly converts starch into ethanol. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae L20, previously selected as outperforming the benchmark yeast Ethanol Red, was here subjected to a comparative genomic investigation using a dataset of industrial S. cerevisiae strains. Along with Ethanol Red, strain L20 was then engineered for the expression of α-amylase amyA and glucoamylase glaA genes from Aspergillus tubingensis by employing two different approaches (delta integration and CRISPR/Cas9). A correlation between the number of integrated copies and the hydrolytic abilities of the recombinants was investigated. L20 demonstrated important traits for the construction of a proficient CBP yeast. Despite showing a close relatedness to commercial wine yeast and the benchmark Ethanol Red, a unique profile of gene copy number variations (CNVs) was found in L20, mainly encoding membrane transporters and secretion pathway proteins but also the fermentative metabolism. Moreover, the genome annotation disclosed seven open reading frames (ORFs) in L20 that are absent in the reference S288C genome. Genome engineering was successfully implemented for amylase production. However, with equal amylase gene copies, L20 proved its proficiency as a good enzyme secretor by exhibiting a markedly higher amylolytic activity than Ethanol Red, in compliance to the findings of the genomic exploration. The recombinant L20 dT8 exhibited the highest amylolytic activity and produced more than 4 g/L of ethanol from 2% starch in a CBP setting without the addition of supplementary enzymes. Based on the performance of this strain, an amylase/glucoamylase ratio of 1:2.5 was suggested as baseline for further improvement of the CBP ability. Overall, L20 showed important traits for the future construction of a proficient CBP yeast. As such, this work shows that natural S. cerevisiae strains can be used for the expression of foreign secreted enzymes, paving the way to strain improvement for the starch-to-bioethanol route.
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- Nicoletta Gronchi
- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- NovelYeast Bv, Open Bio-Incubator, Erasmus High School, Jette, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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Zhang L, Zhong L, Wang J, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Zheng Y, Dong W, Ye X, Huang Y, Li Z, Cui Z. Efficient hydrolysis of raw starch by a maltohexaose-forming α-amylase from Corallococcus sp. EGB. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cagnin L, Gronchi N, Basaglia M, Favaro L, Casella S. Selection of Superior Yeast Strains for the Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Steam-Exploded Residues. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:756032. [PMID: 34803979 PMCID: PMC8601721 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.756032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The production of lignocellulosic ethanol calls for a robust fermentative yeast able to tolerate a wide range of toxic molecules that occur in the pre-treated lignocellulose. The concentration of inhibitors varies according to the composition of the lignocellulosic material and the harshness of the pre-treatment used. It follows that the versatility of the yeast should be considered when selecting a robust strain. This work aimed at the validation of seven natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, previously selected for their industrial fitness, for their application in the production of lignocellulosic bioethanol. Their inhibitor resistance and fermentative performances were compared to those of the benchmark industrial yeast S. cerevisiae Ethanol Red, currently utilized in the second-generation ethanol plants. The yeast strains were characterized for their tolerance using a synthetic inhibitor mixture formulated with increasing concentrations of weak acids and furans, as well as steam-exploded lignocellulosic pre-hydrolysates, generally containing the same inhibitors. The eight non-diluted liquors have been adopted to assess yeast ability to withstand bioethanol industrial conditions. The most tolerant S. cerevisiae Fm17 strain, together with the reference Ethanol Red, was evaluated for fermentative performances in two pre-hydrolysates obtained from cardoon and common reed, chosen for their large inhibitor concentrations. S. cerevisiae Fm17 outperformed the industrial strain Ethanol Red, producing up to 18 and 39 g/L ethanol from cardoon and common reed, respectively, with ethanol yields always higher than those of the benchmark strain. This natural strain exhibits great potential to be used as superior yeast in the lignocellulosic ethanol plants.
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- Lorenzo Cagnin
- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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den Haan R, Rose SH, Cripwell RA, Trollope KM, Myburgh MW, Viljoen-Bloom M, van Zyl WH. Heterologous production of cellulose- and starch-degrading hydrolases to expand Saccharomyces cerevisiae substrate utilization: Lessons learnt. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 53:107859. [PMID: 34678441 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Selected strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are used for commercial bioethanol production from cellulose and starch, but the high cost of exogenous enzymes for substrate hydrolysis remains a challenge. This can be addressed through consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) where S. cerevisiae strains are engineered to express recombinant glycoside hydrolases during fermentation. Looking back at numerous strategies undertaken over the past four decades to improve recombinant protein production in S. cerevisiae, it is evident that various steps in the protein production "pipeline" can be manipulated depending on the protein of interest and its anticipated application. In this review, we briefly introduce some of the strategies and highlight lessons learned with regards to improved transcription, translation, post-translational modification and protein secretion of heterologous hydrolases. We examine how host strain selection and modification, as well as enzyme compatibility, are crucial determinants for overall success. Finally, we discuss how lessons from heterologous hydrolase expression can inform modern synthetic biology and genome editing tools to provide process-ready yeast strains in future. However, it is clear that the successful expression of any particular enzyme is still unpredictable and requires a trial-and-error approach.
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- Riaan den Haan
- Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Myburgh MW, Rose SH, Viljoen-Bloom M. Evaluating and engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae promoters for increased amylase expression and bioethanol production from raw starch. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 20:5891427. [PMID: 32785598 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foaa047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bioethanol production from starchy biomass via consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) will benefit from amylolytic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that produce high levels of recombinant amylases. This could be achieved by using strong promoters and modification thereof to improve gene expression under industrial conditions. This study evaluated eight endogenous S. cerevisiae promoters for the expression of a starch-hydrolysing α-amylase gene. A total of six of the native promoters were modified to contain a promoter-proximal intron directly downstream of the full-length promoter. Varying results were obtained; four native promoters outperformed the ENO1P benchmark under aerobic conditions and two promoters showed better expression under simulated CBP conditions. The addition of the RPS25A intron significantly improved the expression from most promoters, displaying increased transcript levels, protein concentrations and amylase activities. Raw starch-utilising strains were constructed through co-expression of selected α-amylase cassettes and a glucoamylase gene. The amylolytic strains displayed improved fermentation vigour on raw corn starch and broken rice, reaching 97% of the theoretical ethanol yield and converting 100% of the available carbon to products within 120 h in small-scale CBP fermentations on broken rice. This study showed that enhanced amylolytic strains for the conversion of raw starch to ethanol can be achieved through turnkey promoter selection and/or engineering.
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- Marthinus W Myburgh
- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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Krajang M, Malairuang K, Sukna J, Rattanapradit K, Chamsart S. Single-step ethanol production from raw cassava starch using a combination of raw starch hydrolysis and fermentation, scale-up from 5-L laboratory and 200-L pilot plant to 3000-L industrial fermenters. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:68. [PMID: 33726825 PMCID: PMC7962325 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01903-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND A single-step ethanol production is the combination of raw cassava starch hydrolysis and fermentation. For the development of raw starch consolidated bioprocessing technologies, this research was to investigate the optimum conditions and technical procedures for the production of ethanol from raw cassava starch in a single step. It successfully resulted in high yields and productivities of all the experiments from the laboratory, the pilot, through the industrial scales. Yields of ethanol concentration are comparable with those in the commercial industries that use molasses and hydrolyzed starch as the raw materials. RESULTS Before single-step ethanol production, studies of raw cassava starch hydrolysis by a granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme, StargenTM002, were carefully conducted. It successfully converted 80.19% (w/v) of raw cassava starch to glucose at a concentration of 176.41 g/L with a productivity at 2.45 g/L/h when it was pretreated at 60 °C for 1 h with 0.10% (v/w dry starch basis) of Distillase ASP before hydrolysis. The single-step ethanol production at 34 °C in a 5-L fermenter showed that Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Fali, active dry yeast) produced the maximum ethanol concentration, pmax at 81.86 g/L (10.37% v/v) with a yield coefficient, Yp/s of 0.43 g/g, a productivity or production rate, rp at 1.14 g/L/h and an efficiency, Ef of 75.29%. Scale-up experiments of the single-step ethanol production using this method, from the 5-L fermenter to the 200-L fermenter and further to the 3000-L industrial fermenter were successfully achieved with essentially good results. The values of pmax, Yp/s, rp, and Ef of the 200-L scale were at 80.85 g/L (10.25% v/v), 0.42 g/g, 1.12 g/L/h and 74.40%, respectively, and those of the 3000-L scale were at 70.74 g/L (8.97% v/v), 0.38 g/g, 0.98 g/L/h and 67.56%, respectively. Because of using raw starch, major by-products, i.e., glycerol, lactic acid, and acetic acid of all three scales were very low, in ranges of 0.940-1.140, 0.046-0.052, 0.000-0.059 (% w/v), respectively, where are less than those values in the industries. CONCLUSION The single-step ethanol production using the combination of raw cassava starch hydrolysis and fermentation of three fermentation scales in this study is practicable and feasible for the scale-up of industrial production of ethanol from raw starch.
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- Morakot Krajang
- Biological Science Program, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
- Biochemical Engineering Pilot Plant, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
- Biochemical Engineering Pilot Plant, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
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- Biochemical Engineering Pilot Plant, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
- Biochemical Engineering Pilot Plant, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
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Liu L, Jin M, Huang M, Zhu Y, Yuan W, Kang Y, Kong M, Ali S, Jia Z, Xu Z, Xiao W, Cao L. Engineered Polyploid Yeast Strains Enable Efficient Xylose Utilization and Ethanol Production in Corn Hydrolysates. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:655272. [PMID: 33748094 PMCID: PMC7973232 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.655272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The reported haploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain F106 can utilize xylose for ethanol production. After a series of XR and/or XDH mutations were introduced into F106, the XR-K270R mutant was found to outperform others. The corresponding haploid, diploid, and triploid strains were then constructed and their fermentation performance was compared. Strains F106-KR and the diploid produced an ethanol yield of 0.45 and 0.48 g/g total sugars, respectively, in simulated corn hydrolysates within 36 h. Using non-detoxicated corncob hydrolysate as the substrate, the ethanol yield with the triploid was approximately sevenfold than that of the diploid at 40°C. After a comprehensive evaluation of growth on corn stover hydrolysates pretreated with diluted acid or alkali and different substrate concentrations, ethanol yields of the triploid strain were consistently higher than those of the diploid using acid-pretreatment. These results demonstrate that the yeast chromosomal copy number is positively correlated with increased ethanol production under our experimental conditions.
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- Lulu Liu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Wang X, Liao B, Li Z, Liu G, Diao L, Qian F, Yang J, Jiang Y, Zhao S, Li Y, Yang S. Reducing glucoamylase usage for commercial-scale ethanol production from starch using glucoamylase expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2021; 8:20. [PMID: 38650183 PMCID: PMC10992596 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-021-00375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The development of yeast that converts raw corn or cassava starch to ethanol without adding the exogenous α-amylase and/or glucoamylase would reduce the overall ethanol production cost. In this study, two copies of codon-optimized Saccharomycopsis fibuligera glucoamylase genes were integrated into the genome of the industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain CCTCC M94055, and the resulting strain CIBTS1522 showed comparable basic growth characters with the parental strain. We systemically evaluated the fermentation performance of the CIBTS1522 strain using the raw corn or cassava starch at small and commercial-scale, and observed that a reduction of at least 40% of the dose of glucoamylase was possible when using the CIBTS1522 yeast under real ethanol production condition. Next, we measured the effect of the nitrogen source, the phosphorous source, metal ions, and industrial microbial enzymes on the strain's cell wet weight and ethanol content, the nitrogen source and acid protease showed a positive effect on these parameters. Finally, orthogonal tests for some other factors including urea, acid protease, inoculum size, and glucoamylase addition were conducted to further optimize the ethanol production. Taken together, the CIBTS1522 strain was identified as an ideal candidate for the bioethanol industry and a better fermentation performance could be achieved by modifying the industrial culture media and condition.
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- Xin Wang
- College of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
- Angel Yeast Co., Ltd, Yichang, 443000, Hubei, China
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- Angel Yeast Co., Ltd, Yichang, 443000, Hubei, China
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- Angel Yeast Co., Ltd, Yichang, 443000, Hubei, China
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- Biosense Suzhou Limited, Suzhou, 215021, Jiangsu, China
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- Shanghai Research and Development Center of Industrial Biotechnology, Shanghai, 201201, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Huzhou Center of Industrial Biotechnology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Huzhou, 313000, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Bioethanol obtained from agro-food wastes could contribute to decrease the dependency on fossil resources, reduce the impact of fossil fuels on the environment, and mitigate the food versus fuel debate. This study is aimed to investigate the availability of residual inexpensive agro-food biomasses that could feed a second-generation bioethanol plant located in a specific area of North Eastern Italy. After the identification of all crops in the area, more than 40 agro-food residues were analyzed for their availability and compositions in terms of water, polysaccharides, and sugars potentially convertible into bioethanol. 574,166 Mg of residual wet lignocellulosic biomass corresponding to 297,325 Mg of dry material were found available for bioethanol conversion. The most promising substrates were wheat straw and vine shoots. Based on the chemical composition of residues, the potential attainable ethanol was determined. Theoretical potential ethanol production was estimated at nearly 72,000 Mg per year. This quantity extensively exceeds the minimum yearly capacity of a sustainable bioethanol plant previously identified as around 50,000 Mg of ethanol. Taken together, these results demonstrate that, in the analyzed area, agro-food residues are available in an amount that could sustain bioethanol production in a specific and restricted district. Techno-economical evaluations are in progress to assess the actual feasibility of installing a second generation bioethanol production plant in the area of interest.
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Brojanigo S, Parro E, Cazzorla T, Favaro L, Basaglia M, Casella S. Conversion of Starchy Waste Streams into Polyhydroxyalkanoates Using Cupriavidus necator DSM 545. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12071496. [PMID: 32635554 PMCID: PMC7407217 DOI: 10.3390/polym12071496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Due to oil shortage and environmental problems, synthetic plastics have to be replaced by different biodegradable materials. A promising alternative could be polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), and the low-cost abundant agricultural starchy by-products could be usefully converted into PHAs by properly selected and/or developed microbes. Among the widely available starchy waste streams, a variety of residues have been explored as substrates, such as broken, discolored, unripe rice and white or purple sweet potato waste. Cupriavidus necator DSM 545, a well-known producer of PHAs, was adopted in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process through an optimized dosage of the commercial amylases cocktail STARGEN™ 002. Broken rice was found to be the most promising carbon source with PHAs levels of up to 5.18 g/L. This research demonstrates that rice and sweet potato waste are low-cost feedstocks for PHAs production, paving the way for the processing of other starchy materials into bioplastics.
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