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Flores L, Shene C. Single Amino Acids as Sole Nitrogen Source for the Production of Lipids and Coenzyme Q by Thraustochytrium sp. RT2316-16. Microorganisms 2024; 12:1428. [PMID: 39065196 PMCID: PMC11279195 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12071428] [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: 06/12/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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This work analyzes the production of total lipids and the content of CoQ9 and CoQ10 in the biomass of Thraustochytrium sp. RT2316-16 grown in media containing a single amino acid at a concentration of 1 g L-1 as the sole nitrogen source; glucose (5 g L-1) was used as the carbon source. Biomass concentration and the content of total lipids and CoQ were determined as a function of the incubation time; ten amino acids were evaluated. The final concentration of the total biomass was found to be between 2.2 ± 0.1 (aspartate) and 3.9 ± 0.1 g L-1 (glutamate). The biomass grown in media containing glutamate, serine or phenylalanine reached a content of total lipids higher than 20% of the cell dry weight (DW) after 72, 60 and 72 h of incubation, respectively. The highest contents of CoQ9 (39.0 ± 0.7 µg g-1 DW) and CoQ10 (167.4 ± 3.4 mg g-1 DW) in the biomass of the thraustochytrid were obtained when glutamate and cysteine were used as the nitrogen source, respectively. Fatty acid oxidation, which decreased the total lipid content during the first 12 h of incubation, and the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide when cysteine was the nitrogen source, might be related to the content of CoQ10 in the biomass of the thraustochytrid.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Center of Food Biotechnology and Bioseparations, BIOREN, and Centre of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (CeBiB), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile;
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Sun X, Bi X, Li G, Cui S, Xu X, Liu Y, Li J, Du G, Lv X, Liu L. Combinatorial metabolic engineering of Bacillus subtilis for menaquinone-7 biosynthesis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024. [PMID: 38965781 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28800] [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: 04/11/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Menaquinone-7 (MK-7), a form of vitamin K2, supports bone health and prevents arterial calcification. Microbial fermentation for MK-7 production has attracted widespread attention because of its low cost and short production cycles. However, insufficient substrate supply, unbalanced precursor synthesis, and low catalytic efficiency of key enzymes severely limited the efficiency of MK-7 synthesis. In this study, utilizing Bacillus subtilis BSAT01 (with an initial MK-7 titer of 231.0 mg/L) obtained in our previous study, the glycerol metabolism pathway was first enhanced to increase the 3-deoxy-arabino-heptulonate 7-phosphate (DHAP) supply, which led to an increase in MK-7 titer to 259.7 mg/L. Subsequently, a combination of knockout strategies predicted by the genome-scale metabolic model etiBsu1209 was employed to optimize the central carbon metabolism pathway, and the resulting strain showed an increase in MK-7 production from 259.7 to 318.3 mg/L. Finally, model predictions revealed the methylerythritol phosphate pathway as the major restriction pathway, and the pathway flux was increased by heterologous introduction (Introduction of Dxs derived from Escherichia coli) and fusion expression (End-to-end fusion of two enzymes by a linker peptide), resulting in a strain with a titer of 451.0 mg/L in a shake flask and 474.0 mg/L in a 50-L bioreactor. This study achieved efficient MK-7 synthesis in B. subtilis, laying the foundation for large-scale MK-7 bioproduction.
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- Xian Sun
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Richen Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Nantong, China
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- Jiaxing Institute of Future Food, Jiaxing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Jiaxing Institute of Future Food, Jiaxing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Fan J, Xu W, Xu X, Wang Y. Production of Coenzyme Q 10 by microbes: an update. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:194. [PMID: 35984526 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03326-0] [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: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is the main CoQ species in human and is used extensively in food, cosmetic and medicine industries because of its antioxidant properties and its benefit in prophylactic medicine and therapy for a variety of diseases. Among various approaches to increase the production of CoQ10, microbial fermentation is the most effective. As knowledge of the biosynthetic enzymes and regulatory mechanisms modulating CoQ10 production increases, opportunities arise for metabolic engineering of CoQ10 in microbial hosts. In this review, we present various strategies used up to date to improve CoQ10 production and focus on metabolic engineering of CoQ10 overproduction in microbes. General strategies of metabolic engineering include providing sufficient precursors for CoQ10, increasing metabolic fluxes, and expanding storage capacity for CoQ10. Based on these strategies, CoQ10 production has been significantly improved in natural CoQ10 producers, as well as in heterologous hosts.
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- Jinbo Fan
- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an, China
- School of Basic Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an, China
- School of Basic Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an, China.
- School of Basic Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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Pierrel F, Burgardt A, Lee JH, Pelosi L, Wendisch VF. Recent advances in the metabolic pathways and microbial production of coenzyme Q. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:58. [PMID: 35178585 PMCID: PMC8854274 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03242-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Coenzyme Q (CoQ) serves as an electron carrier in aerobic respiration and has become an interesting target for biotechnological production due to its antioxidative effect and benefits in supplementation to patients with various diseases. Here, we review discovery of the pathway with a particular focus on its superstructuration and regulation, and we summarize the metabolic engineering strategies for overproduction of CoQ by microorganisms. Studies in model microorganisms elucidated the details of CoQ biosynthesis and revealed the existence of multiprotein complexes composed of several enzymes that catalyze consecutive reactions in the CoQ pathways of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. Recent findings indicate that the identity and the total number of proteins involved in CoQ biosynthesis vary between species, which raises interesting questions about the evolution of the pathway and could provide opportunities for easier engineering of CoQ production. For the biotechnological production, so far only microorganisms have been used that naturally synthesize CoQ10 or a related CoQ species. CoQ biosynthesis requires the aromatic precursor 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and the prenyl side chain that defines the CoQ species. Up to now, metabolic engineering strategies concentrated on the overproduction of the prenyl side chain as well as fine-tuning the expression of ubi genes from the ubiquinone modification pathway, resulting in high CoQ yields. With expanding knowledge about CoQ biosynthesis and exploration of new strategies for strain engineering, microbial CoQ production is expected to improve.
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- Fabien Pierrel
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France.
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- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Kyungsung University, Busan, South Korea
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Xu W, Ma X, Yao J, Wang D, Li W, Liu L, Shao L, Wang Y. Increasing coenzyme Q 10 yield from Rhodopseudomonas palustris by expressing rate-limiting enzymes and blocking carotenoid and hopanoid pathways. Lett Appl Microbiol 2021; 73:88-95. [PMID: 33783839 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10 ), a strong antioxidant, is used extensively in food, cosmetic and medicine industries. A natural producer, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, was engineered to overproduce CoQ10 . For increasing the CoQ10 content, crtB gene was deleted to block the carotenoid pathway. crtB gene deletion led to 33% improvement of CoQ10 content over the wild type strain. However, it was found that the yield of hopanoids was also increased by competing for the precursors from carotenoid pathway with CoQ10 pathway. To further increase the CoQ10 content, hopanoid pathway was blocked by deleting shc gene, resulting in R. palustris [Δshc, ΔcrtB] to produce 4·7 mg g-1 DCW CoQ10 , which was 1·2 times higher than the CoQ10 content in the wild type strain. The common strategy of co-expression of rate-limiting enzymes (DXS, DPS and UbiA) was combined with the pathway blocking method resulted in 8·2 mg g-1 DCW of CoQ10 , which was 2·9 times higher than that of wild type strain. The results suggested a synergistic effect among different metabolic engineering strategies. This study demonstrates the potential of R. palustris for CoQ10 production and provides viable strategies to increase CoQ10 titer.
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- W Xu
- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Xi'an key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microorganism and Tumor Immunity, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Gao Q, Chen H, Wang G, Yang W, Zhong X, Liu J, Huo X, Liu W, Huang J, Tao Y, Lin B. Highly Efficient Production of Menaquinone-7 from Glucose by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:756-765. [PMID: 33755417 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) possesses wide health and medical value, and the market demand for MK-7 has increased. Metabolic engineering for MK-7 production in Escherichia coli still remains challenging due to the characteristics of the competing quinone synthesis, and cells mainly synthesized menaquinones under anaerobic conditions. To increase the production of MK-7 in engineered E. coli strains under aerobic conditions, we divided the whole MK-7 biosynthetic pathway into three modules (MVA pathway, DHNA pathway, and MK-7 pathway) and systematically optimized each of them. First, by screening and enhancing Idi expression, the amounts of MK-7/DMK-7 increased significantly. Then, in the MK-7 pathway, by combinatorial overexpression of endogenous MenA and exogenous UbiE, and fine-tuning the expression of HepPPS, MenA, and UbiE, 70 μM MK-7 was achieved. Third, the DHNA synthetic pathway was enhanced, and 157 μM MK-7 was achieved. By the combinational metabolic engineering strategies and membrane engineering, an efficient metabolic engineered E. coli strain for MK-7 synthesis was developed, and 200 μM (129 mg/L) MK-7 was obtained in shake flask experiment, representing a 306-fold increase compared to the starting strain. In the scale-up fermentation, 2074 μM (1350 mg/L) MK-7 was achieved after 52 h fermentation with a productivity of 26 mg/L/h. This is the highest titer of MK-7 ever reported. This study offers an alternative method for MK-7 production from biorenewable feedstock (glucose) by engineered E. coli. The high titer of our process should make it a promising cost-effective resource for MK-7.
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- Quanxiu Gao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Combinatorial engineering for improved menaquinone-4 biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis. Enzyme Microb Technol 2020; 141:109652. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2020.109652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Xu M, Wu H, Shen P, Jiang X, Chen X, Lin J, Huang J, Qi F. Enhancement of NADPH availability for coproduction of coenzyme Q 10 and farnesol from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 47:263-274. [PMID: 31993848 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-020-02261-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)-an essential cofactor in the respiratory electron transport chain-has important pharmaceutical and healthcare applications. Farnesol (FOH)-an acyclic sesquiterpene alcohol-has garnered interest owing to its valuable clinical and medical benefits. Here, the coproduction of CoQ10 and FOH in Rhodobacter sphaeroides GY-2 was greatly improved through the enhancement of intracellular NADPH availability. Transcription of pgi, gdhA, and nuocd was, respectively, inhibited using RNA interference to reduce intracellular NAD(P)H consumption. Moreover, zwf, gnd, and zwf + gnd were overexpressed to enhance the pentose phosphate pathway, resulting in improved NADPH availability in most metabolically engineered R. sphaeroides strains. RSg-pgi with RNAi of pgi combined with overexpression of gnd produced 55.05 mg/L FOH that is twofold higher than the parental strain GY-2, and 185.5 mg/L CoQ10 can be coproduced at the same time. In conclusion, improved carbon flux can be redirected toward NADPH-dependent biosynthesis through the enhancement of NADPH availability.
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- Man Xu
- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China.
- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation and Provincial University Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China.
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Zhang L, Liu L, Wang KF, Xu L, Zhou L, Wang W, Li C, Xu Z, Shi T, Chen H, Li Y, Xu H, Yang X, Zhu Z, Chen B, Li D, Zhan G, Zhang SL, Zhang LX, Tan GY. Phosphate limitation increases coenzyme Q 10 production in industrial Rhodobacter sphaeroides HY01. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2019; 4:212-219. [PMID: 31890925 PMCID: PMC6909082 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an important component of the respiratory chain in humans and some bacteria. As a high-value-added nutraceutical antioxidant, CoQ10 has excellent capacity to prevent cardiovascular disease. The content of CoQ10 in the industrial Rhodobacter sphaeroides HY01 is hundreds of folds higher than normal physiological levels. In this study, we found that overexpression or optimization of the synthetic pathway failed CoQ10 overproduction in the HY01 strain. Moreover, under phosphate- limited conditions (decreased phosphate or in the absence of inorganic phosphate addition), CoQ10 production increased significantly by 12% to220 mg/L, biomass decreased by 12%, and the CoQ10 productivity of unit cells increased by 27%. In subsequent fed-batch fermentation, CoQ10 production reached 272 mg/L in the shake-flask fermentation and 1.95 g/L in a 100-L bioreactor under phosphate limitation. Furthermore, to understand the mechanism associated with CoQ10 overproduction under phosphate- limited conditions, the comparatve transcriptome analysis was performed. These results indicated that phosphate limitation combined with glucose fed-batch fermentation represented an effective strategy for CoQ10 production in the HY01. Phosphate limitation induced a pleiotropic effect on cell metabolism, and that improved CoQ10 biosynthesis efficiency was possibly related to the disturbance of energy metabolism and redox potential.
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- Lu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), No.1 Beichen West Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), No.1 Beichen West Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), No.1 Beichen West Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Shandong Jincheng Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, No. 117 Qixing River Road, Zibo, 255130, China
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- Inner Mongolia Kingdomway Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tuoketuo Power Industrial Park, Hohhot, 010206, China
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- Inner Mongolia Kingdomway Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tuoketuo Power Industrial Park, Hohhot, 010206, China
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- Inner Mongolia Kingdomway Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tuoketuo Power Industrial Park, Hohhot, 010206, China
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- Inner Mongolia Kingdomway Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tuoketuo Power Industrial Park, Hohhot, 010206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE), And School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), No. 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Ma Y, McClure DD, Somerville MV, Proschogo NW, Dehghani F, Kavanagh JM, Coleman NV. Metabolic Engineering of the MEP Pathway in Bacillus subtilis for Increased Biosynthesis of Menaquinone-7. ACS Synth Biol 2019; 8:1620-1630. [PMID: 31250633 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vitamin K is essential for blood coagulation and plays important roles in bone and cardiovascular health. Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) is one form of vitamin K that is especially useful due to its long half-life in the circulation. MK-7 is difficult to make via organic synthesis, and is thus commonly produced by fermentation. This study aimed to genetically modify Bacillus subtilis cultures to increase their MK-7 yield and reduce production costs. We constructed 12 different strains of B. subtilis 168 by overexpressing different combinations of the rate-limiting enzymes Dxs, Dxr, Idi, and MenA. We observed an 11-fold enhancement of production in the best-performing strain, resulting in 50 mg/L MK-7. Metabolite analysis revealed new bottlenecks in the pathway at IspG and IspH, which suggest avenues for further optimization. This work highlights the usefulness of Bacillus subtilis for industrial production of high value compounds.
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- Yanwei Ma
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Chen X, Jiang X, Xu M, Zhang M, Huang R, Huang J, Qi F. Co-production of farnesol and coenzyme Q 10 from metabolically engineered Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:98. [PMID: 31151455 PMCID: PMC6544981 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1145-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Farnesol is an acyclic sesquiterpene alcohol present in the essential oils of various plants in nature. It has been reported to be valuable in medical applications, such as alleviation of allergic asthma, gliosis, and edema as well as anti-cancerous and anti-inflammatory effects. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an essential cofactor in the aerobic respiratory electron transport chain, has attracted growing interest owing to its clinical benefits and important applications in the pharmaceutical, food, and health industries. In this work, co-production of (E,E)-farnesol (FOH) and CoQ10 was achieved by combining 3 different exogenous terpenes or sesquiterpene synthase with the RNA interference of psy (responsible for phytoene synthesis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides GY-2). RESULTS FOH production was significantly increased by overexpressing exogenous terpene synthase (TPS), phosphatidylglycerophosphatase B (PgpB), and sesquiterpene synthase (ATPS), as well as RNAi-mediated silencing of psy coding phytoene synthase (PSY) in R. sphaeroides strains. Rs-TPS, Rs-ATPS, and Rs-PgpB respectively produced 68.2%, 43.4%, and 21.9% higher FOH titers than that of the control strain. Interestingly, the CoQ10 production of these 3 recombinant R. sphaeroides strains was exactly opposite to that of FOH. However, CoQ10 production was almost unaffected in R. sphaeroides strains modified by psy RNA interference. The highest FOH production of 40.45 mg/L, which was twice as high as that of the control, was obtained from the TPS-PSYi strain, where the exogenous TPS was combined with the weakening of the phytoene synthesis pathway via psy RNA interference. CoQ10 production in TPS-PSYi, ATPS-PSYi, and PgpB-PSYi was decreased and lower than that of the control strain. CONCLUSIONS The original flux that contributed to phytoene synthesis was effectively redirected to provide precursors toward FOH or CoQ10 synthesis via psy RNA interference, which led to weakened carotenoid synthesis. The improved flux that was originally involved in CoQ10 production and phytoene synthesis was redirected toward FOH synthesis via metabolic modification. This is the first reported instance of FOH and CoQ10 co-production in R. sphaeroides using a metabolic engineering strategy.
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- Xueduan Chen
- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China. .,Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation & Fujian Provincial University Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China.
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Introducing a thermotolerant Gluconobacter japonicus strain, potentially useful for coenzyme Q10 production. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2019; 64:471-479. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-018-0666-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Degli Esposti M. A Journey across Genomes Uncovers the Origin of Ubiquinone in Cyanobacteria. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 9:3039-3053. [PMID: 29106540 PMCID: PMC5714133 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Ubiquinone (Q) is an isoprenoid quinone that functions as membrane electron carrier in mitochondria and bacterial organisms belonging to the alpha, beta, and gamma class of proteobacteria. The biosynthesis of Q follows various biochemical steps catalyzed by diverse proteins that are, in general, homologous in mitochondria and bacteria. Nonorthologous proteins can also contribute to some biochemical steps as originally uncovered in Escherichia coli, which is the best studied organism for Q biosynthesis in prokaryotes. However, the origin of the biosynthetic pathway of Q has remained obscure. Here, I show by genome analysis that Q biosynthesis originated in cyanobacteria and then diversified in anaerobic alpha proteobacteria which have extant relatives in members of the Rhodospirillaceae family. Two distinct biochemical pathways diverged when ambient oxygen reached current levels on earth, one leading to the well-known series of Ubi genes found in E. coli, and the other containing CoQ proteins originally found in eukaryotes. Extant alpha proteobacteria show Q biosynthesis pathways that are more similar to that present in mitochondria than to that of E. coli. Hence, this work clarifies not only the origin but also the evolution of Q biosynthesis from bacteria to mitochondria.
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- Mauro Degli Esposti
- Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy.,Center for Genomic Sciences, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico Campus of Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Mohammadi Nargesi B, Trachtmann N, Sprenger GA, Youn JW. Production of p-amino-L-phenylalanine (L-PAPA) from glycerol by metabolic grafting of Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:149. [PMID: 30241531 PMCID: PMC6148955 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0996-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The non-proteinogenic aromatic amino acid, p-amino-L-phenylalanine (L-PAPA) is a high-value product with a broad field of applications. In nature, L-PAPA occurs as an intermediate of the chloramphenicol biosynthesis pathway in Streptomyces venezuelae. Here we demonstrate that the model organism Escherichia coli can be transformed with metabolic grafting approaches to result in an improved L-PAPA producing strain. RESULTS Escherichia coli K-12 cells were genetically engineered for the production of L-PAPA from glycerol as main carbon source. To do so, genes for a 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate synthase (pabAB from Corynebacterium glutamicum), and genes encoding a 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate mutase and a 4-amino-4-deoxyprephenate dehydrogenase (papB and papC, both from Streptomyces venezuelae) were cloned and expressed in E. coli W3110 (lab strain LJ110). In shake flask cultures with minimal medium this led to the formation of ca. 43 ± 2 mg l-1 of L-PAPA from 5 g l-1 glycerol. By expression of additional chromosomal copies of the tktA and glpX genes, and of plasmid-borne aroFBL genes in a tyrR deletion strain, an improved L-PAPA producer was obtained which gave a titer of 5.47 ± 0.4 g l-1 L-PAPA from 33.3 g l-1 glycerol (0.16 g L-PAPA/g of glycerol) in fed-batch cultivation (shake flasks). Finally, in a fed-batch fermenter cultivation, a titer of 16.7 g l-1 L-PAPA was obtained which is the highest so far reported value for this non-proteinogenic amino acid. CONCLUSION Here we show that E. coli is a suitable chassis strain for L-PAPA production. Modifying the flux to the product and improved supply of precursor, by additional gene copies of glpX, tkt and aroFBL together with the deletion of the tyrR gene, increased the yield and titer.
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Zhang J, Gao D, Cai J, Liu H, Qi Z. Improving coenzyme Q10 yield of Rhodobacter sphaeroides via modifying redox respiration chain. Biochem Eng J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Shukla S, Dubey KK. CoQ10 a super-vitamin: review on application and biosynthesis. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:249. [PMID: 29755918 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1271-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) or ubiquinone is found in the biological system which is synthesized by the conjugation of benzoquinone ring with isoprenoid chain of variable length. Coenzyme Q10 supplementation energizes the body and increases body energy production in the form of ATP and helps to treat various human diseases such as cardiomyopathy, muscular dystrophy, periodontal disease, etc. Reports of these potential therapeutic advantages of CoQ10 have resulted in its high market demand, which focus the researchers to work on this molecule and develop better bioprocess methods for commercial level production. At the moment, chemical synthesis, semi-synthetic method as well as bio-production utilizing microbes as biofactory are in use for the synthesis of CoQ10. Chemical synthesis involves use of cheap and easily available precursor molecules such as isoprenol, chloromethylquinone, vinylalane, and solanesol. Chemical synthesis methods due to the use of various solvents and chemicals are less feasible, which limits its application. The microbial production of CoQ10 has added advantages of being produced in optically pure form with high yield using inexpensive medium composition. Several bacteria, e.g., Agrobacterium, Paracoccus, Rhodobacterium, and yeast such as Candida, Rhodotorula are the potent ubiquinone producer. Some alternative biosynthetic pathway for designing of CoQ10 production coupled with metabolic engineering might help to increase CoQ10 production. The most common practiced strategy for strain development for commercial CoQ10 production is through natural isolation and chemical mutagenesis. Here, we have reviewed the chemical, semi-synthetic as well as microbial CoQ10 production in detail.
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- Shraddha Shukla
- Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana 123031 India
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- Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana 123031 India
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Wang C, Zada B, Wei G, Kim SW. Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology approaches driving isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 241:430-438. [PMID: 28599221 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Isoprenoids comprise the largest family of natural organic compounds with many useful applications in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and industrial fields. Rapid developments in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology have facilitated the engineering of isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways in Escherichia coli to induce high levels of production of many different isoprenoids. In this review, the stem pathways for synthesizing isoprene units as well as the branch pathways deriving diverse isoprenoids from the isoprene units have been summarized. The review also highlights the metabolic engineering efforts made for the biosynthesis of hemiterpenoids, monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, carotenoids, retinoids, and coenzyme Q10 in E. coli. Perspectives and future directions for the synthesis of novel isoprenoids, decoration of isoprenoids using cytochrome P450 enzymes, and secretion or storage of isoprenoids in E. coli have also been included.
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- Chonglong Wang
- School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), PMBBRC, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), PMBBRC, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
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Zhu Y, Lu W, Ye L, Chen Z, Hu W, Wang C, Chen J, Yu H. Enhanced synthesis of Coenzyme Q 10 by reducing the competitive production of carotenoids in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochem Eng J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Biotechnological production of aromatic compounds of the extended shikimate pathway from renewable biomass. J Biotechnol 2017; 257:211-221. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Zhu Y, Ye L, Chen Z, Hu W, Shi Y, Chen J, Wang C, Li Y, Li W, Yu H. Synergic regulation of redox potential and oxygen uptake to enhance production of coenzyme Q 10 in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Enzyme Microb Technol 2017; 101:36-43. [PMID: 28433189 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The physiological role of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) as an electron carrier suggests its association with redox potential. Overexpression of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase type I (gapA-1) in Rhodobacter sphaeroides elevated the NADH/NAD+ ratio and meanwhile enhanced the CoQ10 content by 58%, but at the sacrifice of biomass. On the other hand, Vitreoscilla hemoglobin was heterologously expressed to enhance the oxygen uptake ability of the cells, leading to 127% improvement of biomass. Subsequent coexpression of gapA-1 and vgb resulted in a CoQ10 titer of 83.24mg/L, representing 71% improvement as compared to the control strain RspMCS. When gapA-1 and vgb genes were co-expressed in a previously created strain RspMQd [1], 163.5mg/L of CoQ10 was produced. Finally, 600mg/L of CoQ10 production was achieved in fed-batch fermentation. These results demonstrated the synergic effect of redox potential regulation and oxygen uptake improvement on enhancing CoQ10 production in R. sphaeroides.
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- Yongqiang Zhu
- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Group of Bioengineering, ZheJiang NHU Company Limited, Shaoxing 312521, PR China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China.
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Lee SQE, Tan TS, Kawamukai M, Chen ES. Cellular factories for coenzyme Q 10 production. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:39. [PMID: 28253886 PMCID: PMC5335738 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0646-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a benzoquinone present in most organisms, plays an important role in the electron-transport chain, and its deficiency is associated with various neuropathies and muscular disorders. CoQ10 is the only lipid-soluble antioxidant found in humans, and for this, it is gaining popularity in the cosmetic and healthcare industries. To meet the growing demand for CoQ10, there has been considerable interest in ways to enhance its production, the most effective of which remains microbial fermentation. Previous attempts to increase CoQ10 production to an industrial scale have thus far conformed to the strategies used in typical metabolic engineering endeavors. However, the emergence of new tools in the expanding field of synthetic biology has provided a suite of possibilities that extend beyond the traditional modes of metabolic engineering. In this review, we cover the various strategies currently undertaken to upscale CoQ10 production, and discuss some of the potential novel areas for future research.
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- Sean Qiu En Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Chemical & Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, 690-8504, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. .,National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore. .,NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI), Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. .,NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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Qi F, Zou L, Jiang X, Cai S, Zhang M, Zhao X, Huang J. Integration of heterologous 4-hydroxybenzoic acid transport proteins in Rhodobacter sphaeroides for enhancement of coenzyme Q10production. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02346d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This work provides a novel genetic engineering strategy that improves uptake of extracellular 4-hydroxybenzoic acid by heterologously expressing the membrane transport protein PcaK inR. sphaeroidesfor enhancement of CoQ10production.
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- Feng Qi
- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education
- College of Life Sciences
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou 350117
- China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education
- College of Life Sciences
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou 350117
- China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education
- College of Life Sciences
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou 350117
- China
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- Biomedical Research Center of South China
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou 350117
- China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education
- College of Life Sciences
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou 350117
- China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology of Ministry of Education
- College of Life Sciences
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou 350117
- China
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Xu W, Yuan J, Yang S, Ching CB, Liu J. Programming Saposin-Mediated Compensatory Metabolic Sinks for Enhanced Ubiquinone Production. ACS Synth Biol 2016; 5:1404-1411. [PMID: 27389347 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Microbial synthesis of ubiquinone by fermentation processes has been emerging in recent years. However, as ubiquinone is a primary metabolite that is tightly regulated by the host central metabolism, tweaking the individual pathway components could only result in a marginal improvement on the ubiquinone production. Given that ubiquinone is stored in the lipid bilayer, we hypothesized that introducing additional metabolic sink for storing ubiquinone might improve the CoQ10 production. As human lipid binding/transfer protein saposin B (hSapB) was reported to extract ubiquinone from the lipid bilayer and form the water-soluble complex, hSapB was chosen to build a compensatory metabolic sink for the ubiquinone storage. As a proof-of-concept, hSapB-mediated metabolic sink systems were devised and systematically investigated in the model organism of Escherichia coli. The hSapB-mediated periplasmic sink resulted in more than 200% improvement of CoQ8 over the wild type strain. Further investigation revealed that hSapB-mediated sink systems could also improve the CoQ10 production in a CoQ10-hyperproducing E. coli strain obtained by a modular pathway rewiring approach. As the design principles and the engineering strategies reported here are generalizable to other microbes, compensatory sink systems will be a method of significant interest to the synthetic biology community.
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- Wen Xu
- School
of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shannxi, China
- Key
Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shannxi, China
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117585 Singapore
- Temasek
Laboratories, National University of Singapore, T-Lab Building 5A, 117411 Singapore
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- School
of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shannxi, China
- Key
Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shannxi, China
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117585 Singapore
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- School
of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shannxi, China
- Key
Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shannxi, China
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Li J, Meng H, Wang Y. Synbiological systems for complex natural products biosynthesis. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2016; 1:221-229. [PMID: 29062947 PMCID: PMC5625725 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2016.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Natural products (NPs) continue to play a pivotal role in drug discovery programs. The rapid development of synthetic biology has conferred the strategies of NPs production. Synthetic biology is a new engineering discipline that aims to produce desirable products by rationally programming the biological parts and manipulating the pathways. However, there is still a challenge for integrating a heterologous pathway in chassis cells for overproduction purpose due to the limited characterized parts, modules incompatibility, and cell tolerance towards product. Enormous endeavors have been taken for mentioned issues. Herein, in this review, the progresses in naturally discovering novel biological parts and rational design of synthetic biological parts are reviewed, combining with the advanced assembly technologies, pathway engineering, and pathway optimization in global network guidance. The future perspectives are also presented.
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- Jianhua Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Bioengineering Research Center, Guangzhou Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Payet LA, Leroux M, Willison JC, Kihara A, Pelosi L, Pierrel F. Mechanistic Details of Early Steps in Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis Pathway in Yeast. Cell Chem Biol 2016; 23:1241-1250. [PMID: 27693056 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Coenzyme Q (Q) is a redox lipid that is central for the energetic metabolism of eukaryotes. The biosynthesis of Q from the aromatic precursor 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4-HB) is understood fairly well. However, biosynthetic details of how 4-HB is produced from tyrosine remain elusive. Here, we provide key insights into this long-standing biosynthetic problem by uncovering molecular details of the first and last reactions of the pathway in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, namely the deamination of tyrosine to 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate by Aro8 and Aro9, and the oxidation of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde to 4-HB by Hfd1. Inactivation of the HFD1 gene in yeast resulted in Q deficiency, which was rescued by the human enzyme ALDH3A1. This suggests that a similar pathway operates in animals, including humans, and led us to propose that patients with genetically unassigned Q deficiency should be screened for mutations in aldehyde dehydrogenase genes, especially ALDH3A1.
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- Laurie-Anne Payet
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire Technologies de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble (TIMC-IMAG), 38000 Grenoble, France; Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TIMC-IMAG, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- CEA-Grenoble, DRF-BIG-CBM, UMR5249, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12-jo, Nishi 6-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire Technologies de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble (TIMC-IMAG), 38000 Grenoble, France; Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TIMC-IMAG, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire Technologies de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble (TIMC-IMAG), 38000 Grenoble, France; Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TIMC-IMAG, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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Metabolic Engineering for Production of Small Molecule Drugs: Challenges and Solutions. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation2010004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sengupta S, Jonnalagadda S, Goonewardena L, Juturu V. Metabolic engineering of a novel muconic acid biosynthesis pathway via 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:8037-43. [PMID: 26362984 PMCID: PMC4651072 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01386-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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cis,cis-Muconic acid (MA) is a commercially important raw material used in pharmaceuticals, functional resins, and agrochemicals. MA is also a potential platform chemical for the production of adipic acid (AA), terephthalic acid, caprolactam, and 1,6-hexanediol. A strain of Escherichia coli K-12, BW25113, was genetically modified, and a novel nonnative metabolic pathway was introduced for the synthesis of MA from glucose. The proposed pathway converted chorismate from the aromatic amino acid pathway to MA via 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHB). Three nonnative genes, pobA, aroY, and catA, coding for 4-hydroxybenzoate hydrolyase, protocatechuate decarboxylase, and catechol 1,2-dioxygenase, respectively, were functionally expressed in E. coli to establish the MA biosynthetic pathway. E. coli native genes ubiC, aroF(FBR), aroE, and aroL were overexpressed and the genes ptsH, ptsI, crr, and pykF were deleted from the E. coli genome in order to increase the precursors of the proposed MA pathway. The final engineered E. coli strain produced nearly 170 mg/liter of MA from simple carbon sources in shake flask experiments. The proposed pathway was proved to be functionally active, and the strategy can be used for future metabolic engineering efforts for production of MA from renewable sugars.
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- Sudeshna Sengupta
- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Martínez I, Méndez C, Berríos J, Altamirano C, Díaz-Barrera A. Batch production of coenzyme Q10 by recombinant Escherichia coli containing the decaprenyl diphosphate synthase gene from Sphingomonas baekryungensis. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 42:1283-9. [PMID: 26186907 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1652-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an important antioxidant used in medicine, dietary supplements, and cosmetic applications. In the present work, the production of CoQ10 using a recombinant Escherichia coli strain containing the decaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Sphingomonas baekryungensis was investigated, wherein the effects of culture medium, temperature, and agitation rate on the production process were assessed. It was found that Luria-Bertani (LB) medium was superior to M9 with glucose medium. Higher temperature (37 °C) and higher agitation rate (900 rpm) improved the specific CoQ10 content significantly in LB medium; on the contrary, the use of M9 medium with glucose showed similar values. Specifically, in LB medium, an increase from 300 to 900 rpm in the agitation rate resulted in increases of 55 and 197 % in the specific CoQ10 content and COQ10 productivity, respectively. Therefore, the results obtained in the present work are a valuable contribution for the optimization of CoQ10 production processes using recombinant E. coli strains.
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- Irene Martínez
- Escuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Av. Brasil 2085, Valparaíso, Chile,
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Moriyama D, Hosono K, Fujii M, Washida M, Nanba H, Kaino T, Kawamukai M. Production of CoQ10 in fission yeast by expression of genes responsible for CoQ10 biosynthesis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2015; 79:1026-33. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1006573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is essential for energy production and has become a popular supplement in recent years. In this study, CoQ10 productivity was improved in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Ten CoQ biosynthetic genes were cloned and overexpressed in S. pombe. Strains expressing individual CoQ biosynthetic genes did not produce higher than a 10% increase in CoQ10 production. In addition, simultaneous expression of all ten coq genes did not result in yield improvements. Genes responsible for the biosynthesis of p-hydroxybenzoate and decaprenyl diphosphate, both of which are CoQ biosynthesis precursors, were also overexpressed. CoQ10 production was increased by overexpression of Eco_ubiC (encoding chorismate lyase), Eco_aroFFBR (encoding 3-deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase), or Sce_thmgr1 (encoding truncated HMG-CoA reductase). Furthermore, simultaneous expression of these precursor genes resulted in two fold increases in CoQ10 production.
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- Daisuke Moriyama
- QOL division, Kaneka Corporation, Takasago, Japan
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
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Lu W, Ye L, Lv X, Xie W, Gu J, Chen Z, Zhu Y, Li A, Yu H. Identification and elimination of metabolic bottlenecks in the quinone modification pathway for enhanced coenzyme Q10 production in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Metab Eng 2015; 29:208-216. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Miao L, Li Q, Diao A, Zhang X, Ma Y. Construction of a novel phenol synthetic pathway in Escherichia coli through 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:5163-73. [PMID: 25758959 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6497-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phenol is a bulk chemical with lots of applications in the chemical industry. Fermentative production of phenol had been realized in both Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli by recruiting tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL). The TPL pathway needs tyrosine as the direct precursor for phenol production. In this work, a novel phenol synthetic pathway was created in E. coli by recruiting 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase, which can convert 4-hydroxybenzoate to phenol and carbon dioxide. Activating 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase and chorismate pyruvate lyase (UbiC) through plasmid overexpression led to 7- and 69-fold increase of phenol production, respectively, demonstrating that these two enzymes were the rate-limiting steps for phenol production. Genetically stable strains were then obtained by gene integration and gene modulation directly in chromosome. Phenol titer increased 147-fold (from 1.7 to 250 mg/L) after modulating the DAHP synthase, UbiC, and 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase genes in chromosome. Five solvents were tested for two-phase extractive fermentation to eliminate phenol toxicity to E. coli cells. Tributyrin and dibutyl phthalate were the best two solvents for improving phenol production, leading to 23 and 30 % increase of total phenol production, respectively. Two-phase fed-batch fermentation of the best strain Phe009 was performed in a 7 L fermentor, which produced 9.51 g/L phenol with a yield of 0.061 g/g glucose.
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- Liangtian Miao
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology, 300457, Tianjin, China
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Xu W, Yang S, Zhao J, Su T, Zhao L, Liu J. Improving coenzyme Q8 production in Escherichia coli employing multiple strategies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 41:1297-303. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1458-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is a medically valuable compound and a high yielding strain for CoQ will have several benefits for the industrial production of CoQ. To increase the CoQ8 content of E. coli, we blocked the pathway for the synthesis of menaquinone by deleting the menA gene. The blocking of menaquinone pathway increased the CoQ8 content by 81 % in E. coli (ΔmenA). To study the CoQ producing potential of E. coli, we employed previous known increasing strategies for systematic metabolic engineering. These include the supplementation with substrate precursors and the co-expression of rate-limiting genes. The co-expression of dxs-ubiA and the supplementation with substrate precursors such as pyruvate (PYR) and parahydroxybenzoic acid (pHBA) increased the content of CoQ8 in E. coli (ΔmenA) by 125 and 59 %, respectively. Moreover, a 180 % increase in the CoQ8 content in E. coli (ΔmenA) was realized by the combination of the co-expression of dxs-ubiA and the supplementation with PYR and pHBA. All in all, CoQ8 content in E. coli increased 4.06 times by blocking the menaquinone pathway, dxs-ubiA co-expression and the addition of sodium pyruvate and parahydroxybenzoic acid to the medium. Results suggested a synergistic effect among different metabolic engineering strategies.
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- Wen Xu
- grid.43169.39 0000000105991243 Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiao tong University 710049 Xi’an Shaanxi China
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- grid.43169.39 0000000105991243 Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiao tong University 710049 Xi’an Shaanxi China
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- grid.43169.39 0000000105991243 Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiao tong University 710049 Xi’an Shaanxi China
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- grid.43169.39 0000000105991243 Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiao tong University 710049 Xi’an Shaanxi China
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- grid.43169.39 0000000105991243 Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiao tong University 710049 Xi’an Shaanxi China
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- grid.43169.39 0000000105991243 Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiao tong University 710049 Xi’an Shaanxi China
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de Dieu Ndikubwimana J, Lee BH. Enhanced production techniques, properties and uses of coenzyme Q10. Biotechnol Lett 2014; 36:1917-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1587-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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HUANG M, CHEN Y, LIU J. Chromosomal Engineering of Escherichia coli for Efficient Production of Coenzyme Q10. Chin J Chem Eng 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1004-9541(14)60082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ranadive P, Mehta A, Chavan Y, Marx A, George S. Morphological and Molecular Differentiation of Sporidiobolus johnsonii ATCC 20490 and Its Coenzyme Q10 Overproducing Mutant Strain UF16. Indian J Microbiol 2014; 54:343-57. [PMID: 24891743 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-014-0466-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an industrially important molecule having nutraceutical and cosmeceutical applications. CoQ10 is mainly produced by microbial fermentation and the process demands the use of strains with high productivity and yields of CoQ10. During strain improvement program consisting of sequential induced mutagenesis, rational selection and screening process, a mutant strain UF16 was generated from Sporidiobolus johnsonii ATCC 20490 with 2.3-fold improvements in CoQ10 content. EMS and UV rays were used as mutagenic agents for generating UF16 and it was rationally selected based on atorvastatin resistance as well as survival at free radicals exposure. We investigated the genotypic and phenotypic changes in UF16 in order to differentiate it from wild type strain. Morphologically it was distinct due to reduced pigmentation of colony, reduced cell size and significant reduction in mycelial growth forms with abundance of yeast forms. At molecular level, UF16 was differentiated based on PCR fingerprinting method of RAPD as well as large and small-subunit rRNA gene sequences. Rapid molecular technique of RAPD analysis using six primers showed 34 % polymorphic fragments with mean genetic distance of 0.235. The partial sequences of rRNA-gene revealed few mutation sites on nucleotide base pairs. However, the mutations detected on rRNA gene of UF16 were less than 1 % of total base pairs and its sequence showed 99 % homology with the wild type strain. These mutations in UF16 could not be linked to phenotypic or genotypic changes on CoQ10 biosynthetic pathway that resulted in improved yield. Hence, investigating the mutations responsible for deregulation of CoQ10 pathway is essential to understand the cause of overproduction in UF16. Phylogenetic analysis based on RAPD bands and rRNA gene sequences coupled with morphological variations, exhibited the novelty of mutant UF16 having potential for improved CoQ10 production.
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- Prafull Ranadive
- Fermentation Technology Lab, Natural Products Department, Piramal Enterprises Limited, Nirlon Complex, Off Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, 400063 India
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- School of Bio Science and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632014 Tamil Nadu India
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- geneOmbio Technologies Private Limited, Baner, Pune, 411045 Maharashtra India
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- Fermentation Technology Lab, Natural Products Department, Piramal Enterprises Limited, Nirlon Complex, Off Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, 400063 India
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- Fermentation Technology Lab, Natural Products Department, Piramal Enterprises Limited, Nirlon Complex, Off Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, 400063 India
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Parmar SS, Jaiwal A, Dhankher OP, Jaiwal PK. Coenzyme Q10 production in plants: current status and future prospects. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2013; 35:152-64. [PMID: 24090245 DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.823594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) or Ubiquinone10 (UQ10), an isoprenylated benzoquinone, is well-known for its role as an electron carrier in aerobic respiration. It is a sole representative of lipid soluble antioxidant that is synthesized in our body. In recent years, it has been found to be associated with a range of patho-physiological conditions and its oral administration has also reported to be of therapeutic value in a wide spectrum of chronic diseases. Additionally, as an antioxidant, it has been widely used as an ingredient in dietary supplements, neutraceuticals, and functional foods as well as in anti-aging creams. Since its limited dietary uptake and decrease in its endogenous synthesis in the body with age and under various diseases states warrants its adequate supply from an external source. To meet its growing demand for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries, there is a great interest in the commercial production of CoQ10. Various synthetic and fermentation of microbial natural producers and their mutated strains have been developed for its commercial production. Although, microbial production is the major industrial source of CoQ10 but due to low yield and high production cost, other cost-effective and alternative sources need to be explored. Plants, being photosynthetic, producing high biomass and the engineering of pathways for producing CoQ10 directly in food crops will eliminate the additional step for purification and thus could be used as an ideal and cost-effective alternative to chemical synthesis and microbial production of CoQ10. A better understanding of CoQ10 biosynthetic enzymes and their regulation in model systems like E. coli and yeast has led to the use of metabolic engineering to enhance CoQ10 production not only in microbes but also in plants. The plant-based CoQ10 production has emerged as a cost-effective and environment-friendly approach capable of supplying CoQ10 in ample amounts. The current strategies, progress and constraints of CoQ10 production in plants are discussed in this review.
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Engineered heterologous FPP synthases-mediated Z,E-FPP synthesis in E. coli. Metab Eng 2013; 18:53-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Jarboe LR, Liu P, Kautharapu KB, Ingram LO. Optimization of enzyme parameters for fermentative production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2012; 3:e201210005. [PMID: 24688665 PMCID: PMC3962213 DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201210005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2012] [Revised: 10/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Microbial biocatalysts such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been extensively subjected to Metabolic Engineering for the fermentative production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals. This often entails the introduction of new enzymes, deletion of unwanted enzymes and efforts to fine-tune enzyme abundance in order to attain the desired strain performance. Enzyme performance can be quantitatively described in terms of the Michaelis-Menten type parameters Km, turnover number kcat and Ki, which roughly describe the affinity of an enzyme for its substrate, the speed of a reaction and the enzyme sensitivity to inhibition by regulatory molecules. Here we describe examples of where knowledge of these parameters have been used to select, evolve or engineer enzymes for the desired performance and enabled increased production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals. Examples include production of ethanol, isobutanol, 1-butanol and tyrosine and furfural tolerance. The Michaelis-Menten parameters can also be used to judge the cofactor dependence of enzymes and quantify their preference for NADH or NADPH. Similarly, enzymes can be selected, evolved or engineered for the preferred cofactor preference. Examples of exporter engineering and selection are also discussed in the context of production of malate, valine and limonene.
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- Laura R Jarboe
- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA ; Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Nguyen QT, Merlo ME, Medema MH, Jankevics A, Breitling R, Takano E. Metabolomics methods for the synthetic biology of secondary metabolism. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:2177-83. [PMID: 22710183 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Many microbial secondary metabolites are of high biotechnological value for medicine, agriculture, and the food industry. Bacterial genome mining has revealed numerous novel secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters, which encode the potential to synthesize a large diversity of compounds that have never been observed before. The stimulation or "awakening" of this cryptic microbial secondary metabolism has naturally attracted the attention of synthetic microbiologists, who exploit recent advances in DNA sequencing and synthesis to achieve unprecedented control over metabolic pathways. One of the indispensable tools in the synthetic biology toolbox is metabolomics, the global quantification of small biomolecules. This review illustrates the pivotal role of metabolomics for the synthetic microbiology of secondary metabolism, including its crucial role in novel compound discovery in microbes, the examination of side products of engineered metabolic pathways, as well as the identification of major bottlenecks for the overproduction of compounds of interest, especially in combination with metabolic modeling. We conclude by highlighting remaining challenges and recent technological advances that will drive metabolomics towards fulfilling its potential as a cornerstone technology of synthetic microbiology.
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- Quoc-Thai Nguyen
- Department of Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Coenzyme Q10 has emerged as a valuable molecule for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. Therefore, research into producing and optimizing coenzyme Q10 via microbial fermentation is ongoing. There are two major paths being explored for maximizing production of this molecule to commercially advantageous levels. The first entails using microbes that naturally produce coenzyme Q10 as fermentation biocatalysts and optimizing the fermentation parameters in order to reach industrial levels of production. However, the natural coenzyme Q10-producing microbes tend to be intractable for industrial fermentation settings. The second path to coenzyme Q10 production being explored is to engineer Escherichia coli with the ability to biosynthesize this molecule in order to take advantage of its more favourable fermentation characteristics and the well-understood array of genetic tools available for this bacteria. Although many studies have attempted to over-produce coenzyme Q10 in E. coli through genetic engineering, production titres still remain below those of the natural coenzyme Q10-producing microorganisms. Current research is providing the knowledge needed to alleviate the bottlenecks involved in producing coenzyme Q10 from an E. coli strain platform and the fermentation parameters that could dramatically increase production titres from natural microbial producers. Synthesizing the lessons learned from both approaches may be the key towards a more cost-effective coenzyme Q10 industry.
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- Corinne P Cluis
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke West, Montréal, H4B 1R6, Québec, Canada
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