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Luo ZW, Choi KR, Lee SY. Improved terephthalic acid production from p-xylene using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida. Metab Eng 2023; 76:75-86. [PMID: 36693471 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Terephthalic acid (TPA) is an important commodity chemical used as a monomer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Since a large quantity of PET is routinely manufactured and consumed worldwide, the development of sustainable biomanufacturing processes for its monomers (i.e. TPA and ethylene glycol) has recently gained much attention. In a previous study, we reported the development of a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strain producing 6.7 g/L of TPA from p-xylene (pX) with a productivity and molar conversion yield of 0.278 g/L/h and 96.7 mol%, respectively. Here, we report metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida KT2440, a microbial chassis particularly suitable for the synthesis of aromatic compounds, for improved biocatalytic conversion of pX to TPA. To develop a plasmid-free, antibiotic-free, and inducer-free biocatalytic process for cost-competitive TPA production, all heterologous genes required for the synthetic pX-to-TPA bioconversion pathway were integrated into the chromosome of P. putida KT2440 by RecET-based markerless recombineering and overexpressed under the control of constitutive promoters. Next, TPA production was enhanced by integrating multiple copies of the heterologous genes to the ribosomal RNA genes through iteration of recombineering-based random integration and subsequent screening of high-performance strains. Finally, fed-batch fermentation process was optimized to further improve the performance of the engineered P. putida strain. As a result, 38.25 ± 0.11 g/L of TPA was produced from pX with a molar conversion yield of 99.6 ± 0.6%, which is equivalent to conversion of 99.3 ± 0.8 g pX to 154.6 ± 0.5 g TPA. This superior pX-to-TPA biotransformation process based on the engineered P. putida strain will pave the way to the commercial biomanufacturing of TPA in an industrial scale.
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- Zi Wei Luo
- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory and Systems Metabolic Engineering and Systems Healthcare Cross-Generation Collaborative Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea; BioProcess Engineering Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory and Systems Metabolic Engineering and Systems Healthcare Cross-Generation Collaborative Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea; BioProcess Engineering Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory and Systems Metabolic Engineering and Systems Healthcare Cross-Generation Collaborative Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea; BioProcess Engineering Research Center, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea; BioInformatics Research Center, KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, and KAIST Institute for Artificial Intelligence, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Hirose J. Diversity and Evolution of Integrative and Conjugative Elements Involved in Bacterial Aromatic Compound Degradation and Their Utility in Environmental Remediation. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11020438. [PMID: 36838403 PMCID: PMC9960961 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11020438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are mobile DNA molecules that can be transferred through excision, conjugation, and integration into chromosomes. They contribute to the horizontal transfer of genomic islands across bacterial species. ICEs carrying genes encoding aromatic compound degradation pathways are of interest because of their contribution to environmental remediation. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have increased the number of newly discovered ICEs in bacterial genomes and have enabled comparative analysis of their evolution. The two different families of ICEs carry various aromatic compound degradation pathway genes. ICEclc and its related ICEs contain a number of members with diverse catabolic capabilities. In addition, the Tn4371 family, which includes ICEs that carry the chlorinated biphenyl catabolic pathway, has been identified. It is apparent that they underwent evolution through the acquisition, deletion, or exchange of modules to adapt to an environmental niche. ICEs have the property of both stability and mobility in the chromosome. Perspectives on the use of ICEs in environmental remediation are also discussed.
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- Jun Hirose
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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Current research on simultaneous oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons by bacteria of genus Pseudomonas. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2022; 67:591-604. [PMID: 35318574 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-022-00966-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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One of the most frequently used methods for elimination of oil pollution is the use of biological preparations based on oil-degrading microorganisms. Such microorganisms often relate to bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas. Pseudomonads are ubiquitous microorganisms that often have the ability to oxidize various pollutants, including oil hydrocarbons. To date, individual biochemical pathways of hydrocarbon degradation and the organization of the corresponding genes have been studied in detail. Almost all studies of this kind have been performed on degraders of individual hydrocarbons belonging to a single particular class. Microorganisms capable of simultaneous degradation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are very poorly studied. Most of the works on such objects have been devoted only to phenotype characteristic and some to genetic studies. To identify the patterns of interaction of several metabolic systems depending on the growth conditions, the most promising are such approaches as transcriptomics and proteomics, which make it possible to obtain a comprehensive assessment of changes in the expression of hundreds of genes and proteins at the same time. This review summarizes the existing data on bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas capable of the simultaneous oxidation of hydrocarbons of different classes (alkanes, monoaromatics, and polyaromatics) and presents the most important results obtained in the studies on the biodegradation of hydrocarbons by representatives of this genus using methods of transcriptomic and proteomic analyses.
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Kim J, Silva-Rocha R, de Lorenzo V. Picking the right metaphors for addressing microbial systems: economic theory helps understanding biological complexity. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:507-519. [PMID: 34269947 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00194-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Any descriptive language is necessarily metaphoric and interpretative. Two somewhat overlapping-but not identical-languages have been thoroughly employed in the last decade to address the issue of regulatory complexity in biological systems: the terminology of network theory and the jargon of electric circuitry. These approaches have found many formal equivalences between the layout of extant genetic circuits and the architecture of man-made counterparts. However, these languages still fail to describe accurately key features of biological objects, in particular the diversity of signal-transfer molecules and the diffusion that is inherent to any biochemical system. Furthermore, current formalisms associated with networks and circuits can hardly face the problem of multi-scale regulatory complexity-from single molecules to entire ecosystems. We argue that the language of economic theory might be instrumental not only to portray accurately many features of regulatory networks, but also to unveil aspects of the biological complexity problem that remain opaque to other types of analyses. The main perspective opened by the economic metaphor when applied to control of microbiological activities is a focus on metabolism, not gene selfishness, as the necessary background to make sense of regulatory phenomena. As an example, we analyse and reinterpret the widespread phenomenon of catabolite repression with the formal frame of the consumer's choice theory.
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- Juhyun Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil
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- Systems Biology Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Subcellular Architecture of the xyl Gene Expression Flow of the TOL Catabolic Plasmid of Pseudomonas putida mt-2. mBio 2021; 12:mBio.03685-20. [PMID: 33622725 PMCID: PMC8545136 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03685-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Despite intensive research on the biochemical and regulatory features of the archetypal catabolic TOL system borne by pWW0 of Pseudomonas putida strain mt-2, the physical arrangement and tridimensional logic of the xyl gene expression flow remains unknown. In this work, the spatial distribution of specific xyl mRNAs with respect to the host nucleoid, the TOL plasmid, and the ribosomal pool has been investigated. In situ hybridization of target transcripts with fluorescent oligonucleotide probes revealed that xyl mRNAs cluster in discrete foci, adjacent but clearly separated from the TOL plasmid and the cell nucleoid. Also, they colocalize with ribosome-rich domains of the intracellular milieu. This arrangement was maintained even when the xyl genes were artificially relocated to different chromosomal locations. The same held true when genes were expressed through a heterologous T7 polymerase-based system, which likewise led to mRNA foci outside the DNA. In contrast, rifampin treatment, known to ease crowding, blurred the confinement of xyl transcripts. This suggested that xyl mRNAs exit from their initiation sites to move to ribosome-rich points for translation—rather than being translated coupled to transcription. Moreover, the results suggest the distinct subcellular motion of xyl mRNAs results from both innate properties of the sequences and the physical forces that keep the ribosomal pool away from the nucleoid in P. putida. This scenario is discussed within the background of current knowledge on the three-dimensional organization of the gene expression flow in other bacteria and the environmental lifestyle of this soil microorganism.
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Hueso-Gil Á, Calles B, O'Toole GA, de Lorenzo V. Gross transcriptomic analysis of Pseudomonas putida for diagnosing environmental shifts. Microb Biotechnol 2019; 13:263-273. [PMID: 30957409 PMCID: PMC6922523 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The biological regime of Pseudomonas putida (and any other bacterium) under given environmental conditions results from the hierarchical expression of sets of genes that become turned on and off in response to one or more physicochemical signals. In some cases, such signals are clearly defined, but in many others, cells are exposed to a whole variety of ill-defined inputs that occur simultaneously. Transcriptomic analyses of bacteria passed from a reference condition to a complex niche can thus expose both the type of signals that they experience during the transition and the functions involved in adaptation to the new scenario. In this article, we describe a complete protocol for generation of transcriptomes aimed at monitoring the physiological shift of P. putida between two divergent settings using as a simple case study the change between homogeneous, planktonic lifestyle in a liquid medium and growth on the surface of an agar plate. To this end, RNA was collected from P. putidaKT2440 cells at various times after growth in either condition, and the genome-wide transcriptional outputs were analysed. While the role of individual genes needs to be verified on a case-by-case basis, a gross inspection of the resulting profiles suggested cells that are cultured on solid media consistently had a higher translational and metabolic activity, stopped production of flagella and were conspicuously exposed to a strong oxidative stress. The herein described methodology is generally applicable to other circumstances for diagnosing lifestyle determinants of interest.
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- Ángeles Hueso-Gil
- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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Kukurugya MA, Mendonca CM, Solhtalab M, Wilkes RA, Thannhauser TW, Aristilde L. Multi-omics analysis unravels a segregated metabolic flux network that tunes co-utilization of sugar and aromatic carbons in Pseudomonas putida. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:8464-8479. [PMID: 30936206 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.007885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas species thrive in different nutritional environments and can catabolize divergent carbon substrates. These capabilities have important implications for the role of these species in natural and engineered carbon processing. However, the metabolic phenotypes enabling Pseudomonas to utilize mixed substrates remain poorly understood. Here, we employed a multi-omics approach involving stable isotope tracers, metabolomics, fluxomics, and proteomics in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 to investigate the constitutive metabolic network that achieves co-utilization of glucose and benzoate, respectively a monomer of carbohydrate polymers and a derivative of lignin monomers. Despite nearly equal consumption of both substrates, metabolite isotopologues revealed nonuniform assimilation throughout the metabolic network. Gluconeogenic flux of benzoate-derived carbons from the tricarboxylic acid cycle did not reach the upper Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway nor the pentose-phosphate pathway. These latter two pathways were populated exclusively by glucose-derived carbons through a cyclic connection with the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. We integrated the 13C-metabolomics data with physiological parameters for quantitative flux analysis, demonstrating that the metabolic segregation of the substrate carbons optimally sustained biosynthetic flux demands and redox balance. Changes in protein abundance partially predicted the metabolic flux changes in cells grown on the glucose:benzoate mixture versus on glucose alone. Notably, flux magnitude and directionality were also maintained by metabolite levels and regulation of phosphorylation of key metabolic enzymes. These findings provide new insights into the metabolic architecture that affords adaptability of P. putida to divergent carbon substrates and highlight regulatory points at different metabolic nodes that may underlie the high nutritional flexibility of Pseudomonas species.
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- Matthew A Kukurugya
- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.
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Goñi-Moreno Á, Kim J, de Lorenzo V. CellShape: A user-friendly image analysis tool for quantitative visualization of bacterial cell factories inside. Biotechnol J 2016; 12. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ángel Goñi-Moreno
- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC; Madrid Spain
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- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC; Madrid Spain
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- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC; Madrid Spain
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