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Elkasaby T, Hanh DD, Kawaguchi H, Kondo A, Ogino C. Effect of different metabolic pathways on itaconic acid production in engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Biosci Bioeng 2023:S1389-1723(23)00139-1. [PMID: 37328405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Itaconic acid (IA), a C5-dicarboxylic acid, is a potential bio-based building block for the polymer industry. There are three pathways for IA production from natural IA producers; however, most of the engineered strains were used for IA production by heterologous expression of cis-aconitate decarboxylase gene (cadA) from Aspergillus terreus. In this study, IA was produced by an engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 expressing two different types of genes from two distinct pathways. The first involves the mammalian immunoresponsive gene1 (Irg1) derived from Mus musculus. The second (termed here the trans-pathway) involves two genes from the natural IA producer Ustilago maydis which are aconitate-delta-isomerase (Adi1) and trans-aconitate decarboxylase (Tad1) genes. The constructed strains developing the two distinct IA production pathways: C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 pCH-Irg1opt and C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 pCH-Tad1optadi1opt were used for production of IA from different carbon sources. The results reflect the possibility for IA production from C. glutamicum expressing the trans-pathway (Adi1/Tad1 genes) and cis-pathway (Irg1 gene) other than the well-known cis-pathway that depends mainly on cadA gene from A. terreus. The developed strain expressing trans-pathway from U. maydis; however, proved to be better at IA production with high titers of 12.25, 11.34, and 11.02 g/L, and a molar yield of 0.22, 0.42, and 0.43 mol/mol from glucose, maltose, and sucrose, respectively, via fed-batch fermentation. The present study suggests that trans-pathway is better than cis-pathway for IA production in engineered C. glutamicum.
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- Taghreed Elkasaby
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan; Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 60 Elgomhoria St, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Gopaliya D, Kumar V, Khare SK. Recent advances in itaconic acid production from microbial cell factories. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Rodrigues KA, Rocha RT, Mulinari FF, Guedes AV, Teixeira MDM, Motta DDO, Fernandes L, Magalhães BS, Felipe MSS, Pappas GJ, Parachin NS. Exploring the Brazilian diversity of Aspergillus sp. strains for lovastatin and itaconic acid production. Fungal Genet Biol 2020; 138:103367. [PMID: 32198121 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Filamentous fungi are well known for producing secondary metabolites applied in various industrial segments. Among these, lovastatin and itaconic acid, produced by Aspergillus terreus, have applications in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Lovastatin is primarily used for the control of hypercholesterolemia, while itaconic acid is a building block for the production of synthetic fibers, coating adhesives, among others. In this study, for the first time, 35 strains of Aspergillus sp. from four Brazilian culture collections were evaluated for lovastatin and itaconic acid production and compared to a reference strain, ATCC 20542. From an initial screening, the strains ATCC 20542, URM 224, URM1876, URM 5061, URM 5254, URM 5256, URM 5650, and URM 5961 were selected for genomic comparison. Among tested strains, the locus corresponding to the lovastatin genomic cluster was assembled, showing that all genes essential for lovastatin biosynthesis were present in producing URM 5961 and URM 5650 strains, with 100% and 98.5% similarity to ATCC 20542, respectively. However, in the no producing URM 1876, URM 224, URM 5254, URM 5061, and URM 5256 strains, this cluster was either fragmented or missing. Among the 35 strains evaluated for itaconic acid production in this study, only three strains had titers above 0.5 g/L, 16 strains had production below 0.5 g/L, and the remaining 18 strains had no production, with the highest production of itaconic acid observed in the URM 5254 strain with 2.2 g/L. The essential genes for itaconic acid production, mttA, cadA msfA were also mapped, where all three genes linked to itaconic acid production were found in a single contig in the assembly of each strain. In contrast to lovastatin loci, there is no correlation between the level of itaconic acid production and genetic polymorphisms in the genes associated with its biosynthesis.
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- Kelly Assis Rodrigues
- Grupo Engenharia de Biocatalisadores, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-900, Brazil; Pós-Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-900, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-900, Brazil; Computational Genomics Group, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, CEP 70790-900, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Medicina, Brasília, DF CEP 70910-900, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunologia Aplicada, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-900, Brazil; Computational Genomics Group, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, CEP 70790-900, Brazil
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- Grupo Engenharia de Biocatalisadores, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-900, Brazil; Pós-Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-900, Brazil; Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF CEP 70790-160, Brazil.
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Teleky BE, Vodnar DC. Biomass-Derived Production of Itaconic Acid as a Building Block in Specialty Polymers. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1035. [PMID: 31212656 PMCID: PMC6630286 DOI: 10.3390/polym11061035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biomass, the only source of renewable organic carbon on Earth, offers an efficient substrate for bio-based organic acid production as an alternative to the leading petrochemical industry based on non-renewable resources. Itaconic acid (IA) is one of the most important organic acids that can be obtained from lignocellulose biomass. IA, a 5-C dicarboxylic acid, is a promising platform chemical with extensive applications; therefore, it is included in the top 12 building block chemicals by the US Department of Energy. Biotechnologically, IA production can take place through fermentation with fungi like Aspergillus terreus and Ustilago maydis strains or with metabolically engineered bacteria like Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum. Bio-based IA represents a feasible substitute for petrochemically produced acrylic acid, paints, varnishes, biodegradable polymers, and other different organic compounds. IA and its derivatives, due to their trifunctional structure, support the synthesis of a wide range of innovative polymers through crosslinking, with applications in special hydrogels for water decontamination, targeted drug delivery (especially in cancer treatment), smart nanohydrogels in food applications, coatings, and elastomers. The present review summarizes the latest research regarding major IA production pathways, metabolic engineering procedures, and the synthesis and applications of novel polymeric materials.
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- Bernadette-Emőke Teleky
- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăştur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Zhao C, Cui Z, Zhao X, Zhang J, Zhang L, Tian Y, Qi Q, Liu J. Enhanced itaconic acid production in Yarrowia lipolytica via heterologous expression of a mitochondrial transporter MTT. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:2181-2192. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09627-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Young EM, Zhao Z, Gielesen BE, Wu L, Benjamin Gordon D, Roubos JA, Voigt CA. Iterative algorithm-guided design of massive strain libraries, applied to itaconic acid production in yeast. Metab Eng 2018; 48:33-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhao M, Lu X, Zong H, Li J, Zhuge B. Itaconic acid production in microorganisms. Biotechnol Lett 2018; 40:455-464. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-017-2500-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Liu J, Li J, Shin HD, Liu L, Du G, Chen J. Protein and metabolic engineering for the production of organic acids. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 239:412-421. [PMID: 28538198 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Organic acids are natural metabolites of living organisms. They have been widely applied in the food, pharmaceutical, and bio-based materials industries. In recent years, biotechnological routes to organic acids production from renewable raw materials have been regarded as very promising approaches. In this review, we provide an overview of current developments in the production of organic acids using protein and metabolic engineering strategies. The organic acids include propionic acid, pyruvate, itaconic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, malic acid and citric acid. We also expect that rapid developments in the fields of systems biology and synthetic biology will accelerate protein and metabolic engineering for microbial organic acid production in the future.
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- Jingjing Liu
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Krull S, Hevekerl A, Kuenz A, Prüße U. Process development of itaconic acid production by a natural wild type strain of Aspergillus terreus to reach industrially relevant final titers. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:4063-4072. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Emerging biotechnologies for production of itaconic acid and its applications as a platform chemical. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 44:303-315. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-016-1878-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recently, itaconic acid (IA), an unsaturated C5-dicarboxylic acid, has attracted much attention as a biobased building block chemical. It is produced industrially (>80 g L−1) from glucose by fermentation with Aspergillus terreus. The titer is low compared with citric acid production (>200 g L−1). This review summarizes the latest progress on enhancing the yield and productivity of IA production. IA biosynthesis involves the decarboxylation of the TCA cycle intermediate cis-aconitate through the action of cis-aconitate decarboxylase (CAD) enzyme encoded by the CadA gene in A. terreus. A number of recombinant microorganisms have been developed in an effort to overproduce it. IA is used as a monomer for production of superabsorbent polymer, resins, plastics, paints, and synthetic fibers. Its applications as a platform chemical are highlighted. It has a strong potential to replace petroleum-based methylacrylic acid in industry which will create a huge market for IA.
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Yang L, Lübeck M, Lübeck PS. Aspergillus as a versatile cell factory for organic acid production. FUNGAL BIOL REV 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Steiger MG, Wierckx N, Blank LM, Mattanovich D, Sauer M. Itaconic Acid - An Emerging Building Block. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527807833.ch15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Matthias G. Steiger
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH); Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna Austria
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna; Department of Biotechnology; Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna Austria
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- RWTH Aachen University; Institute of Applied Microbiology; Worringerweg 1 D52074 Aachen Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University; Institute of Applied Microbiology; Worringerweg 1 D52074 Aachen Germany
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH); Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna Austria
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna; Department of Biotechnology; Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH); Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna Austria
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna; Department of Biotechnology; Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna Austria
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Otten A, Brocker M, Bott M. Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of itaconate. Metab Eng 2015; 30:156-165. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Itaconic acid is an important building block for the chemical industry. Currently, Aspergillus terreus is the main organism used for itaconic acid production. Due to the enormous citric acid production capacity of Aspergillus niger, this host is investigated as a potential itaconic acid production host. Several strategies have been tried so far: fermentation optimization, expression of cis-aconitate decarboxylase (cadA) alone and in combination with aconitase targeted to the same compartment, chassis optimization, and the heterologous expression of two transporters flanking the cadA gene. We showed that the heterologous expression of these two transporters were key to improving itaconic acid production in an A. niger strain that was unable to produce oxalic acid and gluconic acid. The expression of transporters has increased the production levels of other industrially relevant processes as well, such as β-lactam antibiotics and bioethanol. Thus far, the role of transporters in production process optimization is a bit overlooked.
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- Laura van der Straat
- a Microbial Systems and Synthetic Biology; Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology; Wageningen University; Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Huang X, Lu X, Li Y, Li X, Li JJ. Improving itaconic acid production through genetic engineering of an industrial Aspergillus terreus strain. Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:119. [PMID: 25162789 PMCID: PMC4251695 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0119-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Itaconic acid, which has been declared to be one of the most promising and flexible building blocks, is currently used as monomer or co-monomer in the polymer industry, and produced commercially by Aspergillus terreus. However, the production level of itaconic acid hasn’t been improved in the past 40 years, and mutagenesis is still the main strategy to improve itaconate productivity. The genetic engineering approach hasn’t been applied in industrial A. terreus strains to increase itaconic acid production. Results In this study, the genes closely related to itaconic acid production, including cadA, mfsA, mttA, ATEG_09969, gpdA, ATEG_01954, acoA, mt-pfkA and citA, were identified and overexpressed in an industrial A. terreus strain respectively. Overexpression of the genes cadA (cis-aconitate decarboxylase) and mfsA (Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter) enhanced the itaconate production level by 9.4% and 5.1% in shake flasks respectively. Overexpression of other genes showed varied effects on itaconate production. The titers of other organic acids were affected by the introduced genes to different extent. Conclusions Itaconic acid production could be improved through genetic engineering of the industrially used A. terreus strain. We have identified some important genes such as cadA and mfsA, whose overexpression led to the increased itaconate productivity, and successfully developed a strategy to establish a highly efficient microbial cell factory for itaconate protuction. Our results will provide a guide for further enhancement of the itaconic acid production level through genetic engineering in future. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12934-014-0119-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China.
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