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Zhou Z, Sun L, Tu Y, Yang Y, Hou A, Li J, Luo J, Cheng L, Li J, Liang K, Yang J. Exploring Naturally Tailored Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles for Selective Bacteriostatic Implant Coatings. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2405764. [PMID: 39166390 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202405764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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In treating infectious diseases, achieving selective bacterial inhibition is crucial for preserving the microecological equilibrium. The current approaches predominantly rely on synthetic materials tailored to specific bacteria, considering their cell walls or oxygen requirements. Herein, inspired by intricate bacterial communication, a natural implant is proposed coating utilizing bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), essential components in bacterial signaling, integrated onto diverse implant surfaces through a universal poly (tannic acid) bridging layer. This coating is homogenous and stable, unexpectedly promoting the proliferation of parental bacteria while inhibiting heterologous bacteria both in vitro and in vivo. Through high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, the selective bacteriostatic ability arises from OMVs, upregulating anti-oxidative stress genes in heterologous bacteria and activating biofilm-related genes in parental bacteria. This study positions OMVs as an appealing biomaterial for selective bacterial inhibition through a biological approach, showcasing their potential in regulating the microecological balance through a natural interface modification strategy.
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- Zilin Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Jinjiang Outpatient, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
- Med-X Center for Materials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
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Carreón-Rodríguez OE, Gosset G, Escalante A, Bolívar F. Glucose Transport in Escherichia coli: From Basics to Transport Engineering. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1588. [PMID: 37375089 PMCID: PMC10305011 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11061588] [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: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli is the best-known model for the biotechnological production of many biotechnological products, including housekeeping and heterologous primary and secondary metabolites and recombinant proteins, and is an efficient biofactory model to produce biofuels to nanomaterials. Glucose is the primary substrate used as the carbon source for laboratory and industrial cultivation of E. coli for production purposes. Efficient growth and associated production and yield of desired products depend on the efficient sugar transport capabilities, sugar catabolism through the central carbon catabolism, and the efficient carbon flux through specific biosynthetic pathways. The genome of E. coli MG1655 is 4,641,642 bp, corresponding to 4702 genes encoding 4328 proteins. The EcoCyc database describes 532 transport reactions, 480 transporters, and 97 proteins involved in sugar transport. Nevertheless, due to the high number of sugar transporters, E. coli uses preferentially few systems to grow in glucose as the sole carbon source. E. coli nonspecifically transports glucose from the extracellular medium into the periplasmic space through the outer membrane porins. Once in periplasmic space, glucose is transported into the cytoplasm by several systems, including the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (PTS), the ATP-dependent cassette (ABC) transporters, and the major facilitator (MFS) superfamily proton symporters. In this contribution, we review the structures and mechanisms of the E. coli central glucose transport systems, including the regulatory circuits recruiting the specific use of these transport systems under specific growing conditions. Finally, we describe several successful examples of transport engineering, including introducing heterologous and non-sugar transport systems for producing several valuable metabolites.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca 62210, Morelos, Mexico; (O.E.C.-R.); (G.G.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca 62210, Morelos, Mexico; (O.E.C.-R.); (G.G.)
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Son J, Sohn YJ, Baritugo KA, Jo SY, Song HM, Park SJ. Recent advances in microbial production of diamines, aminocarboxylic acids, and diacids as potential platform chemicals and bio-based polyamides monomers. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 62:108070. [PMID: 36462631 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.108070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Recently, bio-based manufacturing processes of value-added platform chemicals and polymers in biorefineries using renewable resources have extensively been developed for sustainable and carbon dioxide (CO2) neutral-based industry. Among them, bio-based diamines, aminocarboxylic acids, and diacids have been used as monomers for the synthesis of polyamides having different carbon numbers and ubiquitous and versatile industrial polymers and also as precursors for further chemical and biological processes to afford valuable chemicals. Until now, these platform bio-chemicals have successfully been produced by biorefinery processes employing enzymes and/or microbial host strains as main catalysts. In this review, we discuss recent advances in bio-based production of diamines, aminocarboxylic acids, and diacids, which has been developed and improved by systems metabolic engineering strategies of microbial consortia and optimization of microbial conversion processes including whole cell bioconversion and direct fermentative production.
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- Jina Son
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
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Bujdoš D, Popelářová B, Volke DC, Nikel PI, Sonnenschein N, Dvořák P. Engineering of Pseudomonas putida for accelerated co-utilization of glucose and cellobiose yields aerobic overproduction of pyruvate explained by an upgraded metabolic model. Metab Eng 2023; 75:29-46. [PMID: 36343876 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2022.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is an attractive bacterial host for biotechnological production of valuable chemicals from renewable lignocellulosic feedstocks as it can valorize lignin-derived aromatics or glucose obtainable from cellulose. P. putida EM42, a genome-reduced variant of strain KT2440 endowed with advantageous physiological properties, was recently engineered for growth on cellobiose, a major cellooligosaccharide product of enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis. Co-utilization of cellobiose and glucose was achieved in a mutant lacking periplasmic glucose dehydrogenase Gcd (PP_1444). However, the cause of the co-utilization phenotype remained to be understood and the Δgcd strain had a significant growth defect. In this study, we investigated the basis of the simultaneous uptake of the two sugars and accelerated the growth of P. putida EM42 Δgcd mutant for the bioproduction of valuable compounds from glucose and cellobiose. We show that the gcd deletion lifted the inhibition of the exogenous β-glucosidase BglC from Thermobifida fusca exerted by the intermediates of the periplasmic glucose oxidation pathway. The additional deletion of hexR gene, which encodes a repressor of the upper glycolysis genes, failed to restore rapid growth on glucose. The reduced growth rate of the Δgcd mutant was partially compensated by the implantation of heterologous glucose and cellobiose transporters (Glf from Zymomonas mobilis and LacY from Escherichia coli, respectively). Remarkably, this intervention resulted in the accumulation of pyruvate in aerobic P. putida cultures. We demonstrated that the excess of this key metabolic intermediate can be redirected to the enhanced biosynthesis of ethanol and lactate. The pyruvate overproduction phenotype was then unveiled by an upgraded genome-scale metabolic model constrained with proteomic and kinetic data. The model pointed to the saturation of glucose catabolism enzymes due to unregulated substrate uptake and it predicted improved bioproduction of pyruvate-derived chemicals by the engineered strain. This work sheds light on the co-metabolism of cellulosic sugars in an attractive biotechnological host and introduces a novel strategy for pyruvate overproduction in bacterial cultures under aerobic conditions.
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- Dalimil Bujdoš
- Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Kim HJ, Jeong H, Lee SJ. Glucose Transport through N-Acetylgalactosamine Phosphotransferase System in Escherichia coli C Strain. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 32:1047-1053. [PMID: 35791075 PMCID: PMC9628945 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2205.05059] [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: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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When ptsG, a glucose-specific phosphotransferase system (PTS) component, is deleted in Escherichia coli, growth can be severely poor because of the lack of efficient glucose transport. We discovered a new PTS transport system that could transport glucose through the growth-coupled experimental evolution of ptsG-deficient E. coli C strain under anaerobic conditions. Genome sequencing revealed mutations in agaR, which encodes a repressor of N-acetylgalactosamine (Aga) PTS expression in evolved progeny strains. RT-qPCR analysis showed that the expression of Aga PTS gene increased because of the loss-of-function of agaR. We confirmed the efficient Aga PTS-mediated glucose uptake by genetic complementation and anaerobic fermentation. We discussed the discovery of new glucose transporter in terms of different genetic backgrounds of E. coli strains, and the relationship between the pattern of mixed-acids fermentation and glucose transport rate.
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- Hyun Ju Kim
- Department of Systems Biotechnology and Institute of Microbiomics, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology and Institute of Microbiomics, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea,Corresponding author Phone: +82-31-670-3356 E-mail:
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Su HY, Lin WH, Liang YL, Chou HH, Wu SW, Shi HL, Chen JY, Cheng KK. Co-production of acetoin and succinic acid using corncob hydrolysate by engineered Enterobacter cloacae. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Boecker S, Slaviero G, Schramm T, Szymanski W, Steuer R, Link H, Klamt S. Deciphering the physiological response of Escherichia coli under high ATP demand. Mol Syst Biol 2021; 17:e10504. [PMID: 34928538 PMCID: PMC8686765 DOI: 10.15252/msb.202110504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One long-standing question in microbiology is how microbes buffer perturbations in energy metabolism. In this study, we systematically analyzed the impact of different levels of ATP demand in Escherichia coli under various conditions (aerobic and anaerobic, with and without cell growth). One key finding is that, under all conditions tested, the glucose uptake increases with rising ATP demand, but only to a critical level beyond which it drops markedly, even below wild-type levels. Focusing on anaerobic growth and using metabolomics and proteomics data in combination with a kinetic model, we show that this biphasic behavior is induced by the dual dependency of the phosphofructokinase on ATP (substrate) and ADP (allosteric activator). This mechanism buffers increased ATP demands by a higher glycolytic flux but, as shown herein, it collapses under very low ATP concentrations. Model analysis also revealed two major rate-controlling steps in the glycolysis under high ATP demand, which could be confirmed experimentally. Our results provide new insights on fundamental mechanisms of bacterial energy metabolism and guide the rational engineering of highly productive cell factories.
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- Simon Boecker
- Analysis and Redesign of Biological NetworksMax Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical SystemsMagdeburgGermany
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- Analysis and Redesign of Biological NetworksMax Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical SystemsMagdeburgGermany
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- Dynamic Control of Metabolic NetworksMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine TübingenUniversity of TübingenTübingenGermany
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- Core Facility for Mass Spectrometry and ProteomicsMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
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- Institute for BiologyHumboldt‐University of BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Dynamic Control of Metabolic NetworksMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine TübingenUniversity of TübingenTübingenGermany
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- Analysis and Redesign of Biological NetworksMax Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical SystemsMagdeburgGermany
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Yang Y, Li L, Sun H, Li Z, Qi Z, Liu X. Improving CoQ 10 productivity by strengthening glucose transmembrane of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:207. [PMID: 34717624 PMCID: PMC8557541 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01695-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Several Rhodobacter sphaeroides have been widely applied in commercial CoQ10 production, but they have poor glucose use. Strategies for enhancing glucose use have been widely exploited in R. sphaeroides. Nevertheless, little research has focused on the role of glucose transmembrane in the improvement of production. Results There are two potential glucose transmembrane pathways in R. sphaeroides ATCC 17023: the fructose specific-phosphotransferase system (PTSFru, fruAB) and non-PTS that relied on glucokinase (glk). fruAB mutation revealed two effects on bacterial growth: inhibition at the early cultivation phase (12–24 h) and promotion since 36 h. Glucose metabolism showed a corresponding change in characteristic vs. the growth. For ΔfruAΔfruB, maximum biomass (Biomax) was increased by 44.39% and the CoQ10 content was 27.08% more than that of the WT. glk mutation caused a significant decrease in growth and glucose metabolism. Over-expressing a galactose:H+ symporter (galP) in the ΔfruAΔfruB relieved the inhibition and enhanced the growth further. Finally, a mutant with rapid growth and high CoQ10 titer was constructed (ΔfruAΔfruB/tac::galPOP) using several glucose metabolism modifications and was verified by fermentation in 1 L fermenters. Conclusions The PTSFru mutation revealed two effects on bacterial growth: inhibition at the early cultivation phase and promotion later. Additionally, biomass yield to glucose (Yb/glc) and CoQ10 synthesis can be promoted using fruAB mutation, and glk plays a key role in glucose metabolism. Strengthening glucose transmembrane via non-PTS improves the productivity of CoQ10 fermentation. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-021-01695-z.
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- Yuying Yang
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China. .,State Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Su HY, Wu SW, Chou HH, Lin WH, Chow TJ, Chiu HH, Fei Q, Cheng KK. Recombinant cyanobacteria cultured in CO2 and seawater as feedstock for coproduction of acetoin and succinate by engineered Enterobacter cloacae. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Li Y, Sun Z, Xu Y, Luan Y, Xu J, Liang Q, Qi Q, Wang Q. Enhancing the Glucose Flux of an Engineered EP-Bifido Pathway for High Poly(Hydroxybutyrate) Yield Production. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:517336. [PMID: 32984296 PMCID: PMC7481327 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.517336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background As the greenhouse effect becomes more serious and carbon dioxide emissions continue rise, the application prospects of carbon sequestration or carbon-saving pathways increase. Previously, we constructed an EP-bifido pathway in Escherichia coli by combining Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway, pentose phosphate pathway and “bifid shunt” for high acetyl-CoA production. There is much room for improvement in the EP-bifido pathway, including in production of target compounds such as poly(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). Result To optimize the EP-bifido pathway and obtain higher PHB yields, we knocked out the specific phosphoenolpyruvate phosphate transferase system (PTS) component II Cglc, encoded by ptsG. This severely inhibited the growth and sugar consumption of the bacterial cells. Subsequently, we used multiple automated genome engineering (MAGE) to optimize the ribosome binding site (RBS) sequences of galP (galactose: H (+) symporter) and glk (glucokinase gene bank: NC_017262.1), encoding galactose permease and glucokinase, respectively. Growth and glucose uptake were partially restored in the bacteria. Finally, we introduced the glf (UDP-galactopyranose) from Zymomonas mobilis mutase sugar transport vector into the host strain genome. Conclusion After optimizing RBS of galP, the resulting strain L-6 obtained a PHB yield of 71.9% (mol/mol) and a 76 wt% PHB content using glucose as the carbon source. Then when glf was integrated into the genome strain L-6, the resulting strain M-6 reached a 5.81 g/L PHB titer and 85.1 wt% PHB content.
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- Ying Li
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,CAS Key Lab of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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Kim HJ, Jeong H, Lee SJ. Short-Term Adaptation Modulates Anaerobic Metabolic Flux to Succinate by Activating ExuT, a Novel D-Glucose Transporter in Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:27. [PMID: 32038601 PMCID: PMC6989600 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) is an essential energy-saving mechanism, particularly under anaerobic conditions. Since the PTS consumes equimolar phosphoenolpyruvate to phosphorylate each molecule of internalized glucose in the process of pyruvate generation, its absence can adversely affect the mixed acid fermentation profile and cell growth under anaerobic conditions. In this study, we report that the ΔptsG mutant cells of Escherichia coli K-12 strain exhibited inefficient glucose utilization, produced a significant amount of succinate, and exhibited a low growth rate. However, cells adapted soon after and started to grow rapidly in the same batch culture. As a result, the adapted ΔptsG cells showed the same mixed acid fermentation profiles as the wild-type cells, which was attributed to the mutation of the mlc gene, a repressor of the D-mannose PTS, another transporter for D-glucose. Similar adaptations were observed in the cells with ΔptsGΔmanX and the cells with ΔptsI that resulted in the production of a substantial amount of succinate and fast growth rate. The genome sequencing showed the presence of null mutations in the exuR gene, which encodes a modulator of exuT-encoded non-PTS sugar transporter, in adapted ΔptsGΔmanX and ΔptsI strains. Results from the RT-qPCR analysis and genetic test confirmed that the enhanced expression of ExuT, a non-PTS sugar transporter, was responsible for the uptake of D-glucose, increased succinate production, and fast growth of adapted cells. In conclusion, our study showed that the regulatory network of sugar transporters can be modulated by short-term adaptation and that downstream metabolic flux could be significantly determined by the choice of sugar transporters.
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- Hyun Ju Kim
- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, South Korea
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- Gwanggyo R&D Center, Medytox Inc., Suwon, South Korea.,Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, South Korea
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