Genetically switched D-lactate production in Escherichia coli
Genetically switched D-lactate production in Escherichia coli
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ymben.2012.05.004
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Wang, Zheng-Xiang
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作者:
Zhou, Li;Niu, Dan-Dan;Wang, Zheng-Xiang
During a fermentation process, the formation of the desired product during the cell growth phase competes with the biomass for substrates or inhibits cell growth directly, which results in a decrease in production efficiency. A genetic switch is required to precisely separate growth from production and to simplify the fermentation process. The ldhA promoter, which encodes the fermentative D-lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the lactate producer Escherichia coli CICIM B0013-070 (ack-pta pps pflB dld poxB adhE frdA), was replaced with the lambda p(R) and p(L) promoters (as a genetic switch) using genomic recombination and the thermo-controllable strain B0013-070B (B0013-070, ldhAp::kan-cl(ts)857-p(R)-p(L)), which could produce two-fold higher LDH activity at 42 degrees C than the B0013-070 strain, was created. When the genetic switch was turned off at 33 degrees C, strain B0013-070B produced 10% more biomass aerobically than strain B0013-070 and produced only trace levels of lactate which could reduce the growth inhibition caused by oxygen insufficiency in large scale fermentation. However, 42 degrees C is the most efficient temperature for switching on lactate production. The volumetric productivity of B0013-070B improved by 9% compared to that of strain B0013-070 when it was grown aerobically at 33 degrees C with a short thermo-induction at 42 degrees C and then switched to the production phase at 42 degrees C. In a bioreactor experiment using scaled-up conditions that were optimized in a shake flask experiment, strain B0013-070B produced 122.8 g/l D-lactate with an increased oxygen-limited productivity of 0.89 gig . h. The results revealed the effectiveness of using a genetic switch to regulate cell growth and the production of a metabolic compound. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.