Enhanced solvent production by metabolic engineering of a twin-clostridial consortium.
Enhanced solvent production by metabolic engineering of a twin-clostridial consortium.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ymben.2016.10.013
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发表时间:
2017
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8.4
通讯作者:
Zhiqiang Wen;N. Minton;Ying Zhang;Qi Li;Jinle Liu;Yu Jiang;Sheng Yang
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作者:
Zhiqiang Wen;N. Minton;Ying Zhang;Qi Li;Jinle Liu;Yu Jiang;Sheng Yang
The efficient fermentative production of solvents (acetone,n-butanol, and ethanol) from a lignocellulosic feedstock using a single process microorganism has yet to be demonstrated. Herein, we developed a consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) based on a twin-clostridial consortium composed of Clostridium cellulovorans and Clostridium beijerinckii capable of producing cellulosic butanol from alkali-extracted, deshelled corn cobs (AECC). To accomplish this a genetic system was developed forC. cellulovoransand used to knock out the genes encoding acetate kinase (Clocel_1892) and lactate dehydrogenase (Clocel_1533), and to overexpress the gene encoding butyrate kinase (Clocel_3674), thereby pulling carbon flux towards butyrate production. In parallel, to enhance ethanol production, the expression of a putative hydrogenase gene (Clocel_2243) was down-regulated using CRISPR interference (CRISPRi). Simultaneously, genes involved in organic acids reassimilation (ctfAB, cbei_3833/3834) and pentose utilization (xylR, cbei_2385andxylT, cbei_0109) were engineered inC. beijerinckiito enhance solvent production. The engineered twin-clostridia consortium was shown to decompose 83.2 g/L of AECC and produce 22.1 g/L of solvents (4.25 g/L acetone, 11.5 g/L butanol and 6.37 g/L ethanol). This titer of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) approximates to that achieved from a starchy feedstock. The developed twin-clostridial consortium serves as a promising platform for ABE fermentation from lignocellulose by CBP.