Heterologous leaky production of transglutaminase in Lactococcus lactis significantly enhances the growth performance of the host
Heterologous leaky production of transglutaminase in Lactococcus lactis significantly enhances the growth performance of the host
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.71.12.8911-8919.2005
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发表时间:
2005-12-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Li, Y
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作者:
Fu, RY;Chen, J;Li, Y
This study describes a novel strategy to improve the growth performance of Lactococcus lactis by heterologous production of food-grade transglutaminase. The mtg gene from Streptoverticillium mobaraense that encodes the transglutaminase mature protein was cloned into a nisin-inducible expression vector and transformed into L. lactis subsp. cremoris NZ9000. The leaky expression of the mtg gene from the nisA promoter resulted in ammonia formation and carbon flux redistribution at the pyruvate branch. As a consequence, medium acidification was lessened and energy utilization was improved. This led to significantly higher biomass production under aerobic conditions and particularly under non-pH-controlled conditions (up to a 12-fold increase). The results presented here provide a novel way to enhance the growth yield of L. lactis, which is an important step for the purposes of producing proteins of commercial interest using L. lactis as a host.