Optimization of biosynthesis of butyric acid from glucose through the inverted fatty acid β-oxidation pathway by recombinant Escherichia coli strains
- Authors: Gulevich A.Y.1, Skorokhodova A.Y.1, Debabov V.G.1
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Affiliations:
- Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 60, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 340-347
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://cardiosomatics.ru/0555-1099/article/view/674538
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0555109924040021
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/SBJIMZ
- ID: 674538
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Abstract
The biosynthesis of butyric acid from glucose though the inverted fatty acid β-oxidation by recombinant Escherichia coli strains was optimized. The increased yield of the target compound was achieved resulting from the plasmid expression of atoB, fadB and fadE/fabI genes in the core strain MG∆4 PL-tesB ΔyciA (MG1655 ∆ackA-pta, ∆poxB, ∆ldhA, ∆adhE, PL-SDj10-tesB, ∆yciA). The positive effect of enforced ATP hydrolysis on microaerobic conversion of carbohydrate substrate to the final product by the recombinants was demonstrated. Activation of the futile cycle of pyruvate-phosphoenolpyruvate-pyruvate, due to the increased expression of the ppsA gene, ensured a marked increase in glucose consumption by the recombinants and led to an increase in the molar yield of butyric acid up to 39.5%. When the components of the H+-ATP synthase complex were uncoupled resulting from the deletion of atpFH genes, the molar yield of butyric acid from glucose demonstrated by the strain forming butyryl-CoA by the action of enoyl-ACP reductase FabI reached 46%.
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A. Yu. Gulevich
Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: andrey.gulevich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312
A. Yu. Skorokhodova
Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: andrey.gulevich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312
V. G. Debabov
Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: andrey.gulevich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117312
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