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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 5, Pages 2107-2119Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7256-z
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Riboflavin; Ashbya gossypii; Bacillus subtilis; Metabolic engineering; Vitamin B-2
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Riboflavin (vitamin B-2) production has shifted from chemical synthesis to exclusive biotechnological synthesis in less than 15 years. The underlying extraordinary achievement in metabolic engineering and bioprocess engineering is reviewed in this article with regard to the two most important industrial producers Bacillus subtilis and Ashbya gossypii. The respective biosynthetic routes and modifications are discussed, and also the regulation of riboflavin synthesis. As the terminal biosynthesis of riboflavin starts from the two precursors, ribulose 5-phosphate and guanosine triphosphate (GTP), both strains have been optimized for an improved flux through the pentose phosphate pathway as well as the purine biosynthetic pathway. Specific targets for improvement of A. gossypii were the increase of the glycine pool and the increase of carbon flow through the glyoxylic shunt. In B. subtilis, research interest, amongst others, has focused on gluconeogenesis and overexpression of the rib operon. In addition, insight into large-scale production of vitamin B-2 is given, as well as future prospects and possible developments.
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