Journal
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00566
Keywords
glycerol; biodiesel; NADH; succinic acid; metabolic engineering
Funding
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [NE 697/7-1]
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Previously, our lab replaced the endogenous FAD-dependent pathway for glycerol catabolism inS. cerevisiaeby the synthetic NAD-dependent dihydroxyacetone (DHA) pathway. The respective modifications allow the full exploitation of glycerol's higher reducing power (compared to sugars) for the production of the platform chemical succinic acid (SA) via a reductive, carbon dioxide fixing and redox-neutral pathway in a production host robust for organic acid production. Expression cassettes for three enzymes converting oxaloacetate to SA in the cytosol (SA module) were integrated into the genome ofUBR2(CBS)-DHA, an optimized CEN.PK derivative. Together with the additional expression of the heterologous dicarboxylic acid transporter DCT-02 fromAspergillus niger, a maximum SA titer of 10.7 g/L and a yield of 0.22 +/- 0.01 g/g glycerol was achieved in shake flask (batch) cultures. Characterization of the constructed strain under controlled conditions in a bioreactor supplying additional carbon dioxide revealed that the carbon balance was closed to 96%. Interestingly, the results of the current study indicate that the artificial SA module and endogenous pathways contribute to the SA production in a highly synergistic manner.
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