Journal
MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01504-z
Keywords
Lignin degradation; Pyridine dicarboxylic acid; Metabolic engineering; Rhodococcus jostii RHA1; Gene promoter
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- IB Catalyst CRD Industrial Research Programme (EPSRC)
- ERA CoBiotech (BBSRC) [BB/T010622/1]
- BBSRC [BB/T010622/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- EPSRC [EP/M028550/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Genetic modification of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 led to higher titres of pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid bioproducts from lignin breakdown, through insertion of specific genes on expression vectors. Enhanced lignin degradation and increased productivity were observed, demonstrating the potential for improved bioproduct production through genetic engineering.
Genetic modification of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 was carried out in order to optimise the production of pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid bioproducts from lignin or lignocellulose breakdown, via insertion of either the Sphingobium SYK-6 ligAB genes or Paenibacillus praA gene respectively. Insertion of inducible plasmid pTipQC2 expression vector containing either ligAB or praA genes into a Delta pcaHG R. jostii RHA1 gene deletion strain gave 2-threefold higher titres of PDCA production from lignocellulose (200-287 mg/L), compared to plasmid expression in wild-type R. jostii RHA1. The ligAB genes were inserted in place of the chromosomal pcaHG genes encoding protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, under the control of inducible P-icl or P-nitA promoters, or a constitutive P-tpc5 promoter, producing 2,4-PDCA products using either wheat straw lignocellulose or commercial soda lignin as carbon source. Insertion of Amycolatopsis sp. 75iv2 dyp2 gene on a pTipQC2 expression plasmid led to enhanced titres of 2,4-PDCA products, due to enhanced rate of lignin degradation. Growth in minimal media containing wheat straw lignocellulose led to the production of 2,4-PDCA in 330 mg/L titre in 40 h, with>tenfold enhanced productivity, compared with plasmid-based expression of ligAB genes in wild-type R. jostii RHA1. Production of 2,4-PDCA was also observed using several different polymeric lignins as carbon sources, and a titre of 240 mg/L was observed using a commercially available soda lignin as feedstock.
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