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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2021.109782
Keywords
Bacillus subtilis; Menaquinone-4; PhrQ-RapQ-ComA; Dynamic regulation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32021005, 31871784, 31930085]
- Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFA0900300]
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The modular PhrQ-RapQ-ComA QS system was developed to dynamically control the synthesis of MK-4 in Bacillus subtilis 168 by increasing the expression of ComA-P regulated promoter PA11. This approach significantly increased the yield of MK-4 and verified its effectiveness.
Menaquinone-4 (MK-4) plays a significant role in bone health and cardiovascular therapy. Although many strategies have been adopted to increase the yield of MK-4 in Bacillus subtilis 168, the effectiveness of MK-4 is still low due to the inherent limitations of metabolic pathways. However, dynamic regulation based on quorum sensing (QS) has been extensively applied as a fundamental tool for fine-tuning gene expression in reaction to changes in cell density without adding expensive inducers. Nevertheless, in most reports, QS systems depend on down-regulated expression rather than up-regulated expression, which greatly limit their potential as molecular switches to control metabolic flux. To address this challenge, a modular PhrQ-RapQ-ComA QS system is developed based on promoter PA11, which is up-regulated by phosphorylated ComA (ComA-P). In this paper, firstly we analyzed the ComA-based gene expression regulation system in Bacillus subtilis 168. We constructed a promoter library of diff ;erent abilities, selected best promoters from a library, and performed mutation screening on the selected promoters. Furthermore, we constructed a PhrQ-RapQ-ComA QS system to dynamically control the synthesis of MK-4 in B. subtilis 168. Cell growth and efficient synthesis of the target product can be dynamically balanced by the QS system. Our dynamic adjustment approach increased the yield of MK-4 in shake flask from 120.1 +/- 0.6 to 178.9 +/- 2.8 mg/L, and reached 217 +/- 4.1 mg/L in a 3-L bioreactor, which verified the effectiveness of this strategy. In summary, PhrQ-RapQ-ComA QS system can realize dynamic pathway regulation in B. subtilis 168, which can be stretched to a great deal of microorganisms to fine-tune gene expression and enhance the production of metabolites.
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