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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01428
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Streptomyces coelicolor; triacylglycerol accumulation; beta-oxidation of fatty acids; neutral lipid; chemostat system
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- National Agency for Science Promotion of Argentina [PICT 2011-2005]
- UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/L02683X/1]
- BBSRC [BB/L02683X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/L02683X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Oleaginous microorganisms represent possible platforms for the sustainable production of oleochemicals and biofuels due to their metabolic robustness and the possibility to be engineered. Streptomyces coelicolor is among the narrow group of prokaryotes capable of accumulating triacylglycerol (TAG) as carbon and energy reserve. Although the pathways for TAG biosynthesis in this organism have been widely addressed, the set of genes required for their breakdown have remained elusive so far. Here, we identified and characterized three gene clusters involved in the beta-oxidation of fatty acids (FA). The role of each of the three different S. coelicolor FadAB proteins in FA catabolism was confirmed by complementation of an Escherichia coli Delta fadBA mutant strain deficient in beta-oxidation. In S. coelicolor, the expression profile of the three gene clusters showed variation related with the stage of growth and the presence of FA in media. Flux balance analyses using a corrected version of the current S. coelicolor metabolic model containing detailed TAG biosynthesis reactions suggested the relevance of the identified fadAB genes in the accumulation of TAG. Thus, through the construction and analysis of fadAB knockout mutant strains, we obtained an S. coelicolor mutant that showed a 4.3-fold increase in the TAG content compared to the wild type strain grown under the same culture conditions.
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