Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 125, Issue 5, Pages 505-512Publisher
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.12.007
Keywords
Enterobacter aerogenes; Dicarboxylate transporter; Succinate production; Anaerobic conditions; Aerobic conditions
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Enterobacter aerogenes, a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, is an effective producer of succinate from glucose via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle under anaerobic conditions. However, to date, succinate-exporter genes have not been identified in E. aerogenes, although succinate exporters have a large impact on fermentative succinate production. Recently, we genetically identified AP and yjjB, as genes encoding a succinate transporter in Escherichia coll. Evaluation of the yijPB homologs in E. aerogenes (EayjjPB genes) showed that succinate accumulation increased from 4.1 g L-1 to 9.1 g L-1 when the EayjjPB genes were expressed under aerobic conditions. Under anaerobic conditions, succinate yield increased from 53% to 60% by EayjjPB expression and decreased to 48% by deletion of EayjjPB. Furthermore, the production levels of fumarate and malate, which are intermediates of the succinate-biosynthesis pathway, were also increased by EayjjPB expression. A complementation assay conducted in Corynebacterium glutamicum strain AJ110655 Delta sucE1 demonstrated that both EaYjjP and EaYjjB are required for the restoration of succinate production. Taken together, these results suggest that EayfiPB function as a dicarboxylate transporter in E. aerogenes and that the products of both genes are required for dicarboxylate transport. (C) 2017, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.
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