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JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
卷 60, 期 5, 页码 191-197出版社
MICROBIOL RES FOUNDATION
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.60.191
关键词
aconitase; cis-aconitate decarboxylase; isocitrate dehydrogenase; isocitrate lyase; itaconic acid; metabolic engineering
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D of the Japan Science and Technology Agency
An Escherichia coli system was engineered for the heterologous production of itaconic acid via the expression of cis-aconitate decarboxylase gene (cad), and then maximal itaconic acid levels produced by engineered E. coli were evaluated. Expression of cad in E. coli grown in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium without glucose in a test tube resulted in 0.07 g/L itaconic acid production after 78 h at 20 degrees C. To increase itaconic acid production, E. coli recombinants were constructed by inactivating the isocitrate dehydrogenase gene (icd) and/or the isocitrate lyase gene (aceA). Expression of cad and inactivation of icd resulted in 0.35 g/L itaconic acid production after 78 h, whereas aceA inactivation had no effect on itaconic acid production. The intracellular itaconate concentration in the Delta icd strain was higher than that in the cad-expressing strain without icd inactivation, which suggests that the extracellular secretion of itaconate in E. coli is the rate-determining step during itaconic acid production. pH-stat cultivation using the cad-expressing Delta icd strain in LB medium with 3% glucose in a jar fermenter resulted in 1.71 g/L itaconic acid production after 97 h at 28 degrees C. To further increase itaconic acid production, the aconitase B gene (acnB) was overexpressed in the cad-expressing Delta icd strain. Simultaneous overexpression of acnB with the expression of cad in the Delta icd strain led to 4.34 g/L itaconic acid production after 105 h. Our findings indicate that icd inactivation and acnB overexpression considerably enhance itaconic acid production in cad-expressing E. coli.
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