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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24038-3
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- US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy [DE-EE0008483]
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) [2018-67021-27715]
- Auburn University Intramural Grants Program (IGP)
- USDA-NIFA Hatch project [ALA014-1017025]
- Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The study developed microbial strains capable of producing high-value and easily-separable derivatives like butyl acetate and butyl butyrate, by leveraging pathways in solventogenic clostridia. This improvement in bioproduction efficiency and economic competitiveness was achieved through systematic metabolic engineering, including the elimination of putative prophages.
Bioproduction of renewable chemicals is considered as an urgent solution for fossil energy crisis. However, despite tremendous efforts, it is still challenging to generate microbial strains that can produce target biochemical to high levels. Here, we report an example of biosynthesis of high-value and easy-recoverable derivatives built upon natural microbial pathways, leading to improvement in bioproduction efficiency. By leveraging pathways in solventogenic clostridia for co-producing acyl-CoAs, acids and alcohols as precursors, through rational screening for host strains and enzymes, systematic metabolic engineering-including elimination of putative prophages, we develop strains that can produce 20.3g/L butyl acetate and 1.6g/L butyl butyrate. Techno-economic analysis results suggest the economic competitiveness of our developed bioprocess. Our principles of selecting the most appropriate host for specific bioproduction and engineering microbial chassis to produce high-value and easy-separable end products may be applicable to other bioprocesses. Esters can be used as fuels and specialty chemicals for food flavoring, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Here, the authors systematically engineer clostridia, including discovery and deletion of prophages to increase strain stability, for the production of butyl acetate and butyl butyrate from corn stover at low cost.
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