期刊
PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 36-44出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.04.003
关键词
Bacillus subtilis; Promoter replacement; Vitreoscilla hemoglobin; Surfactin isoforms; Surface activity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation [21776157]
- National Key Basic Research Project 973 of China [2013CB733600]
The surfactin produced by Bacillus subtilis has great potential in enhanced oil recovery, agriculture and biomediation. Its further applications, however, are restrained by its low producing titer and the limited information about its isoforms. Using a strong IPTG-inducible promoter Pg3, the native promoter of surfactin synthase in wild-type B. subtilis THY-15 was replaced, which gave engineered THY-15/Pg3-srfA. In a shaking flask, the surfactin titer of THY-15/Pg3-srfA reached 8.2 g/L, significantly higher than 1.2 g/L of THY-15. In a 5-L fermenter, however, the surfactin titer of THY-15/Pg3-srfA shrank to 5.6 g/L, which was later confirmed to be related to the low dissolved oxygen limit during fermentation. A Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) gene was then introduced into the engineered strain, obtaining a novel THY-15/Pg3-srfA(VHb). Through the successful expression of VHb, the surfactin titer of THY-15/Pg3-srfA(VHb) increased to 10.2 g/L in the flask and 8.6 g/L in the fermenter, for increases of 24% and 51%, respectively, compared with the non-VHb engineered strain. The contents, structures and surface activity of the surfactin isoforms produced by the engineered strains were further highlighted. Surfactin C15-isoform with 14.8 mg/L Critical Micelle Concentration, which can reduce surface tension of water to 27.1 mN/m (25 degrees C), is the most preferred.
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