Combinatorial Methylerythritol Phosphate Pathway Engineering and Process Optimization for Increased Menaquinone-7 Synthesis in Bacillus subtilis

Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) is an essential vitamin existing in the daily diet, and menaquinone-7 (MK-7) is an important form of it. In a recent work, we engineered the synthesis modules of MK-7 in Bacillus subtilis, and the strain BS20 could produce 360 mg/l MK-7 in shake flasks, while the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway, which provides the precursor isopentenyl diphosphate for MK-7 synthesis, was not engineered. In this study, we overexpressed five genes of the MEP pathway in BS20 and finally obtained a strain (BS20DFHG) with MK-7 titer of 415 mg/l in shake flasks. Next, we optimized the fermentation process parameters (initial pH, temperature and aeration) in an 8-unit parallel bioreactor system consisting of 300-ml glass vessels. Based on this, we scaled up the MK-7 production by the strain BS20DFHG in a 50-l bioreactor, and the highest MK-7 titer reached 242 mg/l. Here, we show that the engineered strain BS20DFHG may be used for the industrial production of MK-7 in the future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of microbiology and biotechnology - 30(2020), 5 vom: 28. Mai, Seite 762-769

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Taichi [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Hongzhi [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Shixiu [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Xueqin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xueliang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yanfeng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jianghua [VerfasserIn]
Du, Guocheng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Long [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11032-49-8
8427BML8NY
Bacillus subtilis
Erythritol
Journal Article
Menaquinone
Menaquinone 7
Methylerythritol phosphate pathway
Process optimization
RA96B954X6
Vitamin K 2

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Date Completed 22.01.2021

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4014/jmb.1912.12008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310633125