Improvement of 2-phenylethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by evolutionary and rational metabolic engineering

2-Phenylethanol (2-PE) is a valuable aromatic compound with favorable flavors and good properties, resulting in its widespread application in the cosmetic, food and medical industries. In this study, a mutant strain, AD032, was first obtained by adaptive evolution under 2-PE stress. Then, a fusion protein from the Ehrlich pathway, composed of tyrB from Escherichia coli, kdcA from Lactococcus lactis and ADH2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was constructed and expressed. As a result, 3.14 g/L 2-PE was achieved using L-phenylalanine as a precursor. To further increase 2-PE production, L-glutamate oxidase from Streptomyces overexpression was applied for the first time in our research to improve the supply of α-ketoglutarate in the transamination of 2-PE synthesis. Furthermore, we found that the disruption of the pyruvate decarboxylase encoding gene PDC5 caused an increase in 2-PE production, which has not yet been reported. Finally, assembly of the efficient metabolic modules and process optimization resulted in the strain RM27, which reached 4.02 g/L 2-PE production from 6.7 g/L L-phenylalanine without in situ product recovery. The strain RM27 produced 2-PE (0.8 mol/mol) with L-phenylalanine as a precursor, which was considerably high, and displayed manufacturing potential regarding food safety and process simplification aspects. This study suggests that innovative strategies regarding metabolic modularization provide improved prospects for 2-PE production in food exploitation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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PloS one - 16(2021), 10 vom: 19., Seite e0258180

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Linghuan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Sha [VerfasserIn]
Li, Youran [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Guiyang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carboxy-Lyases
EC 4.1.1.-
EC 4.1.1.43
Journal Article
Ketoglutaric Acids
ML9LGA7468
Phenylethyl Alcohol
Phenylpyruvate decarboxylase
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.11.2021

Date Revised 23.11.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0258180

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332060888