Evaluation of engineered low-lignin poplar for conversion into advanced bioproducts

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BACKGROUND: Lignocellulosic resources are promising feedstocks for the manufacture of bio-based products and bioenergy. However, the inherent recalcitrance of biomass to conversion into simple sugars currently hinders the deployment of advanced bioproducts at large scale. Lignin is a primary contributor to biomass recalcitrance as it protects cell wall polysaccharides from degradation and can inhibit hydrolytic enzymes via non-productive adsorption. Several engineering strategies have been designed to reduce lignin or modify its monomeric composition. For example, expression of bacterial 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase (QsuB) in poplar trees resulted in a reduction in lignin due to redirection of metabolic flux toward 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate at the expense of lignin. This reduction was accompanied with remarkable changes in the pools of aromatic compounds that accumulate in the biomass.

RESULTS: The impact of these modifications on downstream biomass deconstruction and conversion into advanced bioproducts was evaluated in the current study. Using ionic liquid pretreatment followed by enzymatic saccharification, biomass from engineered trees released more glucose and xylose compared to wild-type control trees under optimum conditions. Fermentation of the resulting hydrolysates using Rhodosporidium toruloides strains engineered to produce α-bisabolene, epi-isozizaene, and fatty alcohols showed no negative impact on cell growth and yielded higher titers of bioproducts (as much as + 58%) in the case of QsuB transgenics trees.

CONCLUSION: Our data show that low-recalcitrant poplar biomass obtained with the QsuB technology has the potential to improve the production of advanced bioproducts.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts - 15(2022), 1 vom: 25. Dez., Seite 145

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Chien-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Geiselman, Gina M [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Di [VerfasserIn]
Magurudeniya, Harsha D [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yi-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Pidatala, Venkataramana [VerfasserIn]
Unda, Faride [VerfasserIn]
Amer, Bashar [VerfasserIn]
Baidoo, Edward E K [VerfasserIn]
Mansfield, Shawn D [VerfasserIn]
Simmons, Blake A [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Seema [VerfasserIn]
Scheller, Henrik V [VerfasserIn]
Gladden, John M [VerfasserIn]
Eudes, Aymerick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aromatics
Fermentation
Ionic liquid
Journal Article
Rhodosporidium toruloides
Saccharification
Woody biomass

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Date Revised 29.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13068-022-02245-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350788243