High-Level Production of Indole-3-acetic Acid in the Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli

Autor: Jianzhong Huang, Yang Jinhua, Wu Hongxuan, Feng Qi, Xianzhang Jiang, Lina Qin, Weibin Wu, Li Qingchen, Xiao Cao, Shen Peijie
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 69:1916-1924
ISSN: 1520-5118
0021-8561
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c08141
Popis: Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is a critical plant hormone that regulates cell division, development, and metabolism. IAA synthesis in plants and plant-associated microorganisms cannot fulfill the requirement for large-scale agricultural production. Here, two novel IAA biosynthesis pathways, tryptamine (TAM) and indole-3-acetamide (IAM), were developed for IAA production by whole-cell catalysis and de novo biosynthesis in an engineered Escherichia coli MG1655. When 10 g/L l-tryptophan was used as a substrate, an MIA-6 strain containing a heterologous IAM pathway had the highest IAA titer of 7.10 g/L (1.34 × 103 mg/g DCW), which was 98.4 times more than MTAI-5 containing the TAM pathway by whole-cell catalysis. De novo IAA biosynthesis was optimized by improving NAD(P)H availability, resulting in an increased IAA titer of 906 mg/L obtained by the MGΔadhE::icd strain, which is 29.7% higher than the control. These strategies exhibit the potential for IAA production in engineered E. coli and possible industrial applications.
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