Establishment of BmoR-based biosensor to screen isobutanol overproducer

Autor: Huan Yu, Ning Wang, Wenbo Huo, Yuhong Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yu Yang, Zhenya Chen, Yi-Xin Huo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Microbial Cell Factories, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1475-2859
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1084-2
Popis: Abstract Background Isobutanol, a C4 branched-chain higher alcohol, is regarded as an attractive next-generation transport fuel. Metabolic engineering for efficient isobutanol production has been achieved in many studies. BmoR, an alcohol-regulated transcription factor, mediates a σ54-dependent promoter P bmo of alkane monooxygenase in n-alkane metabolism of Thauera butanivorans and displays high sensitivity to C4–C6 linear alcohols and C3–C5 branched-chain alcohols. In this study, to achieve the high-level production of isobutanol, we established a screening system which relied on the combination of BmoR-based biosensor and isobutanol biosynthetic pathway and then employed it to screen isobutanol overproduction strains from an ARTP mutagenesis library. Results Firstly, we constructed and verified a GFP-based BmoR-P bmo device responding to the isobutanol produced by the host. Then, this screening system was employed to select three mutants which exhibited higher GFP/OD600 values than that of wild type. Significantly, GFP/OD600 of mutant 10 was 190.7 ± 4.8, a 1.4-fold higher value than that of wild type. Correspondingly, the isobutanol titer of that strain was 1597.6 ± 129.6 mg/L, 2.0-fold higher than the wild type. With the overexpression of upstream pathway genes, the isobutanol production from mutant 10 reached 14.0 ± 1.0 g/L after medium optimization in shake flask. The isobutanol titer reached 56.5 ± 1.8 g/L in a fed-batch production experiment. Conclusions This work screened out isobutanol overproduction strains from a mutagenesis library by using a screening system which depended on the combination of BmoR-based biosensor and isobutanol biosynthetic pathway. Optimizing fermentation condition and reinforcing upstream pathway could realize the increase of isobutanol production from the overproducer. Lastly, fed-batch fermentation of the mutant enhanced the isobutanol production to 56.5 ± 1.8 g/L.
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