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Wu Z, Li Y, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Tao G, Zhang L, Shi G. Transcriptome Analysis of Bacillus licheniformis for Improving Bacitracin Production. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:1325-1335. [PMID: 35175736 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study aims to find the targets that may influence the production of bacitracin based on RNA sequencing in Bacillus licheniformis. Transcriptional profiling revealed that (i) the expression of the bacT gene, encoding a type II thioesterase (TEIIbac), was positively correlated with bacitracin production and (ii) the oxygen uptake exhibited significant influence on precursor synthesis. The verified experiments showed that the overexpression of TEIIbac with an endogenous promoter increased the bacitracin A titer by 37.50%. Furthermore, the increase of oxygen availability through Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) expression increased the bacitracin A titer by 126.67% under oxygen-restricted conditions. From the transcriptome perspective, the results of this paper demonstrate that TEIIbac and oxygen supply are crucial to bacitracin production. This study also provides insights into the construction of chassis cells for the industrial production of secondary metabolites with a preference for aerobic conditions.
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- Zhiyong Wu
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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Taymaz-Nikerel H, Lara AR. Vitreoscilla Haemoglobin: A Tool to Reduce Overflow Metabolism. Microorganisms 2021; 10:microorganisms10010043. [PMID: 35056491 PMCID: PMC8779101 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Overflow metabolism is a phenomenon extended in nature, ranging from microbial to cancer cells. Accumulation of overflow metabolites pose a challenge for large-scale bioprocesses. Yet, the causes of overflow metabolism are not fully clarified. In this work, the underlying mechanisms, reasons and consequences of overflow metabolism in different organisms have been summarized. The reported effect of aerobic expression of Vitreoscilla haemoglobin (VHb) in different organisms are revised. The use of VHb to reduce overflow metabolism is proposed and studied through flux balance analysis in E. coli at a fixed maximum substrate and oxygen uptake rates. Simulations showed that the presence of VHb increases the growth rate, while decreasing acetate production, in line with the experimental measurements. Therefore, aerobic VHb expression is considered a potential tool to reduce overflow metabolism in cells.
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- Hilal Taymaz-Nikerel
- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Istanbul Bilgi University, İstanbul 34060, Turkey;
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- Departamento de Procesos y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City 05348, Mexico
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Li JF, Li HF, Yao SM, Zhao MJ, Dong WX, Liang SK, Xu XY. Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin Improves Sophorolipid Production in Starmerella Bombicola O-13-1 Under Oxygen Limited Conditions. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:773104. [PMID: 34765597 PMCID: PMC8576176 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.773104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sophorolipids (SLs) are homologous microbial secondary metabolites produced by Starmerella bombicola and have been widely applied in many industrial fields. The biosynthesis of SLs is a highly aerobic process and is often limited by low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels. In this study, the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) gene was transformed into S. bombicola O-13-1 by homologous recombination to alleviate oxygen limitation. VHb expression improved the intracellular oxygen utilization efficiency under either oxygen-rich or oxygen-limited conditions. In shake flask culture, the production of SLs was higher in the recombinant (VHb+) strain than in the wild-type (VHb-) strain, while the oxygen uptake rate of the recombinant (VHb+) strain was significantly lower than that of the wild-type (VHb-) strain. In a 5 L bioreactor, the production of SLs did not increase significantly, but the DO level in the fermentation broth of the VHb+ strain was 21.8% higher than that of VHb- strain under oxygen-rich conditions. Compared to wide-type strains (VHb-), VHb expression enhanced SLs production by 25.1% in the recombinants (VHb+) under oxygen-limited conditions. In addition, VHb expression raised the transcription levels of key genes involved in the electron transfer chain (NDH, SDH, COX), TCA cycle (CS, ICD, KDG1) and SL synthesis (CYP52M1 and UGTA1) in the recombinant (VHb+) strains. VHb expression in S. bombicola could enhance SLs biosynthesis and intracellular oxygen utilization efficiency by increasing ATP production and cellular respiration. Our findings highlight the potential use of VHb to improve the oxygen utilization efficiency of S. bombicola in the industrial-scale production of SLs using industrial and agricultural by-products like molasses and waste oil as fermentation feedstock.
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- Jun-Feng Li
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Qingdao Nucleic Acid Rapid Detection Engineering Research Center, College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Qingdao Nucleic Acid Rapid Detection Engineering Research Center, College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- College of Life Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Qingdao Nucleic Acid Rapid Detection Engineering Research Center, College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Qingdao Nucleic Acid Rapid Detection Engineering Research Center, College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Fourth Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beihai, China
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Webster DA, Dikshit KL, Pagilla KR, Stark BC. The Discovery of Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin and Early Studies on Its Biochemical Functions, the Control of Its Expression, and Its Use in Practical Applications. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1637. [PMID: 34442716 PMCID: PMC8398370 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In 1986, the surprising identification of a hemoglobin (VHb) in the bacterium Vitreoscilla greatly extended the range of taxa in which this oxygen binding protein functions. Elucidation of many of its biochemical properties and relation to overall cell physiology, as well as the sequence of the gene encoding it and aspects of control of its expression were determined in the following years. In addition, during the early years following its discovery, strategies were developed to use its expression in heterologous microbial hosts to enhance processes of practical usefulness. The VHb discovery also served as the foundation for what has become the fascinatingly rich field of bacterial hemoglobins. VHb's position as the first known bacterial hemoglobin and its extensive use in biotechnological applications, which continue today, make a review of the early studies of its properties and uses an appropriate and interesting topic thirty-five years after its discovery.
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- Dale A. Webster
- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India;
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA;
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Improvement of pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent d-sorbitol dehydrogenase activity from Gluconobacter oxydans via expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin and regulation of dissolved oxygen tension for the biosynthesis of 6-(N-hydroxyethyl)-amino-6-deoxy-α-l-sorbofuranose. J Biosci Bioeng 2021; 131:518-524. [PMID: 33487552 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2020.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The miglitol intermediate, 6-(N-hydroxyethyl)-amino-6-deoxy-α-l-sorbofuranose (6NSL), is catalyzed from N-2-hydroxyethyl glucamine (NHEG) by resting cells of Gluconobacter oxydans. One of the key factors limiting 6NSL production was the availability of oxygen during both cell cultivation and biotransformation of NHEG to 6NSL. Based on G. oxydans/pBBR1-sldAB-pqqABCDE-tldD (G. oxydans/AB-PQQ), the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) was heterologously expressed in G. oxydans to enhance oxygen transfer efficiency and improve 6NSL production. The recombinant G. oxydans/AB-PQQ-VHb displayed higher biomass and NHEG oxidation activity than the control stain. The transcription levels of respiratory chain-related enzyme genes in G. oxydans/AB-PQQ-VHb exhibited up-regulation, indicating that the presence of VHb promoted the respiration. The dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration for cell cultivation was optimized in a 5-L stirred bioreactor. At a DO concentration of 20%, the maximum volumetric oxidation activity of NHEG of G. oxydans/AB-PQQ-VHb in the stirred bioreactor reached 168.3 ± 3.2 U/L. Furthermore, the biotransformation of NHEG to 6NSL using G. oxydans/AB-PQQ-VHb was carried out under different oxygen tensions to investigate the effect of oxygen on 6NSL production. Finally, up to 87.5 ± 5.9 g/L 6NSL was accumulated in the reaction mixture within 16 h when the DO was controlled at 30%.
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Sar T, Chen Y, Bai Y, Liu B, Agarwal P, Stark BC, Akbas MY. Combining co-culturing of Paenibacillus strains and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin expression as a strategy to improve biodesulfurization. Lett Appl Microbiol 2021; 72:484-494. [PMID: 33305461 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Enhancement of the desulfurization activities of Paenibacillus strains 32O-W and 32O-Y were investigated using dibenzothiophene (DBT) and DBT sulfone (DBTS) as sources of sulphur in growth experiments. Strains 32O-W, 32O-Y and their co-culture (32O-W plus 32O-Y), and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) expressing recombinant strain 32O-Yvgb and its co-culture with strain 32O-W were grown at varying concentrations (0·1-2 mmol l-1 ) of DBT or DBTS for 96 h, and desulfurization measured by production of 2-hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP) and disappearance of DBT or DBTS. Of the four cultures grown with DBT as sulphur source, the best growth occurred for the 32O-Yvgb plus 32O-W co-culture at 0·1 and 0·5 mmol l-1 DBT. Although the presence of vgb provided no consistent advantage regarding growth on DBTS, strain 32O-W, as predicted by previous work, was shown to contain a partial 4S desulfurization pathway allowing it to metabolize this 4S pathway intermediate.
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- T Sar
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, 41400, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.,Plant Pathology Laboratory, Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, IL
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.,Department of Psychiatry, Rush University, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, 41400, Turkey
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Zhao X, Zhou J, Du G, Chen J. Recent Advances in the Microbial Synthesis of Hemoglobin. Trends Biotechnol 2020; 39:286-297. [PMID: 32912649 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hemoglobin is a cofactor-containing protein with heme that plays important roles in transporting and storing oxygen. Hemoglobins have been widely applied as acellular oxygen carriers, bioavailable iron-supplying agents, and food-grade coloring and flavoring agents. To meet increasing demands and overcome the drawbacks of chemical extraction, the biosynthesis of hemoglobin has become an attractive alternative. Several hemoglobins have recently been synthesized by various microorganisms through metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. In this review, we summarize the novel strategies that have been used to biosynthesize hemoglobin. These strategies can also serve as references for producing other heme-binding proteins.
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- Xinrui Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; National Engineering Laboratory of Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; National Engineering Laboratory of Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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Oliveira GHDD, Schneider ALDS, Vo MT, Ramsay JA, Ramsay BA. Heterologous Expression of Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for the Production of mcl-PHA in Carbon-Limited Fermentations. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2020. [DOI: 10.1089/ind.2019.0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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- Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Flavohaemoglobins were first described in yeast as early as the 1970s but their functions were unclear. The surge in interest in nitric oxide biology and both serendipitous and hypothesis-driven discoveries in bacterial systems have transformed our understanding of this unusual two-domain globin into a comprehensive, yet undoubtedly incomplete, appreciation of its pre-eminent role in nitric oxide detoxification. Here, I focus on research on the flavohaemoglobins of microorganisms, especially of bacteria, and update several earlier and more comprehensive reviews, emphasising advances over the past 5 to 10 years and some controversies that have arisen. Inevitably, in light of space restrictions, details of nitric oxide metabolism and globins in higher organisms are brief.
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- Robert K. Poole
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Biosynthesis of adipic acid via microaerobic hydrogenation of cis,cis-muconic acid by oxygen-sensitive enoate reductase. J Biotechnol 2018; 280:49-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.06.304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Gao R, Deng H, Guan Z, Liao X, Cai Y. Enhanced hypocrellin production via coexpression of alpha-amylase and hemoglobin genes in Shiraia bambusicola. AMB Express 2018; 8:71. [PMID: 29721676 PMCID: PMC5931956 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-018-0597-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Shiraia bambusicola is an important and valuable macrofungus and hypocrellins are its main secondary metabolites which have been widely applied in many medical fields. However, during SSF process of this filamentous fungus, use ratio of corn substrate and dissolved oxygen supply are two main limiting factors, which influence production cost, yield and product quality. To solve these problems, overexpressions of amy365-1 and vgb in S. bambusicola were investigated and three overexpression transformants were constructed. Results demonstrated that expressions and coexpression of AMY365-1 and VHb not only increased the productions of biomass, amylase, hypocrellin, but also up-regulated relative expression levels of four central carbon metabolism genes (pdc, ald, acs, acc) and seven hypocrellin biosynthesis genes (fad, mono, zftf, omef, msf, pks, mco). Furthermore, expression of VHb decreased SSF period. When amy365-1 and vgb were coexpressed, relative expression levels of zftf and pks reached their highest levels at 72 h under liquid fermentation, hypocrellin production reached the highest level 75.85 mg/gds which was 2.99-fold compared with wild type strain within 11 days under SSF, and residual starch of solid substrates was decreased from 35.47 to 14.57%.
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Lin J, Zhang X, Song B, Xue W, Su X, Chen X, Dong Z. Improving cellulase production in submerged fermentation by the expression of a Vitreoscilla hemoglobin in Trichoderma reesei. AMB Express 2017; 7:203. [PMID: 29143239 PMCID: PMC5688050 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-017-0507-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Trichoderma reesei is well known as an industrial workhorse fungus in cellulase production. The low dissolved oxygen supply in the highly viscous medium of T. reesei remains a major bottleneck that hampers growth and cellulase production in submerged fermentation. Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) has been demonstrated to improve metabolism and protein production in different heterologous hosts under hypoxic conditions, but the use of VHb in T. reesei remains uninvestigated. This study examines the effect of VHb in improving T. reesei performance in submerged fermentation. The VHb gene (vgb)-expressing cassette was successfully transformed into the TU-6 strain, integrated into the genome of T. reesei, and functionally expressed with biological activity, which was confirmed by carbon monoxide difference analysis. Compared to the parent strain, the expression of VHb increased the glucose consumption rate of the transformant. Moreover, in cellulase-inducing medium total protein secretion of the VHb expressing strain was 2.2-fold of the parental strain and the filter paper cellulase activity was increased by 58% under oxygen-limiting conditions. In summary, our results demonstrate that VHb has beneficial effects on improving total protein secretion and cellulase activity of T. reesei in submerged fermentation.
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Sar T, Seker G, Erman AG, Stark BC, Yesilcimen Akbas M. Repeated batch fermentation of immobilized E. coli expressing Vitreoscilla hemoglobin for long-term use. Bioengineered 2017; 8:651-660. [PMID: 28394725 PMCID: PMC5639835 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2017.1303024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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This study describes an efficient and reusable process for ethanol production from medium containing whey powder, using alginate immobilized ethanologenic E. coli strains either expressing (TS3) or not expressing (FBR5) Vitreoscilla hemoglobin. Reuseabilities of the FBR5 and TS3 strains were investigated regarding their ethanol production capacities over the course of 15 successive 96-h batch fermentations. The ethanol production was fairly stable over the entire duration of the experiment, with strain TS3 maintaining a substantial advantage over strain FBR5. Storage of both strains in 2 different solutions for up to 60 d resulted in only a modest loss of ethanol production, with strain TS3 consistently outperforming strain FBR5 by a substantial amount. Strains stored for 15 or 30 d maintained their abilities to produce ethanol without dimunition over the course of 8 successive batch fermentations; again strain TS3 maintained a substantial advantage over strain FBR5 throughout the entire experiment. Thus, immobilization is a useful strategy to maintain the advantage in ethanol productivity afforded by expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin over long periods of time and large numbers of repeated batch fermentations, including, as in this case, using media with food processing wastes as the carbon source.
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- Taner Sar
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
- Institute of Biotechnology, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
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Sar T, Stark BC, Yesilcimen Akbas M. Effective ethanol production from whey powder through immobilized E. coli expressing Vitreoscilla hemoglobin. Bioengineered 2017; 8:171-181. [PMID: 27579556 PMCID: PMC5398575 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2016.1218581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Ethanol production from whey powder was investigated by using free as well as alginate immobilized E. coli and E. coli expressing Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) in both shake flask and fermenter cultures. Media with varying levels of whey (lactose contents of 3%, 5%, 8% or 15%) and yeast extract (0.3% or 0.5%) were evaluated with fermentation times of 48-96 h. Immobilization and VHb expression resulted in higher ethanol production with all media; the increases ranged from 2% to 89% for immobilization and from 2% to 182% for VHb expression. It was determined that growth medium containing 8% lactose with 0.5% yeast extract yielded the highest ethanol production for free or immobilized strains, with or without VHb expression, in both shake flask and fermenter cultures. Immobilization with alginate was found to be a promising process for ethanol production by VHb-expressing ethanologenic E. coli.
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- Taner Sar
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey
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BacHbpred: Support Vector Machine Methods for the Prediction of Bacterial Hemoglobin-Like Proteins. Adv Bioinformatics 2016; 2016:8150784. [PMID: 27034664 PMCID: PMC4789356 DOI: 10.1155/2016/8150784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The recent upsurge in microbial genome data has revealed that hemoglobin-like (HbL) proteins may be widely distributed among bacteria and that some organisms may carry more than one HbL encoding gene. However, the discovery of HbL proteins has been limited to a small number of bacteria only. This study describes the prediction of HbL proteins and their domain classification using a machine learning approach. Support vector machine (SVM) models were developed for predicting HbL proteins based upon amino acid composition (AC), dipeptide composition (DC), hybrid method (AC + DC), and position specific scoring matrix (PSSM). In addition, we introduce for the first time a new prediction method based on max to min amino acid residue (MM) profiles. The average accuracy, standard deviation (SD), false positive rate (FPR), confusion matrix, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) were analyzed. We also compared the performance of our proposed models in homology detection databases. The performance of the different approaches was estimated using fivefold cross-validation techniques. Prediction accuracy was further investigated through confusion matrix and ROC curve analysis. All experimental results indicate that the proposed BacHbpred can be a perspective predictor for determination of HbL related proteins. BacHbpred, a web tool, has been developed for HbL prediction.
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Kunkel SA, Pagilla KR, Stark BC. Engineering of Nitrosomonas europaea to express Vitreoscilla hemoglobin enhances oxygen uptake and conversion of ammonia to nitrite. AMB Express 2015; 5:135. [PMID: 26231847 PMCID: PMC4522006 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-015-0135-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Nitrosomonas europaea was transformed with a recombinant plasmid bearing the gene (vgb) encoding the hemoglobin (VHb) from the bacterium Vitreoscilla under control of the N. europaea amoC P1 promoter. Vgb was maintained stably and appeared to be expressed in the transformants at VHb levels of about 0.75 nmol/g wet weight. Expression of VHb in the N. europaea transformants was correlated with an approximately 2 fold increase in oxygen uptake rate by whole cells at oxygen concentrations in the range of 75-100% saturation, but no change in oxygen uptake rate at oxygen concentrations below 25% saturation. VHb expression was also correlated with an increase of as much as about 30% in conversion of ammonia to nitrite by growing cells. The results suggest that engineering of key aerobic wastewater bacteria to express bacterial hemoglobins may be a useful strategy to produce species with enhanced respiratory abilities.
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- Stephanie A Kunkel
- />Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616 USA
- />Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616 USA
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- />Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616 USA
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- />Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616 USA
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Mora-Lugo R, Madrigal M, Yelemane V, Fernandez-Lahore M. Improved biomass and protein production in solid-state cultures of an Aspergillus sojae strain harboring the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015. [PMID: 26224427 PMCID: PMC4628083 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6851-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The biotechnological value of Aspergillus sojae ATCC 20235 (A. sojae) for production of pectinases in solid-state fermentation (SSF) has been demonstrated recently. However, a common drawback of fungal solid-state cultures is the poor diffusion of oxygen into the fungi that limits its growth and biological productivity. The bacterial Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) has favored the metabolism and productivities of various bacterial and yeast strains besides alleviating hypoxic conditions of its native host, but the use of VHb in filamentous fungi still remains poor explored. Based on the known effects of VHb, this study assessed its applicability to improve A. sojae performance in SSF. The VHb gene (vgb) under control of the constitutive Aspergillus nidulants gpdA promoter was introduced into the genome of A. sojae by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Successful fungal transformants were identified by fluorescence microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analyses. In solid-state cultures, the content of protease, exo-polygalacturonase (exo-PG), and exo-polymethylgalacturonase (exo-PMG) of the transformed fungus (A. sojae vgb+) improved were 26, 60, and 44 % higher, respectively, in comparison to its parental strain (A. sojae wt). Similarly, biomass content was also 1.3 times higher in the transformant strain. No significant difference was observed in endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG) content between both fungal strains, suggesting dissimilar effects of VHb towards different enzymatic productions. Overall, our results show that biomass, protease, and exo-pectinase content of A. sojae in SSF can be improved by transformation with VHb.
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- Rodrigo Mora-Lugo
- Downstream Bioprocessing Lab, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany.
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- Downstream Bioprocessing Lab, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany. .,Instituto Clodomiro Picado and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
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- Downstream Bioprocessing Lab, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany.
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Sumer F, Stark BC, Yesilcimen Akbas M. Efficient ethanol production from potato and corn processing industry waste using E. coli engineered to express Vitreoscilla haemoglobin. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2015; 36:2319-2327. [PMID: 25766084 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2015.1026846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Engineering of ethanologenic E. coli to express the haemoglobin (VHb) from the bacterium Vitreoscilla has been shown to enhance ethanol production by fermentation of pure sugars, sugars from hydrolysis of lignocellulose, components of whey, and sugars from wastewater produced during potato processing. Here, these studies were extended to see whether the same effect could be seen when a mixture of waste materials from processing of potatoes and corn into potato and corn chips were used as sugar sources. Consistent increases in ethanol production coincident with VHb expression were seen in shake flasks at both low aeration and high aeration conditions. The ethanol increases were due almost entirely to increases in the amount of ethanol produced per unit of cell mass. The VHb strategy for increasing fermentation to ethanol (and perhaps other valuable fermentation products) may be of general use, particularly regarding conversion of otherwise discarded materials into valuable commodities.
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- Fatma Sumer
- a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics , Gebze Technical University , Gebze , Kocaeli 41400 , Turkey
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Recent applications of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin technology in bioproduct synthesis and bioremediation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:1627-36. [PMID: 25575886 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6350-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Since its first use in 1990 to enhance production of α-amylase in E. coli, engineering of heterologous hosts to express the hemoglobin from the bacterium Vitreoscilla (VHb) has become a widely used strategy to enhance production of a variety of bioproducts, stimulate bioremediation, and increase growth and survival of engineered organisms. The hosts have included a variety of bacteria, yeast, fungi, higher plants, and even animals. The beneficial effects of VHb expression are presumably the result of one or more of its activities. The available evidence indicates that these include oxygen binding and delivery to the respiratory chain and oxygenases, protection against reactive oxygen species, and control of gene expression. In the past 4 to 5 years, the use of this "VHb technology" has continued in a variety of biotechnological applications in a wide range of organisms. These include enhancement of production of an ever wider array of bioproducts, new applications in bioremediation, a possible role in enhancing aerobic waste water treatment, and the potential to enhance growth and survival of both plants and animals of economic importance.
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Arnaldos M, Pagilla KR. Implementation of a demand-side approach to reduce aeration requirements of activated sludge systems: directed acclimation of biomass and its effect at the process level. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 62:147-155. [PMID: 24952345 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Conventionally, increased oxygen requirements of biological wastewater treatment systems have been addressed through supply-side approaches that focus on upgrading the oxygen mass transfer capabilities of aeration devices. Such approaches entail high aeration energy penalties for relatively low performance improvements, as well as causing decreased oxygen mass transfer efficiencies. In this study, a nitrifying community acclimated to low dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions has been demonstrated to yield similar treatment performance as a conventional nitrifying process with 20% less aeration requirements and 20% improvement in mass transfer efficiency. Such a demand-side approach has been shown to be successful due to an improvement of the half saturation constant of the acclimated biomass that has, in turn, been linked to the expression of hemoglobin proteins. Directed acclimation of nitrifying communities could help address the operational requirement to carry out ammonia oxidation at consistently low DO conditions in the mainstream anammox and simultaneous nitrification-denitrification processes.
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- Marina Arnaldos
- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3201 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3201 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA.
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Artificial citrate operon and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene enhanced mineral phosphate solubilizing ability of Enterobacter hormaechei DHRSS. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:8327-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5912-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Akbas MY, Sar T, Ozcelik B. Improved ethanol production from cheese whey, whey powder, and sugar beet molasses by "Vitreoscilla hemoglobin expressing" Escherichia coli. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 78:687-94. [PMID: 25036968 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.896734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This work investigated the improvement of ethanol production by engineered ethanologenic Escherichia coli to express the hemoglobin from the bacterium Vitreoscilla (VHb). Ethanologenic E. coli strain FBR5 and FBR5 transformed with the VHb gene in two constructs (strains TS3 and TS4) were grown in cheese whey (CW) medium at small and large scales, at both high and low aeration, or with whey powder (WP) or sugar beet molasses hydrolysate (SBMH) media at large scale and low aeration. Culture pH, cell growth, VHb levels, and ethanol production were evaluated after 48 h. VHb expression in TS3 and TS4 enhanced their ethanol production in CW (21-419%), in WP (17-362%), or in SBMH (48-118%) media. This work extends the findings that "VHb technology" may be useful for improving the production of ethanol from waste and byproducts of various sources.
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- Meltem Yesilcimen Akbas
- a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics , Gebze Institute of Technology , Gebze , Turkey
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Yadav K, Kumar C, Archana G, Naresh Kumar G. Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 13525 containing an artificial oxalate operon and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin secretes oxalic acid and solubilizes rock phosphate in acidic alfisols. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92400. [PMID: 24705024 PMCID: PMC3976251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Oxalate secretion was achieved in Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 13525 by incorporation of genes encoding Aspergillus niger oxaloacetate acetyl hydrolase (oah), Fomitopsis plaustris oxalate transporter (FpOAR) and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (vgb) in various combinations. Pf (pKCN2) transformant containing oah alone accumulated 19 mM oxalic acid intracellularly but secreted 1.2 mM. However, in the presence of an artificial oxalate operon containing oah and FpOAR genes in plasmid pKCN4, Pf (pKCN4) secreted 13.6 mM oxalate in the medium while 3.6 mM remained inside. This transformant solubilized 509 μM of phosphorus from rock phosphate in alfisol which is 4.5 fold higher than the Pf (pKCN2) transformant. Genomic integrants of P. fluorescens (Pf int1 and Pf int2) containing artificial oxalate operon (plac-FpOAR-oah) and artificial oxalate gene cluster (plac-FpOAR-oah, vgb, egfp) secreted 4.8 mM and 5.4 mM oxalic acid, released 329 μM and 351 μM P, respectively, in alfisol. The integrants showed enhanced root colonization, improved growth and increased P content of Vigna radiata plants. This study demonstrates oxalic acid secretion in P. fluorescens by incorporation of an artificial operon constituted of genes for oxalate synthesis and transport, which imparts mineral phosphate solubilizing ability to the organism leading to enhanced growth and P content of V. radiata in alfisol soil.
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- Kavita Yadav
- Molecular Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
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- Molecular Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
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- Molecular Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
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Expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin in Bacillus thuringiensis BMB171 can promote manganese(II) oxidation under oxygen-restricted conditions. ANN MICROBIOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0825-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Vinogradov SN, Tinajero-Trejo M, Poole RK, Hoogewijs D. Bacterial and archaeal globins — A revised perspective. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:1789-800. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Arnaldos M, Kunkel SA, Stark BC, Pagilla KR. Enhanced heme protein expression by ammonia-oxidizing communities acclimated to low dissolved oxygen conditions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:10211-21. [PMID: 23435900 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4755-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Revised: 01/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study has investigated the acclimation of ammonia-oxidizing communities (AOC) to low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations. Under controlled laboratory conditions, two sequencing batch reactors seeded with activated sludge from the same source were operated at high DO (near saturation) and low DO (0.1 mg O₂/L) concentrations for a period of 220 days. The results demonstrated stable and complete nitrification at low DO conditions after an acclimation period of approximately 140 days. Acclimation brought about increased specific oxygen uptake rates and enhanced expression of a particular heme protein in the soluble fraction of the cells in the low DO reactor as compared to the high DO reactor. The induced protein was determined not to be any of the enzymes or electron carriers present in the conventional account of ammonia oxidation in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). Further research is required to determine the specific nature of the heme protein detected; a preliminary assessment suggests either a type of hemoglobin protein or a lesser-known component of the energy-transducing pathways of AOB. The effect of DO on AOC dynamics was evaluated using the 16S rRNA gene as the basis for phylogenetic comparisons and organism quantification. Ammonium consumption by ammonia-oxidizing archaea and anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria was ruled out by fluorescent in situ hybridization in both reactors. Even though Nitrosomonas europaea was the dominant AOB lineage in both high and low DO sequencing batch reactors at the end of operation, this enrichment could not be linked in the low DO reactor to acclimation to oxygen-limited conditions.
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- Marina Arnaldos
- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3201 S Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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Gardner PR. Hemoglobin: a nitric-oxide dioxygenase. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:683729. [PMID: 24278729 PMCID: PMC3820574 DOI: 10.6064/2012/683729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Members of the hemoglobin superfamily efficiently catalyze nitric-oxide dioxygenation, and when paired with native electron donors, function as NO dioxygenases (NODs). Indeed, the NOD function has emerged as a more common and ancient function than the well-known role in O2 transport-storage. Novel hemoglobins possessing a NOD function continue to be discovered in diverse life forms. Unique hemoglobin structures evolved, in part, for catalysis with different electron donors. The mechanism of NOD catalysis by representative single domain hemoglobins and multidomain flavohemoglobin occurs through a multistep mechanism involving O2 migration to the heme pocket, O2 binding-reduction, NO migration, radical-radical coupling, O-atom rearrangement, nitrate release, and heme iron re-reduction. Unraveling the physiological functions of multiple NODs with varying expression in organisms and the complexity of NO as both a poison and signaling molecule remain grand challenges for the NO field. NOD knockout organisms and cells expressing recombinant NODs are helping to advance our understanding of NO actions in microbial infection, plant senescence, cancer, mitochondrial function, iron metabolism, and tissue O2 homeostasis. NOD inhibitors are being pursued for therapeutic applications as antibiotics and antitumor agents. Transgenic NOD-expressing plants, fish, algae, and microbes are being developed for agriculture, aquaculture, and industry.
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- Paul R. Gardner
- Miami Valley Biotech, 1001 E. 2nd Street, Suite 2445, Dayton, OH 45402, USA
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Stark BC, Dikshit KL, Pagilla KR. The Biochemistry of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2012; 3:e201210002. [PMID: 24688662 PMCID: PMC3962134 DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201210002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The hemoglobin (VHb) from Vitreoscilla was the first bacterial hemoglobin discovered. Its structure and function have been extensively investigated, and engineering of a wide variety of heterologous organisms to express VHb has been performed to increase their growth and productivity. This strategy has shown promise in applications as far-ranging as the production of antibiotics and petrochemical replacements by microorganisms to increasing stress tolerance in plants. These applications of “VHb technology” have generally been of the “black box” variety, wherein the endpoint studied is an increase in the levels of a certain product or improved growth and survival. Their eventual optimization, however, will require a thorough understanding of the various functions and activities of VHb, and how VHb expression ripples to affect metabolism more generally. Here we review the current knowledge of these topics. VHb's functions all involve oxygen binding (and often delivery) in one way or another. Several biochemical and structure-function studies have provided an insight into the molecular details of this binding and delivery. VHb activities are varied. They include supply of oxygen to oxygenases and the respiratory chain, particularly under low oxygen conditions; oxygen sensing and modulation of transcription factor activity; and detoxification of NO, and seem to require interactions of VHb with “partner proteins”. VHb expression affects the levels of ATP and NADH, although not enormously. VHb expression may affect the level of many compounds of intermediary metabolism, and, apparently, alters the levels of expression of many genes. Thus, the metabolic changes in organisms engineered to express VHb are likely to be numerous and complicated.
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- Benjamin C Stark
- Biology Division, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL 60616, USA
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Sec-39a, Chandigarh, 160036, India
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- Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL 60616, USA
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Abanoz K, Stark B, Akbas M. Enhancement of ethanol production from potato-processing wastewater by engineering Escherichia coli
using Vitreoscilla
haemoglobin. Lett Appl Microbiol 2012; 55:436-43. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K. Abanoz
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; Gebze Institute of Technology; Gebze-Kocaeli Turkey
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- Biology Division, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago IL USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; Gebze Institute of Technology; Gebze-Kocaeli Turkey
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