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Thiele I, Santolin L, Meyer K, Machatschek R, Bölz U, Tarazona NA, Riedel SL. Microbially synthesized poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) with low to moderate hydroxyhexanoate content: Properties and applications. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 263:130188. [PMID: 38373562 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Plastic pollution is the biggest environmental concern of our time. Breakdown products like micro- and nano-plastics inevitably enter the food chain and pose unprecedented health risks. In this scenario, bio-based and biodegradable plastic alternatives have been given a momentum aiming to bridge a transition towards a more sustainable future. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are one of the few thermoplastic polymers synthesized 100 % via biotechnological routes which fully biodegrade in common natural environments. Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)] is a PHA copolymer with great potential for the commodity polymers industry, as its mechanical properties can be tailored through fine-tuning of its molar HHx content. We have recently developed a strategy that enables for reliable tailoring of the monomer content of P(HB-co-HHx). Nevertheless, there is often a lack of comprehensive investigation of the material properties of PHAs to evaluate whether they actually mimic the functionalities of conventional plastics. We present a detailed study of P(HB-co-HHx) copolymers with low to moderate hydroxyhexanoate content to understand how the HHx monomer content influences the thermal and mechanical properties and to link those to their abiotic degradation. By increasing the HHx fractions in the range of 2 - 14 mol%, we impart an extension of the processing window and application range as the melting temperature (Tm) and glass temperature (Tg) of the copolymers decrease from Tm 165 °C to 126 °C, Tg 4 °C to -5.9 °C, accompanied by reduced crystallinity from 54 % to 20 %. Elongation at break was increased from 5.7 % up to 703 % at 14 mol% HHx content, confirming that the range examined was sufficiently large to obtain ductile and brittle copolymers, while tensile strength was maintained throughout the studied range. Finally, accelerated abiotic degradation was shown to be slowed down with an increasing HHx fraction decreasing from 70 % to 55 % in 12 h.
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- Isabel Thiele
- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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- HPX Polymers GmbH, Tutzing, Germany
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- Institute of Active Polymers, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Teltow, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany; Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Department VIII - Mechanical Engineering, Event Technology and Process Engineering, Environmental and Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Berlin, Germany.
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Di Stadio G, Orita I, Nakamura R, Fukui T. Gas fermentation combined with water electrolysis for production of polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer from carbon dioxide by engineered Ralstonia eutropha. Bioresour Technol 2024; 394:130266. [PMID: 38159815 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.130266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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A recycled-gas closed-circuit culture system was developed for safe autotrophic cultivation of a hydrogen-oxidizing, polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-producing Ralstonia eutropha, using a non-combustible gas mixture with low-concentration of H2 supplied by water electrolysis. Automated feedback regulation of gas flow enabled input of H2, CO2, and O2 well balanced with the cellular demands, leading to constant gas composition throughout the cultivation. The engineered strain of R. eutropha produced 1.71 g/L of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-12.5 mol% 3-hydroxyhexanoate) on a gas mixture of H2/CO2/O2/N2 = 4:12:7:77 vol% with a 69.2 wt% cellular content. Overexpression of can encoding cytosolic carbonic anhydrase increased the 3HHx fraction up to 19.6 mol%. The yields of biomass and PHA on input H2 were determined to be 72.9 % and 63.1 %, corresponding to 51.0 % and 44.2 % yield on electricity, respectively. The equivalent solar-to-biomass/PHA efficiencies were estimated to be 2.1-3.8 %, highlighting the high energy conversion capability of R. eutropha.
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- Gabriele Di Stadio
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan; Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
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Ishihara S, Orita I, Matsumoto K, Fukui T. (R/S)-lactate/2-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenases in and biosynthesis of block copolyesters by Ralstonia eutropha. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:7557-7569. [PMID: 37773219 PMCID: PMC10656315 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12797-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising bio-based biodegradable polyesters. It was recently reported that novel PHA block copolymers composed of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and (R)-2-hydroxybutyrate (2HB) were synthesized by Escherichia coli expressing PhaCAR, a chimeric enzyme of PHA synthases derived from Aeromonas caviae and Ralstonia eutropha. In this study, the sequence-regulating PhaCAR was applied in the natural PHA-producing bacterium, R. eutropha. During the investigation, (R/S)-2HB was found to exhibit strong growth inhibitory effects on the cells of R. eutropha. This was probably due to formation of excess 2-ketobutyrate (2KB) from (R/S)-2HB and the consequent L-valine depletion caused by dominant L-isoleucine synthesis attributed to the excess 2KB. Deletion analyses for genes of lactate dehydrogenase homologs identified cytochrome-dependent D-lactate dehydrogenase (Dld) and [Fe-S] protein-dependent L-lactate dehydrogenase as the enzymes responsible for sensitivity to (R)-2HB and (S)-2HB, respectively. The engineered R. eutropha strain (phaCAR+, ldhACd-hadACd+ encoding clostridial (R)-2-hydroxyisocaproate dehydrogenase and (R)-2-hydoroxyisocaproate CoA transferase, ∆dld) synthesized PHA containing 10 mol% of 2HB when cultivated on glucose with addition of sodium (RS)-2HB, and the 2HB composition in PHA increased up to 35 mol% by overexpression phaCAR. The solvent fractionation and NMR analyses showed that the resulting PHAs were most likely to be block polymers consisting of P(3HB-co-3HV) and P(2HB) segments, suggesting that PhaCAR functions as the sequence-regulating PHA synthase independently from genetic and metabolic backgrounds of the host cell. KEY POINTS: (R/S)-2-hydroxubutyrates (2HB) caused l-valine deletion in Ralstonia eutropha (R)- and (S)-lactate/2HB dehydrogenases functional in R. eutropha were identified The engineered R. eutropha synthesized block copolymers of 2HB-containing polyhydroxyalkanoates on glucose and 2HB.
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- Shizuru Ishihara
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-37 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-37 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Division of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-37 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
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Santolin L, Thiele I, Neubauer P, Riedel SL. Tailoring the HHx monomer content of P(HB- co-HHx) by flexible substrate compositions: scale-up from deep-well-plates to laboratory bioreactor cultivations. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1081072. [PMID: 37214303 PMCID: PMC10193151 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1081072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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The enhanced material properties exhibited by the microbially synthetized polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)] evidence that this naturally biodegrading biopolymer could replace various functionalities of established petrochemical plastics. In fact, the thermal processability, toughness and degradation rate of P(HB-co-HHx) can be tuned by modulating its HHx molar content enabling to manufacture polymers à-la-carte. We have developed a simple batch strategy to precisely control the HHx content of P(HB-co-HHx) to obtain tailor-made PHAs with defined properties. By adjusting the ratio of fructose to canola oil as substrates for the cultivation of recombinant Ralstonia eutropha Re2058/pCB113, the molar fraction of HHx in P(HB-co-HHx) could be adjusted within a range of 2-17 mol% without compromising polymer yields. The chosen strategy proved to be robust from the mL-scale in deep-well-plates to 1-L batch bioreactor cultivations.
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- Lara Santolin
- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
- Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Department VIII – Mechanical Engineering, Event Technology and Process Engineering, Laboratory of Environmental and Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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Amer A, Kim Y. Minimizing the Lag Phase of Cupriavidus necator Growth under Autotrophic, Heterotrophic, and Mixotrophic Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0200722. [PMID: 36719244 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02007-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Cupriavidus necator has the unique metabolic capability to grow under heterotrophic, autotrophic, and mixotrophic conditions. In the current work, we examined the effect of growth conditions on the metabolic responses of C. necator. In our lab-scale experiments, autotrophic growth was rapid, with a short lag phase as the exponential growth stage was initiated in 6 to 12 h. The lag phase extended significantly (>22 h) at elevated O2 and CO2 partial pressures, while the duration of the lag phase was independent of the H2 or N2 partial pressure. Under heterotrophic conditions with acetate as the organic substrate, the lag phase length was short (<12 h), but it increased with increasing acetate concentrations. When glucose and glycerol were provided as the organic substrate, the lag phase was consistently long (>12 h) regardless of the examined substrate concentrations (up to 10.0 g/L). In the transition experiments, C. necator cells showed rapid transitions from autotrophic to heterotrophic growth in less than 12 h and vice versa. Our experimental results indicate that C. necator can rapidly grow with both autotrophic and heterotrophic substrates, while the lag time substantially increases with nonacetate organic substrates (e.g., glucose or glycerol), high acetate concentrations, and high O2 and CO2 partial pressures. IMPORTANCE The current work investigated the inhibition of organic and gaseous substrates on the microbial adaption of Cupriavidus necator under several metabolic conditions commonly employed for commercial polyhydroxyalkanoate production. We also proposed a two-stage cultivation system to minimize the lag time required to change over between the heterotrophic, autotrophic, and mixotrophic pathways.
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Strittmatter CS, Poehlein A, Himmelbach A, Daniel R, Steinbüchel A. Medium-Chain-Length Fatty Acid Catabolism in Cupriavidus necator H16: Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Differences from Long-Chain-Length Fatty Acid β-Oxidation and Involvement of Several Homologous Genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0142822. [PMID: 36541797 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01428-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The number of genes encoding β-oxidation enzymes in Cupriavidus necator H16 (synonym, Ralstonia eutropha H16) is high, but only the operons A0459-A0464 and A1526-A1531, each encoding four genes for β-oxidation enzymes, were expressed during growth with long-chain-length fatty acids (LCFAs). However, we observed that C. necator ΔA0459-A0464 ΔA1526-A1531 and C. necator H16 showed the same growth behavior during growth with decanoic acid and shorter FAs. The negative effect of the deletion of these two operons increased with an increasing chain length of the utilized FAs. Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) revealed the expression profiles of genes involved in the catabolism of medium-chain-length fatty acids (MCFAs) in C. necator H16. Operon A0459-A0464 was expressed only during growth with nonanoic acid, whereas operon A1526-A1531 was highly expressed during growth with octanoic and nonanoic acid. The gene clusters B1187-B1192 and B0751-B0759 showed a log2 fold change in expression of up to 4.29 and 4.02, respectively, during growth with octanoic acid and up to 8.82 and 5.50, respectively, with nonanoic acid compared to sodium gluconate-grown cells. Several acyl-CoA ligases catalyze the activation of MCFAs with coenzyme A (CoA), but fadD3 (A3288), involved in activation of LCFAs, was not detected. The expression profiles of C. necator strain ΔA0459-A0464 ΔA1526-A1531 showed that the growth with nonanoic acid resulted in the expression of further β-oxidation enzyme-encoding genes. Additional insights into the transport of FAs in C. necator H16 revealed the complexity and putative involvement of the DegV-like protein encoded by A0463 in the transport of odd-chain-length FAs and of siderophore biosynthesis in the transport mechanism. IMPORTANCE Although Cupriavidus necator H16 has been used in several studies to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates from various lipids, the fatty acid metabolism is poorly understood. The β-oxidation of long-chain-length FAs has been investigated, but the tremendous number of homologous genes encoding β-oxidation enzymes hides the potential for variances in the expressed genes for catabolism of shorter FAs. The catabolism of medium-chain-length FAs and connected pathways has not been investigated yet. As more sustainable substrates such as lipids and the production of fatty acids and fatty acid derivates become more critical with the dependency on fossil-based substances, understanding the complex metabolism in this highly diverse workhorse for biotechnology, C. necator, is inevitable. For further metabolic engineering and construction of production strains, we investigated the metabolism during growth on medium-chain-length FAs by RNA-Seq.
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Wickham-Smith C, Malys N, Winzer K. Improving carbon monoxide tolerance of Cupriavidus necator H16 through adaptive laboratory evolution. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1178536. [PMID: 37168609 PMCID: PMC10164946 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1178536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Background: The toxic gas carbon monoxide (CO) is abundantly present in synthesis gas (syngas) and certain industrial waste gases that can serve as feedstocks for the biological production of industrially significant chemicals and fuels. For efficient bacterial growth to occur, and to increase productivity and titres, a high resistance to the gas is required. The aerobic bacterium Cupriavidus necator H16 can grow on CO2 + H2, although it cannot utilise CO as a source of carbon and energy. This study aimed to increase its CO resistance through adaptive laboratory evolution. Results: To increase the tolerance of C. necator to CO, the organism was continually subcultured in the presence of CO both heterotrophically and autotrophically. Ten individual cultures were evolved heterotrophically with fructose in this manner and eventually displayed a clear growth advantage over the wild type strain. Next-generation sequencing revealed several mutations, including a single point mutation upstream of a cytochrome bd ubiquinol oxidase operon (cydA2B2), which was present in all evolved isolates. When a subset of these mutations was engineered into the parental H16 strain, only the cydA2B2 upstream mutation enabled faster growth in the presence of CO. Expression analysis, mutation, overexpression and complementation suggested that cydA2B2 transcription is upregulated in the evolved isolates, resulting in increased CO tolerance under heterotrophic but not autotrophic conditions. However, through subculturing on a syngas-like mixture with increasing CO concentrations, C. necator could also be evolved to tolerate high CO concentrations under autotrophic conditions. A mutation in the gene for the soluble [NiFe]-hydrogenase subunit hoxH was identified in the evolved isolates. When the resulting amino acid change was engineered into the parental strain, autotrophic CO resistance was conferred. A strain constitutively expressing cydA2B2 and the mutated hoxH gene exhibited high CO tolerance under both heterotrophic and autotrophic conditions. Conclusion: C. necator was evolved to tolerate high concentrations of CO, a phenomenon which was dependent on the terminal respiratory cytochrome bd ubiquinol oxidase when grown heterotrophically and the soluble [NiFe]-hydrogenase when grown autotrophically. A strain exhibiting high tolerance under both conditions was created and presents a promising chassis for syngas-based bioproduction processes.
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Davison PA, Tu W, Xu J, Della Valle S, Thompson IP, Hunter CN, Huang WE. Engineering a Rhodopsin-Based Photo-Electrosynthetic System in Bacteria for CO 2 Fixation. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:3805-3816. [PMID: 36264158 PMCID: PMC9680020 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
A key goal of synthetic biology is to engineer organisms that can use solar energy to convert CO2 to biomass, chemicals, and fuels. We engineered a light-dependent electron transfer chain by integrating rhodopsin and an electron donor to form a closed redox loop, which drives rhodopsin-dependent CO2 fixation. A light-driven proton pump comprising Gloeobacter rhodopsin (GR) and its cofactor retinal have been assembled in Ralstonia eutropha (Cupriavidus necator) H16. In the presence of light, this strain fixed inorganic carbon (or bicarbonate) leading to 20% growth enhancement, when formate was used as an electron donor. We found that an electrode from a solar panel can replace organic compounds to serve as the electron donor, mediated by the electron shuttle molecule riboflavin. In this new autotrophic and photo-electrosynthetic system, GR is augmented by an external photocell for reductive CO2 fixation. We demonstrated that this hybrid photo-electrosynthetic pathway can drive the engineered R. eutropha strain to grow using CO2 as the sole carbon source. In this system, a bioreactor with only two inputs, light and CO2, enables the R. eutropha strain to perform a rhodopsin-dependent autotrophic growth. Light energy alone, supplied by a solar panel, can drive the conversion of CO2 into biomass with a maximum electron transfer efficiency of 20%.
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- Paul A. Davison
- Plants,
Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, SheffieldS10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Plants,
Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, SheffieldS10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3PJ, United Kingdom,. Tel: +44 1865 283786
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Manikandan NA, Pakshirajan K, Pugazhenthi G. A novel rotating wide gap annular bioreactor (Taylor-Couette type flow) for polyhydroxybutyrate production by Ralstonia eutropha using carob pod extract. J Environ Manage 2021; 299:113591. [PMID: 34455350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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An annular bioreactor (ABR) with wide gap was used for PHB production from Ralstonia eutropha. Hydrodynamic studies demonstrated the uniform distribution of fluid in the ABR due to the Taylor-Couette flow. Thereafter, the ABR was operated at different agitation and sparging rates to study its effect on R. eutropha growth and PHB production. The ABR operated at 500 rpm with air sparge rate of 0.8 vvm yielded a maximum PHB concentration of 14.89 g/L, which was nearly 1.4 times that obtained using a conventional stirred-tank bioreactor (STBR). Furthermore, performances of the bioreactors were compared by operating the reactors under fed-batch mode. At the end of 90 h of operation, the ABR resulted in a very high PHB production of 70.8 g/L. But STBR resulted in a low PHB concentration of 44.2 g/L. The superior performance was due to enhanced oxygen and nutrient mass transfer in the ABR.
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- N Arul Manikandan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India.
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Jahn M, Crang N, Janasch M, Hober A, Forsström B, Kimler K, Mattausch A, Chen Q, Asplund-Samuelsson J, Hudson EP. Protein allocation and utilization in the versatile chemolithoautotroph Cupriavidus necator. eLife 2021; 10:69019. [PMID: 34723797 PMCID: PMC8591527 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacteria must balance the different needs for substrate assimilation, growth
functions, and resilience in order to thrive in their environment. Of all
cellular macromolecules, the bacterial proteome is by far the most important
resource and its size is limited. Here, we investigated how the highly versatile
'knallgas' bacterium Cupriavidus necator reallocates protein
resources when grown on different limiting substrates and with different growth
rates. We determined protein quantity by mass spectrometry and estimated enzyme
utilization by resource balance analysis modeling. We found that C.
necator invests a large fraction of its proteome in functions that
are hardly utilized. Of the enzymes that are utilized, many are present in
excess abundance. One prominent example is the strong expression of CBB cycle
genes such as Rubisco during growth on fructose. Modeling and mutant competition
experiments suggest that CO2-reassimilation through Rubisco does not
provide a fitness benefit for heterotrophic growth, but is rather an investment
in readiness for autotrophy.
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- Michael Jahn
- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jeong DW, Hyeon JE, Lee ME, Ko YJ, Kim M, Han SO. Efficient utilization of brown algae for the production of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by using an enzyme complex immobilized on Ralstonia eutropha. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 189:819-825. [PMID: 34453982 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Marine macroalgae are potential renewable feedstocks for valuable biomaterials. Among them, alginate is a primary component in brown algae that can be nonenzymatically converted and enzymatically degraded by alginate lyases to 4-deoxy-l-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid (DEH). Here, we constructed alginolytic enzyme complexes comprising two different alginate lyases for synergistic alginate degradation. The complexes showed good thermostability with 60% of the residual activity at high temperature (60 °C). Furthermore, they produced 0.85 and 0.18 mg/mL DEH from alginate and natural brown algae as substrates, respectively. The enzyme complex successfully decomposed brown algal biomass, resulting in a 3.15-fold improvement in DEH when compared to free enzymes. The Ralstonia eutropha strain with alginolytic enzyme complexes on the cell surface showed higher Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production and produced 2.58 g/L PHB from alginate. After the use of alginate, remaining biomass such as fucoidan and laminaran can also be used in the future for high value ingredients in nutritional, medical device, skincare and dermatological products. These results demonstrate that it is possible to create more efficient strategies for producing biodegradable PHB and functional polysaccharides from brown algal substrates.
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- Da Woon Jeong
- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Knowledge-Based Services Engineering, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul 01133, Republic of Korea; Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Health & Wellness, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul 01133, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Fan Q, Neubauer P, Gimpel M. Production of soluble regulatory hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha in Escherichia coli using a fed-batch-based autoinduction system. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:201. [PMID: 34663324 PMCID: PMC8522226 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01690-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Autoinduction systems can regulate protein production in Escherichia coli without the need to monitor cell growth or add inducer at the proper time following culture growth. Compared to classical IPTG induction, autoinduction provides a simple and fast way to obtain high protein yields. In the present study, we report on the optimization process for the enhanced heterologous production of the Ralstonia eutropha regulatory hydrogenase (RH) in E. coli using autoinduction. These autoinduction methods were combined with the EnPresso B fed-batch like growth system, which applies slow in situ enzymatic glucose release from a polymer to control cell growth and protein synthesis rate. Results We were able to produce 125 mg L−1 RH corresponding to a productivity averaged over the whole process time of 3 mg (L h)−1 in shake flasks using classic single-shot IPTG induction. IPTG autoinduction resulted in a comparable volumetric RH yield of 112 mg L−1 and due to the shorter overall process time in a 1.6-fold higher productivity of 5 mg (L h)−1. In contrast, lactose autoinduction increased the volumetric yield more than 2.5-fold and the space time yield fourfold reaching 280 mg L−1 and 11.5 mg (L h)−1, respectively. Furthermore, repeated addition of booster increased RH production to 370 mg L−1, which to our knowledge is the highest RH concentration produced in E. coli to date. Conclusions The findings of this study confirm the general feasibility of the developed fed-batch based autoinduction system and provide an alternative to conventional induction systems for efficient recombinant protein production. We believe that the fed-batch based autoinduction system developed herein will favor the heterologous production of larger quantities of difficult-to-express complex enzymes to enable economical production of these kinds of proteins. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-021-01690-4.
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- Qin Fan
- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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Subagyo DCH, Shimizu R, Orita I, Fukui T. Isopropanol production with reutilization of glucose-derived CO 2 by engineered Ralstonia eutropha. J Biosci Bioeng 2021; 132:479-486. [PMID: 34507913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2021.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chemolithoautotrophic bacterium Ralstonia eutropha is a versatile host for production of various useful compounds including polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) under both heterotrophic and autotrophic conditions. In this bacterium, Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle is functional even under heterotrophic conditions on sugars and reutilizes CO2 emitted through sugar metabolisms into PHA, leading to increase in yield of the storage polyester. This study focused on isopropanol production from glucose by engineered strains of R. eutropha. The isopropanol-producing strains were constructed by introduction of codon-optimized genes of acetoacetate decarboxylase (adc) and primary-secondary alcohol dehydrogenase (adh) from clostridia into glucose-utilizing and PHA-negative (ΔphaC1) strain of R. eutropha. Several genetic modifications showed that high expression of the isopropanol synthesis genes by using a strong synthetic promoter and deletion of NAD+-dependent (S)-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase genes (paaH1 and had) in addition to NADPH-dependent acetoacetyl-CoA reductase genes (phaB1 and phaB3) were effective for improving isopropanol production with low by-production of acetone. Isopropanol titer of 4.13 g/L was achieved by two-stage cultivation of the strain IP-007/pBj5c2-adh-adc, corresponding to overall yield of 0.6 mol mol-glucose-1. The fixation of sugar-derived CO2 during isopropanol synthesis was evaluated by 13C-labelling of the isopropanol produced from [1-13C]-glucose. The 13C-abundance in isopropanol synthesized by the engineered strain was significantly increased up to 4.8%, demonstrating actual reassimilation of CO2 emitted from glucose moiety by decarboxylation and potential contribution towards increase in the carbon yield of isopropanol on glucose.
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- Dyah Candra Hapsari Subagyo
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
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Fan Q, Caserta G, Lorent C, Lenz O, Neubauer P, Gimpel M. Optimization of Culture Conditions for Oxygen-Tolerant Regulatory [NiFe]-Hydrogenase Production from Ralstonia eutropha H16 in Escherichia coli. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1195. [PMID: 34073092 PMCID: PMC8229454 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hydrogenases are abundant metalloenzymes that catalyze the reversible conversion of molecular H2 into protons and electrons. Important achievements have been made over the past two decades in the understanding of these highly complex enzymes. However, most hydrogenases have low production yields requiring many efforts and high costs for cultivation limiting their investigation. Heterologous production of these hydrogenases in a robust and genetically tractable expression host is an attractive strategy to make these enzymes more accessible. In the present study, we chose the oxygen-tolerant H2-sensing regulatory [NiFe]-hydrogenase (RH) from Ralstonia eutropha H16 owing to its relatively simple architecture compared to other [NiFe]-hydrogenases as a model to develop a heterologous hydrogenase production system in Escherichia coli. Using screening experiments in 24 deep-well plates with 3 mL working volume, we investigated relevant cultivation parameters, including inducer concentration, expression temperature, and expression time. The RH yield could be increased from 14 mg/L up to >250 mg/L by switching from a batch to an EnPresso B-based fed-batch like cultivation in shake flasks. This yield exceeds the amount of RH purified from the homologous host R. eutropha by several 100-fold. Additionally, we report the successful overproduction of the RH single subunits HoxB and HoxC, suitable for biochemical and spectroscopic investigations. Even though both RH and HoxC proteins were isolated in an inactive, cofactor free apo-form, the proposed strategy may powerfully accelerate bioprocess development and structural studies for both basic research and applied studies. These results are discussed in the context of the regulation mechanisms governing the assembly of large and small hydrogenase subunits.
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- Qin Fan
- Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Ackerstraße 76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany; (Q.F.); (P.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (G.C.); (C.L.); (O.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (G.C.); (C.L.); (O.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (G.C.); (C.L.); (O.L.)
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Ackerstraße 76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany; (Q.F.); (P.N.)
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Ackerstraße 76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany; (Q.F.); (P.N.)
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Rosigkeit H, Kneißle L, Obruča S, Jendrossek D. The Multiple Roles of Polyphosphate in Ralstonia eutropha and Other Bacteria. Microb Physiol 2021; 31:163-177. [PMID: 34015783 DOI: 10.1159/000515741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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An astonishing variety of functions has been attributed to polyphosphate (polyP) in prokaryotes. Besides being a reservoir of phosphorus, functions in exopolysaccharide formation, motility, virulence and in surviving various forms of stresses such as exposure to heat, extreme pH, oxidative agents, high osmolarity, heavy metals and others have been ascribed to polyP. In this contribution, we will provide a historical overview on polyP, will then describe the key proteins of polyP synthesis, the polyP kinases, before we will critically assess of the underlying data on the multiple functions of polyP and provide evidence that - with the exception of a P-storage-function - most other functions of polyP are not relevant for survival of Ralstonia eutropha, a biotechnologically important beta-proteobacterial species.
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- Hanna Rosigkeit
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Lee HS, Lee SM, Park SL, Choi TR, Song HS, Kim HJ, Bhatia SK, Gurav R, Kim YG, Kim JH, Choi KY, Yang YH. Tung Oil-Based Production of High 3-Hydroxyhexanoate-Containing Terpolymer Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate-co-3-Hydroxyhexanoate) Using Engineered Ralstonia eutropha. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:1084. [PMID: 33805577 DOI: 10.3390/polym13071084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are attractive new bioplastics for the replacement of plastics derived from fossil fuels. With their biodegradable properties, they have also recently been applied to the medical field. As poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) produced by wild-type Ralstonia eutropha has limitations with regard to its physical properties, it is advantageous to synthesize co- or terpolymers with medium-chain-length monomers. In this study, tung oil, which has antioxidant activity due to its 80% α-eleostearic acid content, was used as a carbon source and terpolymer P(53 mol% 3-hydroxybytyrate-co-2 mol% 3-hydroxyvalerate-co-45 mol% 3-hydroxyhexanoate) with a high proportion of 3-hydroxyhexanoate was produced in R. eutropha Re2133/pCB81. To avail the benefits of α-eleostearic acid in the tung oil-based medium, we performed partial harvesting of PHA by using a mild water wash to recover PHA and residual tung oil on the PHA film. This resulted in a film coated with residual tung oil, showing antioxidant activity. Here, we report the first application of tung oil as a substrate for PHA production, introducing a high proportion of hydroxyhexanoate monomer into the terpolymer. Additionally, the residual tung oil was used as an antioxidant coating, resulting in the production of bioactive PHA, expanding the applicability to the medical field.
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Santolin L, Waldburger S, Neubauer P, Riedel SL. Substrate-Flexible Two-Stage Fed-Batch Cultivations for the Production of the PHA Copolymer P(HB- co-HHx) With Cupriavidus necator Re2058/pCB113. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:623890. [PMID: 33829008 PMCID: PMC8020817 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.623890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recent studies of the impact and dimension of plastic pollution have drawn the attention to finding more sustainable alternatives to fossil-based plastics. Microbially produced polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) biopolymers are strong candidates to replace conventional plastic materials, due to their true biodegradability and versatile properties. However, widespread use of these polymers is still hindered by their high cost of production. In the present study, we target high yields of the PHA copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)] using a substrate-flexible two-stage fed-batch approach for the cultivation of the recombinant Cupriavidus necator strain Re2058/pCB113. A more substrate-flexible process allows to cope with constant price fluctuations and discontinuous supply of feedstocks on the market. Utilizing fructose for biomass accumulation and rapeseed oil for polymer production resulted in a final biomass concentration of 124 g L-1 with a polymer content of 86 wt% holding 17 mol% of HHx. Productivities were further optimized by operating the biomass accumulation stage in a "drain and fill" modus where 10% of the culture broth was recycled for semi-continuous biomass accumulation, after transferring 90% to a second bioreactor for PHA production. This strategy succeeded in shortening process times rising productivity yields to ∼1.45 g L-1 h-1.
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- Lara Santolin
- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Saad V, Gutschmann B, Grimm T, Widmer T, Neubauer P, Riedel SL. Low-quality animal by-product streams for the production of PHA-biopolymers: fats, fat/protein-emulsions and materials with high ash content as low-cost feedstocks. Biotechnol Lett 2021; 43:579-587. [PMID: 33367969 PMCID: PMC7873092 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-020-03065-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The rapid accumulation of crude-oil based plastics in the environment is posing a fundamental threat to the future of mankind. The biodegradable and bio-based polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can replace conventional plastics, however, their current production costs are not competitive and therefore prohibiting PHAs from fulfilling their potential. RESULTS Different low-quality animal by-products, which were separated by thermal hydrolysis into a fat-, fat/protein-emulsion- and mineral-fat-mixture- (material with high ash content) phase, were successfully screened as carbon sources for the production of PHA. Thereby, Ralstonia eutropha Re2058/pCB113 accumulated the short- and medium-chain-length copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)]. Up to 90 wt% PHA per cell dry weight with HHx-contents of 12-26 mol% were produced in shake flask cultivations. CONCLUSION In future, the PHA production cost could be lowered by using the described animal by-product streams as feedstock.
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- Victoria Saad
- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Li Z, Xin X, Xiong B, Zhao D, Zhang X, Bi C. Engineering the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle and hydrogen utilization pathway of Ralstonia eutropha for improved autotrophic growth and polyhydroxybutyrate production. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:228. [PMID: 33308236 PMCID: PMC7733298 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01494-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background CO2 is fixed by all living organisms with an autotrophic metabolism, among which the Calvin–Benson–Bassham (CBB) cycle is the most important and widespread carbon fixation pathway. Thus, studying and engineering the CBB cycle with the associated energy providing pathways to increase the CO2 fixation efficiency of cells is an important subject of biological research with significant application potential. Results In this work, the autotrophic microbe Ralstonia eutropha (Cupriavidus necator) was selected as a research platform for CBB cycle optimization engineering. By knocking out either CBB operon genes on the operon or mega-plasmid of R. eutropha, we found that both CBB operons were active and contributed almost equally to the carbon fixation process. With similar knock-out experiments, we found both soluble and membrane-bound hydrogenases (SH and MBH), belonging to the energy providing hydrogenase module, were functional during autotrophic growth of R. eutropha. SH played a more significant role. By introducing a heterologous cyanobacterial RuBisCO with the endogenous GroES/EL chaperone system(A quality control systems for proteins consisting of molecular chaperones and proteases, which prevent protein aggregation by either refolding or degrading misfolded proteins) and RbcX(A chaperone in the folding of Rubisco), the culture OD600 of engineered strain increased 89.2% after 72 h of autotrophic growth, although the difference was decreased at 96 h, indicating cyanobacterial RuBisCO with a higher activity was functional in R. eutropha and lead to improved growth in comparison to the host specific enzyme. Meanwhile, expression of hydrogenases was optimized by modulating the expression of MBH and SH, which could further increase the R. eutropha H16 culture OD600 to 93.4% at 72 h. Moreover, the autotrophic yield of its major industrially relevant product, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), was increased by 99.7%. Conclusions To our best knowledge, this is the first report of successfully engineering the CBB pathway and hydrogenases of R. eutropha for improved activity, and is one of only a few cases where the efficiency of CO2 assimilation pathway was improved. Our work demonstrates that R. eutropha is a useful platform for studying and engineering the CBB for applications.
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- Zhongkang Li
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. .,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. .,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
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Bartels M, Gutschmann B, Widmer T, Grimm T, Neubauer P, Riedel SL. Recovery of the PHA Copolymer P(HB- co-HHx) With Non-halogenated Solvents: Influences on Molecular Weight and HHx-Content. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:944. [PMID: 32903820 PMCID: PMC7438878 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biodegradable and biocompatible polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising alternatives to conventional plastics. Based on the chain length of their monomers they are classified as short chain length (scl-) or medium chain length (mcl-) PHA polymers. The type of monomers, the composition and the molecular weight (MW) define the polymer properties. To accelerate the use of PHA as a bulk material, the downstream associated costs need to be minimized. This study focuses on the evaluation of non-halogenated solvents, especially acetone as a scl-PHA non-solvent, for the recovery of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) - P(HB-co-HHx) - with an mcl-HHx content >15 mol% and a MW average (M w) < 2 × 105 Da. Solvents and precipitants were chosen regarding zeotrope formation, boiling point differences, and toxicity. Non-halogenated solvent-precipitant pairs were evaluated regarding the MW characteristics (MWCs) of the extracted polymer. Acetone and 2-propanol as a low toxic and zeotropic solvent-precipitant pair was evaluated at different extraction temperatures and multiple extraction times. The extraction process was further evaluated by using impure acetone for the extraction and implementing a multi-stage extraction process. Additionally, P(HB-co-HHx) extracted with three different solvents was characterized by 1H and 13C-APT NMR. The screening of precipitants resulted in a negative influence on the MWCs by ethanol precipitation for extractions with acetone and ethyl acetate, respectively. It was observed, that extractions with acetone at 70°C extracted a higher fraction of PHA from the cells compared to extractions at RT, but the M w was decreased by 9% in average. Acetone with a 2-propanol fraction of up to 30% was still able to extract the polymer 95% as efficient as pure acetone. Additionally, when acetone and ethyl acetate were used in a multi-stage extraction process, a two-stage process was sufficient to extract 98-99% of the polymer from the cells. 1H and 13C-APT NMR analysis confirmed the monomer fraction and structure of the extracted polymers and revealed a random copolymer structure. The presented strategy can be further developed to an ecological and economically feasible PHA downstream process and thus contributes to the commercialization of low-cost PHAs.
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Biotechnology, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Berlin, Germany
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Hildenbrand JC, Teleki A, Jendrossek D. A universal polyphosphate kinase: PPK2c of Ralstonia eutropha accepts purine and pyrimidine nucleotides including uridine diphosphate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:6659-6667. [PMID: 32500270 PMCID: PMC7347700 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10706-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Polyphosphosphate kinases (PPKs) catalyse the reversible transfer of the γ-phosphate group of a nucleoside-triphosphate to a growing chain of polyphosphate. Most known PPKs are specific for ATP, but some can also use GTP as a phosphate donor. In this study, we describe the properties of a PPK2-type PPK of the β-proteobacterium Ralstonia eutropha. The purified enzyme (PPK2c) is highly unspecific and accepts purine nucleotides as well as the pyridine nucleotides including UTP as substrates. The presence of a polyP primer is not necessary for activity. The corresponding nucleoside diphosphates and microscopically detectable polyphosphate granules were identified as reaction products. PPK2c also catalyses the formation of ATP, GTP, CTP, dTTP and UTP from the corresponding nucleoside diphosphates, if polyP is present as a phosphate donor. Remarkably, the nucleoside-tetraphosphates AT(4)P, GT(4)P, CT(4)P, dTT(4)P and UT(4)P were also detected in substantial amounts. The low nucleotide specificity of PPK2c predestines this enzyme in combination with polyP to become a powerful tool for the regeneration of ATP and other nucleotides in biotechnological applications. As an example, PPK2c and polyP were used to replace ATP and to fuel the hexokinase-catalysed phosphorylation of glucose with only catalytic amounts of ADP. KEY POINTS: • PPK2c of R. eutropha can be used for regeneration of any NTP or dNTP. • PPK2c is highly unspecific and accepts all purine and pyrimidine nucleotides. • PPK2c forms polyphosphate granules in vitro from any NTP.
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- Jennie C Hildenbrand
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Saratale RG, Cho SK, Ghodake GS, Shin HS, Saratale GD, Park Y, Lee HS, Bharagava RN, Kim DS. Utilization of Noxious Weed Water Hyacinth Biomass as a Potential Feedstock for Biopolymers Production: A Novel Approach. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12081704. [PMID: 32751380 PMCID: PMC7464782 DOI: 10.3390/polym12081704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aims to utilize a noxious weed water hyacinth biomass (WH) for polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production. Alkaline and peracetic acid pretreatment was employed for the hydrolysis of WH and consequently enzymatic saccharification to produce fermentable sugars for PHB production. The pretreatment competence was determined using various operational parameters. By applying ambient conditions, alkaline pretreatment gave higher lignin removal of 65.0%, with 80.8% hydrolysis yield, and on enzyme hydrolysis (40 FPU/g of dry WH), produced total reducing sugar of about 523 mg/g of WH. The resulted WH enzymatic hydolysates were evaluated for the production of PHB by Ralstonia eutropha (ATCC 17699). The WH hydrolysates cultivation was compared to synthetic hydrolysates that contain a similar carbon composition in terms of bacterial growth and PHB synthesis. The effects of various supplements to enhance PHB production were estimated. Supplementation of corn steep liquor (CSL) as a cheap nitrogen source with WH hydrolysates favored a higher amount of PHB synthesis (73%), PHB titer of 7.30 g/L and PHB yield of 0.429 g/g of reducing sugar. Finally, using standard analytical tools, the physical and thermal characteristics of the extracted PHB were evaluated. The findings revealed WH was a promising and technically feasible option for transforming biomass into sustainable biopolymer conversion on a large scale.
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- Rijuta Ganesh Saratale
- Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggido 10326, Korea;
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Dongguk University, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyonggido 10326, Korea; (S.-K.C.); (G.S.G.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Dongguk University, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyonggido 10326, Korea; (S.-K.C.); (G.S.G.)
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggido 10326, Korea; (H.-S.S.); (Y.P.)
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggido 10326, Korea; (H.-S.S.); (Y.P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggido 10326, Korea; (H.-S.S.); (Y.P.)
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Korea;
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- Department of Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar, Uttar Pradesh 226025, India;
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea;
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Hu M, Xiong B, Li Z, Liu L, Li S, Zhang C, Zhang X, Bi C. A novel gene expression system for Ralstonia eutropha based on the T7 promoter. BMC Microbiol 2020; 20:121. [PMID: 32429840 PMCID: PMC7236105 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01812-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Ralstonia eutropha (syn. Cupriavidus necator) is a model microorganism for studying metabolism of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and a potential chassis for protein expression due to various advantages. Although current plasmid systems of R. eutropha provide a basic platform for gene expression, the performance of the expression-inducing systems is still limited. In addition, the sizes of the cloned genes are limited due to the large sizes of the plasmid backbones. Results In this study, an R. eutropha T7 expression system was established by integrating a T7 RNA polymerase gene driven by the PBAD promoter into the genome of R. eutropha, as well as adding a T7 promoter into a pBBR1-derived plasmid for gene expression. In addition, the essential DNA sequence necessary for pBBR1 plasmid replication was identified, and the redundant parts were deleted reducing the expression plasmid size to 3392 bp, which improved the electroporation efficiency about 4 times. As a result, the highest expression level of RFP was enhanced, and the L-arabinose concentration for expression induction was decreased 20 times. Conclusions The R. eutropha T7 expression system provides an efficient platform for protein production and synthetic biology applications.
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- Muzi Hu
- School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, People's Republic of China.
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Barati F, Asgarani E, Gharavi S, Soudi MR. Considerable increase in Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production via phbC gene overexpression in Ralstonia eutropha PTCC 1615. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 11:53-57. [PMID: 33469508 PMCID: PMC7803923 DOI: 10.34172/bi.2021.07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Introduction: Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is a well-known biodegradable polymer produced by some microorganisms and can be a suitable alternative for petrochemical plastics. PHB synthase encoded by phb C gene is the main enzyme in PHB biosynthesis pathway in Ralstonia eutropha. The aim of current study was the transformation of R. eutropha PTCC 1615 with its own phb C gene and evaluation of the overexpression effect on PHB accumulation.
Methods: DNA fragment including phbC gene and its promoter and terminator regions, was isolated from R. eutropha PTCC 1615, inserted into pET28a(+) vector, and transferred to the competent bacteria using calcium chloride and heat shock method. The effect of the cloned gene expression on PHB production was investigated with absorption of crotonic acid produced through PHB dehydration. Statistical analyses were carried out by SPSS software.
Results: PHB content of cells of the engineered strain was 1.4 times more than that of the native bacteria. This significant difference can be an important finding for improvement of biopolymer production.
Conclusion: Overexpression of phb C, the critical gene in PHB biosynthesis pathway, in R. eutropha PTCC 1615 had considerable effect on PHB accumulation.
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- Farzaneh Barati
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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- 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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Gutschmann B, Schiewe T, Weiske MTH, Neubauer P, Hass R, Riedel SL. In-Line Monitoring of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production during High-Cell-Density Plant Oil Cultivations Using Photon Density Wave Spectroscopy. Bioengineering (Basel) 2019; 6:E85. [PMID: 31546779 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering6030085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable plastic-like materials with versatile properties. Plant oils are excellent carbon sources for a cost-effective PHA production, due to their high carbon content, large availability, and comparatively low prices. Additionally, efficient process development and control is required for competitive PHA production, which can be facilitated by on-line or in-line monitoring devices. To this end, we have evaluated photon density wave (PDW) spectroscopy as a new process analytical technology for Ralstonia eutropha (Cupriavidus necator) H16 plant oil cultivations producing polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) as an intracellular polymer. PDW spectroscopy was used for in-line recording of the reduced scattering coefficient µs’ and the absorption coefficient µa at 638 nm. A correlation of µs’ with the cell dry weight (CDW) and µa with the residual cell dry weight (RCDW) was observed during growth, PHB accumulation, and PHB degradation phases in batch and pulse feed cultivations. The correlation was used to predict CDW, RCDW, and PHB formation in a high-cell-density fed-batch cultivation with a productivity of 1.65 gPHB·L−1·h−1 and a final biomass of 106 g·L−1 containing 73 wt% PHB. The new method applied in this study allows in-line monitoring of CDW, RCDW, and PHA formation.
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Khattab MM, Dahman Y. Production and recovery of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate bioplastics using agro-industrial residues of hemp hurd biomass. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2019; 42:1115-1127. [PMID: 30993443 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-019-02109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The present study describes production and recovery of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) P(3HB) from agro-industrial residues. Production was conducted using Ralstonia eutropha strain with hemp hurd biomass hydrolysates sugars as a carbon source and ammonium chloride as the nitrogen source. Results show that maximum hydrolysis yield of 72.4% was achieved with total sugar hydrolysate concentration (i.e., glucose and xylose) of 53.0 g/L. Sugar metabolism by R. eutropha showed preference for glucose metabolism over xylose. Under optimum conditions, cells can accumulate P(3HB) polymer in quantity up to 56.3 wt% of the dry cell weight. This corresponds to total production of 13.4 g/L (productivity of 0.167 g/L h). Nitrogen source showed no adverse effect on P(3HB) biosynthesis, but rather on cell growth. Among several examined recovery techniques, ultrasonic-assisted sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) recovered bioplastic directly from the broth cell concentrate with P(3HB) content of 92%. Number average molecular weights (Mn) of final recovered bioplastic were in the range of 150-270 kDa with polydispersity index (Mw/Mn) in the range of 2.1-2.4.
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- Mohamed M Khattab
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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Li Z, Xiong B, Liu L, Li S, Xin X, Li Z, Zhang X, Bi C. Development of an autotrophic fermentation technique for the production of fatty acids using an engineered Ralstonia eutropha cell factory. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 46:783-90. [PMID: 30810844 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-019-02156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Massive emission of CO2 into atmosphere from consumption of carbon deposit is causing climate change. Researchers have applied metabolic engineering and synthetic biology techniques for improving CO2 fixation efficiency in many species. One solution might be the utilization of autotrophic bacteria, which have great potential to be engineered into microbial cell factories for CO2 fixation and the production of chemicals, independent of fossil resources. In this work, several pathways of Ralstonia eutropha H16 were modulated by manipulation of heterologous and endogenous genes related to fatty acid synthesis. The resulting strain B2(pCT, pFP) was able to produce 124.48 mg/g (cell dry weight) free fatty acids with fructose as carbon source, a fourfold increase over the parent strain H16. To develop a truly autotrophic fermentation technique with H2, CO2 and O2 as substrates, we assembled a relatively safe, continuous, lab-scale gas fermentation system using micro-fermentation tanks, H2 supplied by a hydrogen generator, and keeping the H2 to O2 ratio at 7:1. The system was equipped with a H2 gas alarm, rid of heat sources and placed into a fume hood to further improve the safety. With this system, the best strain B2(pCT, pFP) produced 60.64 mg free fatty acids per g biomass within 48 h, growing in minimal medium supplemented with 9 × 103 mL/L/h hydrogen gas. Thus, an autotrophic fermentation technique to produce fatty acids was successfully established, which might inspire further research on autotrophic gas fermentation with a safe, lab-scale setup, and provides an alternative solution for environmental and energy problems.
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Arenas-López C, Locker J, Orol D, Walter F, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Minton NP, Kovács K, Winzer K. The genetic basis of 3-hydroxypropanoate metabolism in Cupriavidus necator H16. Biotechnol Biofuels 2019; 12:150. [PMID: 31236137 PMCID: PMC6572756 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1489-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND 3-Hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) is a promising platform chemical with various industrial applications. Several metabolic routes to produce 3-HP from organic substrates such as sugars or glycerol have been implemented in yeast, enterobacterial species and other microorganisms. In this study, the native 3-HP metabolism of Cupriavidus necator was investigated and manipulated as it represents a promising chassis for the production of 3-HP and other fatty acid derivatives from CO2 and H2. RESULTS When testing C. necator for its tolerance towards 3-HP, it was noted that it could utilise the compound as the sole source of carbon and energy, a highly undesirable trait in the context of biological 3-HP production which required elimination. Inactivation of the methylcitrate pathway needed for propionate utilisation did not affect the organism's ability to grow on 3-HP. Putative genes involved in 3-HP degradation were identified by bioinformatics means and confirmed by transcriptomic analyses, the latter revealing considerably increased expression in the presence of 3-HP. Genes identified in this manner encoded three putative (methyl)malonate semialdehyde dehydrogenases (mmsA1, mmsA2 and mmsA3) and two putative dehydrogenases (hpdH and hbdH). These genes, which are part of three separate mmsA operons, were inactivated through deletion of the entire coding region, either singly or in various combinations, to engineer strains unable to grow on 3-HP. Whilst inactivation of single genes or double deletions could only delay but not abolish growth, a triple ∆mmsA1∆mmsA2∆mmsA3 knock-out strain was unable utilise 3-HP as the sole source of carbon and energy. Under the used conditions this strain was also unable to co-metabolise 3-HP alongside other carbon and energy sources such as fructose and CO2/H2. Further analysis suggested primary roles for the different mmsA operons in the utilisation of β-alanine generating substrates (mmsA1), degradation of 3-HP (mmsA2), and breakdown of valine (mmsA3). CONCLUSIONS Three different (methyl)malonate semialdehyde dehydrogenases contribute to 3-HP breakdown in C. necator H16. The created triple ∆mmsA1∆mmsA2∆mmsA3 knock-out strain represents an ideal chassis for autotrophic 3-HP production.
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- Christian Arenas-López
- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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- BBSRC/EPSCR Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
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Soto LR, Byrne E, van Niel EWJ, Sayed M, Villanueva CC, Hatti-Kaul R. Hydrogen and polyhydroxybutyrate production from wheat straw hydrolysate using Caldicellulosiruptor species and Ralstonia eutropha in a coupled process. Bioresour Technol 2019; 272:259-266. [PMID: 30352368 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This report presents an integrated biorefinery concept in which wheat straw hydrolysate was treated with co-cultures of osmotolerant thermophilic bacterial strains, Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus and C. owensensis to obtain hydrogen, while the liquid effluent containing acetate and residual glucose was used as feed for polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by Ralstonia eutropha. The Caldicellulosiruptor spp. co-culture consumed 10.8 g/L of pretreated straw sugars, glucose and xylose, producing 134 mmol H2/L. PHB accumulation by R. eutropha was first studied in minimal salts medium using acetate with/without glucose as carbon source. Addition of salts promoted cell growth and PHB production in the effluent. Fed-batch cultivation in a nitrogen limited medium with 40% (v/v) aeration resulted in a cell density of 15.1 g/L with PHB content of 80.1% w/w and PHB concentration of 12.1 g/L, while 20% aeration gave a cell density of 11.3 g/L with 83.4% w/w PHB content and 9.4 g/L PHB concentration.
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- Luis Romero Soto
- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Procesos Químicos(3), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, P.O. Box 12958, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Procesos Químicos(3), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, P.O. Box 12958, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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Segawa M, Wen C, Orita I, Nakamura S, Fukui T. Two NADH-dependent (S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenases from polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing Ralstonia eutropha. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 127:294-300. [PMID: 30243533 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ralstonia eutropha H16 contains both NADH- and NADPH-dependent reduction activities to acetoacetyl-CoA, and the NADPH-dependent activity is mediated by PhaB paralogs with (R)-stereospecificity providing (R)-3-hydroxybutyryl (3HB)-CoA monomer for poly((R)-3-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis. In contrast, the gene encoding the NADH-dependent enzyme has not been identified to date. This study focused on the NADH-dependent dehydrogenase with (S)-stereospecificity in R. eutropha, as the (S)-specific reduction of acetoacetyl-CoA potentially competed with the polyester biosynthesis via (R)-3HB-CoA. The NADH-dependent reduction activity decreased to one-half when the gene for H16_A0282 (PaaH1), one of two homologs of clostridial NADH-3HB-CoA dehydrogenase, was deleted. The enzyme responsible for the remaining activity was partially purified and identified as H16_A0602 (Had) belonging to a different family from PaaH1. Gene disruption analysis elucidated that most of the NADH-dependent activity was mediated by PaaH1 and Had. The kinetic analysis using the recombinant enzymes indicated that PaaH1 and Had were both NADH-dependent 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenases with rather broad substrate specificity to 3-oxoacyl-CoAs of C4 to C8. The deletion of had in the R. eutropha strain previously engineered for biosynthesis of poly((R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate) led to decrease in the C6 composition of the copolyester synthesized from soybean oil, suggesting the role of Had in (S)-specific reduction of 3-oxohexanoyl-CoA with reverse β-oxidation direction. Crotonase ((S)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase) in R. eutropha H16 was also partially purified and identified as H16_A3307.
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- Mutsumi Segawa
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
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Sagong HY, Son HF, Choi SY, Lee SY, Kim KJ. Structural Insights into Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biosynthesis. Trends Biochem Sci 2018; 43:790-805. [PMID: 30139647 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are diverse biopolyesters produced by numerous microorganisms and have attracted much attention as a substitute for petroleum-based polymers. Despite several decades of study, the detailed molecular mechanisms of PHA biosynthesis have remained unknown due to the lack of structural information on the key PHA biosynthetic enzyme PHA synthase. The recently determined crystal structure of PHA synthase, together with the structures of acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) acetyltransferase and reductase, have changed this situation. Structural and biochemical studies provided important clues for the molecular mechanisms of each enzyme as well as the overall mechanism of PHA biosynthesis from acetyl-CoA. This new information and knowledge is expected to facilitate production of designed novel PHAs and also enhanced production of PHAs.
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- Hye-Young Sagong
- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea; KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea; KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea; KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
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Juengert JR, Patterson C, Jendrossek D. Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) Polymerase PhaC1 and PHB Depolymerase PhaZa1 of Ralstonia eutropha Are Phosphorylated In Vivo. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:e00604-18. [PMID: 29678915 PMCID: PMC6007124 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00604-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In this study, we screened poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) synthase PhaC1 and PHB depolymerase PhaZa1 of Ralstonia eutropha for the presence of phosphorylated residues during the PHB accumulation and PHB degradation phases. Thr373 of PHB synthase PhaC1 was phosphorylated during the stationary growth phase but was not modified during the exponential and PHB accumulation phases. Ser35 of PHB depolymerase PhaZa1 was identified in the phosphorylated form during both the exponential and stationary growth phases. Additional phosphosites were identified for both proteins in sample-dependent forms. Site-directed mutagenesis of the codon for Thr373 and other phosphosites of PhaC1 revealed a strong negative impact on PHB synthase activity. Modifications of Thr26 and Ser35 of PhaZa1 reduced the ability of R. eutropha to mobilize PHB in the stationary growth phase. Our results show that phosphorylation of PhaC1 and PhaZa1 can be important for the modulation of the activities of PHB synthase and PHB depolymerase.IMPORTANCE Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and related polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are important intracellular carbon and energy storage compounds in many prokaryotes. The accumulation of PHB or PHAs increases the fitness of cells during periods of starvation and under other stress conditions. The simultaneous presence of PHB synthase (PhaC1) and PHB depolymerase (PhaZa1) on synthesized PHB granules in Ralstonia eutropha (alternative designation, Cupriavidus necator) was previously shown in several laboratories. These findings imply that the activities of PHB synthase and PHB depolymerase should be regulated to avoid a futile cycle of simultaneous synthesis and degradation of PHB. Here, we addressed this question by identifying the phosphorylation sites on PhaC1 and PhaZa1 and by site-directed mutagenesis of the identified residues. Furthermore, we conducted in vitro and in vivo analyses of PHB synthase activity and PHB contents.
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- Janina R Juengert
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Bhatia SK, Yoon JJ, Kim HJ, Hong JW, Gi Hong Y, Song HS, Moon YM, Jeon JM, Kim YG, Yang YH. Engineering of artificial microbial consortia of Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus subtilis for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) copolymer production from sugarcane sugar without precursor feeding. Bioresour Technol 2018; 257:92-101. [PMID: 29486411 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Ralstonia eutropha is a well-known microbe reported for polyhydroxyalkonate (PHA) production, and unable to utilize sucrose as carbon source. Two strains, Ralstonia eutropha H16 and Ralstonia eutropha 5119 were co-cultured with sucrose hydrolyzing microbes (Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) for PHA production. Co-culture of B. subtilis:R. eutropha 5119 (BS:RE5) resulted in best PHA production (45% w/w dcw). Optimization of the PHA production process components through response surface resulted in sucrose: NH4Cl:B. subtilis: R. eutropha (3.0:0.17:0.10:0.190). Along with the hydrolysis of sucrose, B. subtilis also ferments sugars into organic acid (propionic acid), which acts as a precursor for HV monomer unit. Microbial consortia of BS:RE5 when cultured in optimized media led to the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (P(3HB-co-3HV) with 66% w/w of dcw having 16 mol% HV fraction. This co-culture strategy overcomes the need for metabolic engineering of R. eutropha for sucrose utilization, and addition of precursor for copolymer production.
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- Shashi Kant Bhatia
- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and Applications (CBRU), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Intelligent Sustainable Materials R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Chonan 31056, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and Applications (CBRU), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea.
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Black WB, Zhang L, Kamoku C, Liao JC, Li H. Rearrangement of Coenzyme A-Acylated Carbon Chain Enables Synthesis of Isobutanol via a Novel Pathway in Ralstonia eutropha. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:794-800. [PMID: 29429336 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Coenzyme A (CoA)-dependent pathways have been explored extensively for the biosynthesis of fuels and chemicals. While CoA-dependent mechanisms are widely used to elongate carbon chains in a linear fashion, branch-making chemistry has not been incorporated. In this study, we demonstrated the production of isobutanol, a branched-chain alcohol that can be used as a gasoline substitute, using a novel CoA-dependent pathway in recombinant Ralstonia eutropha H16. The designed pathway is constituted of three modules: chain elongation, rearrangement, and modification. We first integrated and optimized the chain elongation and modification modules, and we achieved the production of ∼200 mg/L n-butanol from fructose or ∼30 mg/L from formate by engineered R. eutropha. Subsequently, we incorporated the rearrangement module, which features a previously uncharacterized, native isobutyryl-CoA mutase in R. eutropha. The engineered strain produced ∼30 mg/L isobutanol from fructose. The carbon skeleton rearrangement chemistry demonstrated here may be used to expand the range of the chemicals accessible with CoA-dependent pathways.
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- William B. Black
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 90697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 90697, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 90697, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 90697, United States
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Juengert JR, Bresan S, Jendrossek D. Determination of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Content in Ralstonia eutropha Using Gas Chromatography and Nile Red Staining. Bio Protoc 2018; 8:e2748. [PMID: 34179275 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Ralstonia eutropha H16 produces and mobilizes (re-utilizes) intracellular polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) granules during growth. This protocol describes the visualization of intracellular Nile red stained PHB granules and the quantification of PHB by gas chromatography. Our first method describes how to analyze PHB granules by fluorescence microscopy qualitatively. Our second approach enables the conversion of PHB to volatile hydroxycarboxylic acid methyl esters by acidic methanolysis and their quantification by gas chromatography. Through this method, it is possible to obtain an absolute quantification of PHB, e.g., per cell dry weight.
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- Janina R Juengert
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Xiong B, Li Z, Liu L, Zhao D, Zhang X, Bi C. Genome editing of Ralstonia eutropha using an electroporation-based CRISPR-Cas9 technique. Biotechnol Biofuels 2018; 11:172. [PMID: 29951116 PMCID: PMC6011247 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1170-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ralstonia eutropha is an important bacterium for the study of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) synthesis and CO2 fixation, which makes it a potential strain for industrial PHA production and attractive host for CO2 conversion. Although the bacterium is not recalcitrant to genetic manipulation, current methods for genome editing based on group II introns or single crossover integration of a suicide plasmid are inefficient and time-consuming, which limits the genetic engineering of this organism. Thus, developing an efficient and convenient method for R. eutropha genome editing is imperative. RESULTS An efficient genome editing method for R. eutropha was developed using an electroporation-based CRISPR-Cas9 technique. In our study, the electroporation efficiency of R. eutropha was found to be limited by its restriction-modification (RM) systems. By searching the putative RM systems in R. eutropha H16 using REBASE database and comparing with that in E. coli MG1655, five putative restriction endonuclease genes which are related to the RM systems in R. eutropha were predicated and disrupted. It was found that deletion of H16_A0006 and H16_A0008-9 increased the electroporation efficiency 1658 and 4 times, respectively. Fructose was found to reduce the leaky expression of the arabinose-inducible pBAD promoter, which was used to optimize the expression of cas9, enabling genome editing via homologous recombination based on CRISPR-Cas9 in R. eutropha. A total of five genes were edited with efficiencies ranging from 78.3 to 100%. The CRISPR-Cpf1 system and the non-homologous end joining mechanism were also investigated, but failed to yield edited strains. CONCLUSIONS We present the first genome editing method for R. eutropha using an electroporation-based CRISPR-Cas9 approach, which significantly increased the efficiency and decreased time to manipulate this facultative chemolithoautotrophic microbe. The novel technique will facilitate more advanced researches and applications of R. eutropha for PHA production and CO2 conversion.
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- Bin Xiong
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 People’s Republic of China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- University of Sciences and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 People’s Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- University of Sciences and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 People’s Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 People’s Republic of China
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Pradhan S, Borah AJ, Poddar MK, Dikshit PK, Rohidas L, Moholkar VS. Microbial production, ultrasound-assisted extraction and characterization of biopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from terrestrial (P. hysterophorus) and aquatic (E. crassipes) invasive weeds. Bioresour Technol 2017; 242:304-310. [PMID: 28366692 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study reports synthesis of biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) polymer from two invasive weeds, viz. P. hysterophorus and E. crassipes. The pentose and hexose-rich hydrolyzates obtained from acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of two biomasses were separately fermented using Ralstonia eutropha MTCC 8320 sp. PHB was extracted using sonication and was characterized using FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR and XRD. PHB content of dry cell mass was 8.1-21.6% w/w, and the PHB yield was 6.85×10-3-36.41×10-3% w/w raw biomass. Thermal properties of PHB were determined by TGA, DTG and DSC analysis. PHB obtained from pentose-hydrolyzate had glass transition temperatures of 6°-9°C, while PHB from hexose-rich hydrolyzate had maximum thermal degradation temperatures of 370°-389°C. These thermal properties were comparable to the properties of commercial PHB. Probable causes leading to differences in thermal properties of pentose and hexose-derived PHB are: extent of crystallinity and presence of impurity in the polymer matrix.
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- Sushobhan Pradhan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India
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- Center for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli 620 015, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India; Center for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India.
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Juengert JR, Borisova M, Mayer C, Wolz C, Brigham CJ, Sinskey AJ, Jendrossek D. Absence of ppGpp Leads to Increased Mobilization of Intermediately Accumulated Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) in Ralstonia eutropha H16. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:e00755-17. [PMID: 28455332 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00755-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In this study, we constructed a set of Ralstonia eutropha H16 strains with single, double, or triple deletions of the (p)ppGpp synthase/hydrolase (spoT1), (p)ppGpp synthase (spoT2), and/or polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) depolymerase (phaZa1 or phaZa3) gene, and we determined the impact on the levels of (p)ppGpp and on accumulated PHB. Mutants with deletions of both the spoT1 and spoT2 genes were unable to synthesize detectable amounts of (p)ppGpp and accumulated only minor amounts of PHB, due to PhaZa1-mediated depolymerization of PHB. In contrast, unusually high levels of PHB were found in strains in which the (p)ppGpp concentration was increased by the overexpression of (p)ppGpp synthase (SpoT2) and the absence of (p)ppGpp hydrolase. Determination of (p)ppGpp levels in wild-type R. eutropha under different growth conditions and induction of the stringent response by amino acid analogs showed that the concentrations of (p)ppGpp during the growth phase determine the amount of PHB remaining in later growth phases by influencing the efficiency of the PHB mobilization system in stationary growth. The data reported for a previously constructed ΔspoT2 strain (C. J. Brigham, D. R. Speth, C. Rha, and A. J. Sinskey, Appl Environ Microbiol 78:8033-8044, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01693-12) were identified as due to an experimental error in strain construction, and our results are in contrast to the previous indication that the spoT2 gene product is essential for PHB accumulation in R. eutrophaIMPORTANCE Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is an important intracellular carbon and energy storage compound in many prokaryotes and helps cells survive periods of starvation and other stress conditions. Research activities in several laboratories over the past 3 decades have shown that both PHB synthase and PHB depolymerase are constitutively expressed in most PHB-accumulating bacteria, such as Ralstonia eutropha This implies that PHB synthase and depolymerase activities must be well regulated in order to avoid a futile cycle of simultaneous PHB synthesis and PHB degradation (mobilization). Previous reports suggested that the stringent response in Rhizobium etli and R. eutropha is involved in the regulation of PHB metabolism. However, the levels of (p)ppGpp and the influence of those levels on PHB accumulation and PHB mobilization have not yet been determined for any PHB-accumulating species. In this study, we optimized a (p)ppGpp extraction procedure and a high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS)-based detection method for the quantification of (p)ppGpp in R. eutropha This enabled us to study the relationship between the concentrations of (p)ppGpp and the accumulated levels of PHB in the wild type and in several constructed mutant strains. We show that overproduction of the alarmone (p)ppGpp correlated with reduced growth and massive overproduction of PHB. In contrast, in the absence of (p)ppGpp, mobilization of PHB was dramatically enhanced.
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Bresan S, Jendrossek D. New Insights into PhaM-PhaC-Mediated Localization of Polyhydroxybutyrate Granules in Ralstonia eutropha H16. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:e00505-17. [PMID: 28389545 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00505-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The formation and localization of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) granules in Ralstonia eutropha are controlled by PhaM, which interacts both with the PHB synthase (PhaC) and with the bacterial nucleoid. Here, we studied the importance of proline and lysine residues of two C-terminal PAKKA motifs in PhaM for their importance in attaching PHB granules to DNA by in vitro and in vivo methods. Substitution of the lysine residues but not of the proline residues resulted in detachment of formed PHB granules from the nucleoid. Instead, formation of PHB granule clusters at polar regions of the rod-shaped cells and an unequal distribution of PHB granules to daughter cells were observed. The formation of PHB granules was studied by the expression of chromosomally anchored gene fusions of fluorescent proteins with PhaM and PhaC in different backgrounds. PhaM and PhaC fusions showed a distinct colocalization at formed PHB granules in the nucleoid region of the wild type. In a ΔphaC background, PhaM and the catalytically inactive PhaCC319A protein were not able to form fluorescent foci, indicating that correct positioning requires the formation of PHB. Furthermore, time-lapse experiments revealed that PhaC and PhaM proteins detach from formed PHB granules at later stages, resulting in a nonhomogeneous population of PHB granules. This could explain why growth of individual PHB granules stops under PHB-permissive conditions at a certain size.IMPORTANCE PHB granules are storage compounds for carbon and energy in many prokaryotes. Equal distribution of accumulated PHB granules during cell division is therefore important for optimal fitness of the daughter cells. In R. eutropha, PhaM is responsible for maximal activity of PHB synthase, for initiation of PHB granule formation at discrete regions in the cells, and for association of formed PHB granules with the nucleoid. Here we found that four lysine residues of C-terminal PhaM sequence motifs are essential for association of PHB granules with the nucleoid. Furthermore, we followed PHB granule formation by time-lapse microscopy and provide evidence for aging of PHB granules that is manifested by detachment of previously PHB granule-associated PhaM and PHB synthase.
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Dejaloud A, Vahabzadeh F, Habibi A. Ralstonia eutropha as a biocatalyst for desulfurization of dibenzothiophene. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2017; 40:969-80. [PMID: 28341912 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-017-1760-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The potential of Ralstonia eutropha as a biocatalyst for desulfurization of dibenzothiophene (DBT) was studied in growing and resting cell conditions. The results of both conditions showed that sulfur was removed from DBT which accompanied by the formation of 2-hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP). In growing cell experiments, glucose was used as an energy supplying substrate in initial concentrations of 55 mM (energy-limited) and 111 mM (energy-sufficient). The growing cell behaviors were quantitatively described using the logistic equation and maintenance concept. The results indicated that 2-HBP production was higher for the energy-sufficient cultures, while the values of the specific growth rate and the maintenance coefficient for these media were lower than those of the energy-limited cultures. Additionally, the kinetic studies showed that the half-saturation constant for the energy-limited cultures was 2 times higher than the energy-sufficient ones where the inhibition constant (0.08 mM) and the maximum specific DBT desulfurization rate (0.002 mmol gcell-1 h-1) were almost constant. By defining desulfurizing capacity (D DBT) including both the biomass concentration and time to reach a particular percentage of DBT conversion, the best condition for desulfurizing cell was determined at 23% gcell L-1 h-1 which corresponded with the resting cells that were harvested at the mid-exponential growth phase.
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Tumlirsch T, Jendrossek D. Proteins with CHADs (Conserved Histidine α-Helical Domains) Are Attached to Polyphosphate Granules In Vivo and Constitute a Novel Family of Polyphosphate-Associated Proteins (Phosins). Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:e03399-16. [PMID: 28130300 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03399-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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On the basis of bioinformatic evidence, we suspected that proteins with a CYTH (CyaB thiamine triphosphatase) domain and/or a CHAD (conserved histidine α-helical domain) motif might represent polyphosphate (polyP) granule-associated proteins. We found no evidence of polyP targeting by proteins with CYTH domains. In contrast, two CHAD motif-containing proteins from Ralstonia eutropha H16 (A0104 and B1017) that were expressed as fusions with enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (eYFP) colocalized with polyP granules. While the expression of B1017 was not detectable, the A0104 protein was specifically identified in an isolated polyP granule fraction by proteome analysis. Moreover, eYFP fusions with the CHAD motif-containing proteins MGMSRV2-1987 from Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense and PP2307 from Pseudomonas putida also colocalized with polyP granules in a transspecies-specific manner. These data indicated that CHAD-containing proteins are generally attached to polyP granules. Together with the findings from four previously polyP-attached proteins (polyP kinases), the results of this study raised the number of polyP-associated proteins in R. eutropha to six. We suggest designating polyP granule-bound proteins with CHAD motifs as phosins (phosphate), analogous to phasins and oleosins that are specifically bound to the surface of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) granules in PHA-accumulating bacteria and to oil droplets in oil seed plants, respectively.IMPORTANCE The importance of polyphosphate (polyP) for life is evident from the ubiquitous presence of polyP in all species on earth. In unicellular eukaryotic microorganisms, polyP is located in specific membrane-enclosed organelles, called acidocalcisomes. However, in most prokaryotes, polyP is present as insoluble granules that have been designated previously as volutin granules. Almost nothing is known regarding the macromolecular composition of polyP granules. Particularly, the absence or presence of cellular compounds on the surface of polyP granules has not yet been investigated. In this study, we identified a novel class of proteins that are attached to the surface of polyP granules in three model species of Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria These proteins are characterized by the presence of a CHAD (conserved histidine α-helical domain) motif that functions as a polyP granule-targeting signal. We suggest designating CHAD motif-containing proteins as phosins [analogous to phasins for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-associated proteins and to oleosins for oil droplet-associated proteins in oil seed plants]. The expression of phosins in different species confirmed their polyP-targeting function in a transspecies-specific manner. We postulate that polyP granules in prokaryotic species generally have a complex surface structure that consists of one to several polyP kinases and phosin proteins. We suggest differentiating polyP granules from acidocalcisomes by designating them as polyphosphatosomes.
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Kim J, Kim YJ, Choi SY, Lee SY, Kim KJ. Crystal structure of Ralstonia eutropha polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase C-terminal domain and reaction mechanisms. Biotechnol J 2016; 12. [PMID: 27808482 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are natural polyesters synthesized by numerous microorganisms as energy and reducing power storage materials, and have attracted much attention as substitutes for petroleum-based plastics. Here, we report the first crystal structure of Ralstonia eutropha PHA synthase at 1.8 Å resolution and structure-based mechanisms for PHA polymerization. RePhaC1 contains two distinct domains, the N-terminal (RePhaC1ND ) and C-terminal domains (RePhaC1CD ), and exists as a dimer. RePhaC1CD catalyzes polymerization via non-processive ping-pong mechanism using a Cys-His-Asp catalytic triad. Molecular docking simulation of 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA to the active site of RePhaC1CD reveals residues involved in the formation of 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA binding pocket and substrate binding tunnel. Comparative analysis with other polymerases elucidates how different classes of PHA synthases show different substrate specificities. Furthermore, we attempted structure-based protein engineering and developed a RePhaC1 mutant with enhanced PHA synthase activity.
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- Jieun Kim
- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Tejwani V, Schmitt FJ, Wilkening S, Zebger I, Horch M, Lenz O, Friedrich T. Investigation of the NADH/NAD + ratio in Ralstonia eutropha using the fluorescence reporter protein Peredox. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg 2016; 1858:86-94. [PMID: 27816420 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ralstonia eutropha is a hydrogen-oxidizing ("Knallgas") bacterium that can easily switch between heterotrophic and autotrophic metabolism to thrive in aerobic and anaerobic environments. Its versatile metabolism makes R. eutropha an attractive host for biotechnological applications, including H2-driven production of biodegradable polymers and hydrocarbons. H2 oxidation by R. eutropha takes place in the presence of O2 and is mediated by four hydrogenases, which represent ideal model systems for both biohydrogen production and H2 utilization. The so-called soluble hydrogenase (SH) couples reversibly H2 oxidation with the reduction of NAD+ to NADH and has already been applied successfully in vitro and in vivo for cofactor regeneration. Thus, the interaction of the SH with the cellular NADH/NAD+ pool is of major interest. In this work, we applied the fluorescent biosensor Peredox to measure the [NADH]:[NAD+] ratio in R. eutropha cells under different metabolic conditions. The results suggest that the sensor operates close to saturation level, indicating a rather high [NADH]:[NAD+] ratio in aerobically grown R. eutropha cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that multicomponent analysis of spectrally-resolved fluorescence lifetime data of the Peredox sensor response to different [NADH]:[NAD+] ratios represents a novel and sensitive tool to determine the redox state of cells.
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- Vijay Tejwani
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 257 Fuller Road, Albany, NY, 12203, U.S.A
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Annamalai N, Sivakumar N. Production of polyhydroxybutyrate from wheat bran hydrolysate using Ralstonia eutropha through microbial fermentation. J Biotechnol 2016; 237:13-17. [PMID: 27596603 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The increasing global demand for sustainable resources necessitates the complete utilization of feedstock. Wheat bran consists of significant amount of cellulose and hemicellulose which can be used as a renewable resource for production of fermentable sugars. In this study, alkaline pretreated wheat bran was enzymatically hydrolyzed using cellulase of Trichoderma reesei (37 FPU/g) and β - glucosidase of Aspergillus niger (50 CBU/g). Among the nitrogen sources tested, ammonium sulphate was identified as best nitrogen source for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). The overall sugar concentration was about 62.91g/L with the corresponding sugar yield of 629.1mg/g wheat bran and the sugars released were mainly composed of glucose (48.35g/L) and xylose (14.56g/L). The PHB producing mutant strain, Ralstonia eutropha NCIMB 11599 grown in wheat bran hydrolysate produced cell density, PHB and yield of 24.5g/L, 62.5%, and 0.319g/g sugar respectively, with a productivity of 0. 0.255g/L/h. Thus, the results suggested that the wheat bran could be a potential alternative feedstock as it does not require any detoxification due to less inhibitory compounds for production of high cell density with significant amount of polyhydroxybutyrate.
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- Neelamegam Annamalai
- Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680, East-west Road, Honolulu, 96822, HI, USA; Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Muscat, Oman.
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Muscat, Oman
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Jugder BE, Welch J, Braidy N, Marquis CP. Construction and use of a Cupriavidus necator H16 soluble hydrogenase promoter (PSH) fusion to gfp (green fluorescent protein). PeerJ 2016; 4:e2269. [PMID: 27547572 PMCID: PMC4974937 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Hydrogenases are metalloenzymes that reversibly catalyse the oxidation or production of molecular hydrogen (H2). Amongst a number of promising candidates for application in the oxidation of H2 is a soluble [Ni–Fe] uptake hydrogenase (SH) produced by Cupriavidus necator H16. In the present study, molecular characterisation of the SH operon, responsible for functional SH synthesis, was investigated by developing a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter system to characterise PSH promoter activity using several gene cloning approaches. A PSH promoter-gfp fusion was successfully constructed and inducible GFP expression driven by the PSH promoter under de-repressing conditions in heterotrophic growth media was demonstrated in the recombinant C. necator H16 cells. Here we report the first successful fluorescent reporter system to study PSH promoter activity in C. necator H16. The fusion construct allowed for the design of a simple screening assay to evaluate PSH activity. Furthermore, the constructed reporter system can serve as a model to develop a rapid fluorescent based reporter for subsequent small-scale process optimisation experiments for SH expression.
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- Bat-Erdene Jugder
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Health Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Satagopan S, Tabita FR. RubisCO selection using the vigorously aerobic and metabolically versatile bacterium Ralstonia eutropha. FEBS J 2016; 283:2869-80. [PMID: 27261087 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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UNLABELLED Recapturing atmospheric CO2 is key to reducing global warming and increasing biological carbon availability. Ralstonia eutropha is a biotechnologically useful aerobic bacterium that uses the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle and the enzyme ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) for CO2 utilization, suggesting that it may be a useful host to bioselect RubisCO molecules with improved CO2 -capture capabilities. A host strain of R. eutropha was constructed for this purpose after deleting endogenous genes encoding two related RubisCOs. This strain could be complemented for CO2 -dependent growth by introducing native or heterologous RubisCO genes. Mutagenesis and suppressor selection identified amino acid substitutions in a hydrophobic region that specifically influences RubisCO's interaction with its substrates, particularly O2 , which competes with CO2 at the active site. Unlike most RubisCOs, the R. eutropha enzyme has evolved to retain optimal CO2 -fixation rates in a fast-growing host, despite the presence of high levels of competing O2 . Yet its structure-function properties resemble those of several commonly found RubisCOs, including the higher plant enzymes, allowing strategies to engineer analogous enzymes. Because R. eutropha can be cultured rapidly under harsh environmental conditions (e.g., with toxic industrial flue gas), in the presence of near saturation levels of oxygen, artificial selection and directed evolution studies in this organism could potentially impact efforts toward improving RubisCO-dependent biological CO2 utilization in aerobic environments. ENZYMES d-ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, EC 4.1.1.39; phosphoribulokinase, EC 2.7.1.19.
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- Sriram Satagopan
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Kim HS, Oh YH, Jang YA, Kang KH, David Y, Yu JH, Song BK, Choi JI, Chang YK, Joo JC, Park SJ. Recombinant Ralstonia eutropha engineered to utilize xylose and its use for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from sunflower stalk hydrolysate solution. Microb Cell Fact 2016; 15:95. [PMID: 27260327 PMCID: PMC4893272 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-016-0495-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Lignocellulosic raw materials have extensively been examined for the production of bio-based fuels, chemicals, and polymers using microbial platforms. Since xylose is one of the major components of the hydrolyzed lignocelluloses, it is being considered a promising substrate in lignocelluloses based fermentation process. Ralstonia eutropha, one of the most powerful and natural producers of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), has extensively been examined for the production of bio-based chemicals, fuels, and polymers. However, to the best of our knowledge, lignocellulosic feedstock has not been employed for R. eutropha probably due to its narrow spectrum of substrate utilization. Thus, R. eutropha engineered to utilize xylose should be useful in the development of microbial process for bio-based products from lignocellulosic feedstock. Results Recombinant R. eutropha NCIMB11599 expressing the E. coli xylAB genes encoding xylose isomerase and xylulokinase respectively, was constructed and examined for the synthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] using xylose as a sole carbon source. It could produce 2.31 g/L of P(3HB) with a P(3HB) content of 30.95 wt% when it was cultured in a nitrogen limited chemically defined medium containing 20.18 g/L of xylose in a batch fermentation. Also, recombinant R. eutropha NCIMB11599 expressing the E. coli xylAB genes produced 5.71 g/L of P(3HB) with a P(3HB) content of 78.11 wt% from a mixture of 10.05 g/L of glucose and 10.91 g/L of xylose in the same culture condition. The P(3HB) concentration and content could be increased to 8.79 g/L and 88.69 wt%, respectively, when it was cultured in the medium containing 16.74 g/L of glucose and 6.15 g/L of xylose. Further examination of recombinant R. eutropha NCIMB11599 expressing the E. coli xylAB genes by fed-batch fermentation resulted in the production of 33.70 g/L of P(3HB) in 108 h with a P(3HB) content of 79.02 wt%. The concentration of xylose could be maintained as high as 6 g/L, which is similar to the initial concentration of xylose during the fed-batch fermentation suggesting that xylose consumption is not inhibited during fermentation. Finally, recombinant R. eutorpha NCIMB11599 expressing the E. coli xylAB gene was examined for the production of P(3HB) from the hydrolysate solution of sunflower stalk. The hydrolysate solution of sunflower stalk was prepared as a model lignocellulosic biomass, which contains 78.8 g/L of glucose, 26.9 g/L of xylose, and small amount of 4.8 g/L of galactose and mannose. When recombinant R. eutropha NCIMB11599 expressing the E. coli xylAB genes was cultured in a nitrogen limited chemically defined medium containing 23.1 g/L of hydrolysate solution of sunflower stalk, which corresponds to 16.8 g/L of glucose and 5.9 g/L of xylose, it completely consumed glucose and xylose in the sunflower stalk based medium resulting in the production of 7.86 g/L of P(3HB) with a P(3HB) content of 72.53 wt%. Conclusions Ralstonia eutropha was successfully engineered to utilize xylose as a sole carbon source as well as to co-utilize it in the presence of glucose for the synthesis of P(3HB). In addition, R. eutropha engineered to utilized xylose could synthesize P(3HB) from the sunflower stalk hydrolysate solution containing glucose and xylose as major sugars, which suggests that xylose utilizing R. eutropha developed in this study should be useful for development of lignocellulose based microbial processes.
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- Hee Su Kim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), KAIST, 335 Gwahagno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Division of Convergence Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34602, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Division of Convergence Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34602, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Division of Convergence Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34602, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggido, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Division of Convergence Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34602, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Division of Convergence Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34602, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), KAIST, 335 Gwahagno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Division of Convergence Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 107, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34602, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggido, 17058, Republic of Korea.
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Jugder BE, Lebhar H, Aguey-Zinsou KF, Marquis CP. Production and purification of a soluble hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 for potential hydrogen fuel cell applications. MethodsX 2016; 3:242-50. [PMID: 27077052 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The soluble hydrogenase (SH) from Ralstonia eutropha H16 is a promising candidate enzyme for H2-based biofuel application as it favours H2 oxidation and is relatively oxygen-tolerant. In this report, bioprocess development studies undertaken to produce and purify an active SH are described, based on the methods previously reported [1], [2], [3], [4]. Our modifications are: Upstream method optimizations were undertaken on heterotrophic growth media and cell lysis involving ultrasonication. Two anion exchangers (Q Sepharose and RESOURCE Q) and size exclusion chromatographic (Superdex 200) matrices were successfully employed for purification of a hexameric SH from R. eutropha. The H2 oxidizing activity of the SH was demonstrated spectrophotometrically in solution and also immobilized on an EPG electrode using cyclic voltammetry.
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Volodina E, Raberg M, Steinbüchel A. Engineering the heterotrophic carbon sources utilization range of Ralstonia eutropha H16 for applications in biotechnology. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2015; 36:978-991. [PMID: 26329669 DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2015.1079698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ralstonia eutropha H16 is an interesting candidate for the biotechnological production of polyesters consisting of hydroxy- and mercaptoalkanoates, and other compounds. It provides all the necessary characteristics, which are required for a biotechnological production strain. Due to its metabolic versatility, it can convert a broad range of renewable heterotrophic resources into diverse valuable compounds. High cell density fermentations of the non-pathogenic R. eutropha can be easily performed. Furthermore, this bacterium is accessible to engineering of its metabolism by genetic approaches having available a large repertoire of genetic tools. Since the complete genome sequence of R. eutropha H16 has become available, a variety of transcriptome, proteome and metabolome studies provided valuable data elucidating its complex metabolism and allowing a systematic biology approach. However, high production costs for bacterial large-scale production of biomass and biotechnologically valuable products are still an economic challenge. The application of inexpensive raw materials could significantly reduce the expenses. Therefore, the conversion of diverse substrates to polyhydroxyalkanoates by R. eutropha was steadily improved by optimization of cultivation conditions, mutagenesis and metabolic engineering. Industrial by-products and residual compounds like glycerol, and substrates containing high carbon content per weight like palm, soybean, corn oils as well as raw sugar-rich materials like molasses, starch and lignocellulose, are the most promising renewable substrates and were intensively studied.
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- Elena Volodina
- a Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster , Germany and
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- a Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster , Germany and
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- a Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster , Germany and.,b Environmental Science Department, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
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Kim J, Kim KJ. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase A1887 from Ralstonia eutropha H16. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2015; 71:758-62. [PMID: 26057808 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x15007888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The gene product of A1887 from Ralstonia eutropha (ReH16_A1887) has been annotated as a 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, an enzyme that catalyzes the fourth step of β-oxidation degradative pathways by converting 3-ketoacyl-CoA to acyl-CoA. ReH16_A1887 was overexpressed and purified to homogeneity by affinity and size-exclusion chromatography. The degradative thiolase activity of the purified ReH16_A1887 was measured and enzyme-kinetic parameters for the protein were obtained, with Km, Vmax and kcat values of 158 µM, 32 mM min(-1) and 5 × 10(6) s(-1), respectively. The ReH16_A1887 protein was crystallized in 17% PEG 8K, 0.1 M HEPES pH 7.0 at 293 K and a complete data set was collected to 1.4 Å resolution. The crystal belonged to space group P4(3)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 129.52, c = 114.13 Å, α = β = γ = 90°. The asymmetric unit contained two molecules, with a solvent content of 58.9%.
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- Jieun Kim
- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group (BK21 Plus Program), Kyungpook National University, Daehak-ro 80, Buk-ku, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, KNU Creative BioResearch Group (BK21 Plus Program), Kyungpook National University, Daehak-ro 80, Buk-ku, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea
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