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RB-TnSeq identifies genetic targets for improved tolerance of Pseudomonas putida towards compounds relevant to lignin conversion

Journal Article · · Metabolic Engineering
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  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Renewable Resources and Enabling Science Center; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI)

We report lignin-derived mixtures intended for bioconversion commonly contain high concentrations of aromatic acids, aliphatic acids, and salts. The inherent toxicity of these chemicals places a significant bottleneck upon the effective use of microbial systems for the valorization of these mixtures. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 can tolerate stressful quantities of several lignin-related compounds, making this bacterium a promising host for converting these chemicals to valuable bioproducts. Nonetheless, further increasing P. putida tolerance to chemicals in lignin-rich substrates has the potential to improve bioprocess performance. Accordingly, we employed random barcoded transposon insertion sequencing (RB-TnSeq) to reveal genetic determinants in P. putida KT2440 that influence stress outcomes during exposure to representative constituents found in lignin-rich process streams. The fitness information obtained from the RB-TnSeq experiments informed engineering of strains via deletion or constitutive expression of several genes. Namely, ΔgacAS, ΔfleQ, ΔlapAB, ΔttgR::Ptac:ttgABC, Ptac:PP_1150:PP_1152, ..delta..relA, and ΔPP_1430 mutants showed growth improvement in the presence of single compounds, and some also exhibited greater tolerance when grown using a complex chemical mixture representative of a lignin-rich chemical stream. Overall, this work demonstrates the successful implementation of a genome-scale screening tool for the identification of genes influencing stress tolerance against notable compounds within lignin-enriched chemical streams, and the genetic targets identified herein offer promising engineering targets for improving feedstock tolerance in lignin valorization strains of P. putida KT2440.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1974027
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-2A00-86010; MainId:86783; UUID:a6cae123-7a68-4a92-8601-59739b39f930; MainAdminID:69520
Journal Information:
Metabolic Engineering, Journal Name: Metabolic Engineering Vol. 77; ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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