Metabolic engineering of the pentose phosphate pathway for enhanced limonene production in the cyanobacterium Synechocysti s sp. PCC 6803
Abstract
Isoprenoids are diverse natural compounds, which have various applications as pharmaceuticals, fragrances, and solvents. The low yield of isoprenoids in plants makes them difcult for cost-efective production, and chemical synthesis of complex isoprenoids is impractical. Microbial production of isoprenoids has been considered as a promising approach to increase the yield. In this study, we engineered the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for sustainable production of a commercially valuable isoprenoid, limonene. Limonene synthases from the plants Mentha spicata and Citrus limon were expressed in cyanobacteria for limonene production. Production of limonene was two-fold higher with limonene synthase from M. spicata than that from C. limon. To enhance isoprenoid production, computational strain design was conducted by applying the OptForce strain design algorithm on Synechocystis 6803. Based on the metabolic interventions suggested by this algorithm, genes (ribose 5-phosphate isomerase and ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase) in the pentose phosphate pathway were overexpressed, and a geranyl diphosphate synthase from the plant Abies grandis was expressed to optimize the limonene biosynthetic pathway. The optimized strain produced 6.7mg/L of limonene, a 2.3-fold improvement in productivity. Thus, this study presents a feasible strategy to engineer cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of isoprenoids.
- Authors:
-
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States). Dept. of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States). Dept. of Biology
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States). Dept. of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering; Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States). Dept. of Biology
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1624369
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-00ER41132
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Science & Technology - Other Topics
Citation Formats
Lin, Po-Cheng, Saha, Rajib, Zhang, Fuzhong, and Pakrasi, Himadri B. Metabolic engineering of the pentose phosphate pathway for enhanced limonene production in the cyanobacterium Synechocysti s sp. PCC 6803. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17831-y.
Lin, Po-Cheng, Saha, Rajib, Zhang, Fuzhong, & Pakrasi, Himadri B. Metabolic engineering of the pentose phosphate pathway for enhanced limonene production in the cyanobacterium Synechocysti s sp. PCC 6803. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17831-y
Lin, Po-Cheng, Saha, Rajib, Zhang, Fuzhong, and Pakrasi, Himadri B. Fri .
"Metabolic engineering of the pentose phosphate pathway for enhanced limonene production in the cyanobacterium Synechocysti s sp. PCC 6803". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17831-y. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1624369.
@article{osti_1624369,
title = {Metabolic engineering of the pentose phosphate pathway for enhanced limonene production in the cyanobacterium Synechocysti s sp. PCC 6803},
author = {Lin, Po-Cheng and Saha, Rajib and Zhang, Fuzhong and Pakrasi, Himadri B.},
abstractNote = {Isoprenoids are diverse natural compounds, which have various applications as pharmaceuticals, fragrances, and solvents. The low yield of isoprenoids in plants makes them difcult for cost-efective production, and chemical synthesis of complex isoprenoids is impractical. Microbial production of isoprenoids has been considered as a promising approach to increase the yield. In this study, we engineered the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for sustainable production of a commercially valuable isoprenoid, limonene. Limonene synthases from the plants Mentha spicata and Citrus limon were expressed in cyanobacteria for limonene production. Production of limonene was two-fold higher with limonene synthase from M. spicata than that from C. limon. To enhance isoprenoid production, computational strain design was conducted by applying the OptForce strain design algorithm on Synechocystis 6803. Based on the metabolic interventions suggested by this algorithm, genes (ribose 5-phosphate isomerase and ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase) in the pentose phosphate pathway were overexpressed, and a geranyl diphosphate synthase from the plant Abies grandis was expressed to optimize the limonene biosynthetic pathway. The optimized strain produced 6.7mg/L of limonene, a 2.3-fold improvement in productivity. Thus, this study presents a feasible strategy to engineer cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of isoprenoids.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-17831-y},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
Works referenced in this record:
Fatty acid production in genetically modified cyanobacteria
journal, April 2011
- Liu, X.; Sheng, J.; Curtiss III, R.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 108, Issue 17, p. 6899-6904
Correction for Berla and Pakrasi, Upregulation of Plasmid Genes during Stationary Phase in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803, a Cyanobacterium
journal, October 2016
- Berla, Bertram M.; Pakrasi, Himadri B.
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 82, Issue 20
Fatty acid production in genetically modified cyanobacteria
journal, April 2011
- Liu, X.; Sheng, J.; Curtiss III, R.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 108, Issue 17, p. 6899-6904
Geranyl diphosphate synthase from Abies grandis: cDNA isolation, functional expression, and characterization
journal, September 2002
- Burke, Charles; Croteau, Rodney
- Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 405, Issue 1, p. 130-136
Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for the synthesis of commodity products
journal, June 2015
- Angermayr, S. Andreas; Gorchs Rovira, Aleix; Hellingwerf, Klaas J.
- Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 33, Issue 6
Structural Basis for Bisphosphonate-mediated Inhibition of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis
journal, December 2003
- Hosfield, David J.; Zhang, Yanming; Dougan, Douglas R.
- Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 279, Issue 10
Fine-Tuning of Photoautotrophic Protein Production by Combining Promoters and Neutral Sites in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
journal, July 2015
- Ng, Andrew H.; Berla, Bertram M.; Pakrasi, Himadri B.
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 81, Issue 19
Isoprenoid Drugs, Biofuels, and Chemicals—Artemisinin, Farnesene, and Beyond
book, January 2015
- George, Kevin W.; Alonso-Gutierrez, Jorge; Keasling, Jay D.
- Biotechnology of Isoprenoids
Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for the synthesis of commodity products
journal, June 2015
- Angermayr, S. Andreas; Gorchs Rovira, Aleix; Hellingwerf, Klaas J.
- Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 33, Issue 6
Inactivation of sll1556 in Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803 Impairs Isoprenoid Biosynthesis from Pentose Phosphate Cycle Substrates In Vitro
journal, July 2004
- Poliquin, K.; Ershov, Y. V.; Cunningham, F. X.
- Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 186, Issue 14
Hydrogenated monoterpenes as diesel fuel additives
journal, November 2009
- Tracy, Noah I.; Chen, Daichuan; Crunkleton, Daniel W.
- Fuel, Vol. 88, Issue 11
Reconstruction and Comparison of the Metabolic Potential of Cyanobacteria Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
journal, October 2012
- Saha, Rajib; Verseput, Alex T.; Berla, Bertram M.
- PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, Issue 10
Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973, a fast growing cyanobacterial chassis for biosynthesis using light and CO2
journal, January 2015
- Yu, Jingjie; Liberton, Michelle; Cliften, Paul F.
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Metabolic design for cyanobacterial chemical synthesis
journal, April 2014
- Oliver, John W. K.; Atsumi, Shota
- Photosynthesis Research, Vol. 120, Issue 3
OptForce: An Optimization Procedure for Identifying All Genetic Manipulations Leading to Targeted Overproductions
journal, April 2010
- Ranganathan, Sridhar; Suthers, Patrick F.; Maranas, Costas D.
- PLoS Computational Biology, Vol. 6, Issue 4
ATP drives direct photosynthetic production of 1-butanol in cyanobacteria
journal, April 2012
- Lan, E. I.; Liao, J. C.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109, Issue 16
Engineering Limonene and Bisabolene Production in Wild Type and a Glycogen-Deficient Mutant of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
journal, June 2014
- Davies, Fiona K.; Work, Victoria H.; Beliaev, Alexander S.
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol. 2
Mapping photoautotrophic metabolism with isotopically nonstationary 13C flux analysis
journal, November 2011
- Young, Jamey D.; Shastri, Avantika A.; Stephanopoulos, Gregory
- Metabolic Engineering, Vol. 13, Issue 6
Engineering cyanobacteria for the production of a cyclic hydrocarbon fuel from CO 2 and H 2 O
journal, January 2014
- Halfmann, Charles; Gu, Liping; Zhou, Ruanbao
- Green Chem., Vol. 16, Issue 6
Hydrogenated monoterpenes as diesel fuel additives
journal, November 2009
- Tracy, Noah I.; Chen, Daichuan; Crunkleton, Daniel W.
- Fuel, Vol. 88, Issue 11
Engineering the push and pull of lipid biosynthesis in oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for biofuel production
journal, January 2013
- Tai, Mitchell; Stephanopoulos, Gregory
- Metabolic Engineering, Vol. 15, p. 1-9
Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 Is Stimulated by Compounds of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle but Not by Pyruvate or Deoxyxylulose-5-Phosphate
journal, September 2002
- Ershov, Y. V.; Gantt, R. R.; Cunningham, F. X.
- Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 184, Issue 18
Determination of accurate extinction coefficients and simultaneous equations for assaying chlorophylls a and b extracted with four different solvents: verification of the concentration of chlorophyll standards by atomic absorption spectroscopy
journal, August 1989
- Porra, R. J.; Thompson, W. A.; Kriedemann, P. E.
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, Vol. 975, Issue 3
Isoprenoid Drugs, Biofuels, and Chemicals—Artemisinin, Farnesene, and Beyond
book, January 2015
- George, Kevin W.; Alonso-Gutierrez, Jorge; Keasling, Jay D.
- Biotechnology of Isoprenoids
Upregulation of Plasmid Genes during Stationary Phase in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803, a Cyanobacterium
journal, May 2012
- Berla, Bertram M.; Pakrasi, Himadri B.
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 78, Issue 15
Monoterpene Synthases from Grand Fir ( Abies grandis ) : cDNA ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF MYRCENE SYNTHASE, (−)-(4
journal, August 1997
- Bohlmann, Jörg; Steele, Christopher L.; Croteau, Rodney
- Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 272, Issue 35
Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases
journal, April 2009
- Gibson, Daniel G.; Young, Lei; Chuang, Ray-Yuan
- Nature Methods, Vol. 6, Issue 5, p. 343-345
OptForce: An Optimization Procedure for Identifying All Genetic Manipulations Leading to Targeted Overproductions
journal, April 2010
- Ranganathan, Sridhar; Suthers, Patrick F.; Maranas, Costas D.
- PLoS Computational Biology, Vol. 6, Issue 4
Monoterpene biosynthesis in lemon ( Citrus limon ): cDNA isolation and functional analysis of four monoterpene synthases
journal, July 2002
- Lücker, Joost; El Tamer, Mazen K.; Schwab, Wilfried
- European Journal of Biochemistry, Vol. 269, Issue 13
The Spectral Determination of Chlorophylls a and b, as well as Total Carotenoids, Using Various Solvents with Spectrophotometers of Different Resolution
journal, September 1994
- Wellburn, Alan R.
- Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 144, Issue 3
Engineering of cyanobacteria for the photosynthetic production of limonene from CO2
journal, September 2014
- Kiyota, Hiroshi; Okuda, Yukiko; Ito, Michiho
- Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 185
Broad-host-range vector system for synthetic biology and biotechnology in cyanobacteria
journal, July 2014
- Taton, Arnaud; Unglaub, Federico; Wright, Nicole E.
- Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 42, Issue 17
Broad-host-range vector system for synthetic biology and biotechnology in cyanobacteria
journal, July 2014
- Taton, Arnaud; Unglaub, Federico; Wright, Nicole E.
- Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 42, Issue 17
Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin
journal, January 2012
- Westfall, P. J.; Pitera, D. J.; Lenihan, J. R.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109, Issue 3, p. E111-E118
Monoterpene biosynthesis in lemon ( Citrus limon ): cDNA isolation and functional analysis of four monoterpene synthases
journal, July 2002
- Lücker, Joost; El Tamer, Mazen K.; Schwab, Wilfried
- European Journal of Biochemistry, Vol. 269, Issue 13
Synthetic biology of cyanobacteria: unique challenges and opportunities
journal, January 2013
- Berla, Bertram M.; Saha, Rajib; Immethun, Cheryl M.
- Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 4
Truncation of Limonene Synthase Preprotein Provides a Fully Active ‘Pseudomature' Form of This Monoterpene Cyclase and Reveals the Function of the Amino-Terminal Arginine Pair †
journal, September 1998
- Williams, David C.; McGarvey, Douglas J.; Katahira, Eva J.
- Biochemistry, Vol. 37, Issue 35
Engineered isoprenoid pathway enhances astaxanthin production inEscherichia coli
journal, January 1999
- Wang, Chia-Wei; Oh, Min-Kyu; Liao, James C.
- Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 62, Issue 2
Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin
journal, January 2012
- Westfall, P. J.; Pitera, D. J.; Lenihan, J. R.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109, Issue 3, p. E111-E118
Engineering a mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli for production of terpenoids
journal, June 2003
- Martin, Vincent J. J.; Pitera, Douglas J.; Withers, Sydnor T.
- Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 21, Issue 7
Machine learning discovery of missing links that mediate alternative branches to plant alkaloids
journal, March 2022
- Vavricka, Christopher J.; Takahashi, Shunsuke; Watanabe, Naoki
- Nature Communications, Vol. 13, Issue 1
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for limonene and perillyl alcohol production
journal, September 2013
- Alonso-Gutierrez, Jorge; Chan, Rossana; Batth, Tanveer S.
- Metabolic Engineering, Vol. 19
Engineering of cyanobacteria for the photosynthetic production of limonene from CO2
journal, September 2014
- Kiyota, Hiroshi; Okuda, Yukiko; Ito, Michiho
- Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 185
1-Deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate Synthase, a Limiting Enzyme for Plastidic Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Plants
journal, March 2001
- Estévez, Juan M.; Cantero, Araceli; Reindl, Andreas
- Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 276, Issue 25
Photosynthetic production of ethanol from carbon dioxide in genetically engineered cyanobacteria
journal, January 2012
- Gao, Zhengxu; Zhao, Hui; Li, Zhimin
- Energy Environ. Sci., Vol. 5, Issue 12
Enhanced limonene production in cyanobacteria reveals photosynthesis limitations
journal, November 2016
- Wang, Xin; Liu, Wei; Xin, Changpeng
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 113, Issue 50
Mapping photoautotrophic metabolism with isotopically nonstationary 13C flux analysis
journal, November 2011
- Young, Jamey D.; Shastri, Avantika A.; Stephanopoulos, Gregory
- Metabolic Engineering, Vol. 13, Issue 6
The compatibility of potential bioderived fuels with Jet A-1 aviation kerosene
journal, April 2014
- Chuck, Christopher J.; Donnelly, Joseph
- Applied Energy, Vol. 118
Engineering the push and pull of lipid biosynthesis in oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for biofuel production
journal, January 2013
- Tai, Mitchell; Stephanopoulos, Gregory
- Metabolic Engineering, Vol. 15, p. 1-9
Engineering a mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli for production of terpenoids
journal, June 2003
- Martin, Vincent J. J.; Pitera, Douglas J.; Withers, Sydnor T.
- Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 21, Issue 7
Methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway metabolic regulation
journal, January 2014
- Banerjee, A.; Sharkey, T. D.
- Nat. Prod. Rep., Vol. 31, Issue 8
4S-limonene synthase from the oil glands of spearmint (Mentha spicata). cDNA isolation, characterization, and bacterial expression of the catalytically active monoterpene cyclase.
journal, November 1993
- Colby, S. M.; Alonso, W. R.; Katahira, E. J.
- Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 268, Issue 31
Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973, a fast growing cyanobacterial chassis for biosynthesis using light and CO2
journal, January 2015
- Yu, Jingjie; Liberton, Michelle; Cliften, Paul F.
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Works referencing / citing this record:
Emerging Technologies in Algal Biotechnology: Toward the Establishment of a Sustainable, Algae-Based Bioeconomy
journal, March 2020
- Fabris, Michele; Abbriano, Raffaela M.; Pernice, Mathieu
- Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 11
Engineering the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce limonene from waste cooking oil
journal, October 2019
- Pang, Yaru; Zhao, Yakun; Li, Shenglong
- Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 12, Issue 1
Enhanced production of sucrose in the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973
journal, January 2020
- Lin, Po-Cheng; Zhang, Fuzhong; Pakrasi, Himadri B.
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, Issue 1
Computation-Driven Analysis of Model Polyextremo-tolerant Fungus Exophiala dermatitidis: Defensive Pigment Metabolic Costs and Human Applications
journal, April 2020
- Schroeder, Wheaton L.; Harris, Steven D.; Saha, Rajib
- iScience, Vol. 23, Issue 4
Emerging Species and Genome Editing Tools: Future Prospects in Cyanobacterial Synthetic Biology
journal, September 2019
- Gale, Grant A. R.; Schiavon Osorio, Alejandra A.; Mills, Lauren A.
- Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Issue 10
Terpenoid Metabolic Engineering in Photosynthetic Microorganisms
journal, October 2018
- Vavitsas, Konstantinos; Fabris, Michele; Vickers, Claudia
- Genes, Vol. 9, Issue 11
Potential and Challenges of Improving Photosynthesis in Algae
journal, January 2020
- Vecchi, Valeria; Barera, Simone; Bassi, Roberto
- Plants, Vol. 9, Issue 1
Exploring native genetic elements as plug-in tools for synthetic biology in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
journal, March 2018
- Liu, Deng; Pakrasi, Himadri B.
- Microbial Cell Factories, Vol. 17, Issue 1
Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of microbially produced branched biofuels
journal, April 2019
- Bai, Wenqin; Geng, Weitao; Wang, Shaojie
- Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 12, Issue 1
Engineering the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce limonene from waste cooking oil
journal, October 2019
- Pang, Yaru; Zhao, Yakun; Li, Shenglong
- Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 12, Issue 1
Emerging Species and Genome Editing Tools: Future Prospects in Cyanobacterial Synthetic Biology
journal, September 2019
- Gale, Grant A. R.; Schiavon Osorio, Alejandra A.; Mills, Lauren A.
- Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Issue 10
Engineering cyanobacteria for production of terpenoids
journal, November 2018
- Lin, Po-Cheng; Pakrasi, Himadri B.
- Planta, Vol. 249, Issue 1
New Applications of Synthetic Biology Tools for Cyanobacterial Metabolic Engineering
journal, February 2019
- Santos-Merino, María; Singh, Amit K.; Ducat, Daniel C.
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol. 7
High density cultivation for efficient sesquiterpenoid biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
journal, April 2020
- Dienst, Dennis; Wichmann, Julian; Mantovani, Oliver
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, Issue 1
New Applications of Synthetic Biology Tools for Cyanobacterial Metabolic Engineering
journal, February 2019
- Santos-Merino, María; Singh, Amit K.; Ducat, Daniel C.
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol. 7
Recent advances in synthetic biology of cyanobacteria
journal, May 2018
- Sengupta, Annesha; Pakrasi, Himadri B.; Wangikar, Pramod P.
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 102, Issue 13
Enhancement of NADPH availability for coproduction of coenzyme Q10 and farnesol from Rhodobacter sphaeroides
journal, January 2020
- Xu, Man; Wu, Hongxuan; Shen, Peijie
- Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, Vol. 47, Issue 2
Modeling the Interplay between Photosynthesis, CO2 Fixation, and the Quinone Pool in a Purple Non-Sulfur Bacterium
journal, September 2019
- Alsiyabi, Adil; Immethun, Cheryl M.; Saha, Rajib
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1
Synthetic Biology Toolkits for Metabolic Engineering of Cyanobacteria
journal, April 2019
- Xia, Peng‐Fei; Ling, Hua; Foo, Jee Loon
- Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 6
Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of microbially produced branched biofuels
journal, April 2019
- Bai, Wenqin; Geng, Weitao; Wang, Shaojie
- Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 12, Issue 1
Terpenoid Metabolic Engineering in Photosynthetic Microorganisms
journal, October 2018
- Vavitsas, Konstantinos; Fabris, Michele; Vickers, Claudia
- Genes, Vol. 9, Issue 11
Bio-solar cell factories for photosynthetic isoprenoids production
journal, August 2018
- Ko, Sung Cheon; Lee, Hyun Jeong; Choi, Sun Young
- Planta, Vol. 249, Issue 1