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Title: Engineering isoprenoids production in metabolically versatile microbial host Pseudomonas putida

Abstract

Abstract With the increasing need for microbial bioproduction to replace petrochemicals, it is critical to develop a new industrial microbial workhorse that improves the conversion of lignocellulosic carbon to biofuels and bioproducts in an economically feasible manner. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a promising microbial host due to its capability to grow on a broad range of carbon sources and its high tolerance to xenobiotics. In this study, we engineered P. putida KT2440 to produce isoprenoids, a vast category of compounds that provide routes to many petrochemical replacements. A heterologous mevalonate (MVA) pathway was engineered to produce potential biofuels isoprenol (C 5 ) and epi-isozizaene (C 15 ) for the first time in P. putida . We compared the difference between three different isoprenoid pathways in P. putida on isoprenol production and achieved 104 mg/L of isoprenol production in a batch flask experiment through optimization of the strain. As P. putida can natively consume isoprenol, we investigated how to prevent this self-consumption. We discovered that supplementing l -glutamate in the medium can effectively prevent isoprenol consumption in P. putida and metabolomics analysis showed an insufficient energy availability and an imbalanced redox status during isoprenol degradation. We also showed that the engineered P.more » putida strain can produce isoprenol using aromatic substrates such as p -coumarate as the sole carbon source, and this result demonstrates that P. putida is a valuable microbial chassis for isoprenoids to achieve sustainable biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. Graphical Abstract« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1903079
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1985248
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC0205CH11231; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts Journal Volume: 15 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2731-3654
Publisher:
Springer Science + Business Media
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; P. putida KT2440; isoprenol; mevalonate; IPP-bypass pathway; L-glutamate; p-Coumarate; isoprenoid

Citation Formats

Wang, Xi, Baidoo, Edward E. K., Kakumanu, Ramu, Xie, Silvia, Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila, and Lee, Taek Soon. Engineering isoprenoids production in metabolically versatile microbial host Pseudomonas putida. United Kingdom: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1186/s13068-022-02235-6.
Wang, Xi, Baidoo, Edward E. K., Kakumanu, Ramu, Xie, Silvia, Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila, & Lee, Taek Soon. Engineering isoprenoids production in metabolically versatile microbial host Pseudomonas putida. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02235-6
Wang, Xi, Baidoo, Edward E. K., Kakumanu, Ramu, Xie, Silvia, Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila, and Lee, Taek Soon. Mon . "Engineering isoprenoids production in metabolically versatile microbial host Pseudomonas putida". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02235-6.
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abstractNote = {Abstract With the increasing need for microbial bioproduction to replace petrochemicals, it is critical to develop a new industrial microbial workhorse that improves the conversion of lignocellulosic carbon to biofuels and bioproducts in an economically feasible manner. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a promising microbial host due to its capability to grow on a broad range of carbon sources and its high tolerance to xenobiotics. In this study, we engineered P. putida KT2440 to produce isoprenoids, a vast category of compounds that provide routes to many petrochemical replacements. A heterologous mevalonate (MVA) pathway was engineered to produce potential biofuels isoprenol (C 5 ) and epi-isozizaene (C 15 ) for the first time in P. putida . We compared the difference between three different isoprenoid pathways in P. putida on isoprenol production and achieved 104 mg/L of isoprenol production in a batch flask experiment through optimization of the strain. As P. putida can natively consume isoprenol, we investigated how to prevent this self-consumption. We discovered that supplementing l -glutamate in the medium can effectively prevent isoprenol consumption in P. putida and metabolomics analysis showed an insufficient energy availability and an imbalanced redox status during isoprenol degradation. We also showed that the engineered P. putida strain can produce isoprenol using aromatic substrates such as p -coumarate as the sole carbon source, and this result demonstrates that P. putida is a valuable microbial chassis for isoprenoids to achieve sustainable biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. Graphical Abstract},
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