Expression of a heat-stable NADPH-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E in Clostridium thermocellum 1313 results in increased hydroxymethylfurfural resistance

Kim, Sun -Ki; Groom, Joseph; Chung, Daehwan; Elkins, James; Westpheling, Janet

doi:10.1186/s13068-017-0750-z

Title: Expression of a heat-stable NADPH-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E in Clostridium thermocellum 1313 results in increased hydroxymethylfurfural resistance

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Biotechnology for Biofuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0750-z· OSTI ID:1350020

Kim, Sun -Ki ^[1]; Groom, Joseph ^[1]; Chung, Daehwan ^[2]; Elkins, James ^[3]; Westpheling, Janet ^[1]

Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Background: Resistance to deconstruction is a major limitation to the use of lignocellulosic biomass as a substrate for the production of fuels and chemicals. Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP), the use of microbes for the simultaneous hydrolysis of lignocellulose into soluble sugars and fermentation of the resulting sugars to products of interest, is a potential solution to this obstacle. The pretreatment of plant biomass, however, releases compounds that are inhibitory to the growth of microbes used for CBP. Results: Heterologous expression of the Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E bdhA gene, that encodes an aldehyde dehydrogenase, in Clostridium thermocellum significantly increased resistance to furan derivatives at concentrations found in acid-pretreated biomass. The mechanism of detoxification of HMF was shown to be primarily reduction using NADPH as the cofactor. In addition, we report the construction of new expression vectors for homologous and heterologous expression in C. thermocellum. These vectors use regulatory signals from both C. bescii (the S-layer promoter) and C. thermocellum (the enolase promoter) shown to efficiently drive expression of the BdhA enzyme. Conclusions: Toxic compounds present in lignocellulose hydrolysates that inhibit cell growth and product formation are obstacles to the commercialization of fuels and chemicals from biomass. Expression of genes that reduce the effect of these inhibitors, such as furan derivatives, will serve to enable commercial processes using plant biomass for the production of fuels and chemicals.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). BioEnergy Science Center (BESC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1350020

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1361373

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-2700-68259

Journal Information:: Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 10, Issue 1; ISSN 1754-6834

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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