Functional screening of aldehyde decarbonylases for long-chain alkane production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

Background: Low catalytic activities of pathway enzymes are often a limitation when using microbial based chemical production. Recent studies indicated that the enzyme activity of aldehyde decarbonylase (AD) is a critical bottleneck for alkane biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We therefore performed functional screening to identify efficient ADs that can improve alkane production by S. cerevisiae. Results: A comparative study of ADs originated from a plant, insects, and cyanobacteria were conducted in S. cerevisiae. As a result, expression of aldehyde deformylating oxygenases (ADOs), which are cyanobacterial ADs, from Synechococcus elongatus and Crocosphaera watsonii converted fatty aldehydes to corresponding Cn-1 alkanes and alkenes. The CwADO showed the highest alkane titer (0.13mg/L/OD600) and the lowest fatty alcohol production (0.55mg/L/OD600). However, no measurable alkanes and alkenes were detected in other AD expressed yeast strains. Dynamic expression of SeADO and CwADO under GAL promoters increased alkane production to 0.20mg/L/OD600 and no fatty alcohols, with even number chain lengths from C8 to C14, were detected in the cells. Conclusions: We demonstrated in vivo enzyme activities of ADs by displaying profiles of alkanes and fatty alcohols in S. cerevisiae. Among the AD enzymes evaluated, cyanobacteria ADOs were found to be suitable for alkane biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae. This work will be helpful to decide an AD candidate for alkane biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae and it will provide useful information for further investigation of AD enzymes with improved activities.

Biofuels

Metabolic engineering

Aldehyde decarbonylase

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Alkane biosynthesis

Författare

Min-Kyoung Kang

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik

Yongjin Zhou

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

Nicolaas Buijs

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

Microbial Cell Factories

14752859 (eISSN)

Vol. 16 1 Article number 74- 74

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Ämneskategorier

Miljöbioteknik

DOI

10.1186/s12934-017-0683-z

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Skapat

2017-10-08