Affiliation:
1. School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, China
2. School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou 510006, China
Abstract
Glycolate plays an important role as a platform chemical in both polymeric material and cosmetic industries. However, the microbial production of glycolate often encounters challenges associated with unbalanced metabolic flux, leading to a notably low titer. Additionally, the use of expensive inducers, such as IPTG, contributes to an increase in the overall production cost. To address these issues, the key enzymes involved in the glycolate biosynthetic route, including citrate synthase (gltA), isocitrate lyase (aceA), isocitrate dehydrogenase kinase/phosphatase (aceK) and glyoxylate reductase (ycdW), were overexpressed in E. coli under the control of inducible promoters with varying strengths in order to determine the optimal combination. Subsequently, the glycolate pathway was further modulated by replacing inducible promoters with various constitutive synthetic promoters. Through this systematic optimization, the best strain, named Mgly4T1562, produced 3.02 g/L glycolate with 97.32% theoretical yield in shake-flask cultivation. The titer further increased to 15.53 g/L in a fed-batch experiment. Notably, this study marks the first successful utilization of synthetic promoters in tuning the glycolate biosynthetic pathway for glycolate biosynthesis. The strategy presented in this research holds significant promise for facilitating the cost-effective and industrially viable production of glycolate without the need for expensive inducers.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China
Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China
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