PMID:21911074
| Citation |
Smith, KM and Liao, JC (2011) An evolutionary strategy for isobutanol production strain development in Escherichia coli. Metab. Eng. 13:674-81 |
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| Abstract |
Higher alcohols such as isobutanol possess several physical characteristics that make them attractive as biofuels such as higher energy densities and infrastructure compatibility. Here we have developed a rapid evolutionary strategy for isolating strains of Escherichia coli that effectively produce isobutanol from glucose utilizing random mutagenesis and a growth selection scheme. By selecting for mutants with the ability to grow in the presence of the valine analog norvaline, we obtained E. coli NV3; a strain with improved 24-h isobutanol production (8.0 g/L) in comparison with a productivity of 5.3g/L isobutanol obtained with the parental wild type strain. Genomic sequencing of NV3 identified the insertion of a stop codon in the C-terminus of the RNA polymerase σ(s)-factor, RpoS. Upon repair of this inhibitory mutation (strain NV3r1), a final isobutanol titer of 21.2g/L isobutanol was achieved in 99 h with a yield of 0.31 g isobutanol/g glucose or 76% of theoretical maximum. Furthermore, a mutation in ldhA, encoding d-lactate dehydrogenase, was identified in NV3; however, repair of LdhA in NV3r1 had no affect on LdhA activity detected from cell extracts or on isobutanol productivity. Further study of NV3r1 may identify novel genotypes that confer improved isobutanol production. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.ymben.2011.08.004 |
| Keywords |
Biological Evolution; Butanols/metabolism; Codon, Terminator; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Genetic Engineering; Glucose/metabolism; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/genetics; Mutagenesis, Insertional; Sigma Factor/genetics; Valine/analogs & derivatives; Valine/metabolism |
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