Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol
Abstract The growing need of next generation feedstocks for biotechnology spurs an intensification of research on the utilization of methanol as carbon and energy source for biotechnological processes. In this paper, we introduced the methanol‐based overproduction of riboflavin into metabolically en...
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| author | Vivien Jessica Klein Luciana Fernandes Brito Fernando Perez‐Garcia Trygve Brautaset Marta Irla |
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| description | Abstract The growing need of next generation feedstocks for biotechnology spurs an intensification of research on the utilization of methanol as carbon and energy source for biotechnological processes. In this paper, we introduced the methanol‐based overproduction of riboflavin into metabolically engineered Bacillus methanolicus MGA3. First, we showed that B. methanolicus naturally produces small amounts of riboflavin. Then, we created B. methanolicus strains overexpressing either homologous or heterologous gene clusters encoding the riboflavin biosynthesis pathway, resulting in riboflavin overproduction. Our results revealed that the supplementation of growth media with sublethal levels of chloramphenicol contributes to a higher plasmid‐based riboflavin production titre, presumably due to an increase in plasmid copy number and thus biosynthetic gene dosage. Based on this, we proved that riboflavin production can be increased by exchanging a low copy number plasmid with a high copy number plasmid leading to a final riboflavin titre of about 523 mg L−1 in methanol fed‐batch fermentation. The findings of this study showcase the potential of B. methanolicus as a promising host for methanol‐based overproduction of extracellular riboflavin and serve as basis for metabolic engineering of next generations of riboflavin overproducing strains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c0d5056e17c4ac79f7360b769c9c55b2023-04-25T14:53:17ZengWileyMicrobial Biotechnology1751-79152023-05-011651011102610.1111/1751-7915.14239Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanolVivien Jessica Klein0Luciana Fernandes Brito1Fernando Perez‐Garcia2Trygve Brautaset3Marta Irla4Department of Biotechnology and Food Science Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim NorwayDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim NorwayDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim NorwayDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim NorwayDepartment of Biological and Chemical Engineering Aarhus University Aarhus DenmarkAbstract The growing need of next generation feedstocks for biotechnology spurs an intensification of research on the utilization of methanol as carbon and energy source for biotechnological processes. In this paper, we introduced the methanol‐based overproduction of riboflavin into metabolically engineered Bacillus methanolicus MGA3. First, we showed that B. methanolicus naturally produces small amounts of riboflavin. Then, we created B. methanolicus strains overexpressing either homologous or heterologous gene clusters encoding the riboflavin biosynthesis pathway, resulting in riboflavin overproduction. Our results revealed that the supplementation of growth media with sublethal levels of chloramphenicol contributes to a higher plasmid‐based riboflavin production titre, presumably due to an increase in plasmid copy number and thus biosynthetic gene dosage. Based on this, we proved that riboflavin production can be increased by exchanging a low copy number plasmid with a high copy number plasmid leading to a final riboflavin titre of about 523 mg L−1 in methanol fed‐batch fermentation. The findings of this study showcase the potential of B. methanolicus as a promising host for methanol‐based overproduction of extracellular riboflavin and serve as basis for metabolic engineering of next generations of riboflavin overproducing strains.https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14239 |
| spellingShingle | Vivien Jessica Klein Luciana Fernandes Brito Fernando Perez‐Garcia Trygve Brautaset Marta Irla Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol Microbial Biotechnology |
| title | Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol |
| title_full | Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol |
| title_fullStr | Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol |
| title_short | Metabolic engineering of thermophilic Bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol |
| title_sort | metabolic engineering of thermophilic bacillus methanolicus for riboflavin overproduction from methanol |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14239 |
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