Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system
The fully biobased polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers provide interesting alternatives for petrochemical derived plastic materials. The mechanical properties of some PHAs, including the common poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), are limited, but tunable by addition of other monomers into the polymer cha...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2022-06-01
|
| Series: | Metabolic Engineering Communications |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030122000086 |
| _version_ | 1818237537955610624 |
|---|---|
| author | Anna Ylinen Laura Salusjärvi Mervi Toivari Merja Penttilä |
| author_facet | Anna Ylinen Laura Salusjärvi Mervi Toivari Merja Penttilä |
| author_sort | Anna Ylinen |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The fully biobased polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers provide interesting alternatives for petrochemical derived plastic materials. The mechanical properties of some PHAs, including the common poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), are limited, but tunable by addition of other monomers into the polymer chain. In this study we present a precise synthetic biology method to adjust lactate monomer fraction of a polymer by controlling the monomer formation in vivo at gene expression level, independent of cultivation conditions. We used the modified doxycycline-based Tet-On approach to adjust the expression of the stereospecific D-lactate dehydrogenase gene (ldhA) from Leuconostoc mesenteroides to control D-lactic acid formation in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The synthetic Tet-On transcription factor with a VP16 activation domain was continuously expressed and its binding to a synthetic promoter with eight transcription factor specific binding sites upstream of the ldhA gene was controlled with the doxycycline concentration in the media. The increase in doxycycline concentration correlated positively with ldhA expression, D-lactic acid production, poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) accumulation in vivo, and D-lactic acid content in the poly(D-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) P(LA-3HB) copolymer. We demonstrated that the D-lactic acid content of the P(LA-3HB) copolymer can be adjusted linearly from 6 mol% to 93 mol% in vivo in S. cerevisiae. These results highlight the power of controlling gene expression and monomer formation in the tuning of the polymer composition. In addition, we obtained 5.6% PDLA and 19% P(LA-3HB) of the cell dry weight (CDW), which are over two- and five-fold higher accumulation levels, respectively, than reported in the previous studies with yeast. We also compared two engineered PHA synthases and discovered that in S. cerevisiae the PHA synthase PhaC1437Ps6-19 produced P(LA-3HB) copolymers with lower D-lactic acid content, but with higher molecular weight, in comparison to the PHA synthase PhaC1Pre. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-12T12:27:21Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-337ffdbab73543a4873adaf33fc2ca11 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2214-0301 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-12T12:27:21Z |
| publishDate | 2022-06-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Metabolic Engineering Communications |
| spelling | doaj.art-337ffdbab73543a4873adaf33fc2ca112022-12-22T00:24:31ZengElsevierMetabolic Engineering Communications2214-03012022-06-0114e00199Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression systemAnna Ylinen0Laura Salusjärvi1Mervi Toivari2Merja Penttilä3VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044, VTT, Finland; Corresponding author.VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044, VTT, FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044, VTT, FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044, VTT, Finland; Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076, AALTO, FinlandThe fully biobased polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers provide interesting alternatives for petrochemical derived plastic materials. The mechanical properties of some PHAs, including the common poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), are limited, but tunable by addition of other monomers into the polymer chain. In this study we present a precise synthetic biology method to adjust lactate monomer fraction of a polymer by controlling the monomer formation in vivo at gene expression level, independent of cultivation conditions. We used the modified doxycycline-based Tet-On approach to adjust the expression of the stereospecific D-lactate dehydrogenase gene (ldhA) from Leuconostoc mesenteroides to control D-lactic acid formation in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The synthetic Tet-On transcription factor with a VP16 activation domain was continuously expressed and its binding to a synthetic promoter with eight transcription factor specific binding sites upstream of the ldhA gene was controlled with the doxycycline concentration in the media. The increase in doxycycline concentration correlated positively with ldhA expression, D-lactic acid production, poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) accumulation in vivo, and D-lactic acid content in the poly(D-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) P(LA-3HB) copolymer. We demonstrated that the D-lactic acid content of the P(LA-3HB) copolymer can be adjusted linearly from 6 mol% to 93 mol% in vivo in S. cerevisiae. These results highlight the power of controlling gene expression and monomer formation in the tuning of the polymer composition. In addition, we obtained 5.6% PDLA and 19% P(LA-3HB) of the cell dry weight (CDW), which are over two- and five-fold higher accumulation levels, respectively, than reported in the previous studies with yeast. We also compared two engineered PHA synthases and discovered that in S. cerevisiae the PHA synthase PhaC1437Ps6-19 produced P(LA-3HB) copolymers with lower D-lactic acid content, but with higher molecular weight, in comparison to the PHA synthase PhaC1Pre.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030122000086Gene expressionTet-onCopolymerPHADoxycyclineYeast |
| spellingShingle | Anna Ylinen Laura Salusjärvi Mervi Toivari Merja Penttilä Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system Metabolic Engineering Communications Gene expression Tet-on Copolymer PHA Doxycycline Yeast |
| title | Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system |
| title_full | Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system |
| title_fullStr | Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system |
| title_short | Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system |
| title_sort | control of d lactic acid content in p la 3hb copolymer in the yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system |
| topic | Gene expression Tet-on Copolymer PHA Doxycycline Yeast |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030122000086 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT annaylinen controlofdlacticacidcontentinpla3hbcopolymerintheyeastsaccharomycescerevisiaeusingasyntheticgeneexpressionsystem AT laurasalusjarvi controlofdlacticacidcontentinpla3hbcopolymerintheyeastsaccharomycescerevisiaeusingasyntheticgeneexpressionsystem AT mervitoivari controlofdlacticacidcontentinpla3hbcopolymerintheyeastsaccharomycescerevisiaeusingasyntheticgeneexpressionsystem AT merjapenttila controlofdlacticacidcontentinpla3hbcopolymerintheyeastsaccharomycescerevisiaeusingasyntheticgeneexpressionsystem |