Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C.
An artificial microbial community consisted of Ketogulonicigenium vulgare and Bacillus megaterium has been used in industry to produce 2-keto-gulonic acid (2-KGA), the precursor of vitamin C. During the mix culture fermentation process, sporulation and cell lysis of B. megaterium can be observed. In...
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| description | An artificial microbial community consisted of Ketogulonicigenium vulgare and Bacillus megaterium has been used in industry to produce 2-keto-gulonic acid (2-KGA), the precursor of vitamin C. During the mix culture fermentation process, sporulation and cell lysis of B. megaterium can be observed. In order to investigate how these phenomena correlate with 2-KGA production, and to explore how two species interact with each other during the fermentation process, an integrated time-series proteomic and metabolomic analysis was applied to the system. The study quantitatively identified approximate 100 metabolites and 258 proteins. Principal Component Analysis of all the metabolites identified showed that glutamic acid, 5-oxo-proline, L-sorbose, 2-KGA, 2, 6-dipicolinic acid and tyrosine were potential biomarkers to distinguish the different time-series samples. Interestingly, most of these metabolites were closely correlated with the sporulation process of B. megaterium. Together with several sporulation-relevant proteins identified, the results pointed to the possibility that Bacillus sporulation process might be important part of the microbial interaction. After sporulation, cell lysis of B. megaterium was observed in the co-culture system. The proteomic results showed that proteins combating against intracellular reactive oxygen stress (ROS), and proteins involved in pentose phosphate pathway, L-sorbose pathway, tricarboxylic acid cycle and amino acids metabolism were up-regulated when the cell lysis of B. megaterium occurred. The cell lysis might supply purine substrates needed for K. vulgare growth. These discoveries showed B. megaterium provided key elements necessary for K. vulgare to grow better and produce more 2-KGA. The study represents the first attempt to decipher 2-KGA-producing microbial communities using quantitative systems biology analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e84962b1f97246929b09a1baf031db702022-12-22T01:17:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-01610e2610810.1371/journal.pone.0026108Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C.Qian MaJian ZhouWeiwen ZhangXinxin MengJunwei SunYing-Jin YuanAn artificial microbial community consisted of Ketogulonicigenium vulgare and Bacillus megaterium has been used in industry to produce 2-keto-gulonic acid (2-KGA), the precursor of vitamin C. During the mix culture fermentation process, sporulation and cell lysis of B. megaterium can be observed. In order to investigate how these phenomena correlate with 2-KGA production, and to explore how two species interact with each other during the fermentation process, an integrated time-series proteomic and metabolomic analysis was applied to the system. The study quantitatively identified approximate 100 metabolites and 258 proteins. Principal Component Analysis of all the metabolites identified showed that glutamic acid, 5-oxo-proline, L-sorbose, 2-KGA, 2, 6-dipicolinic acid and tyrosine were potential biomarkers to distinguish the different time-series samples. Interestingly, most of these metabolites were closely correlated with the sporulation process of B. megaterium. Together with several sporulation-relevant proteins identified, the results pointed to the possibility that Bacillus sporulation process might be important part of the microbial interaction. After sporulation, cell lysis of B. megaterium was observed in the co-culture system. The proteomic results showed that proteins combating against intracellular reactive oxygen stress (ROS), and proteins involved in pentose phosphate pathway, L-sorbose pathway, tricarboxylic acid cycle and amino acids metabolism were up-regulated when the cell lysis of B. megaterium occurred. The cell lysis might supply purine substrates needed for K. vulgare growth. These discoveries showed B. megaterium provided key elements necessary for K. vulgare to grow better and produce more 2-KGA. The study represents the first attempt to decipher 2-KGA-producing microbial communities using quantitative systems biology analysis.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3189245?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Qian Ma Jian Zhou Weiwen Zhang Xinxin Meng Junwei Sun Ying-Jin Yuan Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C. PLoS ONE |
| title | Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C. |
| title_full | Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C. |
| title_fullStr | Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C. |
| title_short | Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C. |
| title_sort | integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two step production of vitamin c |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3189245?pdf=render |
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