Production of lovastatin and itaconic acid by Aspergillus terreus: a comparative perspective

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• 作者：Tomasz Boruta ; Marcin Bizukojc
• 关键词：Aspergillus terreus ; Itaconic acid ; Lovastatin ; Metabolites
• 刊名：World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：33
• 期：2
• 全文大小：913KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology; Biochemistry, general; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Microbiology;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0972
• 卷排序：33

文摘

Aspergillus terreus is a textbook example of an industrially relevant filamentous fungus. It is used for the biotechnological production of two valuable metabolites, namely itaconic acid and lovastatin. Itaconic acid serves as a precursor in polymer industry, whereas lovastatin found its place in the pharmaceutical market as a cholesterol-lowering statin drug and a precursor for semisynthetic statins. Interestingly, their biosynthetic gene clusters were shown to reside in the common genetic neighborhood. Despite the genomic proximity of the underlying biosynthetic genes, the production of lovastatin and itaconic acid was shown to be favored by different factors, especially with respect to pH values of the broth. While there are several reviews on various aspects of lovastatin and itaconic acid production, the survey on growth conditions, biochemistry and morphology related to the formation of these two metabolites has never been presented in the comparative manner. The aim of the current review is to outline the correlations and contrasts with respect to process-related and biochemical discoveries regarding itaconic acid and lovastatin production by A. terreus.