Engineering the growth pattern and cell morphology for enhanced PHB production by Escherichia coli
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- 作者：Hong Wu ; Jinchun Chen ; Guo-Qiang Chen
- 关键词：KeywordsPolyhydroxyalkanoates ; PHB ; Cell morphology ; Division pattern ; Escherichia coli ; Morphology engineering ; Synthetic biology
- 刊名：Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：100
- 期：23
- 页码：9907-9916
- 全文大小：3,582 KB
- 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
- 刊物主题：Chemistry
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Microbial Genetics and Genomics - 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
- ISSN：1432-0614
- 卷排序：100
文摘
E. coli JM109∆envC∆nlpD deleted with genes envC and nlpD responsible for degrading peptidoglycan (PG) led to long filamentous cell shapes. When cell fission ring location genes minC and minD of Escherichia coli were deleted, E. coli JM109∆minCD changed the cell growth pattern from binary division to multiple fissions. Bacterial morphology can be further engineered by overexpressing sulA gene resulting in inhibition on FtsZ, thus generating very long cellular filaments. By overexpressing sulA in E. coli JM109∆envC∆nlpD and E. coli JM109∆minCD harboring poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) synthesis operon phbCAB encoded in plasmid pBHR68, respectively, both engineered cells became long filaments and accumulated more PHB compared with the wild-type. Under same shake flask growth conditions, E. coli JM109∆minCD (pBHR68) overexpressing sulA grown in multiple fission pattern accumulated approximately 70 % PHB in 9 g/L cell dry mass (CDM), which was significantly higher than E. coli JM109∆envC∆nlpD and the wild type, that produced 7.6 g/L and 8 g/L CDM containing 64 % and 51 % PHB, respectively. Results demonstrated that a combination of the new division pattern with elongated shape of E. coli improved PHB production. This provided a new vision on the enhanced production of inclusion bodies.