代谢改造克雷伯氏菌合成D-1,2,4-丁三醇

【背景】D-1,2,4-丁三醇(D-1,2,4-butanetriol,BT)是一种重要的四碳多元醇,应用范围广,以木糖为底物的四步生化反应是目前最高效的BT生物合成路线。但大肠杆菌宿主存在严重的碳代谢抑制,限制了工程菌在木糖葡萄糖混合糖下的生长和BT合成。然而克雷伯氏菌具有生长速度更快、葡萄糖木糖混合糖利用效果好等优点。【目的】在碳代谢抑制效应较弱的克雷伯氏菌中构建以木糖为底物的BT合成途径,以提高混合糖下BT合成能力。【方法】将来源于Clostridium crescenti的木糖脱氢酶基因xdh和来源于Lactococcus lactis的2-酮异戊酸脱羧酶基因kivD及来源于Escherichia coli W3110的木糖酸脱水酶基因yjhG克隆至KlebsiellapneumoniaeZG25,得到重组菌K.pneumoniae ZG25-BT,对重组菌进行培养条件和培养基优化,进一步敲除xylA以提高BT产量。【结果】在37°C、200 r/min、接种量1%、诱导时间2 h、添加10.0 g/L CaCO3控制pH条件下,敲除xylA的重组菌在1.5倍LB培养基中以30.0 g/L木糖和10.0 g/L葡萄糖为底物,BT的产量达到4.52 g/L,摩尔转化率为0.21mol/mol,收率为15%,较优化前分别提高150%、62%和67%。【结论】实现了BT在K.pneumoniaeZG25中的发酵生产,同时通过培养条件和培养基的优化及xylA的敲除提高了BT合成能力,为进一步实验奠定了基础。     

产L-苏氨酸重组大肠杆菌的构建和发酵性能

【背景】大肠杆菌由于生长性能优良、遗传背景清晰,常被用作苏氨酸生产菌。【目的】敲除大肠杆菌Escherichia coli THR苏氨酸合成途径的非必需基因,并异源表达苏氨酸合成必需的关键酶,构建一株苏氨酸高产菌株。【方法】利用FLP/FRT重组酶系统,敲除E. coli THR中lysC、pfkB和sstT,同时进行谷氨酸棒杆菌中lysC~(fbr)、thrE和丙酮丁醇梭菌中gapC的重组质粒构建并转化到宿主菌中。【结果】以E. coli THR为出发菌株,敲除其苏氨酸合成途径中表达天冬氨酸激酶Ⅲ (AKⅢ)的基因lysC、磷酸果糖激酶Ⅱ基因pfkB及苏氨酸吸收蛋白表达基因sstT,使菌株积累苏氨酸的产量达到75.64±0.35g/L,比出发菌株增加9.9%。随后异源表达谷氨酸棒杆菌中解除了反馈抑制的天冬氨酸激酶(lysC~(fbr))、苏氨酸分泌转运蛋白(thrE)及丙酮丁醇梭菌中由gapC编码的NADP+依赖型甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶,获得重组菌株E. coli THR6菌株。该菌株积累苏氨酸的产量提高到105.3±0.5 g/L,糖酸转化率提高了43.20%,单位产酸能力提高到5.76 g/g DCW,最大生物量为18.26 g DCW/L。【结论】单独敲除某个基因或改造某个途径不能使苏氨酸大量合成和积累,对多个代谢途径共同改造是构建苏氨酸工程菌的最有效方法。     

代谢工程改造大肠杆菌合成D-1,2,4-丁三醇

【目的】D-1,2,4-丁三醇是一种四碳的多元醇,在军事和医药领域具有广泛的应用。为实现生物法一步转化生产D-1,2,4-丁三醇,对Escherichia coli W3100的木糖代谢途径进行改造。【方法】将来源于柄杆菌的D-木糖脱氢酶基因xylB和恶臭假单胞菌的苯甲酰甲酸脱羧酶基因mdlC克隆至E.coli W3100,得到重组菌E.coli(pEtac-mdlC-tac-xylB)。在此基础上对重组菌代谢木糖合成D-1,2,4-丁三醇的能力进行考察。【结果】在30°C下,以30 g/L D-木糖为底物,重组菌E.coli(pEtac-mdlC-tac-xylB)的D-1,2,4-丁三醇产量达到了0.9 g/L,摩尔转化率为4%。【结论】实现了D-1,2,4-丁三醇的一步法发酵生产,为国内开展相关研究奠定了坚实的基础。     

代谢工程改造热带假丝酵母生产1,2,4-丁三醇

【背景】 1,2,4-丁三醇属于手性多羟基醇,是一种重要的有机合成的化学中间体,以木糖为原料经四步酶反应是目前研究最多的生物合成路线。然而大肠杆菌的鲁棒性较弱,对发酵液中一些抑制剂的耐受性不是很好,同时存在严重的碳代谢抑制。近年来,鲁棒性较好的酵母菌成为更有吸引力的宿主,其中热带假丝酵母具有天然的木糖代谢途径,可以更好地利用木糖。【目的】在热带假丝酵母中构建从木糖到1,2,4-丁三醇的代谢途径。【方法】在热带假丝酵母中敲除木糖还原酶基因GRE3,从而阻断自身的木糖代谢途径。将来源于Caulobacter crescentus的木糖脱氢酶基因(xylB)和木糖酸脱水酶基因(xylD)及来源于Lactococcus lactis的酮酸脱羧酶基因(kdcA)克隆至C. tropicalis 207中,得到重组菌C. tropicalis BT,在此基础上考察重组菌代谢木糖合成1,2,4-丁三醇的能力,确定限速步骤,并通过增加关键基因xylD与kdcA的拷贝数提高1,2,4-丁三醇产量。【结果】在30℃、200 r/min、接种量1%、以30 g/L木糖为底物的情况下,重组菌的1,2,4-丁三醇的产量达到了1.2 g/L,在5 L发酵罐中的产量达到了3.7 g/L。【结论】在热带假丝酵母中实现以木糖为底物的1,2,4-丁三醇代谢途径,并通过在基因组上增加关键基因xylD与kdcA的拷贝数,获得了一株高产1,2,4-丁三醇的重组酵母菌株,这为后续在热带假丝酵母中进一步提高1,2,4-丁三醇产量奠定了基础。     

异源表达木糖异构酶基因对克雷伯氏菌合成1,3-丙二醇的影响

【目的】提高克雷伯氏菌胞内还原力以强化1,3-丙二醇合成。【方法】将来源于大肠杆菌的木糖异构酶基因在克雷伯氏菌中异源表达,构建重组菌。研究重组菌添加不同浓度木糖为辅底物与甘油共发酵过程中代谢产物和NADH的变化规律。【结果】与对照菌相比,重组菌细胞内还原力NADH提高了0.1?0.3倍,1,3-丙二醇产量达到23.31 g/L,提高20%,1,3-丙二醇转化率从0.60 mol/mol提高到0.73 mol/mol。【结论】木糖异构酶基因的表达强化了木糖代谢途径,经磷酸戊糖途径积累大量还原力,促进了1,3-丙二醇的生成。     

产丁二酸谷氨酸棒状杆菌基因缺失代谢工程菌株的构建

【目的】提高谷氨酸棒状杆菌(Corynebacterium glutamicum)ATCC13032厌氧条件下的丁二酸产量,并降低发酵产物中副产物的含量。【方法】以谷氨酸棒状杆菌(Corynebacterium glutamicum)ATCC13032为出发菌,首先敲除乳酸形成的关键酶乳酸脱氢酶基因(ldh),构建ldh缺失株谷氨酸棒状杆菌ATCC13032Δldh;然后以缺失株谷氨酸棒状杆菌ATCC13032Δldh为出发菌,敲除该菌的丙酮酸脱氢酶系的E1p酶基因(aceE),构建一株双缺失突变菌株谷氨酸棒状杆菌ATCC13032ΔldhΔaceE。【结果】与供试菌比较,谷氨酸棒状杆菌ATCC13032Δldh的丁二酸产量和转化率分别提高了94.9%和32%,并且主要的副产物乳酸产量由出发菌产量的63.5 g/L降低到很微量的程度。丙酮酸脱氢酶的失活并不能完全消除副产物乙酸的形成,但乙酸的产量较ATCC13032Δldh降低了37.9%,丁二酸的产量略有提高。【结论】该重组菌具有较强的丁二酸生产工业化潜力,并且该研究方法为微生物代谢育种提供参考。     

枯草芽孢杆菌基因修饰生产核黄素

【目的】研究枯草芽孢杆菌核黄素合成途径、木糖代谢相关基因修饰对核黄素合成的影响。【方法】单独过表达或共同过表达核黄素操纵子中的基因、过表达木糖代谢相关基因构建相应的重组菌株。通过测定和比较重组菌株摇瓶发酵的核黄素产量和生物量,表征各个基因修饰的效应。采用摇瓶和5 L罐发酵,考察木糖作为主要碳源以及木糖与蔗糖共代谢对核黄素发酵的影响。【结果】ribA基因单独过表达,使核黄素产量提高99%,但生物量降低30%,出现细胞自溶现象。ribA-ribH基因共表达,使核黄素产量提高280%,并且无细胞自溶和生物量下降现象。1.5%蔗糖与6.5%木糖作为碳源,5 L发酵罐发酵70 h,核黄素产量达到3.6 g/L,与8%蔗糖为碳源的发酵相比,核黄素产量提高80%。木糖代谢相关基因过表达,均明显降低核黄素产量。【结论】与ribA基因单独过表达相比,ribA-ribH基因共表达可有效避免细胞自溶现象,并能进一步提高核黄素产量。蔗糖与木糖共代谢,能够改善前体物供给,有利于提高核黄素产量。     

大肠杆菌TdcC、SstT和LIV-1系统缺失对胞外L-苏氨酸积累的影响

【目的】比较分析苏氨酸吸收系统TdcC、SstT和LIV-1缺失对大肠杆菌吸收和积累胞外苏氨酸的影响。【方法】从菌株E.coli W3110出发,敲除tdcC、sst T和liv J基因,构建Tdc C、SstT和LIV-1系统单缺失和多缺失菌株,将过量表达苏氨酸操纵子基因的重组质粒pKKthr AC1034TBC分别转入原始菌和重组菌,考察各菌株吸收和积累胞外苏氨酸的能力。【结果】敲除tdc C和sst T基因的重组菌T04的苏氨酸吸收能力比原始菌W3110降低了43.28%,T04(pKKthr AC1034TBC)胞外苏氨酸积累量最高达到1.09 g/L,比对照菌W3110(pKKthr AC1034TBC)高出172.5%。敲除tdcC、sstT和livJ基因的重组菌T07的苏氨酸吸收能力比T04降低了12.97%,然而T07(pKKthr AC1034TBC)胞外苏氨酸积累量最大为0.63 g/L,与T04(pKKthr AC1034TBC)相比降低了42.2%。【结论】阻断Tdc C和Sst T系统,能有效降低大肠杆菌吸收苏氨酸的能力,提高苏氨酸的胞外积累量。阻断LIV-1系统,虽然能减少大肠杆菌对苏氨酸的吸收,却不利于菌株积累胞外苏氨酸。     

重组菌Ralstonia eutropha W50-EAB D-木糖代谢相关的限速靶点

【目的】通过代谢工程改造真养罗氏菌(Ralstonia eutropha)W50-EAB木糖代谢的相关限速靶点,进一步提高R.eutropha W50-EAB的D-木糖利用效率,为获得高效利用纤维素水解液的菌株奠定基础。【方法】利用PCR技术扩增R.eutropha转酮酶基因tkt A,cbb T2和转醛酶基因tal,将扩增的tkt A,cbb T2和tal基因分别构建到表达载体p BBR1MCS-3上,获得重组质粒p WL1-TKT,p WL1-CBBT2,p WL1-TAL。通过电转的方式将质粒分别转化W50-EAB获得重组菌W50-KAB,W50-CAB和W50-TAB。利用基因敲除的方法,获得醛还原酶基因h16_A3186敲除株W50’-EAB。通过电转的方式将重组质粒p WL1-TAL导入敲除株W50’-EAB获得重组菌株W50’-TAB。通过摇瓶发酵研究重组菌株W50-KAB,W50-CAB,W50-TAB,W50’-EAB以及W50’-TAB的发酵特性。【结果】酶活分析结果表明,转酮酶和转醛酶基因实现表达。摇瓶发酵结果表明,转酮酶基因过表达菌株W50-KAB和W50-CAB相比于对照菌株W50-EAB/p3,表现出降低的木糖利用能力;而转醛酶基因过表达重组菌株W50-TAB以及敲除菌株W50’-EAB对木糖的利用得到一定的提高。在0.1 mol/L木糖的发酵培养基中,W50-EAB的最大比生长速率为0.035 h-1,PHB干重比为16.2±1.01%;而W50-TAB的最大比生长速率提高到0.039 h-1,PHB干重比达到20.5±0.76%;醛还原酶基因敲除菌株W50’-EAB最大比生长速率提高到0.040 h-1,PHB含量提高到19.8±1.05%。结果显示转醛酶基因的过表达与醛还原酶基因的敲除对木糖利用均表现出一定的优势,将这两种优势组合获得菌株W50’-TAB,摇瓶发酵分析结果为最大比生长速率达到0.042 h-1,PHB积累达到27.9±0.47%,相比于对照菌株提高了72.2%。另外,在含有葡萄糖(0.01 mol/L)和木糖(0.09 mol/L)的混合糖培养下,重组菌株W50-TAB,W50’-EAB和W50’-TAB相比于在纯木糖培养下都表现出更高的生物量和胞内PHB积累量。【结论】磷酸戊糖途径关键酶转醛酶基因的过表达加速了木糖代谢流,从而可以高效利用木糖积累一定量的PHB。醛还原酶对木糖代谢有阻碍作用,敲除该酶基因后木糖代谢能力有了一定的提高,而两者协同作用可以进一步提高重组菌株的木糖利用效率和PHB积累能力。     

阻断消耗途径提高毕赤酵母工程菌S-腺苷甲硫氨酸产量

【背景】S-腺苷甲硫氨酸(S-adenosyl-L-methionine, SAM)作为所有生物体内的重要中间代谢物,不仅可作为膳食补充剂,还具有良好的临床应用价值。【目的】将毕赤酵母重组菌GS115/DS16的SAM消耗途径阻断,进一步提高SAM的产量。【方法】分别敲除毕赤酵母重组菌GS115/DS16的S-腺苷同型半胱氨酸水解酶基因sah1、S-腺苷甲硫氨酸脱羧酶基因spe2和L-甲硫氨酰tRNA合酶基因msm1,构建工程菌G/Dsah、G/Dspe和G/Dmsm。检测3个工程菌的生长和SAM产量,以及L-Met添加量对SAM积累的影响。【结果】与出发菌GS115/DS16相比,工程菌G/Dsah、G/Dspe和G/Dmsm的单位菌体SAM产量分别提高了29.3%、55.6%和24.8%,其生长无显著差异。L-Met添加量优化后(0.06%),G/Dsah和G/Dmsm单位菌体的SAM产量分别提高了26.4%和28.9%。【结论】构建的毕赤酵母工程菌可用于SAM的工业化生产,该代谢工程策略可用于改进其他化学品的生产。     

Optimization of 1,2,4‐butanetriol production from xylose in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic engineering of NADH/NADPH balance

1,2,4‐Butanetriol (BT) is used as a precursor for the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals and the energetic plasticizer 1,2,4‐butanetriol trinitrate. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, BT is biosynthesized from xylose via heterologous four enzymatic reactions catalyzed by xylose dehydrogenase, xylonate dehydratase, 2‐ketoacid decarboxylase, and alcohol dehydrogenase. We here aimed to improve the BT yield in S. cerevisiae by genetic engineering. First, the amount of the key intermediate 2‐keto‐3‐deoxy‐xylonate as described previously was successfully reduced in 41% by multiple integrations of Lactococcus lactis 2‐ketoacid decarboxylase gene kdcA into the yeast genome. Since the heterologous BT synthetic pathway is independent of yeast native metabolism, this manipulation has led to NADH/NADPH imbalance and deficiency during BT production. Overexpression of the NADH kinase POS5Δ17 lacking the mitochondrial targeting sequence to relieve NADH/NADPH imbalance resulted in the BT titer of 2.2 g/L (31% molar yield). Feeding low concentrations of glucose and xylose to support the supply of NADH resulted in BT titer of 6.6 g/L with (57% molar yield). Collectively, improving the NADH/NADPH ratio and supply from glucose are essential for the construction of a xylose pathway, such as the BT synthetic pathway, independent of native yeast metabolism.     

Stoichiometric flux balance models quantitatively predict growth and metabolic by-product secretion in wild-type Escherichia coli W3110.

Flux balance models of metabolism use stoichiometry of metabolic pathways, metabolic demands of growth, and optimality principles to predict metabolic flux distribution and cellular growth under specified environmental conditions. These models have provided a mechanistic interpretation of systemic metabolic physiology, and they are also useful as a quantitative tool for metabolic pathway design. Quantitative predictions of cell growth and metabolic by-product secretion that are experimentally testable can be obtained from these models. In the present report, we used independent measurements to determine the model parameters for the wild-type Escherichia coli strain W3110. We experimentally determined the maximum oxygen utilization rate (15 mmol of O2 per g [dry weight] per h), the maximum aerobic glucose utilization rate (10.5 mmol of Glc per g [dry weight] per h), the maximum anaerobic glucose utilization rate (18.5 mmol of Glc per g [dry weight] per h), the non-growth-associated maintenance requirements (7.6 mmol of ATP per g [dry weight] per h), and the growth-associated maintenance requirements (13 mmol of ATP per g of biomass). The flux balance model specified by these parameters was found to quantitatively predict glucose and oxygen uptake rates as well as acetate secretion rates observed in chemostat experiments. We have formulated a predictive algorithm in order to apply the flux balance model to describe unsteady-state growth and by-product secretion in aerobic batch, fed-batch, and anaerobic batch cultures. In aerobic experiments we observed acetate secretion, accumulation in the culture medium, and reutilization from the culture medium. In fed-batch cultures acetate is cometabolized with glucose during the later part of the culture period.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

芽孢杆菌对桉树幼苗的促生效果及其ACC脱氨酶活性的研究

【目的】筛选出能显著促进桉树幼苗生长的芽孢杆菌菌株,探究酶活性与桉树幼苗生长的相关性,初步揭示芽孢杆菌对桉树幼苗的促生机制。【方法】以分离自广东广州、阳江桉树林地土壤的32个芽孢杆菌菌株为研究对象,测定桉树幼苗接种盆栽试验以及菌株ACC脱氨酶活性与幼苗N、P养分。【结果】接种菌株2306、2403、2301能够显著促进桉树幼苗高生长和生物量积累,尤以菌株2306的促生效果最佳,其苗高、生物量分别比对照增加53.1%和190.2%。【结论】芽孢杆菌的ACC脱氨酶活性与桉树幼苗高生长相关极显著,与生物量相关显著;而且上述3个菌株均能提高桉树幼苗的N、P含量。研究结果将进一步丰富桉树促生菌资源,促进桉树微生物肥料的开发。     

Derepression of F factor function in Salmonella typhimurium

In Salmonella typhimurium LT2 the F factor of Escherichia coli K-12 replicates normally but is repressed; Flac+ cells give no visible lysis on solid media with male-specific phages, low frequency transfer of Flac+ (0.001-0.007 per donor cell), few f2 infective centers (0.002-0.006 per cell), and they propagate male-specific phages to low titers. Thus they display a Fin+ (fertility inhibition) phenotype. This repression, owing to pSLT, a 60 Mdal plasmid normally resident in S. typhimurium, was circumvented by the following materials: (i) Flac+ plasmids from E. coli with mutations in finP or traO; (ii) a S. typhimurium line which had been cured of pSLT; (iii) pKZl, a KmR plasmid in the same Inc group as pSLT, which caused expulsion of pSLT and made Fin- lines; (iv) F-Fin- mutants which originated spontaneously and which are present in most Hfr strains of S. typhimurium. Strains which are derepressed for F function by the above methods give visible lysis on solid media with male-specific phages, ca. 1.0 Lac+ recombinants per donor cell in conjugal transfer, ca. 0.82 f2 infective centers per cell, over 80% of cells with visible F pili, and propagation of male-specific phages to high titer. These data confirm earlier observations that pSLT represses F by the FinOP system. In addition, it shows that there is no other mechanism which represses F function in S. typhimurium. If donor function is derepressed by one of the above methods, and if rough recipient strains are used, F-mediated conjugation in S. typhimurium LT2 is as efficient as in E. coli K-12.     

Synthesis of polyketides from low cost substrates by the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus

Kluyveromyces marxianus is a promising nonconventional yeast for biobased chemical production due to its rapid growth rate, high TCA cycle flux, and tolerance to low pH and high temperature. Unlike Saccharomyces cerevisiae, K. marxianus grows on low-cost substrates to cell densities that equal or surpass densities in glucose, which can be beneficial for utilization of lignocellulosic biomass (xylose), biofuel production waste (glycerol), and whey (lactose). We have evaluated K. marxianus for the synthesis of polyketides, using triacetic acid lactone (TAL) as the product. The 2-pyrone synthase (2-PS) was expressed on a CEN/ARS plasmid in three different strains, and the effects of temperature, carbon source, and cultivation strategy on TAL levels were determined. The highest titer was obtained in defined 1% xylose medium at 37°C, with substantial titers at 41 and 43°C. The introduction of a high-stability 2-PS mutant and a promoter substitution increased titer four-fold. 2-PS expression from a multi-copy pKD1-based plasmid improved TAL titers a further five-fold. Combining the best plasmid, promoter, and strain resulted in a TAL titer of 1.24 g/L and a yield of 0.0295 mol TAL/mol carbon for this otherwise unengineered strain in 3 ml tube culture. This is an excellent titer and yield (on xylose) before metabolic engineering or fed-batch culture relative to other hosts (on glucose), and demonstrates the promise of this rapidly growing and thermotolerant yeast species for polyketide production.     

高产DHA破囊壶菌Aurantiochytrium sp. PKU#SW7诱变株的筛选

【目的】对野生菌株Aurantiochytrium sp.PKU#SW7诱变育种,筛选高产DHA突变株。【方法】采用UV诱变和化学药物胁迫筛选方式,以菌株的生物量、油脂产量、DHA产量作为筛选指标,获得高产DHA突变株。【结果】经鉴定获得一株DHA高产突变株PKU#PM003,该菌株传代4次后仍保持较好的遗传稳定性。摇瓶发酵后,PKU#PM003生物量产量高达6.62 g/L,比原始菌株5.95 g/L提高了11.26%,脂肪酸含量高达4.01 g/L,比原始菌株3.18 g/L提高了26.1%,DHA在脂肪酸中所占比例由29.97%增加到33.43%,产量提高了41.01%,油脂突变效果显著。【结论】突变株PKU#PM003可作为性状优良的工业化发酵生产菌种,并在DHA产量提升上仍具有巨大的空间。     

Influence of the dilution rate on the bioproductivity of lactose-utilizing yeasts: fuzzy logic modeling

The studied problem is of commercial interest because whey, the cultivation substrate, is a waste by-product from the transformation of milk into cheese and casein. Investigations on the influence of the dilution rate (D) on the bioproductivity of lactose-utilizing yeasts were carried out with two model strains--the oxidative strain Candida blankii 35 and the fermentative strain Candida pseudotropicalis 11. The increase of D led to the different changes in productivity. The best synthesizing ability of both continuously cultivated strains is established at D = 0.4 [h-1] despite the different type of metabolism. The oxidative strain C. blankii 35 is more effective in comparison with the fermentative strain C. pseudotropicalis 11 because of its ability to synthesize 1.5 fold higher biomass and protein yields. These experimental facts were proved also by simulative research with a Fuzzy Knowledge-Based System (FKBS) developed for modeling the influence of D on several process variables.     

Metabolic pathway optimization for biosynthesis of 1,2,4-butanetriol from xylose by engineered Escherichia coli

1,2,4-Butanetriol (BT) and related derivatives have been widely used in many fields, especially in the military and in medicine. In this paper, we systematically optimized the BT biosynthetic pathway. We first investigated the activities of various NADH dependent aldehyde reductases (ALRs), which catalyze the fourth reaction in the four-step pathway for BT production from xylose in E. coli, and found that a combination of multiple endogenous enzymes catalyzed aldehyde reduction in the BT production bioprocess and that YqhD in E. coli was a main ALR for BT production. In addition, ADH2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae can effectively catalyze 3,4-dihydroxybutanal to BT. Also, YjhG was identified as the major xylonate dehydratase and was co-overexpressed with YqhD, resulting in an improvement of BT production by 30%. Moreover, we identified and eliminated the competing branch pathway by inactivating 2-keto acid reductases (yiaE). Finally, the combination of these approaches led to BT production of 5.1 g/L. In summary, our study provides insights into the biosynthetic pathway for BT production, demonstrates an effective strategy to enhance BT production, and paves the way toward in-depth research on BT biosynthesis.