重组大肠杆菌利用蔗糖及糖蜜发酵生产丁二酸

富含蔗糖的甘蔗糖蜜可作为制备丁二酸的廉价原料。然而生产丁二酸的潜力菌株大肠杆菌Escherichia coli AFP111不能代谢蔗糖。为了使其具有蔗糖代谢能力,将E.coli W中非PTS蔗糖利用系统蔗糖通透酶的编码基因csc B,果糖激酶的编码基因csc K和蔗糖水解酶的编码基因csc A克隆并表达到AFP111中,获得重组菌株AFP111/p MD19T-csc BKA。经厌氧发酵验证,重组菌株72 h消耗20 g/L蔗糖,丁二酸产量达到12 g/L。在3L发酵罐中采用有氧阶段培养菌体、厌氧阶段发酵的两阶段发酵方式,厌氧发酵30 h,重组菌株以蔗糖和糖蜜为碳源丁二酸产量分别为34 g/L和30 g/L。结果表明,通过外源引入非PTS蔗糖利用系统,重组菌株具有较强的代谢蔗糖生长及合成丁二酸的能力,并且能够利用廉价糖蜜发酵制备丁二酸。

Succinic acid production from sucrose and sugarcane molasses by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Sugarcane molasses containing large amounts of sucrose is an economical substrate for succinic acid production. However, Escherichia coli AFP111 cannot metabolize sucrose although it is a promising candidate for succinic acid production. To achieve sucrose utilizing ability, we cloned and expressed cscBKA genes encoding sucrose permease, fructokinase and invertase of non-PTS sucrose-utilization system from E. coli W in E. coli AFP111 to generate a recombinant strain AFP111/pMD19T-cscBKA. After 72 h of anaerobic fermentation of the recombinant in serum bottles, 20 g/L sucrose was consumed and 12 g/L succinic acid was produced. During dual-phase fermentation comprised of initial aerobic growth phase followed by anaerobic fermentation phase, the concentration of succinic acid from sucrose and sugarcane molasses was 34 g/L and 30 g/L, respectively, at 30 h of anaerobic phase in a 3 L fermentor. The results show that the introduction of non-PTS sucrose-utilization system has sucrose-metabolizing capability for cell growth and succinic acid production, and can use cheap sugarcane molasses to produce succinic acid.