Effects of phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase deficiency on metabolism and lysine production in Corynebacterium glutamicum |
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Authors: | Marcel Gubler Sung Min Park Mike Jetten Gregory Stephanopoulos Anthony J. Sinskey |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 02139 Cambridge, MA, USA;(2) Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139 Cambridge, MA, USA;(3) Present address: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | The phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase gene (ppc) of lysine-producing Corynebacterium glutamicum and C. lactofermentum strains was inactivated by marker exchange mutagenesis. The mutants lacked completely phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEP carboxylase) activity, but grew in minimal medium containing glucose as the sole carbon source. In addition, the ppc– strains produced equivalent titers of lysine in shake flasks and in 10-l fermentation experiments as their parent strains. To address the question of how ppc–Corynebacterium strains generate oxaloacetate (OAA) for their own metabolism as well as for high-level lysine production, we measured the activities of enzymes leading to OAA synthesis. Whereas pyruvate carboxylase activity was not detected in any of the strains, phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase (PEP carboxykinase) activity was found to be significantly higher in C. glutamicum ppc mutants compared to the parent strains. On the other hand, PEP carboxykinase activity in C. lactofermentum was essentially absent. As glyxylate cycle enzymes are strongly repressed by glucose, they are not likely to compensate for the lack of PEP carboxylase activity. PEP carboxykinase, among several candidates, could play this role.Correspondence to: M. Gubler |
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