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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2013

An improved Bacillus subtilis cell factory for producing scyllo-inositol, a promising therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease.

Kosei Tanaka, Shintaro Tajima, Shinji Takenaka, Ken-ichi Yoshida

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kosei Tanaka
Shintaro Tajima
Shinji Takenaka
Ken-ichi YoshidaOrganization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657 8501, Japan. kenyoshi@kobe-u.ac.jp.
Kobe University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBacillus subtilis 168 possesses an efficient pathway to metabolize some of the stereoisomers of inositol, including myo-inositol (MI) and scyllo-inositol (SI). Previously we reported a prototype of a B. subtilis cell factory with modified inositol metabolism that converts MI into SI in the culture medium. However, it wasted half of initial 1.0% (w/v) MI, and the conversion was limited to produce only 0.4% (w/v) SI. To achieve a more efficient SI production, we attempted additional modifications.

resultsAll "useless" genes involved in MI and SI metabolism were deleted. Although no elevation in SI production was observed in the deletion strain, it did result in no wastage of MI anymore. Thus additionally, overexpression of the key enzymes, IolG and IolW, was appended to demonstrate that simultaneous overexpression of them enabled complete conversion of all MI into SI.

conclusionsThe B. subtilis cell factory was improved to yield an SI production rate of 10 g/L/48 h at least. The improved conversion was achieved only in the presence of enriched nutrition in the form of 2% (w/v) Bacto soytone in the medium, which may be due to the increasing demand for regeneration of cofactors.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBacillus subtilisHumansInositolStereoisomerismInositolscyllitol

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PMID24325193
PMCPMC3878828
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