ArticleExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions2020
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus reveals potential route to branched-chain alcohol formation.
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- Engineering the cellulolytic extreme thermophile Caldicellulosiruptor bescii to reduce carboxylic acids to alcohols using plant biomass as the energy source.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2020Article
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The fermentation of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) to branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs) and branched-chain alcohols (BCOHs) is described using Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus. BCAAs were not degraded without an electron scavenging system but were degraded to a mixture of their BCFA (major) and BCOH (minor) when thiosulfate was added to the culture. Various environmental parameters were investigated using isoleucine as the substrate which ultimately demonstrated that at higher liquid-gas phase ratios the formation of 2-methyl-1-butanol from isoleucine achieved a maximal titer of 3.4 mM at a 1:1 liquid-gas ratio suggesting that higher partial pressure of hydrogen influences the BCOH/BCFA ratio but did not increase further with higher L-G phase ratios. Alternately, increasing the thiosulfate concentration decreased the BCOH to BCFA ratio. Kinetic monitoring of BCAA degradation revealed that the formation of BCOHs occurs slowly after the onset of BCFA formation.
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