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ArticlePloS one2021

Improvement of 2-phenylethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by evolutionary and rational metabolic engineering.

Linghuan Zhu, Sha Xu, Youran Li, Guiyang Shi

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Linghuan ZhuCollege of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Sha XuKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Youran LiKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Guiyang ShiKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5147-0238
Jiangnan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

2-Phenylethanol (2-PE) is a valuable aromatic compound with favorable flavors and good properties, resulting in its widespread application in the cosmetic, food and medical industries. In this study, a mutant strain, AD032, was first obtained by adaptive evolution under 2-PE stress. Then, a fusion protein from the Ehrlich pathway, composed of tyrB from Escherichia coli, kdcA from Lactococcus lactis and ADH2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was constructed and expressed. As a result, 3.14 g/L 2-PE was achieved using L-phenylalanine as a precursor. To further increase 2-PE production, L-glutamate oxidase from Streptomyces overexpression was applied for the first time in our research to improve the supply of α-ketoglutarate in the transamination of 2-PE synthesis. Furthermore, we found that the disruption of the pyruvate decarboxylase encoding gene PDC5 caused an increase in 2-PE production, which has not yet been reported. Finally, assembly of the efficient metabolic modules and process optimization resulted in the strain RM27, which reached 4.02 g/L 2-PE production from 6.7 g/L L-phenylalanine without in situ product recovery. The strain RM27 produced 2-PE (0.8 mol/mol) with L-phenylalanine as a precursor, which was considerably high, and displayed manufacturing potential regarding food safety and process simplification aspects. This study suggests that innovative strategies regarding metabolic modularization provide improved prospects for 2-PE production in food exploitation.

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Biological EvolutionMetabolic EngineeringAdaptation, PhysiologicalCarboxy-LyasesFermentationKetoglutaric AcidsMutationPhenylethyl AlcoholRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCarboxy-LyasesKetoglutaric AcidsPhenylethyl Alcoholphenylpyruvate decarboxylaseRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID34665833
PMCPMC8525735
OpenAlexW3206339739

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