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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2022

Engineering Pseudomonas putida for improved utilization of syringyl aromatics.

Joshua Mueller, Howard Willett, Adam M Feist, Wei Niu

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joshua MuellerDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9092-1222
Howard WillettDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Adam M FeistDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8630-4800
Wei NiuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3826-1276
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · USNovo Nordisk Foundation · DK

Funding

Targeted mass spectrometry approaches to understand CART processing and recepter interactionsP20GM113126 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI RAZAVI RIZI, MOHAMMAD · 2016 to 2025
$20.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM113126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lignin is a largely untapped source for the bioproduction of value-added chemicals. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 has emerged as a strong candidate for bioprocessing of lignin feedstocks due to its resistance to several industrial solvents, broad metabolic capabilities, and genetic amenability. Here we demonstrate the engineering of P. putida for the ability to metabolize syringic acid, one of the major products that comes from the breakdown of the syringyl component of lignin. The rational design was first applied for the construction of strain Sy-1 by overexpressing a native vanillate demethylase. Subsequent adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) led to the generation of mutations that achieved robust growth on syringic acid as a sole carbon source. The best mutant showed a 30% increase in the growth rate over the original engineered strain. Genomic sequencing revealed multiple mutations repeated in separate evolved replicates. Reverse engineering of mutations identified in agmR, gbdR, fleQ, and the intergenic region of gstB and yadG into the parental strain recaptured the improved growth of the evolved strains to varied extent. These findings thus reveal the ability of P. putida to utilize lignin more fully as a feedstock and make it a more economically viable chassis for chemical production.

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Pseudomonas putidaBase SequenceCarbonLigninMetabolic EngineeringCarbonLigninadaptive lab evolution (ALE)Pseudomonas putida KT2440syringyl lignin-derived aromatics

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PMID35524438
PMCPMC9378539
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