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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2022

Mediating oxidative stress enhances α-ionone biosynthesis and strain robustness during process scaling up.

Ching-Ning Huang, Xiaohui Lim, Leonard Ong, Chinchin Lim, Xixian Chen, Congqiang Zhang

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ching-Ning HuangSingapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 31 Biopolis Way, Level 6, Nanos Building, Singapore, 138669, Singapore.
Xiaohui LimSingapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 31 Biopolis Way, Level 6, Nanos Building, Singapore, 138669, Singapore.
Leonard OngSingapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 31 Biopolis Way, Level 6, Nanos Building, Singapore, 138669, Singapore.
Chinchin LimSingapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 31 Biopolis Way, Level 6, Nanos Building, Singapore, 138669, Singapore.
Xixian ChenSingapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 31 Biopolis Way, Level 6, Nanos Building, Singapore, 138669, Singapore. xixian_chen@sifbi.a-star.edu.sg.
Congqiang ZhangSingapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 31 Biopolis Way, Level 6, Nanos Building, Singapore, 138669, Singapore. zcqsimon@outlook.com.
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Funding

Agency for Science, Technology and Research A1984c0040Agency for Science, Technology and Research A2084c0064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundα-Ionone is highly valued in cosmetics and perfumery with a global usage of 100-1000 tons per year. Metabolic engineering by microbial fermentation offers a promising way to produce natural (R)-α-ionone in a cost-effective manner. Apart from optimizing the metabolic pathways, the approach is also highly dependent on generating a robust strain which retains productivity during the scale-up process. To our knowledge, no study has investigated strain robustness while increasing α-ionone yield.

resultsBuilt on our previous work, here, we further increased α-ionone yield to 11.4 mg/L/OD in 1 mL tubes by overexpressing the bottleneck dioxygenase CCD1 and re-engineering the pathway, which is  > 65% enhancement as compared to our previously best strain. However, the yield decreased greatly to 2.4 mg/L/OD when tested in 10 mL flasks. Further investigation uncovered an unexpected inhibition that excessive overexpression of CCD1 was accompanied with increased hydrogen peroxide (H

conclusionOur study provides an insight on the importance of mediating the oxidative stress to improve strain robustness and microbial production of α-ionone during scaling up. This new strategy may be inspiring to the biosynthesis of other high-value apocarotenoids such as retinol and crocin, in which oxygenases are also involved.

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Hydrogen PeroxideNorisoprenoidsMetabolic EngineeringOxidative Stressalpha-iononeHydrogen PeroxideNorisoprenoidsAlkyl hydroperoxide reductasesApocarotenoidsCarotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs)Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)IononeReactive oxygen species (ROSs)

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PMID36424649
PMCPMC9686065
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