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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts2024

Metabolic and tolerance engineering of Komagataella phaffii for 2-phenylethanol production through genome-wide scanning.

Lijing Sun, Ying Gao, Renjie Sun, Ling Liu, Liangcai Lin, Cuiying Zhang

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Lijing SunState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
Ying GaoState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
Renjie SunState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
Ling LiuState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
Liangcai LinState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. lclin@tust.edu.cn.
Cuiying ZhangState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. cyzhangcy@tust.edu.cn.

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFA0914500Tianjin Graduate Research and Innovation of China 2021YJSB219Tianjin Science and Technology Project of China 22ZYJDSS00050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background2-Phenylethanol (2-PE) is one of the most widely used spices. Recently, 2-PE has also been considered a potential aviation fuel booster. However, the lack of scientific understanding of the 2-PE biosynthetic pathway and the cellular response to 2-PE cytotoxicity are the most important obstacles to the efficient biosynthesis of 2-PE.

resultsHere, metabolic engineering and tolerance engineering strategies were used to improve the production of 2-PE in Komagataella phaffii. First, the endogenous genes encoding the amino acid permease GAP1, aminotransferase AAT2, phenylpyruvate decarboxylase KDC2, and aldehyde dehydrogenase ALD4 involved in the Ehrlich pathway and the 2-PE stress response gene NIT1 in K. phaffii were screened and characterized via comparative transcriptome analysis. Subsequently, metabolic engineering was employed to gradually reconstruct the 2-PE biosynthetic pathway, and the engineered strain S43 was obtained, which produced 2.98 g/L 2-PE in shake flask. Furthermore, transcriptional profiling analyses were utilized to screen for novel potential tolerance elements. Our results demonstrated that cells with knockout of the PDR12 and C4R2I5 genes exhibited a significant increase in 2-PE tolerance. To confirm the practical applications of these results, deletion of the PDR12 and C4R2I5 genes in the hyper 2-PE producing strain S43 dramatically increased the production of 2-PE by 18.12%, and the production was 3.54 g/L.

conclusionThis is the highest production of 2-PE produced by K. phaffii via L-phenylalanine conversion. These identified K. phaffii endogenous elements are highly conserved in other yeast species, suggesting that manipulation of these homologues might be a useful strategy for improving aromatic alcohol production. These results also enrich the understanding of aromatic compound biosynthetic pathways and 2-PE tolerance, and provide new elements and strategies for the synthesis of aromatic compounds by microbial cell factories.

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2-PhenylethanolComparative transcriptomeEhrlich pathwayKomagataella phaffiiTolerance

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