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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts2024

Enhancing D-lactic acid production by optimizing the expression of D-LDH gene in methylotrophic yeast Komagataella phaffii.

Yoshifumi Inoue, Ryosuke Yamada, Takuya Matsumoto, Hiroyasu Ogino

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Yoshifumi InoueDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-Cho, Naka-Ku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
Ryosuke YamadaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-Cho, Naka-Ku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan. ryamada@omu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-7501
Takuya MatsumotoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-Cho, Naka-Ku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
Hiroyasu OginoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-Cho, Naka-Ku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.

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Abstract

backgroundCurrently, efficient technologies producing useful chemicals from alternative carbon resources, such as methanol, to replace petroleum are in demand. The methanol-utilizing yeast, Komagataella phaffii, is a promising microorganism to produce chemicals from methanol using environment-friendly microbial processes. In this study, to achieve efficient D-lactic acid production from methanol, we investigated a combination of D-lactate dehydrogenase (D-LDH) genes and promoters in K. phaffii. The yeast strain was constructed by integrating a gene cassette containing the identified gene and promoter into the rDNA locus of K. phaffii, followed by post-transformational gene amplification. Subsequently, D-lactic acid production from methanol was evaluated.

resultsAmong the five D-LDH genes and eight promoters tested, the combination of LlDLDH derived from Leuconostoc lactis and CAT1 and FLD1 promoters was suitable for expression in K. phaffii. GS115_CFL/Z3/04, the best-engineered strain constructed via integration of LlDLDH linked to CAT1 and FLD1 promoters into the rDNA locus and post-transformational gene amplification, produced 5.18 g/L D-lactic acid from methanol. To the best of our knowledge, the amount of D-lactic acid from methanol produced by this engineered yeast is the highest reported value to date when utilizing methanol as the sole carbon source.

conclusionsThis study demonstrated the effectiveness of combining different enzyme genes and promoters using multiple promoters with different induction and repression conditions, integrating the genes into the rDNA locus, and further amplifying the genes after transformation in K. phaffii. Using our established method, other K. phaffii strains can be engineered to produce various useful chemicals in the future.

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D-Lactic acidKomagataella phaffiiMetabolic engineeringMethanolYeast

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