Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture

Sucrose has several advantages over glucose as a feedstock for bioprocesses, both environmentally and economically. However, most industrial Escherichia coli strains are unable to utilize sucrose. E. coli W can grow on sucrose but stops growing when sucrose concentrations become low. This is undesir...

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Main Authors: Arifin, Yalun, Sabri, S., Sugiarto, H., Krömer, J., Vickers, C., Nielsen, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6726
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author Arifin, Yalun
Sabri, S.
Sugiarto, H.
Krömer, J.
Vickers, C.
Nielsen, L.
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Sabri, S.
Sugiarto, H.
Krömer, J.
Vickers, C.
Nielsen, L.
author_sort Arifin, Yalun
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Sucrose has several advantages over glucose as a feedstock for bioprocesses, both environmentally and economically. However, most industrial Escherichia coli strains are unable to utilize sucrose. E. coli W can grow on sucrose but stops growing when sucrose concentrations become low. This is undesirable in fed-batch conditions where sugar levels are low between feeding pulses. Sucrose uptake rates were improved by removal of the cscR gene, which encodes a protein that represses expression of the sucrose utilization genes at low sucrose concentrations. Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) was used as a model compound in order to assess the effect of improved sugar utilization on bio-production. In the cscR knockout strain, production from sucrose was improved by 50%; this strain also produced 30% more PHB than the wild-type using glucose. This result demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing sucrose as an industrial feedstock for E. coli-based bioprocesses in high cell density culture. © 2011.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-67262017-09-13T14:35:42Z Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture Arifin, Yalun Sabri, S. Sugiarto, H. Krömer, J. Vickers, C. Nielsen, L. Sucrose has several advantages over glucose as a feedstock for bioprocesses, both environmentally and economically. However, most industrial Escherichia coli strains are unable to utilize sucrose. E. coli W can grow on sucrose but stops growing when sucrose concentrations become low. This is undesirable in fed-batch conditions where sugar levels are low between feeding pulses. Sucrose uptake rates were improved by removal of the cscR gene, which encodes a protein that represses expression of the sucrose utilization genes at low sucrose concentrations. Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) was used as a model compound in order to assess the effect of improved sugar utilization on bio-production. In the cscR knockout strain, production from sucrose was improved by 50%; this strain also produced 30% more PHB than the wild-type using glucose. This result demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing sucrose as an industrial feedstock for E. coli-based bioprocesses in high cell density culture. © 2011. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6726 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.07.003 Elsevier Science restricted
spellingShingle Arifin, Yalun
Sabri, S.
Sugiarto, H.
Krömer, J.
Vickers, C.
Nielsen, L.
Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
title Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
title_full Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
title_fullStr Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
title_full_unstemmed Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
title_short Deletion of cscR in Escherichia coli W improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
title_sort deletion of cscr in escherichia coli w improves growth and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (phb) production from sucrose in fed batch culture
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6726