Metabolic rewiring of synthetic pyruvate dehydrogenase bypasses for acetone production in cyanobacteria

Hyun Jeong Lee; Jigyeong Son; Sang Jun Sim; Han Min Woo

doi:10.1111/pbi.13342

Metabolic rewiring of synthetic pyruvate dehydrogenase bypasses for acetone production in cyanobacteria

Hyun Jeong Lee, Jigyeong Son, Sang Jun Sim, Han Min Woo

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Abstract

Designing synthetic pathways for efficient CO₂ fixation and conversion is essential for sustainable chemical production. Here we have designed a synthetic acetate-acetyl-CoA/malonyl-CoA (AAM) bypass to overcome an enzymatic activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. This synthetic pathway utilizes acetate assimilation and carbon rearrangements using a methyl malonyl-CoA carboxyltransferase. We demonstrated direct conversion of CO₂ into acetyl-CoA-derived acetone as an example in photosynthetic Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 by increasing the acetyl-CoA pools. The engineered cyanobacterial strain with the AAM-bypass produced 0.41 g/L of acetone at 0.71 m/day of molar productivity. This work clearly shows that the synthetic pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass (AAM-bypass) is a key factor for the high-level production of an acetyl-CoA-derived chemical in photosynthetic organisms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1860-1868
Number of pages	9
Journal	Plant Biotechnology Journal
Volume	18
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13342
Publication status	Published - 2020 Sept 1

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Funding Information:
This work was mainly supported by the Korea CCS R&D Center (KCRC) (2017M1A8A1072034), and the Basic Science Research Program (2017R1A2B2002566) through the National Research Foundation of Korea. H.M.W was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (No. 20000158), funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea.

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© 2020 The Authors. Plant Biotechnology Journal published by Society for Experimental Biology and The Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords

CO conversion
cyanobacteria
metabolic engineering
synthetic pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass

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Biotechnology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Plant Science

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