Engineering Cupriavidus necator H16 for enhanced lithoautotrophic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production from CO2

A representative hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium Cupriavidus necator H16 has attracted much attention as hosts to recycle carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) into a biodegradable polymer, poly(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB). Although C. necator H16 has been used as a model PHB producer, the PHB production rate from...

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Veröffentlicht in:Microbial cell factories 2022-11, Vol.21 (1), p.1-231, Article 231
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Soyoung, Jang, Yong Jae, Gong, Gyeongtaek, Lee, Sun-Mi, Um, Youngsoon, Kim, Kyoung Heon, Ko, Ja Kyong
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Zusammenfassung:A representative hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium Cupriavidus necator H16 has attracted much attention as hosts to recycle carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) into a biodegradable polymer, poly(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB). Although C. necator H16 has been used as a model PHB producer, the PHB production rate from CO.sub.2 is still too low for commercialization. Here, we engineer the carbon fixation metabolism to improve CO.sub.2 utilization and increase PHB production. We explore the possibilities to enhance the lithoautotrophic cell growth and PHB production by introducing additional copies of transcriptional regulators involved in Calvin Benson Bassham (CBB) cycle. Both cbbR and regA-overexpressing strains showed the positive phenotypes for 11% increased biomass accumulation and 28% increased PHB production. The transcriptional changes of key genes involved in CO.sub.2--fixing metabolism and PHB production were investigated. The global transcriptional regulator RegA plays an important role in the regulation of carbon fixation and shows the possibility to improve autotrophic cell growth and PHB accumulation by increasing its expression level. This work represents another step forward in better understanding and improving the lithoautotrophic PHB production by C. necator H16.
ISSN:1475-2859
1475-2859
DOI:10.1186/s12934-022-01962-7