NDLI: Improving phytosterol biotransformation at low nitrogen levels by enhancing the methylcitrate cycle with transcriptional regulators PrpR and GlnR of Mycobacterium neoaurum

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Author	Zhang, Yang Zhou, Xiuling Wang, Xuemei Wang, Lu Xia, Menglei Luo, Jianmei Shen, Yanbing Wang, Min
Abstract	Background Androstenedione (AD) is an important steroid medicine intermediate that is obtained via the degradation of phytosterols by mycobacteria. The production process of AD is mainly the degradation of the phytosterol aliphatic side chain, which is accompanied by the production of propionyl CoA. Excessive accumulation of intracellular propionyl-CoA produces a toxic effect in mycobacteria, which restricts the improvement of production efficiency. The 2-methylcitrate cycle pathway (MCC) plays a significant role in the detoxification of propionyl-CoA in bacterial. The effect of the MCC on phytosterol biotransformation in mycobacteria has not been elucidated in detail. Meanwhile, reducing fermentation cost has always been an important issue to be solved in the optimizing of the bioprocess. Results There is a complete MCC in Mycobacterium neoaurum (MNR), prpC, prpD and prpB in the prp operon encode methylcitrate synthase, methylcitrate dehydratase and methylisocitrate lyase involved in MCC, and PrpR is a specific transcriptional activator of prp operon. After the overexpression of prpDCB and prpR in MNR, the significantly improved transcription levels of prpC, prpD and prpB were observed. The highest conversion ratios of AD obtained by MNR-prpDBC and MNR-prpR increased from 72.3 ± 2.5% to 82.2 ± 2.2% and 90.6 ± 2.6%, respectively. Through enhanced the PrpR of MNR, the in intracellular propionyl-CoA levels decreased by 43 ± 3%, and the cell viability improved by 22 ± 1% compared to MNR at 96 h. The nitrogen transcription regulator GlnR repressed prp operon transcription in a nitrogen-limited medium. The glnR deletion enhanced the transcription level of prpDBC and the biotransformation ability of MNR. MNR-prpR/ΔglnR was constructed by the overexpression of prpR in the glnR-deleted strain showed adaptability to low nitrogen. The highest AD conversion ratio by MNR-prpR/ΔglnR was 92.8 ± 2.7% at low nitrogen level, which was 1.4 times higher than that of MNR. Conclusion Improvement in phytosterol biotransformation after the enhancement of propionyl-CoA metabolism through the combined modifications of the prp operon and glnR of mycobacteria was investigated for the first time. The overexpress of prpR in MNR can increase the transcription of essential genes (prpC, prpD and prpB) of MCC, reduce the intracellular propionyl-CoA level and improve bacterial viability. The knockout of glnR can enhance the adaptability of MNR to the nitrogen source. In the MNRΔglnR strain, overexpress of prpR can achieve efficient production of AD at low nitrogen levels, thus reducing the production cost. This strategy provides a reference for the economic and effective production of other valuable steroid metabolites from phytosterol in the pharmaceutical industry.
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DOI	10.1186/s12934-020-1285-8
Journal	Microbial Cell Factories
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Volume Number	19
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2020-01-28
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Subject Keyword	Applied Microbiology Biotechnology Microbiology Microbial Genetics and Genomics Enzymology Genetic Engineering Mycobacterium neoaurum Androstenedione Methylcitrate cycle Transcriptional regulator Nitrogen level
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