过量表达烟酸单核苷酸腺苷酰转移酶对大肠杆菌NZN111产丁二酸的影响

Effect of overexpression of nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase on succinic acid production in Escherichia coli NZN111

摘要:

大肠杆菌NZN111是敲除了乳酸脱氢酶的编码基因 (ldhA) 和丙酮酸-甲酸裂解酶的编码基因 (pflB) 的发酵生产丁二酸的潜力菌株。厌氧条件下NADH不能及时再生为NAD+，引起胞内辅酶NAD(H) 的不平衡，最终导致厌氧条件下菌株不能利用葡萄糖生长代谢。nadD为催化NAD(H) 合成途径中烟酸单核苷酸 (NaMN) 生成烟酸腺嘌呤二核苷酸 (NaAD) 的烟酸单核苷酸腺苷酰转移酶 (Nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase，NAMNAT) 的编码基因，通过过量表达nadD基因能够提高NAD(H) 总量与维持合适的NADH/NAD+比例。文中构建了重组菌E. coli NZN111/pTrc99a-nadD，在厌氧摇瓶发酵过程中通过添加终浓度为1.0 mmol/L的IPTG诱导表达，重组菌E. coli NZN111/pTrc99a-nadD中NAD+和NADH的浓度分别比宿主菌E. coli NZN111提高了3.21倍和1.67倍，NAD(H)总量提高了2.63倍，NADH/NAD+从0.64降低为0.41，使重组菌株恢复了厌氧条件下生长和代谢葡萄糖的能力。重组菌与对照菌相比，72 h内可以消耗14.0 g/L的葡萄糖产6.23 g/L的丁二酸，丁二酸产量增加了19倍。

关键词:丁二酸，烟酸单核苷酸腺苷酰转移酶，厌氧发酵，大肠杆菌NZN111，NADH/NAD+

Abstract:

Escherichia coli NZN111 is a promising strain with ldhA and pflB genes inactivated for the production of succinic acid. However, with these mutations, NAD+ could not be regenerated from NADH, and an unbalanced NADH/NAD+ ratio eliminated cell growth and glucose utilization under anaerobic conditions. Nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NAMNAT), encoded by the nadD gene, catalyzes the reaction from nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN) to nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide (NaAD) during the synthetic pathway of NAD(H). Overexpression of the nadD gene could enhance the concentration of NAD(H) and maintain a suitable NADH/NAD+ ratio. In this study, we constructed a recombinant strain E. coli NZN111/pTrc99a-nadD, and overexpressed NAMNAT with 1.0 mmol/L of IPTG under anaerobic conditions in sealed bottles. Compared to E. coli NZN111, the concentrations of NAD+ and NADH in the recombinant strain increased by 3.21-fold and 1.67-fold, respectively. The total concentration of NAD(H) was increased by 2.63-fold, and the ratio of NADH/NAD+ decreased from 0.64 to 0.42. The recombinant strain restored the cell growth and glucose utilization under anaerobic conditions. After 72 h, the recombinant strain could consume 14.0 g/L of glucose to produce 6.23 g/L of succinic acid, and the concentration of succinic acid was 19-fold higher than in E. coli NZN111.

Key words:succinic acid, nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase, anaerobic fermentation, Escherichia coli NZN111, NADH/NAD+