Title:	Engineering Komagataella phaffii for ethylene glycol production from xylose.
Authors:	CARNEIRO, C. V. G. C. TRICHEZ, D BERGMANN, J. C. REIS, V. C. B. WAGNER, N. WALTHER, T. ALMEIDA, J. R. M. de
Affiliation:	CLARA VIDA G. C. CARNEIRO, UNIVERSITY OF BRASÍLIA; DÉBORA TRICHEZ; JESSICA C. BERGMANN; VIVIANE CASTELO BRANCO REIS; NILS WAGNER, INSTITUTE OF NATURAL MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; THOMAS WALTHER, INSTITUTE OF NATURAL MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; JOAO RICARDO MOREIRA DE ALMEIDA, CNPAE.
Date Issued:	2024
Citation:	AMB Express, v. 14, n. 131, 2024.
Description:	Ethylene glycol (EG) is a versatile molecule produced in the petrochemical industry and is widely used to manufacture plastic polymers, anti-freeze, and automotive fluids. Biotechnological production of EG from xylose, a pentose present in lignocellulose biomass hydrolysates, has been achieved by the engineering of bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae, and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with synthetic pathways. In the present work, the Dahms pathway was employed to construct Komagataella phaffii strains capable of producing EG from xylose. Different combinations of the four enzymes that compose the synthetic pathway, namely, xylose dehydrogenase, xylonate dehydratase, dehydro-deoxy-xylonate aldolase, and glycolaldehyde reductase, were successfully expressed in K. phaffii. Increased production of EG (1.31 g/L) was achieved by employing a newly identified xylonate dehydratase (xylD-HL). This xylonate dehydratase allowed 30% higher EG production than a previously known xylonate dehydratase (xylD-CC). Further strain engineering demonstrated that K. phaffii possesses native glycolaldehyde reduction and oxidation activities, which lead to pathway deviation from EG to glycolic acid (GA) production. Finally, cultivation conditions that favor the production of EG over GA were determined.
NAL Thesaurus:	Ethylene glycol Xylose Synthetic biology Metabolic engineering
Keywords:	K Phaffii
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-024-01795-0
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPAE)