Expression of Escherichia coli L-serine dehydratase improves growth of glycine auxotroph Pichia pastoris on serine

  • LIU Luyao ,
  • LI Kang ,
  • WANG Shijie ,
  • BAI Zhonghu ,
  • YANG Yankun ,
  • JIN Jian
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  • 1(The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China)
    2(National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China)
    3(Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China)
    4(School of Life Sciences and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China)

Received date: 2024-03-03

  Revised date: 2024-03-27

  Online published: 2024-08-02

Abstract

Amino acids cannot be rapidly utilized by microorganisms as a gradually metabolized carbon source.L-serine dehydratase (L-SerDH) catalyzes the one-step conversion of L-serine into pyruvate and ammonia, facilitating central carbon metabolism to generate biomass without the consumption of ATP and reducing power.L-serine is a key intermediate in the formate utilization pathway (reductive glycine pathway).Therefore, improving the utilization of L-serine can provide valuable insights into the utilization of formate and serine as carbon sources.This paper explored serine tolerance of Pichia pastoris.Results demonstrated that P.pastoris exhibited tolerance to 20 g/L of L-serine.Expression optimization of endogenous L-serine dehydratase was carried out in P.pastoris.Eight heterologous L-serine dehydratases were expressed separately in glycine auxotroph P.pastoris.The results indicated that L-SerDH encoded by the E.coli tdcG gene had the best effect on the improvement of serine utilization, with the final OD600 increased to 1.6-fold that of the original strain.This study represents the validation of L-serine tolerance in P.pastoris and screens a superior source of L-serine dehydratase.These findings offer valuable insights into enhancing enzyme sources for serine utilization in P.pastoris.

Cite this article

LIU Luyao , LI Kang , WANG Shijie , BAI Zhonghu , YANG Yankun , JIN Jian . Expression of Escherichia coli L-serine dehydratase improves growth of glycine auxotroph Pichia pastoris on serine[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2024 , 50(13) : 16 -24 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.039062

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