title: Production of mevalonate by a metabolically-engineered Escherichia coli.
abstract: Mevalonate is biosynthesized from acetyl-CoA and metabolized to isoprenoid compounds in a wide variety of organisms although certain types of prokaryotes employ another route for isoprenoid biosynthesis (the non-mevalonate pathway). To establish a fermentative process for mevalonate production, enzymes for mevalonate synthesis from Enterococcus faecalis were expressed in Escherichia coli, a non-mevalonate pathway bacterium. Mevalonate was accumulated, indicating a redirection of acetate metabolism by the expressed enzyme. The recombinant E. coli produced 47 g mevalonate l(-1) in 50 h of fed-batch cultivation in a 2 l jar fermenter; this is the highest titer ever reported demonstrating the superiority of E. coli in its ability of acetyl-CoA supply and its inability is degrade mevalonate.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., 3-6-6, Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan. tabata@kyowa.co.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D003066:Coenzyme A Ligases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D024861:Genetic Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase; D003066:Coenzyme A Ligases; C023747:acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase; D008798:Mevalonic Acid