title: Double deletion of dtsR1 and pyc induce efficient L: -glutamate overproduction in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
abstract: Corynebacterium glutamicum strains are used for the fermentative production of L-glutamate. Five C. glutamicum deletion mutants were isolated by two rounds of selection for homologous recombination and identified by Southern blot analysis. The growth, glucose consumption and glutamate production of the mutants were analyzed and compared with the wild-type ATCC 13032 strain. Double disruption of dtsR1 (encoding a subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase complex) and pyc (encoding pyruvate carboxylase) caused efficient overproduction of L-glutamate in C. glutamicum; production was much higher than that of the wild-type strain and DeltadtsR1 strain under glutamate-inducing conditions. In the absence of any inducing conditions, the amount of glutamate produced by the double-deletion strain DeltadtsR1Deltapyc was more than that of the mutant DeltadtsR1. The activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) was found to be higher in the DeltadtsR1Deltapyc strain than in the DeltadtsR1 strain and the wild-type strain. Therefore, PEPC appears to be an important anaplerotic enzyme for glutamate synthesis in DeltadtsR1 derivatives. Moreover, this conclusion was confirmed by overexpression of ppc and pyc in the two double-deletion strains (DeltadtsR1Deltappc and DeltadtsR1Deltapyc), respectively. Based on the data generated in this investigation, we suggest a new method that will improve glutamate production strains and provide a better understanding of the interaction(s) between the anaplerotic pathway and fatty acid synthesis.
authors.affiliation: College of Biological Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wenjuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Xiaozhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Pu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhihao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D018628:Gene Dosage; D055786:Gene Knockout Techniques; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase; D005947:Glucose