title: Microbial production of sabinene--a new terpene-based precursor of advanced biofuel.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sabinene, one kind of monoterpene, accumulated limitedly in natural organisms, is being explored as a potential component for the next generation of aircraft fuels. And demand for advanced fuels impels us to develop biosynthetic routes for the production of sabinene from renewable sugar.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, sabinene was significantly produced by assembling a biosynthetic pathway using the methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) or heterologous mevalonate (MVA) pathway combining the GPP and sabinene synthase genes in an engineered Escherichia coli strain. Subsequently, the culture medium and process conditions were optimized to enhance sabinene production with a maximum titer of 82.18 mg/L. Finally, the fed-batch fermentation of sabinene was evaluated using the optimized culture medium and process conditions, which reached a maximum concentration of 2.65 g/L with an average productivity of 0.018 g h⁻¹ g⁻¹ dry cells, and the conversion efficiency of glycerol to sabinene (gram to gram) reached 3.49%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first report of microbial synthesis of sabinene using an engineered E. coli strain with the renewable carbon source as feedstock. Therefore, a green and sustainable production strategy has been established for sabinene.
authors: Haibo
authors: H
authors: Zhang
authors: Qiang
authors: Q
authors: Liu
authors: Yujin
authors: Y
authors: Cao
authors: Xinjun
authors: X
authors: Feng
authors: Yanning
authors: Y
authors: Zheng
authors: Huibin
authors: H
authors: Zou
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Liu
authors: CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No,189 Songling Road, Qingdao, Laoshan District 266101, China. yangjm@qibebt.ac.cn.
authors: Jianming
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Mo
authors: M
authors: Xian
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D061249:Batch Cell Culture Techniques; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D056804:Biofuels; D053898:Biosynthetic Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005810:Multigene Family; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D056804:Biofuels; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D039821:Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; C035127:sabinene