title: Proteomic analyses of the phase transition from acidogenesis to solventogenesis using solventogenic and non-solventogenic Clostridium acetobutylicum strains.
abstract: The fermentation carried out by the solvent-producing bacterium, Clostridium acetobutylicum, is characterized by two distinct phases: acidogenic and solventogenic phases. Understanding the cellular physiological changes occurring during the phase transition in clostridial fermentation is important for the enhanced production of solvents. To identify protein changes upon entry to stationary phase where solvents are typically produced, we herein analyzed the proteomic profiles of the parental wild type C. acetobutylicum strains, ATCC 824, the non-solventogenic strain, M5 that has lost the solventogenic megaplasmid pSOL1, and the synthetic simplified alcohol forming strain, M5 (pIMP1E1AB) expressing plasmid-based CoA-transferase (CtfAB) and aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase (AdhE1). A total of 68 protein spots, corresponding to 56 unique proteins, were unambiguously identified as being differentially present after the phase transitions in the three C. acetobutylicum strains. In addition to changes in proteins known to be involved in solventogenesis (AdhE1 and CtfB), we identified significant alterations in enzymes involved in sugar transport and metabolism, fermentative pathway, heat shock proteins, translation, and amino acid biosynthesis upon entry into the stationary phase. Of these, four increased proteins (AdhE1, CAC0233, CtfB and phosphocarrier protein HPr) and six decreased proteins (butyrate kinase, ferredoxin:pyruvate oxidoreductase, phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, adenylosuccinate synthase, pyruvate kinase and valyl-tRNA synthetase) showed similar patterns in the two strains capable of butanol formation. Interestingly, significant changes of several proteins by post-translational modifications were observed in the solventogenic phase. The proteomic data from this study will improve our understanding on how cell physiology is affected through protein levels patterns in clostridia.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 plus program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yu-Sin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Mee-Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Joungmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung Ae
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Yu Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eleftherios Terry
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Papoutsakis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Sang Yup
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D000440:Butanols / Q000378:metabolism*; D046969:Clostridium acetobutylicum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000440:Butanols; D020543:Proteome; D019342:Acetic Acid