Reconstruction of the diaminopimelic acid pathway to promote l-lysine production in corynebacterium glutamicum

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The dehydrogenase pathway and the succinylase pathway are involved in the synthesis of L-lysine in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Despite the low contribution rate to L-lysine production, the dehydrogenase pathway is favorable for its simple steps and potential to increase the production of L-lysine. The effect of ammonium (NH4+) concentration on L-lysine biosynthesis was investigated, and the results indicated that the biosynthesis of L-lysine can be promoted in a high NH4+ environment. In order to reduce the requirement of NH4+, the nitrogen source regulatory protein AmtR was knocked out, resulting in an 8.5% increase in L-lysine production (i.e., 52.3 ± 4.31 g/L). Subsequently, the dehydrogenase pathway was upregulated by blocking or weakening the tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase (DapD)-coding gene dapD and overexpressing the ddh gene to further enhance L-lysine biosynthesis. The final strain XQ-5-W4 could produce 189 ± 8.7 g/L L-lysine with the maximum specific rate (qLys,max. ) of 0.35 ± 0.05 g/(g·h) in a 5-L jar fermenter. The L-lysine titer and qLys,max achieved in this study is about 25.2% and 59.1% higher than that of the original strain without enhancement of dehydrogenase pathway, respectively. The results indicated that the dehydrogenase pathway could serve as a breakthrough point to reconstruct the diaminopimelic acid (DAP) pathway and promote L-lysine production.

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Liu, N., Zhang, T. T., Rao, Z. M., Zhang, W. G., & Xu, J. Z. (2021). Reconstruction of the diaminopimelic acid pathway to promote l-lysine production in corynebacterium glutamicum. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(16). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22169065

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