Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The sesquiterpenoid abscisic acid (ABA) is mostly known for regulating developmental processes and abiotic stress responses in higher plants. Recent studies show that ABA also exhibits a variety of pharmacological activities. Affordable and sustainable production will be required to utilize the compound in agriculture and as a potential pharmaceutical. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an established workhorse for the biotechnological production of chemicals. In this study, we constructed and characterised an ABA-producing S. cerevisiae strain using the ABA biosynthetic pathway from Botrytis cinerea. RESULTS:Expression of the B. cinerea genes bcaba1, bcaba2, bcaba3 and bcaba4 was sufficient to establish ABA production in the heterologous host. We characterised the ABA-producing strain further by monitoring ABA production over time and, since the pathway contains two cytochrome P450 enzymes, by investigating the effects of overexpressing the native S. cerevisiae or the B. cinerea cytochrome P450 reductase. Both, overexpression of the native or heterologous cytochrome P450 reductase, led to increased ABA titres. We were able to show that ABA production was not affected by precursor or NADPH supply, which suggested that the heterologous enzymes were limiting the flux towards the product. The B. cinerea cytochrome P450 monooxygenases BcABA1 and BcABA2 were identified as pathway bottlenecks and balancing the expression levels of the pathway enzymes resulted in 4.1-fold increased ABA titres while reducing by-product formation. CONCLUSION:This work represents the first step towards a heterologous ABA cell factory for the commercially relevant sesquiterpenoid.
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Microb Cell Factjournal_title
Microbial cell factoriesauthors
Otto M,Teixeira PG,Vizcaino MI,David F,Siewers Vdoi
10.1186/s12934-019-1257-zsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-11-25 00:00:00pages
205issue
1issn
1475-2859pii
10.1186/s12934-019-1257-zjournal_volume
18pub_type
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