Because Monascus pigments
(MPs)
predominantly accumulate in the cytoplasm during submerged fermentation,
many biotechnologies are applied to enhance the production of extracellular
MPs (exMPs) to reduce the downstream processing costs. In this study,
the genes monascus_7017 and monascus_8018, identified
as ERG4 genes, were knocked out to disrupt the ergosterol
biosynthetic pathway and enhance the production of exMPs in Monascus purpureus LQ-6. Double-deletion of EGR4 in M. purpureus LQ-6
reduced ergosterol concentration by 57.14% and enhanced exMP production
2.06-fold. In addition, integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses
were performed to elucidate the transmembrane secretion mechanism
of exMPs based on the relationship between ergosterol synthesis and
membrane permeability, which revealed that several metabolic pathways
were noticeably dynamic, including fatty acid degradation, amino acid
metabolism, energy metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, and transport.
These findings therefore clarified the secretion mechanism of exMPs
and provide a novel strategy for further enhancement of exMP production
in submerged fermentation.
BackgroundPhenolic compounds generated in hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials are major limiting factors for biological production of solvents by Clostridia, but it lacks the attention on the study of adaptation or resistance mechanisms in response to phenolic compounds.ResultsGene Cbei_3304, encoding a hypothetical membrane transport protein, was analyzed by bioinformatic method. After insertional inactivation of the functionally uncertain gene Cbei_3304 in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052, resulted in enhanced phenolic compounds tolerance. Compared to the parent strain C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052, evaluation of toxicity showed the recombination stain C. beijerinckii 3304::int had a higher level of tolerance to four model phenolic compounds of lignocellulose-derived microbial inhibitory compounds. A comparative transcriptome analysis showed that the genes were involved in membrane transport proteins (ABC and MFS family) and were up-regulated expression after disrupting gene Cbei_3304. Additionally, the adaptation of C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 in response to non-detoxified hemicellulosic hydrolysate was improved by disrupting gene Cbei_3304.ConclusionToxicity evaluation of lignocellulose-derived phenolic compounds shows that Cbei_3304 plays a significant role in regulating toxicities tolerance for ABE fermentation by C. beijerinckii, and the adaptation of non-detoxified hemicellulosic hydrolysate is significantly improved after inactivation of Cbei_3304 in wild-type strain C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052. It provided a potential strategy for generating high inhibitor tolerance strains for using lignocellulosic materials to produce solvents by clostridia in this study.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-018-0884-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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