Heterologous Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in E. coli Using Δ5-Desaturase Gene from Microalga Isochrysis Sp.

Thiyagarajan, Saravanamuthu; Khandelwal, Priyal; Senthil, N.; Vellaikumar, S.; Arumugam, Muthu; Dubey, Abhishek Anil; Kathiresan, S.

doi:10.1007/s12010-020-03460-1

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“…Continuous overfishing of the seas, the ever-increasing world population, as well as the limited number of plants containing significant amounts of omega-3 FAs have motivated a search for alternative sources that are both sustainable and economical. The main efforts in engineering microbial cells to produce omega-3 FAs focused on the genetic engineering of Escherichia coli , which demonstrated a great potential to produce high levels of these FAs [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. However, omega-3 FA production by heterotrophic microbial cultures is expensive, mostly due to the high costs of the carbon sources, accounting for 60–75% of total expenses [ 10 , 19 ].…”

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Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 as a Platform for Bioproduction of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

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Alpha-linolenic acid and stearidonic acid are precursors of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential nutrients in the human diet. The ability of cyanobacteria to directly convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into bio-based compounds makes them promising microbial chassis to sustainably produce omega-3 fatty acids. However, their potential in this area remains unexploited, mainly due to important gaps in our knowledge of fatty acid synthesis pathways. To gain insight into the cyanobacterial fatty acid biosynthesis pathways, we analyzed two enzymes involved in the elongation cycle, FabG and FabZ, in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Overexpression of these two enzymes led to an increase in C18 fatty acids, key intermediates in omega-3 fatty acid production. Nevertheless, coexpression of these enzymes with desaturases DesA and DesB from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 did not improve alpha-linolenic acid production, possibly due to their limited role in fatty acid synthesis. In any case, efficient production of stearidonic acid was not achieved by cloning DesD from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in combination with the aforementioned DesA and DesB, reaching maximum production at 48 h post induction. According to current knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating that S. elongatus PCC 7942 can be used as an autotrophic chassis to produce stearidonic acid.

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