Functional screening of aldehyde decarbonylases for long-chain alkane production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Kang MK, Zhou YJ, Buijs NA, Nielsen J
Microb Cell Fact 16 (1) 74 [2017-05-02; online 2017-05-02]
Low catalytic activities of pathway enzymes are often a limitation when using microbial based chemical production. Recent studies indicated that the enzyme activity of aldehyde decarbonylase (AD) is a critical bottleneck for alkane biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We therefore performed functional screening to identify efficient ADs that can improve alkane production by S. cerevisiae. A comparative study of ADs originated from a plant, insects, and cyanobacteria were conducted in S. cerevisiae. As a result, expression of aldehyde deformylating oxygenases (ADOs), which are cyanobacterial ADs, from Synechococcus elongatus and Crocosphaera watsonii converted fatty aldehydes to corresponding C We demonstrated in vivo enzyme activities of ADs by displaying profiles of alkanes and fatty alcohols in S. cerevisiae. Among the AD enzymes evaluated, cyanobacteria ADOs were found to be suitable for alkane biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae. This work will be helpful to decide an AD candidate for alkane biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae and it will provide useful information for further investigation of AD enzymes with improved activities.
PubMed 28464872
DOI 10.1186/s12934-017-0683-z
Crossref 10.1186/s12934-017-0683-z
pii: 10.1186/s12934-017-0683-z
pmc: PMC5414326