Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problem of lower production intensity of an engineering strain of escherichia coli L-threonine in the prior art, the invention provides a genetic engineering strain with higher production intensity and high yield of L-threonine, and a construction method and application thereof. In order to obtain L-threonine engineering strains with higher production intensity, the invention firstly constructs a Calvin cycle by introducing a rubisco (Rhodospirillum rubrum) -derived ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant and a rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides (Cereibacter sphaeroides) -derived ribulose phosphate kinase mutant, reduces carbon loss and improves the production performance of L-threonine of the strains. On the other hand, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Thermomyces maritimus (Thermotoga maritima) and Thermus thermophilus (Thermus thermophilus) is introduced, and key site mutation modification is implemented, so that cofactor competition pressure of an aspartic semialdehyde dehydrogenase and a homoserine dehydrogenase catalytic step in an L-threonine synthesis pathway is effectively relieved, and the production intensity of the strain is further improved. The invention realizes the improvement of the production intensity of the strain by constructing the Calvin cycle and improving the cofactor cycle, and has a certain significance for promoting the application of escherichia coli in the field of biosynthesis of L-threonine.
The invention adopts the technical proposal that
A recombinant escherichia coli for improving the output of L-threonine and a preparation method thereof are provided, wherein the method comprises the steps of introducing a rubisco-derived ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant and a rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides-derived ribulose kinase mutant on a chassis fungus genome by using a CRISPR-Cas9 technology so as to construct a Calvin cycle and reduce carbon loss.
Further, the method further comprises introducing Thermotoga maritima and Thermus thermophilus-derived glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase on the chassis genome using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and performing a critical site mutation engineering to enhance the supply of NADPH.
In the natural metabolic network of E.coli, carbon metabolic flux partitioning presents a significant competitive regulatory feature, where carbon source split competition between glycolytic pathway and tricarboxylic acid cycle constitutes a core metabolic contradiction. This competitive partitioning mechanism results in a double challenge in metabolic engineering, namely, firstly, when the expression of key enzymes of the L-threonine biosynthetic pathway is enhanced by a gene editing means, the consumption rate of upstream metabolic intermediates is increased significantly, metabolic flow blocking at the upstream node of the glycolytic pathway may be induced, and precursor accumulation and cell growth inhibition may be caused, and secondly, if glucose uptake efficiency is improved only by heterologously expressing glucose transporter or knocking out metabolic inhibitor, the metabolic pathway is limited by inherent enzyme dynamics limitation of the natural glycolytic pathway, carbon metabolic flow is still difficult to be efficiently directed to the target product synthetic pathway, and on the contrary, the metabolic burden of an acetyl-CoA pool may be aggravated, and carbon overflow phenomenon is induced.
The calvin cycle serves as a core metabolic pathway for the immobilization of autotrophic CO2, and inorganic carbon is converted into a tricarbose intermediate such as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate by catalyzing the carboxylation reaction of CO2 and ribulose-1, 5-biphosphoric acid with ribulose biphosphoric acid carboxylase. The cycle realizes the assimilation of CO2 and the construction of an organic carbon skeleton by efficiently coupling ATP and NADPH generated by a photosynthetic electron transfer chain. The Carl cycle is introduced into a heterotrophic microorganism metabolic network, and carbon metabolic flow distribution can be reconfigured, so that on one hand, dependence on traditional carbon sources such as glucose and the like is reduced by replacing part of glycolytic pathway functions, and therefore, the cost of raw materials for industrial fermentation is reduced, and on the other hand, triose phosphate generated by the Carl cycle can be converted into oxaloacetic acid through catalysis of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, and the oxaloacetic acid is used as a precursor for L-threonine synthesis, and can directly provide carbon skeleton support for L-threonine biosynthesis.
Specifically, the invention uses the strain E.coli LMT4 (recorded in Chinese invention patent CN) constructed in advance in the laboratory
115011620B) is used as a starting strain, a CRISPR-Cas9 technology is used for introducing a rubisco (Rhodospirillum rubrum) source ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant (rbcLRrT81M、rbcLRrR205K、rbcLRrI240M、rbcLRrL260F、rbcLRrA269P) and a rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides (Cereibacter sphaeroides) source ribulose phosphate kinase mutant (prkCsT108Y、prkCsS140D、prkCsT176S、prkCsW254F、prkCsV283L) to construct a calvin cycle, and carbon flow is redirected from a central metabolism part to an L-threonine synthesis path, so that the production level of the strain L-threonine is improved.
Preferably, the chassis fungus is a strain E.coli LMT4 which is constructed in the earlier stage of a laboratory and is described in the Chinese patent No. 115011620B.
The invention provides a mutant of a rubisco, which is obtained by mutating threonine at the 81 st position of a rubisco parent enzyme with an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.1 into methionine, mutating arginine at the 205 st position into lysine, mutating isoleucine at the 240 th position into methionine, mutating leucine at the 260 th position into phenylalanine, mutating alanine at the 269 th position into proline, respectively :rbcLRrT81M、rbcLRrR205K、rbcLRrI240M、rbcLRrL260F、rbcLRrA269P.
The wild-type amino acid sequence of rbcLRr (SEQ ID NO. 1) is as follows:
MDQSSRYVNLALKEEDLIAGGEHVLCAYIMKPKAGYGYVATAAHFAAESSTGTNVEVCTTDDFTRGVDALVYEVDEARELTKIAYPVALFHRNITDGKAMIASFLTLTMGNNQGMGDVEYAKMHDFYVPEAYRALFDGPSVNISALWKVLGRPEVDGGLVVGTIIKPKLGLRPKPFAEACHAFWLGGDFIKNDEPQGNQPFAPLRDTIALVADAMRRAQDETGEAKLFSANITADDPFEIIARGEYVLETFGENASHVALLVDGYVAGAAAITTARRRFPDNFLHYHRAGHGAVTSPQSKRGYTAFVHCKMARLQGASGIHTGTMGFGKMEGESSDRAIAYMLTQDEAQGPFYRQSWGGMKACTPIISGGMNALRMPGFFENLGNANVILTAGGGAFGHIDGPVAGARSLRQAWQAWRDGVPVLDYAREHKELARAFESFPGDADQIYPGWRKALGVEDTRSALPA
the wild-type nucleotide sequence of rbcLRr (SEQ ID NO. 2) is as follows:
atggatcagagcagccgctatgtgaacctggcgctgaaagaagaagatctgattgcgggcggcgaacatgtgctgtgcgcgtatattatgaaaccgaaagcgggctatggctatgtggcgaccgcggcgcattttgcggcggaaagcagcaccggcaccaacgtggaagtgtgcaccaccgatgattttacccgcggcgtggatgcgctggtgtatgaagtggatgaagcgcgcgaactgaccaaaattgcgtatccggtggcgctgtttcatcgcaacattaccgatggcaaagcgatgattgcgagctttctgaccctgaccatgggcaacaaccagggcatgggcgatgtggaatatgcgaaaatgcatgatttttatgtgccggaagcgtatcgcgcgctgtttgatggcccgagcgtgaacattagcgcgctgtggaaagtgctgggccgcccggaagtggatggcggcctggtggtgggcaccattattaaaccgaaactgggcctgcgcccgaaaccgtttgcggaagcgtgccatgcgttttggctgggcggcgattttattaaaaacgatgaaccgcagggcaaccagccgtttgcgccgctgcgcgataccattgcgctggtggcggatgcgatgcgccgcgcgcaggatgaaaccggcgaagcgaaactgtttagcgcgaacattaccgcggatgatccgtttgaaattattgcgcgcggcgaatatgtgctggaaacctttggcgaaaacgcgagccatgtggcgctgctggtggatggctatgtggcgggcgcggcggcgattaccaccgcgcgccgccgctttccggataactttctgcattatcatcgcgcgggccatggcgcggtgaccagcccgcagagcaaacgcggctataccgcgtttgtgcattgcaaaatggcgcgcctgcagggcgcgagcggcattcataccggcaccatgggctttggcaaaatggaaggcgaaagcagcgatcgcgcgattgcgtatatgctgacccaggatgaagcgcagggcccgttttatcgccagagctggggcggcatgaaagcgtgcaccccgattattagcggcggcatgaacgcgctgcgcatgccgggcttttttgaaaacctgggcaacgcgaacgtgattctgaccgcgggcggcggcgcgtttggccatattgatggcccggtggcgggcgcgcgcagcctgcgccaggcgtggcaggcgtggcgcgatggcgtgccggtgctggattatgcgcgcgaacataaagaactggcgcgcgcgtttgaaagctttccgggcgatgcggatcagatttatccgggctggcgcaaagcgctgggcgtggaagatacccgcagcgcgctgccggcgtaa
The nucleotide sequence of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant rbcLRrT81M is formed by mutating ACC at 241 th to 243 th positions of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase shown in SEQ ID NO.2 into ATG;
the nucleotide sequence of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant rbcLRrR205K is characterized in that CGC at 613-615 th positions of the nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase shown in SEQ ID NO.2 is mutated into AAA;
the nucleotide sequence of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant rbcLRrI240M is characterized in that ATT at 718-720 positions of the nucleotide of the parent enzyme of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase shown in SEQ ID NO.2 is mutated into ATG;
the nucleotide sequence of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant rbcLRrL260F is formed by mutating CTG at 778 th to 780 th positions of nucleotides of a parent enzyme of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase shown in SEQ ID NO.2 into TTT;
the nucleotide sequence of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant rbcLRrA269P is characterized in that GCG at 805 th to 807 th positions of the nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase shown in SEQ ID NO.2 is mutated into CCG.
The present invention also provides a mutant of phosphoribulokinase prkCs, which is obtained by mutating threonine at position 108 of phosphoribulokinase prkCs (NCBI NO.P12033.2, SEQ ID NO. 3) from rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides Cereibacter sphaeroides to tyrosine, mutating serine at position 140 to aspartic acid, mutating threonine at position 176 to serine, mutating tryptophan at position 254 to phenylalanine, mutating valine at position 283 to leucine, respectively :prkCsT108Y、prkCsS140D、prkCsT176S、prkCsW254F、prkCsV283L.
The prkCs amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 3) is as follows:
MSKKHPIISVTGSSGAGTSTVKHTFDQIFRREGVKAVSIEGDAFHRFNRADMKAELDRRYAAGDATFSHFSYEANELKELERVFREYGETGQGRTRTYVHDDAEAARTGVAPGNFTDWRDFDSDSHLLFYEGLHGAVVNSEVNIAGLADLKIGVVPVINLEWIQKIHRDRATRGYTTEAVTDVILRRMHAYVHCIVPQFSQTDINFQRVPVVDTSNPFIARWIPTADESVVVIRFRNPRGIDFPYLTSMIHGSWMSRANSIVVPGNKLDLAMQLILTPLIDRVVRESKVA
the prkCs nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO. 4) is as follows:
atgagcaaaaaacatccgattattagcgtgaccggcagcagcggcgcgggcaccagcaccgtgaaacatacctttgatcagatttttcgccgcgaaggcgtgaaagcggtgagcattgaaggcgatgcgtttcatcgctttaaccgcgcggatatgaaagcggaactggatcgccgctatgcggcgggcgatgcgacctttagccattttagctatgaagcgaacgaactgaaagaactggaacgcgtgtttcgcgaatatggcgaaaccggccagggccgcacccgcacctatgtgcatgatgatgcggaagcggcgcgcaccggcgtggcgccgggcaactttaccgattggcgcgattttgatagcgatagccatctgctgttttatgaaggcctgcatggcgcggtggtgaacagcgaagtgaacattgcgggcctggcggatctgaaaattggcgtggtgccggtgattaacctggaatggattcagaaaattcatcgcgatcgcgcgacccgcggctataccaccgaagcggtgaccgatgtgattctgcgccgcatgcatgcgtatgtgcattgcattgtgccgcagtttagccagaccgatattaactttcagcgcgtgccggtggtggataccagcaacccgtttattgcgcgctggattccgaccgcggatgaaagcgtggtggtgattcgctttcgcaacccgcgcggcattgattttccgtatctgaccagcatgattcatggcagctggatgagccgcgcgaacagcattgtggtgccgggcaacaaactggatctggcgatgcagctgattctgaccccgctgattgatcgcgtggtgcgcgaaagcaaagtggcgtaa
The nucleotide sequence of the mutant prkCsT108Y of the phosphoribulokinase is formed by mutating ACC at the 322 th to 324 th positions of the nucleotide of the parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.4 into TAT;
The nucleotide sequence of the phosphoribulokinase prkCsS140D mutant is that AGC at 418 th to 420 th positions of nucleotide of a phosphoribulokinase parent enzyme shown in SEQ ID NO.4 is mutated into GAT;
The nucleotide sequence of the phosphoribulokinase prkCsT176S mutant is characterized in that ACC at 526-528 positions of nucleotide of a phosphoribulokinase parent enzyme shown in SEQ ID NO.4 is mutated into AGC;
The nucleotide sequence of the mutant of the phosphoribulokinase prkCsW254F is formed by mutating TGG at 760 th to 762 th positions of nucleotides of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.4 into TTT;
The nucleotide sequence of the mutant prkCsV283L of the phosphoribulokinase is that GTG at 847-849 positions of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.4 is mutated into CTG;
The invention provides a high-yield L-threonine genetic engineering bacterium which is E.coli T06, is constructed by introducing encoding genes of rbcLRrR205K and prkCsT108Y on a genome of E.coli LMT4 by using a CRISPR-CAS9 technology, and achieves the L-threonine yield of 28.6g/L after shaking fermentation.
Second, cofactor recycling is considered a critical process in biochemical production. NADPH is used as a reducing force in the biosynthesis of L-threonine and the synthesis of other valuable chemicals. To solve the ubiquitous cofactor imbalance problem, it is necessary to provide sufficient NADPH. Therefore, it is important to increase the efficiency of E.coli production of target chemicals by increasing the NADPH/NADP+ ratio. Coli produces NADPH as an L-threonine producing strain in two major ways, the pentose phosphate pathway and the citrate cycle. However, both of these approaches have limited ability to produce NADPH in bacteria, and the introduction of exogenous highly efficient NADPH synthase is required to obtain more NADPH supply. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a key enzyme in the central carbon metabolic pathway, and is capable of catalyzing NADP+ and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) to generate NADPH and 3-phosphate-D-glycerophosphate, and is a main target for NADPH supply and solving the problem of cofactor imbalance.
The invention utilizes a molecular transformation technology to mutate glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima (Thermotoga maritima) and Thermus thermophilus (Thermus thermophilus) to obtain a beneficial mutant gapATmL175M、gapATmY181F、gapATmV220L、gapATmR268K、gapATmY181F/L175M、gapATmY181F/V220L、gapATmY181F/R268K、gapATtT98V、gapATtL185Y、gapATtP232A、gapATtY272F、gapATtP232A/T98V、gapATtP232A/L185Y、gapATtP232A/Y272F),, and over-expresses the mutant on the genome of an escherichia coli L-threonine production strain after adaptive evolution, so that the supply of NADPH in the L-threonine synthesis process is increased, and the capacity of producing L-threonine by fermentation is improved.
The present invention also provides a mutant in which tyrosine 181 of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATm (NCBI No. WP_004081074.1,SEQ ID NO.5) derived from Thermotoga maritima Thermotoga maritima is mutated to phenylalanine, arginine 268 is mutated to lysine, tyrosine 181 is mutated to phenylalanine, arginine 268 is mutated to lysine, and the amino acid sequences of gapATmY181F、gapATmR268K、gapATmY181F/R268K.gapATm (SEQ ID NO. 5) are respectively named as follows:
MARVAINGFGRIGRLVYRIIYERKNPDIEVVAINDLTDTKTLAHLLKYDSVHKKFPGKVEYTENSLIVDGKEIKVFAEPDPSKLPWKDLGVDFVIESTGVFRNREKAELHLQAGAKKVIITAPAKGEDITVVIGCNEDQLKPEHTIISCASCTTNSIAPIVKVLHEKFGIVSGMLTTVHSYTNDQRVLDLPHKDLRRARAAAVNIIPTTTGAAKAVALVVPEVKGKLDGMAIRVPTPDGSITDLTVLVEKETTVEEVNAVMKEATEGRLKGIIGYNDEPIVSSDIIGTTFSGIFDATITNVIGGKLVKVASWYDNEYGYSNRVVDTLELLLKM
The gapATm nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO. 6) is as follows:
atggcgcgcgtggcgattaacggctttggccgcattggccgcctggtgtatcgcattatttatgaacgcaaaaacccggatattgaagtggtggcgattaacgatctgaccgataccaaaaccctggcgcatctgctgaaatatgatagcgtgcataaaaaatttccgggcaaagtggaatataccgaaaacagcctgattgtggatggcaaagaaattaaagtgtttgcggaaccggatccgagcaaactgccgtggaaagatctgggcgtggattttgtgattgaaagcaccggcgtgtttcgcaaccgcgaaaaagcggaactgcatctgcaggcgggcgcgaaaaaagtgattattaccgcgccggcgaaaggcgaagatattaccgtggtgattggctgcaacgaagatcagctgaaaccggaacataccattattagctgcgcgagctgcaccaccaacagcattgcgccgattgtgaaagtgctgcatgaaaaatttggcattgtgagcggcatgctgaccaccgtgcatagctataccaacgatcagcgcgtgctggatctgccgcataaagatctgcgccgcgcgcgcgcggcggcggtgaacattattccgaccaccaccggcgcggcgaaagcggtggcgctggtggtgccggaagtgaaaggcaaactggatggcatggcgattcgcgtgccgaccccggatggcagcattaccgatctgaccgtgctggtggaaaaagaaaccaccgtggaagaagtgaacgcggtgatgaaagaagcgaccgaaggccgcctgaaaggcattattggctataacgatgaaccgattgtgagcagcgatattattggcaccacctttagcggcatttttgatgcgaccattaccaacgtgattggcggcaaactggtgaaagtggcgagctggtatgataacgaatatggctatagcaaccgcgtggtggataccctggaactgctgctgaaaatgtaa
The nucleotide sequence of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATmY181F mutant is that TAT at 541-543 bits of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.6 is mutated into TTT;
The nucleotide sequence of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATmR268K mutant is characterized in that CGC at the 802 th to 804 th positions of nucleotides of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.6 is mutated into AAA;
The nucleotide sequence of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATmY181F/R268K mutant is that TAT at 541 th to 543 rd positions of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.6 is mutated into TTT, and CGC at 802 th to 804 th positions is mutated into AAA.
The present invention also provides a mutant of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATt (NCBI No.1VC2_A, SEQ ID No. 7) derived from Thermotoga maritima Thermus thermophilus, or mutant of proline at position 232 into alanine, or mutant of tyrosine at position 272 into phenylalanine, or mutant of proline at position 232 into alanine, respectively named gapATtP232A、gapATtY272F、gapATtP232A/Y272F.
The gapATt amino acid sequence is as follows (SEQ ID NO. 7):
MKVGINGFGRIGRQVFRILHERGVEVALINDLTDNKTLAHLLKYDSTYGRFPGAVGYDEENLYVDGKAIRATAIKDPREIPWKQAGVGVVVESTGVFTDGEKARAHLEAGAKKVIITAPAKNEDITVVLGVNHEQYDPAKHHILSNASCTTNSLAPVMKVLEKAFGVEKALMTTVHSYTNDQRLLDLPHKDLRRARAAALNIIPTTTGAAKATALVLPSLKGRFDGMALRVPTPTGSISDITALLKREVTAEEVNAALKAAAEGPLKGILAYTEDEIVLRDIVMDPHSSIVDGKLTKAIGNLVKVFAWYDNEWGYANRVADLVELVLKKGV
the gapATt nucleotide sequence is as follows (SEQ ID NO. 8):
atgaaagtgggcattaacggctttggccgcattggccgccaggtgtttcgcattctgcatgaacgcggcgtggaagtggcgctgattaacgatctgaccgataacaaaaccctggcgcatctgctgaaatatgatagcacctatggccgctttccgggcgcggtgggctatgatgaagaaaacctgtatgtggatggcaaagcgattcgcgcgaccgcgattaaagatccgcgcgaaattccgtggaaacaggcgggcgtgggcgtggtggtggaaagcaccggcgtgtttaccgatggcgaaaaagcgcgcgcgcatctggaagcgggcgcgaaaaaagtgattattaccgcgccggcgaaaaacgaagatattaccgtggtgctgggcgtgaaccatgaacagtatgatccggcgaaacatcatattctgagcaacgcgagctgcaccaccaacagcctggcgccggtgatgaaagtgctggaaaaagcgtttggcgtggaaaaagcgctgatgaccaccgtgcatagctataccaacgatcagcgcctgctggatctgccgcataaagatctgcgccgcgcgcgcgcggcggcgctgaacattattccgaccaccaccggcgcggcgaaagcgaccgcgctggtgctgccgagcctgaaaggccgctttgatggcatggcgctgcgcgtgccgaccccgaccggcagcattagcgatattaccgcgctgctgaaacgcgaagtgaccgcggaagaagtgaacgcggcgctgaaagcggcggcggaaggcccgctgaaaggcattctggcgtataccgaagatgaaattgtgctgcgcgatattgtgatggatccgcatagcagcattgtggatggcaaactgaccaaagcgattggcaacctggtgaaagtgtttgcgtggtatgataacgaatggggctatgcgaaccgcgtggcggatctggtggaactggtgctgaaaaaaggcgtgtaa
the nucleotide sequence of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATtP232A mutant is characterized in that CCG at 694 th to 696 th positions of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.6 is mutated into GCG;
the nucleotide sequence of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATtY272F mutant is that TAT at 814-816 th positions of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of the phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.6 is mutated into TTT;
The nucleotide sequence of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATtP232A/Y272F mutant is characterized in that CCG at 694 th to 696 th positions of nucleotide of a parent enzyme of phosphoribulokinase shown in SEQ ID NO.6 is mutated into GCG, and TAT at 814 th to 816 th positions is mutated into TTT
The invention also provides the genetically engineered bacterium which is constructed by the method and is used for high-yield L-threonine.
The invention provides a recombinant escherichia coli which overexpresses the rubidium rubrum (Rhodospirillum rubrum) -derived ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant, the rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides (Cereibacter sphaeroides) -derived ribulose kinase mutant, the Thermotoga maritima (Thermotoga maritima) -derived glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant and the Thermus thermophilus (Thermus thermophilus) -derived glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant.
In one embodiment, the mutant ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, mutant ribulokinase and mutant glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase are expressed by Trc promoter;
in one embodiment, the nucleotide sequence encoding the Trc promoter is set forth in SEQ ID No. 13;
In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of knocking out mbhA genes on the genome of the escherichia coli and integrating the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant at mbhA, knocking out ylbE genes on the genome of the escherichia coli and integrating the ribulose phosphate kinase mutant at ylbE, knocking out arpB genes on the genome of the escherichia coli and integrating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant derived from Thermotoga maritima at arpB, knocking out yeeL genes on the genome of the escherichia coli and integrating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant derived from Thermus thermophilus at yeeL;
In one embodiment, the mbhA Gene ID at NCBI is 62676021, the ylbE Gene ID at NCBI is 4056025, the arpB Gene ID at NCBI is 948935, and the yeeL Gene ID at NCBI is 2847764.
In one embodiment, the genetically engineered bacterium for high L-threonine production is E.coli T24. The genetically engineered bacterium for high-yield L-threonine is constructed by introducing coding genes of gapATmR268K and gapATtP232A/Y272F on a genome of E.coli T06 by using a CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and the yield of L-threonine reaches 164.9g/L after fed-batch fermentation by a 5L fermentation tank.
The invention also provides application of the genetically engineered bacterium for producing L-threonine in producing L-threonine. The method for application preferably comprises inoculating the genetically engineered bacterium with high L-threonine yield into a fermentation medium,
Preferably, the temperature condition of the fermentation is that the fermentation is performed at 30-40 ℃, or at 35-37 ℃, or at 30-31 ℃, or at 32-33 ℃, or at 34-35 ℃, or at 36-37 ℃, or at 38-39 ℃;
Preferably, the fermentation is carried out under the pH condition of 6.8-7.5, or under the pH condition of 6.8-7.0, or under the pH condition of 7.2-7.3, or under the pH condition of 7.0-7.2;
preferably, the fermentation time is at least 24 hours;
preferably, fermentation culture is carried out at 28-37 ℃ and 100-500 rpm for 40-48 hours, and after fermentation, L-threonine is obtained by separation.
Specifically, the genetically engineered bacterium for high-yield of L-threonine produces L-threonine through shake flask fermentation or 5L fermentation tank fermentation. The shake flask fermentation comprises the steps of inoculating the genetically engineered bacteria into a baffle shake flask containing 30mL of fermentation medium, culturing for 48h at 37 ℃ and 220rpm until fermentation is finished, obtaining fermentation liquor containing L-threonine, and separating and purifying the fermentation liquor to obtain the L-threonine. The fermentation in the 5L fermentation tank comprises the steps of inoculating the genetically engineered bacteria to an LB culture medium, activating at 37 ℃ and 220rpm overnight, inoculating the genetically engineered bacteria to a seed culture medium to prepare a seed solution, culturing for 9 hours, and inoculating the seed solution to the fermentation culture medium with an inoculum size of 20% by volume concentration. And inoculating the genetically engineered bacteria into a fermentation medium, performing fermentation culture for 40-48 hours at 28-37 ℃ and 100-500 rpm, and separating after fermentation to obtain L-threonine. The fermentation is carried out in a 5L fermentation tank, and in order to further improve the fermentation efficiency, the invention preferably adopts a feed fermentation mode to carry out fermentation culture on the genetically engineered bacteria. The fed-batch fermentation generally means that when the initial sugar consumption in the fermentation tank is finished and the pH value of a fermentation system is higher than 6.80, automatic feeding is started, and feeding is stopped when the feeding culture medium is fed at a speed of 0-50 mL/h until the pH value is lower than 6.80, so that the residual sugar in the fermentation tank is maintained at a lower level, and the sugar concentration is maintained at 0-5 g/L.
The invention also provides a method for improving threonine yield of escherichia coli, which is characterized in that the mutant of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, the mutant of the ribulose phosphate kinase and the mutant of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase are overexpressed in the escherichia coli.
The invention also provides application of the recombinant escherichia coli in preparing L-threonine or improving the yield of L-threonine and/or the sugar acid conversion rate.
The invention also provides a recombinant nucleic acid, which comprises a coding gene of a ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant rbcLRrR205K, a coding gene of a phosphoribulokinase mutant prkCsT108Y, a coding gene of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant gapATmR268K and a coding gene of gapATtP232A/Y272F, wherein the coding gene of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant has a sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.9, the coding gene of the phosphoribulokinase mutant has a sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.10, and the coding gene of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant has a sequence shown as SEQ ID NO. 11-12.
Advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, on the one hand, the invention takes the threonine producing strain E.coli LMT4 (recorded in the Chinese patent CN 115011620B) constructed before as an original strain. Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing techniques, a ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant (rbcLRrR205K) derived from rhodospirillum rubrum (Rhodospirillum rubrum) and a ribulose phosphate kinase mutant (prkCsT108Y) derived from rhodopseudomonas globosa (Cereibacter sphaeroides) were introduced into the target strain to construct the calvin cycle. The metabolic flow inside the strain can be regulated by introducing the Calvin cycle, so that more carbon flow is effectively redirected to the synthesis path of L-threonine, and the level of L-threonine produced by the strain is improved. On the other hand, the invention improves the production efficiency of L-threonine by improving the ratio of NADPH/NADP+ in Escherichia coli, and in order to increase the intracellular NADPH pool, the beneficial mutants (gapATmR268K and gapATtP232A/Y272F) are obtained by mutating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase derived from Thermotoga maritima (Thermotoga maritima) and Thermus thermophilus (Thermus thermophilus) by using a molecular engineering technology, and the mutants are heterologously expressed in the Escherichia coli L-threonine producing strain obtained by early engineering, so that the supply of NADPH in the L-threonine synthesis process is increased, and the capacity of the strain for producing L-threonine by fermentation is improved.
The genetic engineering strain obtained by the system metabolic engineering strategy can realize the effective accumulation of L-threonine, the shake flask yield of L-threonine reaches 45.8g/L, the feed fermentation yield of a 5L fermentation tank reaches 168g/L, the sugar acid conversion rate reaches 63%, the production strength reaches 3.36g/L/h, and a foundation is laid for the subsequent industrialized application of the L-threonine engineering strain.
Detailed Description
The following specific examples are presented to illustrate the present invention, and those skilled in the art will readily appreciate the additional advantages and capabilities of the present invention as disclosed herein. The invention may be practiced or carried out in other embodiments that depart from the specific details, and the details of the present description may be modified or varied from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be noted that the following embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The methods used in the examples of the present invention are conventional methods, and the reagents used are commercially available.
The genotypes of the strains involved in the following examples are shown in Table 1 below:
TABLE 1 list of genetic alterations of strains
| Strain name | Genetic manipulation |
| LMT4 | LMT4 in patent CN115011620B |
| T01 | LMT4,mbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrT81M |
| T02 | LMT4,mbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrR205K |
| T03 | LMT4,mbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrI240M |
| T04 | LMT4,mbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrL260F |
| T05 | LMT4,mbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrA269P |
| T06 | T02,ylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT108Y |
| T07 | T02,ylbE::Ptrc-prkCsS140D |
| T08 | T02,ylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT176S |
| T09 | T02,ylbE::Ptrc-prkCsW254F |
| T10 | T02,ylbE::Ptrc-prkCsV283L |
| T11 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmL175M |
| T12 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F |
| T13 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmV220L |
| T14 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmR268K |
| T15 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F/L175M |
| T16 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F/V220L |
| T17 | T06,arpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F/R268K |
| T18 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtT98V |
| T19 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtL185Y |
| T20 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtP232A |
| T21 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtY272F |
| T22 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtP232A/T98V |
| T23 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtP232A/L185Y |
| T24 | T14,yeeL::Ptrc-gapATtP232A/Y272F |
The primer sequences referred to in the following examples are shown in Table 2 below.
TABLE 2 primers according to the present invention
LB medium, 5g/L yeast extract, 10g/L peptone, 10g/L sodium chloride.
30G/L glucose, 3g/L yeast extract, 30mL/L corn steep liquor, 2g/L citric acid ,0.5g/LMgSO4·7H2O,10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,10mg/L MnSO4·H2O,0.2mg/L vitamin H,0.3mg/L vitamin B1, and the balance water, wherein the pH is 7.0-7.2.
20G/L glucose, 2g/L yeast extract, 15mL/L corn steep liquor, 2g/L citric acid ,1g/LMgSO4·7H2O,10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,5mg/L MnSO4·H2O,2g/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 0.2mg/L vitamin H,0.3mg/L vitamin B1, 15g/L ammonium sulfate, and the balance of water, wherein the pH value is 7.0-7.2.
Feed medium, 800g/L glucose.
The detection method involved in the following examples:
Detection of L-threonine production
The yield of the L-threonine is calculated by a high performance liquid chromatography, the concentration of the L-threonine and other amino acids is measured by a pre-column derived phthalic aldehyde (OPA) method, the liquid chromatography is carried out under the conditions that the column temperature is 40 ℃, the wavelength of an ultraviolet detector 338nm, and the flow rate of a mobile phase is 1mL/min.
Calculation of sugar acid conversion
The remaining glucose content, consumption rate, and Sugar acid conversion rate of the resulting fermentation broth were separately measured, wherein the Sugar acid conversion rate (Sugar-to-Acid Conversion Rate, SACR) was defined as the percentage of Sugar material converted to L-threonine per unit mass, and the calculation method was:
SACR=(Msugar/ML-Threonine)×100%
wherein, ML-Threonine is the mass (g) of the L-threonine produced, and Msugar is the mass (g) of the saccharide consumed, namely the difference between the total mass of the added glucose and the mass of the glucose remained in the system at the end of fermentation.
The detection method of the ratio of NADPH/NADP+ is as follows:
the assay was performed using a commercially available fluorescent detection kit for the ratio of 50140NADP/NADPH from the company Saint. NAD (P) H can reduce the probe in the kit to a highly fluorescent product, and the signal can be quantified by a fluorescence enzyme-labeled instrument (Ex/Em=540/590 nm)
EXAMPLE 1 construction of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase and mutant thereof
Construction of a mutant of rbcLRr of rubisco Rhodospirillum rubrum-derived ribulose bisphosphate, the specific steps are as follows:
(1) Construction of pTrc-99a-rbcLRr
The ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase rbcLRr (NCBI NO.P04718.1, SEQ ID No. 1) derived from Rhodospirillum rubrum Rhodospirillum rubrum was codon-optimized and ligated to plasmid pTrc-99a (available for synthesis by the company) and designated pTrc-99a-rbcLRr.
The rbcLRr amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 1) is as follows:
MDQSSRYVNLALKEEDLIAGGEHVLCAYIMKPKAGYGYVATAAHFAAESSTGTNVEVCTTDDFTRGVDALVYEVDEARELTKIAYPVALFHRNITDGKAMIASFLTLTMGNNQGMGDVEYAKMHDFYVPEAYRALFDGPSVNISALWKVLGRPEVDGGLVVGTIIKPKLGLRPKPFAEACHAFWLGGDFIKNDEPQGNQPFAPLRDTIALVADAMRRAQDETGEAKLFSANITADDPFEIIARGEYVLETFGENASHVALLVDGYVAGAAAITTARRRFPDNFLHYHRAGHGAVTSPQSKRGYTAFVHCKMARLQGASGIHTGTMGFGKMEGESSDRAIAYMLTQDEAQGPFYRQSWGGMKACTPIISGGMNALRMPGFFENLGNANVILTAGGGAFGHIDGPVAGARSLRQAWQAWRDGVPVLDYAREHKELARAFESFPGDADQIYPGWRKALGVEDTRSALPA
the rbcLRr nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO. 2) is as follows:
atggatcagagcagccgctatgtgaacctggcgctgaaagaagaagatctgattgcgggcggcgaacatgtgctgtgcgcgtatattatgaaaccgaaagcgggctatggctatgtggcgaccgcggcgcattttgcggcggaaagcagcaccggcaccaacgtggaagtgtgcaccaccgatgattttacccgcggcgtggatgcgctggtgtatgaagtggatgaagcgcgcgaactgaccaaaattgcgtatccggtggcgctgtttcatcgcaacattaccgatggcaaagcgatgattgcgagctttctgaccctgaccatgggcaacaaccagggcatgggcgatgtggaatatgcgaaaatgcatgatttttatgtgccggaagcgtatcgcgcgctgtttgatggcccgagcgtgaacattagcgcgctgtggaaagtgctgggccgcccggaagtggatggcggcctggtggtgggcaccattattaaaccgaaactgggcctgcgcccgaaaccgtttgcggaagcgtgccatgcgttttggctgggcggcgattttattaaaaacgatgaaccgcagggcaaccagccgtttgcgccgctgcgcgataccattgcgctggtggcggatgcgatgcgccgcgcgcaggatgaaaccggcgaagcgaaactgtttagcgcgaacattaccgcggatgatccgtttgaaattattgcgcgcggcgaatatgtgctggaaacctttggcgaaaacgcgagccatgtggcgctgctggtggatggctatgtggcgggcgcggcggcgattaccaccgcgcgccgccgctttccggataactttctgcattatcatcgcgcgggccatggcgcggtgaccagcccgcagagcaaacgcggctataccgcgtttgtgcattgcaaaatggcgcgcctgcagggcgcgagcggcattcataccggcaccatgggctttggcaaaatggaaggcgaaagcagcgatcgcgcgattgcgtatatgctgacccaggatgaagcgcagggcccgttttatcgccagagctggggcggcatgaaagcgtgcaccccgattattagcggcggcatgaacgcgctgcgcatgccgggcttttttgaaaacctgggcaacgcgaacgtgattctgaccgcgggcggcggcgcgtttggccatattgatggcccggtggcgggcgcgcgcagcctgcgccaggcgtggcaggcgtggcgcgatggcgtgccggtgctggattatgcgcgcgaacataaagaactggcgcgcgcgtttgaaagctttccgggcgatgcggatcagatttatccgggctggcgcaaagcgctgggcgtggaagatacccgcagcgcgctgccggcgtaa
(2) Construction of recombinant plasmids containing mutants
First, pTrc-99a-rbcLRr was used as a template and amplified with primers (Table 2) to obtain recombinant vectors containing mutants T81M, R205K, I240M, L260F, A269P :pTrc-99a-rbcLRrT81M,pTrc-99a-rbcLRrR205K,pTrc-99a-rbcLRrI240M,pTrc-99a-rbcLRrL260F,pTrc-99a-rbcLRrA269P.
(3) Construction of recombinant Strain containing rbcLRr mutant
The ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase mutant encoding gene rbcLRrT81M、rbcLRrR205K、rbcLRrI240M、rbcLRrL260F、rbcLRrA269P from rhodospirillum rubrum Rhodospirillum rubrum was integrated into the mbhA (NCBI accession number: 62676021) site of LMT4 strain, respectively.
The E.coli W3110 genome was used as a template, and the upstream homology arm primers (mbhA-1, mbhA-2) and the downstream homology arm primers (mbhA-5, mbhA-6) were designed based on mbhA gene sequences. Then, primers mbhA-3 and mbhA-4 were designed using the pTrc-99a-rbcLRrT81M、pTrc-99a-rbcLRrR205K、pTrc-99a-rbcLRrI240M、pTrc-99a-rbcLRrL260F、pTrc-99a-rbcLRrA269P plasmid constructed in example 2 as a template. Wherein, the Ptrc promoter sequence is designed on the primers mbhA-2 and mbhA-3, each fragment is obtained through PCR amplification, and then fusion PCR is carried out by taking the fragments as templates, thus respectively obtaining the integrated fragments of the Ptrc-rbcLRrT81M gene, the Ptrc-rbcLRrR205K gene, the Ptrc-rbcLRrI240M gene, the Ptrc-rbcLRrL260F gene and the Ptrc-rbcLRrA269P gene. The DNA fragments obtained after annealing the primers gRNA-mbhA-1 and gRNA-mbhA-2 were ligated with plasmid pGRB to construct plasmid pGRB-mbhA. Plasmid pGRB-mbhA and the integrated fragments of Ptrc-rbcLRrT81M gene, Ptrc-rbcLRrR205K gene, Ptrc-rbcLRrI240M gene, Ptrc-rbcLRrL260F gene and Ptrc-rbcLRrA269P gene are simultaneously and electrically transformed into electrotransformation competent cells of LMT4 strain containing pREDCas9 to obtain positive transformants, and after the plasmids are eliminated, E.coli T01(E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrT81M)、E.coli T02(E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrR205K)、E.coli T03(E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrI240M)、E.coli T04(E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrL260F)、E.coli T05(E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrA269P) strain is obtained respectively.
(4) Shake flask fermentation of recombinant strains
Inoculating the prepared recombinant strains E.coli T01, E.coli T02, E.coli T03, E.coli T04 and E.coli T05 into LB culture medium, culturing at 37 ℃ for 12h for full activation, then inoculating into a 500mL round bottom triangular flask filled with 30mL seed culture medium according to 20% (v/v) inoculum size, sealing with nine layers of gauze, culturing at 37 ℃ and 220rpm for 8-10h, and preparing seed liquid.
Inoculating the seed solution into a 500mL baffle triangular flask containing 30mL of fermentation medium according to the inoculation amount of 15% (v/v), sealing nine layers of gauze, culturing at 37 ℃ and 240r/min, controlling the pH value to be 7.0-7.2 by adding 25% ammonia water in the fermentation process, and maintaining the fermentation by adding 60% (m/v) glucose solution to a final concentration of 5g/L when the glucose in the medium is exhausted, wherein the fermentation period is 36h, and preparing the fermentation liquid. After the fermentation, the production of L-threonine in the fermentation broth was separately examined. According to the above method, a recombinant strain E.coli WT (E.coli LMT4, delta mbhA:: Ptrc-rbcLRr) was prepared in which the recombinant strain expressed wild-type ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase. After fermentation according to the above method, the yield of L-threonine was examined. The results are shown in Table 3 below.
TABLE 3:L production of threonine
| Strains containing different mutants | Yield (g/L) | Sugar acid conversion (%) |
| LMT4 | 31.5 | 40.2 |
| E.coli WT | 32.3 | 40.6 |
| T01(T81M) | 30.1 | 38.4 |
| T02(R205K) | 35.2 | 42.4 |
| T03(I240M) | 33.5 | 41.1 |
| T04(L260F) | 34.9 | 42 |
| T05(A269P) | 32.8 | 40.9 |
The results show that the T02 strain has higher L-threonine yield and conversion rate, so that the T02 strain (E.coli LMT4, delta mbhA: Ptrc-rbcLRrR205K) is selected to be continuously transformed, and the Kalman cycle is supplemented.
EXAMPLE 2 construction of ribulokinase phosphate and mutants thereof
Construction of a mutant of ribulokinase prkCs derived from rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides Cereibacter sphaeroides, comprising the following specific steps:
(1) Construction of pTrc-99a-prkCs
The ribulose phosphate kinase prkCs (NCBI NO.P12033.2, SEQ ID No. 3) from P.globosus Cereibacter sphaeroides was codon-optimized and ligated to the plasmid pTrc-99a (available for synthesis by the company) and designated pTrc-99a-prkCs.
The prkCs amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 3) is as follows:
MSKKHPIISVTGSSGAGTSTVKHTFDQIFRREGVKAVSIEGDAFHRFNRADMKAELDRRYAAGDATFSHFSYEANELKELERVFREYGETGQGRTRTYVHDDAEAARTGVAPGNFTDWRDFDSDSHLLFYEGLHGAVVNSEVNIAGLADLKIGVVPVINLEWIQKIHRDRATRGYTTEAVTDVILRRMHAYVHCIVPQFSQTDINFQRVPVVDTSNPFIARWIPTADESVVVIRFRNPRGIDFPYLTSMIHGSWMSRANSIVVPGNKLDLAMQLILTPLIDRVVRESKVA
the prkCs nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO. 4) is as follows:
atgagcaaaaaacatccgattattagcgtgaccggcagcagcggcgcgggcaccagcaccgtgaaacatacctttgatcagatttttcgccgcgaaggcgtgaaagcggtgagcattgaaggcgatgcgtttcatcgctttaaccgcgcggatatgaaagcggaactggatcgccgctatgcggcgggcgatgcgacctttagccattttagctatgaagcgaacgaactgaaagaactggaacgcgtgtttcgcgaatatggcgaaaccggccagggccgcacccgcacctatgtgcatgatgatgcggaagcggcgcgcaccggcgtggcgccgggcaactttaccgattggcgcgattttgatagcgatagccatctgctgttttatgaaggcctgcatggcgcggtggtgaacagcgaagtgaacattgcgggcctggcggatctgaaaattggcgtggtgccggtgattaacctggaatggattcagaaaattcatcgcgatcgcgcgacccgcggctataccaccgaagcggtgaccgatgtgattctgcgccgcatgcatgcgtatgtgcattgcattgtgccgcagtttagccagaccgatattaactttcagcgcgtgccggtggtggataccagcaacccgtttattgcgcgctggattccgaccgcggatgaaagcgtggtggtgattcgctttcgcaacccgcgcggcattgattttccgtatctgaccagcatgattcatggcagctggatgagccgcgcgaacagcattgtggtgccgggcaacaaactggatctggcgatgcagctgattctgaccccgctgattgatcgcgtggtgcgcgaaagcaaagtggcgtaa
(2) Construction of recombinant plasmids containing mutants
First, pTrc-99a-prkCs was used as a template and amplified with primers (Table 2) to obtain recombinant vectors containing mutants T108Y, S140D, T176S, W254F, V283L :pTrc-99a-prkCsT108Y,pTrc-99a-prkCsS140D,pTrc-99a-prkCsT176S,pTrc-99a-prkCsW254F,pTrc-99a-prkCsV283L.
(3) Construction of recombinant strains containing prkCs mutants
The ribulokinase phosphate mutant-encoding gene prkCsT108Y、prkCsS140D、prkCsT176S、prkCsW254F、prkCsV283L from P.globosus Cereibacter sphaeroides was integrated into the ylbE (NCBI accession number: 4056025) site of the T02 strain, respectively.
The E.coli W3110 genome was used as a template, and the upstream homology arm primers (ylbE-1, ylbE-2) and the downstream homology arm primers (ylbE-5, ylbE-6) were designed based on ylbE gene sequences. Then, primers ylbE-3 and ylbE-4 were designed using the pTrc-99a-prkCsT108Y、pTrc-99a-prkCsS140D、pTrc-99a-prkCsT176S、pTrc-99a-prkCsW254F、pTrc-99a-prkCsV283L plasmid thus constructed as a template. Wherein, the Ptrc promoter sequence is designed on the primers ylbE-2 and ylbE-3, each fragment is obtained through PCR amplification, and then fusion PCR is carried out by taking the fragments as templates, thus respectively obtaining the integrated fragments of the Ptrc-prkCsT108Y gene, the Ptrc-prkCsS140D gene, the Ptrc-prkCsT176S gene, the Ptrc-prkCsW254F gene and the Ptrc-prkCsV283L gene. The DNA fragments obtained after annealing the primers gRNA-ylbE-1 and gRNA-ylbE-2 were ligated with plasmid pGRB to construct plasmid pGRB-ylbE. The plasmids pGRB to ylbE and the integrated fragments of the Ptrc-prkCsT108Y gene, the Ptrc-prkCsS140D gene, the Ptrc-prkCsT176S gene, the Ptrc-prkCsW254F gene and the Ptrc-prkCsV283L gene are simultaneously and electrically transformed into electrotransformation competent cells of the T02 strain containing pREDCas to obtain positive transformants, and after the plasmids are eliminated, E.coli T06(E.coli T02,ΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT108Y)、E.coli T07(E.coli T02,ΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsS140D)、E.coli T08(E.coli T02,ΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT176S)、E.coli T09(E.coli T02,ΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsW254F)、E.coli T10(E.coli T02,ΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsV283L) strains are respectively obtained.
(4) Shake flask fermentation of recombinant strains
Shake flask fermentation of the recombinant strain, determination of the L-threonine content, and calculation of the sugar acid conversion rate of the strain were performed as in example 1. According to the above method, a recombinant strain T02 WT (E.coli T02, delta ylbE:: Ptrc-prkCs) was prepared in which the recombinant strain expressed wild-type ribulose phosphate kinase. After fermentation according to the above method, the yield of L-threonine and the sugar acid conversion rate of the strain were examined. The results are shown in Table 4 below:
TABLE 4:L production of threonine
| Strains containing different mutants | Yield (g/L) | Sugar acid conversion (%) |
| T02 | 35.2 | 42.4 |
| T02WT | 35.6 | 42.7 |
| T06(T02T108Y) | 38.7 | 44.2 |
| T07(T02S140D) | 36.2 | 43.6 |
| T08(T02T176S) | 35.8 | 42.8 |
| T09(T02W254F) | 33.5 | 42 |
| T10(T02V283L) | 37.5 | 43.9 |
The results show that the T06 strain (E.coli LMT4,. DELTA. mbhA: Ptrc-rbcLRrR205KΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT108Y) has a higher L-threonine production and conversion, so that the T06 strain was selected for further engineering.
EXAMPLE 3 construction of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and mutants thereof
The method comprises the following specific steps:
1. Construction of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATm mutant derived from Thermotoga maritima Thermotoga maritima (1) construction of pTrc-99a-gapATm
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATm (NCBI No. WP_004081074.1,SEQ ID NO.5) derived from Thermotoga maritima Thermotoga maritima was codon-optimized and ligated to plasmid pTrc-99a (available for synthesis by the company) and designated pTrc-99a-gapATm.
The gapATm amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 5) is as follows:
MARVAINGFGRIGRLVYRIIYERKNPDIEVVAINDLTDTKTLAHLLKYDSVHKKFPGKVEYTENSLIVDGKEIKVFAEPDPSKLPWKDLGVDFVIESTGVFRNREKAELHLQAGAKKVIITAPAKGEDITVVIGCNEDQLKPEHTIISCASCTTNSIAPIVKVLHEKFGIVSGMLTTVHSYTNDQRVLDLPHKDLRRARAAAVNIIPTTTGAAKAVALVVPEVKGKLDGMAIRVPTPDGSITDLTVLVEKETTVEEVNAVMKEATEGRLKGIIGYNDEPIVSSDIIGTTFSGIFDATITNVIGGKLVKVASWYDNEYGYSNRVVDTLELLLKM
The gapATm nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO. 6) is as follows:
atggcgcgcgtggcgattaacggctttggccgcattggccgcctggtgtatcgcattatttatgaacgcaaaaacccggatattgaagtggtggcgattaacgatctgaccgataccaaaaccctggcgcatctgctgaaatatgatagcgtgcataaaaaatttccgggcaaagtggaatataccgaaaacagcctgattgtggatggcaaagaaattaaagtgtttgcggaaccggatccgagcaaactgccgtggaaagatctgggcgtggattttgtgattgaaagcaccggcgtgtttcgcaaccgcgaaaaagcggaactgcatctgcaggcgggcgcgaaaaaagtgattattaccgcgccggcgaaaggcgaagatattaccgtggtgattggctgcaacgaagatcagctgaaaccggaacataccattattagctgcgcgagctgcaccaccaacagcattgcgccgattgtgaaagtgctgcatgaaaaatttggcattgtgagcggcatgctgaccaccgtgcatagctataccaacgatcagcgcgtgctggatctgccgcataaagatctgcgccgcgcgcgcgcggcggcggtgaacattattccgaccaccaccggcgcggcgaaagcggtggcgctggtggtgccggaagtgaaaggcaaactggatggcatggcgattcgcgtgccgaccccggatggcagcattaccgatctgaccgtgctggtggaaaaagaaaccaccgtggaagaagtgaacgcggtgatgaaagaagcgaccgaaggccgcctgaaaggcattattggctataacgatgaaccgattgtgagcagcgatattattggcaccacctttagcggcatttttgatgcgaccattaccaacgtgattggcggcaaactggtgaaagtggcgagctggtatgataacgaatatggctatagcaaccgcgtggtggataccctggaactgctgctgaaaatgtaa
(2) Construction of recombinant plasmids containing mutants
First, pTrc-99a-gapATm was used as a template and amplified with primers (Table 2) to obtain recombinant vectors containing mutants L175M, Y181F, V220L, R268K, Y181F/L175M, Y181F/V220L, Y181F/R268K :pTrc-99a-gapATmL175M,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F,pTrc-99a-gapATmV220L,pTrc-99a-gapATmR268K,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F/L175M,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F/V220L,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F/R268K.
(3) Construction of recombinant Strain containing gapATm
The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase encoding genes gapATmL175M mutant, gapATmY181F mutant, gapATmV220L mutant, gapATmR268K mutant, gapATmY181F/L175M mutant, gapATmY181F/V220L mutant and gapATmY181F/R268K mutant from Thermotoga maritima (Thermotoga maritima) were integrated into the arpB (NCBI number: 948935) site of the T06 strain, respectively.
The E.coli W3110 genome is used as a template, an upstream homology arm primer (arpB-1, arpB-2) and a downstream homology arm primer (arpB-5, arpB-6) are designed according to arpB gene sequences, then the constructed pTrc-99a-gapATmL175M,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F,pTrc-99a-gapATmV220L,pTrc-99a-gapATmR268K,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F/L175M,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F/V220L,pTrc-99a-gapATmY181F/R268K plasmid is used as a template, primers arpB-3 and arpB-4 are designed, wherein the Ptrc promoter sequences are designed on the primers arpB-2 and arpB-3, each fragment is obtained through PCR amplification, and fusion PCR is carried out by using the fragments as templates to respectively obtain integrated fragments of the Ptrc-gapATmL175M gene, the Ptrc-gapATmY181F gene, the Ptrc-gapATmV220L gene, the Ptrc-gapATmR268K gene, the Ptrc-gapATmY181F/L175M gene and the Ptrc-gapATmY181F/V220L、Ptrc-gapATmY181F/R268K gene. The DNA fragments obtained after annealing the primers gRNA-arpB-1 and gRNA-arpB-2 were ligated with plasmid pGRB to construct plasmid pGRB-arpB. The integrated fragments of plasmids pGRB-arpB and Ptrc-gapATmL175M、Ptrc-gapATmY181F、Ptrc-gapATmV220L、Ptrc-gapATmR268K、Ptrc-gapATmY181F/L175M、Ptrc-gapATmY181F/V220L、Ptrc-gapATmY181F/R268K, respectively, were simultaneously electrotransformed into electrotransformed competent cells of strain T06 containing pREDCas9 to obtain positive transformants, and after removal of the plasmids, strain E.coli T11(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmL175M)、E.coli T12(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F)、E.coli T13(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmV220L)、E.coli T14(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmR268K)、E.coli T15(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F/L175M)、E.coli T16(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F/V220L)、E.coli T17(E.coli T06,ΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmY181F/R268K) was obtained, respectively.
(4) Shake flask fermentation of recombinant strains
Shake flask fermentation of the recombinant strain, determination of L-threonine content, and calculation of the sugar acid conversion rate of the strain were performed as in example 1, and the ratio of NADPH/NADP+ in the recombinant strain after the end of the shake flask fermentation was detected. According to the above method, a recombinant strain T06 WT (E.coli T06, delta arpB:: Ptrc-gapATm) was prepared in which the recombinant strain expressed wild-type glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. After fermentation according to the above method, the yield of L-threonine and the sugar acid conversion rate of the strain were examined. And the ratio of NADPH/NADP+ in the recombinant strain after the completion of shake flask fermentation was examined, and the results are shown in Table 5.
TABLE 5 Effect of strains containing different mutants
The results show that T14 strain (E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrR205KΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT108YΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmR268K) has higher L-threonine production and conversion, and thus T14 strain selection continues to be engineered.
2. Construction of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATt mutant derived from Thermus thermophilus Thermus thermophilus (1) construction of pTrc-99a-gapATt
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gapATt (NCBI No.1VC2_A, SEQ ID No. 7) derived from Thermotoga maritima Thermus thermophilus was codon-optimized and ligated to plasmid pTrc-99a (available for synthesis by the company) and designated pTrc-99a-gapATt.
The gapATt amino acid sequence is as follows (SEQ ID NO. 7):
MKVGINGFGRIGRQVFRILHERGVEVALINDLTDNKTLAHLLKYDSTYGRFPGAVGYDEENLYVDGKAIRATAIKDPREIPWKQAGVGVVVESTGVFTDGEKARAHLEAGAKKVIITAPAKNEDITVVLGVNHEQYDPAKHHILSNASCTTNSLAPVMKVLEKAFGVEKALMTTVHSYTNDQRLLDLPHKDLRRARAAALNIIPTTTGAAKATALVLPSLKGRFDGMALRVPTPTGSISDITALLKREVTAEEVNAALKAAAEGPLKGILAYTEDEIVLRDIVMDPHSSIVDGKLTKAIGNLVKVFAWYDNEWGYANRVADLVELVLKKGV
the gapATt nucleotide sequence is as follows (SEQ ID NO. 8):
atgaaagtgggcattaacggctttggccgcattggccgccaggtgtttcgcattctgcatgaacgcggcgtggaagtggcgctgattaacgatctgaccgataacaaaaccctggcgcatctgctgaaatatgatagcacctatggccgctttccgggcgcggtgggctatgatgaagaaaacctgtatgtggatggcaaagcgattcgcgcgaccgcgattaaagatccgcgcgaaattccgtggaaacaggcgggcgtgggcgtggtggtggaaagcaccggcgtgtttaccgatggcgaaaaagcgcgcgcgcatctggaagcgggcgcgaaaaaagtgattattaccgcgccggcgaaaaacgaagatattaccgtggtgctgggcgtgaaccatgaacagtatgatccggcgaaacatcatattctgagcaacgcgagctgcaccaccaacagcctggcgccggtgatgaaagtgctggaaaaagcgtttggcgtggaaaaagcgctgatgaccaccgtgcatagctataccaacgatcagcgcctgctggatctgccgcataaagatctgcgccgcgcgcgcgcggcggcgctgaacattattccgaccaccaccggcgcggcgaaagcgaccgcgctggtgctgccgagcctgaaaggccgctttgatggcatggcgctgcgcgtgccgaccccgaccggcagcattagcgatattaccgcgctgctgaaacgcgaagtgaccgcggaagaagtgaacgcggcgctgaaagcggcggcggaaggcccgctgaaaggcattctggcgtataccgaagatgaaattgtgctgcgcgatattgtgatggatccgcatagcagcattgtggatggcaaactgaccaaagcgattggcaacctggtgaaagtgtttgcgtggtatgataacgaatggggctatgcgaaccgcgtggcggatctggtggaactggtgctgaaaaaaggcgtgtaa
(2) Construction of recombinant plasmids containing mutants
First, pTrc-99a-gapATt was used as a template and amplified with primers (Table 2) to obtain recombinant vectors containing mutants T98V, L185Y, P232A, Y272F, P232A/T98V, P232A/L185Y, P232A/Y272F :pTrc-99a-gapATtT98VpTrc-99a-gapATtL185Y、pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A、pTrc-99a-gapATtY272F,pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A/T98V,pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A/L185Y,pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A/Y272F.
(3) Construction of recombinant Strain containing gapATt
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase encoding genes gapATtT98V mutant, gapATtL185Y mutant, gapATtP232A mutant, gapATtY272F mutant, gapATtP232A/T98V mutant, gapATtP232A/L185Y mutant and gapATtP232A/Y272F mutant from Thermus thermophilus (Thermus thermophilus) were integrated into the yeeL locus of the T14 strain (NCBI accession number: 2847764), respectively.
The E.coli W3110 genome was used as a template, and the upstream homology arm primers (yeeL-1, yeeL-2) and the downstream homology arm primers (yeeL-5) were designed based on yeeL gene sequences, yeeL-6), then, designing primers yeeL-3 and yeeL-4 by taking the constructed pTrc-99a-gapATtT98VpTrc-99a-gapATtL185Y、pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A、pTrc-99a-gapATtY272F,pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A/T98V,pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A/L185Y,pTrc-99a-gapATtP232A/Y272F plasmid as a template, wherein the Ptrc promoter sequence is designed on the primers yeeL-2 and yeeL-3, obtaining each fragment through PCR amplification, and then carrying out fusion PCR by taking the fragment as the template to respectively obtain the Ptrc-gapATtT98V gene, Ptrc-gapATtL185Y gene, Ptrc-gapATtP232A gene, Ptrc-gapATtY272F gene, Ptrc-gapATtP232A/T98V gene, Ptrc-gapATtP232A/L185Y gene, an integrated fragment of the Ptrc-gapATtP232A/Y272F gene. the DNA fragments obtained after annealing the primers gRNA-yeeL-1 and gRNA-yeeL-2 were ligated with plasmid pGRB to construct plasmid pGRB-yeeL. The plasmid pGRB-yeeL was isolated from the gene Ptrc-gapATtT98V, the gene Ptrc-gapATtL185Y, the gene Ptrc-gapATtP232A, the gene Ptrc-gapATtY272F, The integrated fragments of the Ptrc-gapATtP232A/T98V gene, the Ptrc-gapATtP232A/L185Y gene and the Ptrc-gapATtP232A/Y272F gene are simultaneously and electrically transformed into electrically transformed competent cells containing pREDCas E.coli T14 to obtain positive transformants, and after plasmid elimination, E.coli T18(E.coli T14,ΔyeeL::Ptrc-gapATtT98V)、E.coli T19(E.coli T14,ΔyeeL::Ptrc-gapATtL185Y)、E.coli T20(E.coli T14,ΔyeeL::Ptrc-gapATtP232A) strains, namely, E.coli T21 (E.coli T14,. DELTA. yeeL: Ptrc-gapATtY272F) strain, E.coli T22 (E.coli T14,. DELTA. yeeL: Ptrc-gapATtP232A/T98V) strain, E.coli T23 (E.coli T14,. DELTA. yeeL: Ptrc-gapATtP232A/L185Y) strain, E.coli T24 (E.coli T14,. DELTA. yeeL: Ptrc-gapATtP232A/Y272F) strain.
(4) Detection of the ratio of NADPH/NADP+
Shake flask fermentation of the recombinant strain, determination of L-threonine content and calculation of the sugar acid conversion rate of the strain were performed as described above (example 1), and the ratio of NADPH/NADP+ in the recombinant strain after the end of shake flask fermentation was detected. According to the above method, a recombinant strain T14 WT (E.coli T14, delta yeeL:: Ptrc-gapATt) was prepared in which the recombinant strain expressed wild-type glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. After fermentation according to the above method, the yield of L-threonine and the sugar acid conversion rate of the strain were examined. And the ratio of NADPH/NADP+ in the recombinant strain after the completion of shake flask fermentation was examined, and the results are shown in Table 6.
TABLE 6 Effect of strains containing different mutants
| Strains containing different mutants | Yield (g/L) | Sugar acid conversion (%) | NADPH/NADP+ |
| T14 | 42.3 | 46.6 | 0.73 |
| T14WT | 43.2 | 47.8 | 1 |
| T18(T14T98V) | 42.8 | 47 | 0.81 |
| T19(T14L185Y) | 43 | 47.5 | 0.92 |
| T20(T14P232A) | 44.9 | 48.9 | 1.13 |
| T21(T14Y272F) | 43.8 | 48.3 | 1.08 |
| T22(T14P232A/T98V) | 40.2 | 43.2 | 0.64 |
| T23(T14P232A/L185Y) | 41.9 | 44.6 | 0.69 |
| T24(T14P232A/Y272F) | 45.8 | 49.7 | 1.48 |
The results showed that T24 strain (E.coli LMT4,ΔmbhA::Ptrc-rbcLRrR205KΔylbE::Ptrc-prkCsT108YΔarpB::Ptrc-gapATmR268KΔyeeL::Ptrc-gapATtP232A/Y272F) had higher L-threonine production and conversion, so that the selection of T24 strain continued to perform the 5L fermenter fed-batch fermentation.
Example 6 feed fermentation of strains T14, T24 5L fermentors
Preparation of L-threonine Using E.coli T14 and E.coli T24, respectively
(1) And (3) seed culture, namely pouring a proper amount of sterile water into the inclined plane, suspending the thalli by using an inoculating loop, and then inoculating the bacterial suspension into a seed culture medium for culture. The culture temperature is 37 ℃, the initial ventilation is 2L/min, the initial stirring rotation speed is 200r/min, the pH of the culture medium is controlled to be 7.0-7.2 by automatically feeding 25% ammonia water, the dissolved oxygen is controlled to be 25-30% by stirring and ventilation, and when the OD600 reaches 15-20, the culture medium is ready to be accessed.
The seed culture medium comprises 30g/L glucose, 3g/L yeast extract, 30mL/L corn steep liquor, 2g/L citric acid ,0.5g/L MgSO4·7H2O,10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,10mg/L MnSO4·H2O,0.2mg/L vitamin H,0.3mg/L vitamin B1, and water for the rest, and has pH of 7.0-7.2.
(2) Fermenting culture, inoculating the seed solution into 2L fermentation culture medium according to 15% (v/v) inoculum size, wherein the culture temperature is 37 ℃, controlling pH of the culture medium to 7.0-7.2 by automatically feeding 25% ammonia water, controlling dissolved oxygen to 25-30% by stirring and ventilation, automatically feeding 80% glucose solution when glucose in the culture medium is exhausted, and controlling glucose residual sugar concentration in the fermentation liquid to 1-10g/L.
The fermentation medium comprises 20g/L glucose, 2g/L yeast extract, 15mL/L corn steep liquor, 2g/L citric acid ,1g/L MgSO4·7H2O,10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,5mg/L MnSO4·H2O,2g/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 0.2mg/L vitamin H,0.3mg/L vitamin B1, 15g/L ammonium sulfate, and the balance of water, wherein the pH value is 7.0-7.2.
The E.coli T24 is fermented for 58 hours in a 5L fermentation tank, and the yield is improved by 15.2% compared with the E.coli T14 (the yield is 129.6 g/L) and reaches 149.3g/L.
Example 7 optimization of fermentation conditions in Strain T24 5L fermentors
(1) Seed culture, pouring proper amount of sterile water into the inclined plane, and suspending the thallus with inoculating loop. Then, the bacterial suspension is inoculated into a seed culture medium for culture. The culture temperature is 37 ℃, the initial ventilation is 2L/min, the initial stirring rotation speed is 200r/min, the pH of the culture medium is controlled to be 7.0-7.2 by automatically feeding 25% ammonia water, the dissolved oxygen is controlled to be 25-30% by stirring and ventilation, and when the OD600 reaches 15-20, the culture medium is ready to be accessed.
The seed culture medium comprises 35g/L glucose, 5g/L yeast powder, 3g/L peptone, 1.5g/L KH2PO4,0.5g/LMgSO4·7H2 O,1g/L citric acid, 1g/L L-threonine, 10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,10mg/L MnSO4·H2O,1mg/L VH and 0.5mg/L VB1, and the balance of water, wherein the pH is 7.0-7.2.
(2) Inoculating the seed solution into 2L fermentation culture medium according to 20% (v/v) inoculum size, culturing at 37 deg.C, controlling pH of the culture medium to 7.0-7.2 by automatically feeding 25% ammonia water, controlling dissolved oxygen to 25-30% by stirring and ventilation, automatically feeding 80% glucose solution and 1g/L betaine when glucose in the culture medium is exhausted, controlling glucose residual sugar concentration in the fermentation liquid to 1-10g/L, and feeding feed culture medium at flow rate of 14mL/h between 14-20h of fermentation.
The fermentation medium consists of 10g/L glucose, 12g/L corn steep liquor, 4g/L yeast powder, 3g/L peptone, 4g/L KH2PO4,1g/L MgSO4·7H2 O,2g/L citric acid, 1g/L L-threonine, 10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,10mg/LMnSO4·H2O,0.2mg/L VH and 0.3mg/L VB1, and the balance being water, and the pH is 7.0-7.2. The fed-batch culture medium consists of 4g/L yeast powder, 3g/L peptone, 4g/L KH2PO4,1g/L MgSO4·7H2 O,2g/L citric acid, 10mg/L FeSO4·7H2O,10mg/L MnSO4·H2O,0.5mg/L VH and 0.5mg/L VB1.
E, fermenting the coll T24 in a 5L fermentation tank for 50h, wherein the fermentation process curve is shown in figure 1, the yield of L-threonine is up to 168g/L, the sugar acid conversion rate is up to 63%, and the production intensity is up to 3.36g/L/h.
While the invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is not limited thereto, and various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.