Site-directed mutagenesis and feedback-resistant N-acetyl-L-glutamate kinase (NAGK) increase Corynebacterium crenatum L-arginine production

Amino Acids. 2012 Jul;43(1):255-66. doi: 10.1007/s00726-011-1069-x. Epub 2011 Sep 8.

Abstract

N-acetyl-L-glutamate kinase (EC 2.7.2.8) is first committed in the specific L-arginine pathway of Corynebacterium sp. A limited increase of L-arginine production for the argB overexpression in the engineering C. creantum SYPA-CCB strain indicated that L-arginine feedback inhibition plays an influence on the L-arginine production. In this study, we have performed site-directed mutagenesis of the key enzyme (NAGK) and the three mutations (E19R, H26E and H268D) exhibited the increase of I0.5R efficiently. Thereby, the multi-mutated NAGKM3 (including E19R/H26E/H268D) was generated and its I0.5R of L-arginine of the mutant was increased remarkably, whereas the NAGK enzyme activities did not declined. To get a feedback-resistant and robust L-arginine producer, the engineered strains SYPA-CCBM3 were constructed. Introducing the argBM3 gene enabled the NAGK enzyme activity insensitive to the intracellular arginine concentrations resulted in an enhanced arginine biosynthesis flux and decreased formation of by-products. The L-arginine synthesis was largely enhanced due to the overexpression of the argBM3, which is resistant to feedback resistant by L-arginine. Thus L-arginine production could reach 45.6 g/l, about 41.7% higher compared with the initial strain. This is an example of up-modulation of the flux through the L-arginine metabolic pathway by deregulating the key enzyme of the pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arginine / metabolism*
  • Corynebacterium / genetics*
  • Corynebacterium / metabolism*
  • Feedback, Physiological
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial*
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Mutation
  • Phosphotransferases (Carboxyl Group Acceptor) / chemistry
  • Phosphotransferases (Carboxyl Group Acceptor) / genetics*
  • Phosphotransferases (Carboxyl Group Acceptor) / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Sequence Alignment

Substances

  • Arginine
  • Phosphotransferases (Carboxyl Group Acceptor)
  • acetylglutamate kinase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HQ602711