合成生物学

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一碳生物转化合成有机酸的研究进展

禹伟1,2, 高教琪1,2, 周雍进1,2   

  1. 1.中国科学院大连化学物理研究所生物技术研究部,辽宁 大连 116023
    2.大连市能源生物技术重点实验室,辽宁 大连 116023
  • 收稿日期:2024-03-19 修回日期:2024-06-04 出版日期:2024-06-19
  • 通讯作者: 周雍进
  • 作者简介:禹伟(1992—),男,博士,主要从事多形汉逊酵母甲醇生物转化与代谢工程研究。E-mail:yuweibio@dicp.ac.cn
    周雍进(1984—),男,博士,研究员,主要从事基于合成生物学工具开发的甲醇生物转化与天然产物合成研究。 E-mail:zhouyongjin@dicp.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2022YFC2105900);国家自然科学基金(22308351);国家资助博士后研究人员计划(GZB20230727)

Bioconversion of one carbon feedstocks for producing organic acids

Wei YU1,2, Jiaoqi GAO1,2, Yongjin ZHOU1,2   

  1. 1.Division of Biotechnology,Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,457 Zhongshan Road,Dalian 116023,Liaoning,China
    2.Dalian Key Laboratory of Energy Biotechnology,Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Dalian 116023,Liaoning,China
  • Received:2024-03-19 Revised:2024-06-04 Online:2024-06-19
  • Contact: Yongjin ZHOU

摘要:

有机酸在食品、医药、化工、农业等领域有着广泛的应用。目前有机酸的生产主要以微生物发酵法为主,采用糖类为原料,然而长此以往可能面临“与人争粮”的困境。CO、CO2、甲烷、甲醇和甲酸等含有一个碳原子的物质被称为一碳(one carbon,C1)资源,其来源广泛且价格低廉,有望成为生物制造的替代原料,且C1原料生物转化有助于缓解温室效应、助力“碳中和”目标。本文总结了近年来CO2、甲烷和甲醇生物合成3种重要有机酸(3-羟基丙酸、乳酸、琥珀酸)的研究进展,主要论述了C1生物利用途径、有机酸的生物合成途径以及代谢工程策略,也讨论了C1合成有机酸的挑战及应对措施,并展望了有机酸产业化新路线,尤其是化学催化与生物转化耦合以CO2为原料合成有机酸。本综述对于C1生物炼制以及有机酸产业升级具有一定的参考意义。

关键词: C1生物炼制, 代谢工程, 3-羟基丙酸, 乳酸, 琥珀酸

Abstract:

Organic acids, as important platform chemicals, have been widely used in food, pharmaceutical, chemical industries and agriculture. Currently, microbial production of organic acids relies mainly on sugars as feedstocks, which may suffer from the competition with food and arable lands. One carbon (C1) molecules such as CO, CO2, methane, methanol and formic acid are widespread and inexpensive, which are considered as ideal feedstocks for future bio-manufacturing. Bioconversion of C1 feedstocks toward the production of organic acids helps to mitigate greenhouse effect and realize carbon neutrality. Therefore C1 sources have been regarded as raw materials of third generation biorefinery, and natural C1 utilizing microbes attracted increasing attention. Although some microorganisms have native biosynthetic pathway of organic acids, the production efficiency is usually lower than expected. This review summarizes the recent progress on the biosynthesis of organic acids (3-hydroxypropionic acid, lactic acid and succinic acid) from C1 feedstocks using synthetic biology methods. First, the native C1 utilizing pathways are summarized, including CO2, CO, methane, methanol and formic acid. Then the metabolic engineering strategies to improve organic acids production were systematically reviewed, including the optimization of rate-limiting enzymes expression, enhancement of the supply of precursor and cofactor, cofactor engineering, and inhibition of the product degradation. In addition, the challenges, solutions, and prospects of C1 bioconversion to organic acids are also discussed, and coupling chemical catalysis and biological transformation may provide a promising industrial route for organic acids production. In particular, methanol is an ideal C1 feedstock with many advantages like convenient storage and transportation, high liquid-to-liquid mass transfer efficiency, and it can be massively produced from CO2 by "liquid sunshine" technology. Therefore constructing high efficient methanol cell factory may enable organic acids production from CO2, a carbon neutral production manner. This review may provide a guidance for C1 biorefinery and industrial bioproduction of organic acids.

Key words: C1 biorefinery, metabolic engineering, 3-hydroxyproionic acid, lactic acid, succinic acid

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