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  • Title: Glutathione enhances 2-keto-l-gulonic acid production based on Ketogulonicigenium vulgare model iWZ663.
    Author: Huang Z, Zou W, Liu J, Liu L.
    Journal: J Biotechnol; 2013 Apr 15; 164(4):454-60. PubMed ID: 23376843.
    Abstract:
    Ketogulonicigenium vulgare is used widely during the industrial production of 2-keto-l-gulonic acid (2-KLG), the precursor of vitamin C, in a coculture with Bacillus megaterium. We analyzed the sulfate and coenzyme A metabolic module in the genome-scale metabolic model (GSMM) iWZ663 and found that the poor growth of K. vulgare was due to a deficiency in key reductases in the sulfate metabolic pathway. To carefully investigate the metabolism of sulfate, we developed a chemically defined medium (CDM) to produce pure cultures of K. vulgare. The addition of glutathione and l-cysteine to a flask culture of K. vulgare increased the cell growth, 2-KLG titer, and the intracellular coenzyme A level by 38.7%, 45.5%, and 85.3%, respectively, with glutathione, and by 25.6%, 35.8%, and 44.7%, respectively, with l-cysteine. The addition of glutathione to a 7-L fermenter culture of K. vulgare and B. megaterium increased the 2-KLG productivity by 20.9%. This study shows that the analysis of a specific metabolic module in GSMM can provide a potential strategy for optimizing microbial physiological functions.
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