Enhanced Production of L-Tryptophan with Glucose Feeding and Surfactant Addition and Related Metabolic Flux Redistribution in the Recombinant Escherichia coli
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Wei Luo; Jin Huang; Xiangcheng Zhu; Lei Huang; Jin Cai; Zhi-nan Xu
- Source
- Food Science and Biotechnology, 22(1), pp.207-214 Feb, 2013
- Subject
- 식품과학
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2092-6456
1226-7708
The production of L-tryptophan was investigated in a recombinant strain Escherichia coli W3110-ZDrr. It was observed that phosphate and feeding strategies are key factors to ensure the good cell growth and high production of L-tryptophan. The simple exponential feeding strategy could only produce 10.6 g/L L-tryptophan due to the improper feeding rate; while the manual glucose-feedback feeding approach could effectively control the substrate and inhibit the formation of acetate, and thus improvemed the Ltryptophan production to 25.5 g/L. The modified exponential feeding approach avoided overfeeding or underfeeding and achieved high production of L-tryptophan. Moreover, the addition of Tween 60 or PL61 could enhance the cell growth and the production of L-tryptophan in the fed-batch mode. Subsequent metabolic flux analysis showed that more carbon flux was distributed into the biosynthesis of Ltryptophan when Tween 60 or PL61 was supplied. The present work presents one base for further large-scale production of this important amino acid.