Production of tetra-methylpyrazine using engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum
2020
Eng, Thomas | Sasaki, Yusuke | Herbert, Robin A. | Lau, Andrew | Trinh, Jessica | Chen, Yan | Mirsiaghi, Mona | Petzold, Christopher J. | Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila
Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 is an established and industrially-relevant microbial host that has been utilized for the expression of many desirable bioproducts. Tetra-methylpyrazine (TMP) is a naturally occurring alkylpyrazine with broad applications spanning fragrances to resins. We identified an engineered strain of C. glutamicum which produces 5 g/L TMP and separately, a strain which can co-produce both TMP and the biofuel compound isopentenol. Ionic liquids also stimulate TMP production in engineered strains. Using a fed batch-mode feeding strategy, ionic liquid stimulated strains produced 2.2 g/L of tetra-methylpyrazine. We show that feedback from a specific heterologous gene pathway on host physiology leads to acetoin accumulation and the production of TMP.
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