FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 193-200.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-20190124-316

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Effect of mtnN Gene on Biosynthesis of S-Adenosylmethionine in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

RUAN Liying, WEN Zhiyou, WEI Xuetuan   

  1. (1. College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; 2. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames 50013, USA)
  • Online:2020-03-25 Published:2020-03-23

Abstract: In order to explore the effect of mtnN on S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) synthesis in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, a series of genetically engineered strains with modifications in the mtnN gene were constructed by gene knockout and antisense RNA suppression technology in this study. Compared with the original strain HZ-12, the SAM yield and biomass of the mtnN-deleted strain decreased by 51% and 26%, respectively, indicating that complete blocking of the mtnN gene is not conducive to cell growth and SAM synthesis. Furthermore, the expression of mtnN was inhibited by antisense RNA fine-tuning. Compared with the control strain HZ-12/pHY300, the biomass of the engineered strains HZ-12/pHY-mtnNasRNA-1, HZ-12/pHY-mtnNasRNA-2 and HZ-12/pHY-mtnNasRNA-3 showed no significant difference from each other, and their SAM yields reached 14.58, 12.27 and 12.49 mg/L, respectively, increasing by 44%, 22% and 24% compared with the control, respectively. This study not only explains the influence of mtnN gene on SAM synthesis, but also provides a new strategy for construction of high-yield SAM producing engineered strains.

Key words: S-adenosylmethionine, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase, antisense RNA, metabolic engineering

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