Carnosic acid production from sugarcane syrup by engineered yeast in fed-batch fermentation

Phenolic diterpene carnosic acid (CA) is widely used in the food, nutritional health, and cosmetic industries due to its antioxidative and antimicrobial properties. This work aimed to overproduce CA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from sugarcane syrup in fed-batch 2 L bioreactor fermentation. A geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP)-producing strain modified with genes encoding the enzymes copalyl diphosphate synthase (Pv.CPS), miltiradiene synthase (Ro.KSL2), hydroxy ferruginol synthase (Ro.HFS), CA synthase (Ro.CYP76AK8), CYP reductase (At.ATR1), and transketolase (TKL1) was used. Lowering the feed rate from 12–26 g/L/h to 7–8 g/L/h, and the use of a dynamic dissolved oxygen (DO) trigger (min. 10%, max. 40%, threshold 70%) instead of a DO trigger of 30%, enhanced CA production by 27%. As a result, the highest CA titer ever reported to date, 191.4 mg/L, was obtained in 4-day fermentation. This study shows the feasibility of engineered yeast to produce CA from the sustainable feedstock sugarcane syrup.

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Carnosic acid Dynamic dissolved oxygen trigger Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fed-batch fermentation Sugarcane syrup

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/52968

DOI

10.3390/fermentation11030147

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CBQF - Contribuições em Revistas Científicas / Contribution to Journals

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