Saccharomyces cerevisiae cellular engineering for the production of FAME biodiesel
Laiyou Wang,
Bingbing Liu,
Qingshan Meng,
Chunchun Yang,
Yiyi Hu,
Chunyan Wang,
Pengyu Wu,
Chen Ruan,
Wenhuan Li,
Shuang Cheng,
Shuxian Guo
Affiliations
Laiyou Wang
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Bingbing Liu
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Qingshan Meng
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chunchun Yang
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Yiyi Hu
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Chunyan Wang
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Pengyu Wu
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Chen Ruan
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Wenhuan Li
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Shuang Cheng
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Shuxian Guo
Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology, Nanyang Institute of Technology
Abstract The unsustainable and widespread utilization of fossil fuels continues to drive the rapid depletion of global supplies. Biodiesel has emerged as one of the most promising alternatives to conventional diesel, leading to growing research interest in its production. Microbes can facilitate the de novo synthesis of a type of biodiesel in the form of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). In this study, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolic activity was engineered to facilitate enhanced FAME production. Initially, free fatty acid concentrations were increased by deleting two acetyl-CoA synthetase genes (FAA1, FAA4) and an acyl-CoA oxidase gene (POX1). Intracellular S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) levels were then enhanced via the deletion of an adenosine kinase gene (ADO1) and the overexpression of a SAM synthetase gene (SAM2). Lastly, the S. cerevisiae strain overproducing free fatty acids and SAM were manipulated to express a plasmid encoding the Drosophila melanogaster Juvenile Hormone Acid O-Methyltransferase (DmJHAMT). Using this combination of engineering approaches, a FAME concentration of 5.79 ± 0.56 mg/L was achieved using these cells in the context of shaking flask fermentation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detailed study of FAME production in S. cerevisiae. These results will provide a valuable basis for future efforts to engineer S. cerevisiae strains for highly efficient production of biodiesel.
