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Succinic acid production from softwood with genome-edited Corynebacterium glutamicum using the CRISPR-Cpf1 system
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  • Dae-Seok Lee,
  • Eun Jin Cho,
  • Younho Song,
  • Jihye Chang,
  • Dinh-Truong Nguyen,
  • Hyeun-Jong Bae
Dae-Seok Lee
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Eun Jin Cho
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Younho Song
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Jihye Chang
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Dinh-Truong Nguyen
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Hyeun-Jong Bae
Chonnam National University

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Abstract

Corynebacterium glutamicum is a useful microbe to produce succinic acid, a bio-based platform chemical, under anaerobic condition. The knock-out mutant of lactate dehydrogenase 1 gene (ΔldhA-6) and co-expression of succinic acid transporter (Psod:sucE- ΔldhA) were generated by using CRISPR-Cpf1 genome editing system. HAPC (hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid) pretreatment is a highly efficient method for enzymatic hydrolysis of softwood and the hydrolysate was used for production of succinic acid. In the 15% hydrolysate (Pinus densiflora), the best condition for ΔldhA mutant to produce succinic acid from the hydrolysate was confirmed to ferment 4% hydrolysate, resulted in 14.82 g L-1 succinic acid production for 6 h, which reached to 2.47 g L-1 h-1 productivity. No production of acetic acid and lactic acid was detected during the fermentation. The co-expression transformant, [Psod:sucE- ΔldhA], produced 17.70 g L-1 succinic acid in 6 h, presenting a productivity of 2.95 g L-1 h-1 on the 4% hydrolysate. In the fed-batch system, 39.67 g L-1 succinic acid was produced for 48 h. The yield of succinic acid from reducing sugars in the hydrolysate is approximately 56.71%, while the yield of succinic acid from glucose alone as the main substrate is approximately 84.4%. These results indicated that the production of succinic acid from softwood has potential applications in alternative biochemical processes, and minimizing the loss of sugars during enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation can lead to more economic benefits in succinic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass.
26 Jun 2023Submitted to Biotechnology Journal
26 Jun 2023Submission Checks Completed
26 Jun 2023Assigned to Editor
07 Jul 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
22 Aug 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
22 Aug 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
18 Sep 20231st Revision Received
19 Sep 2023Assigned to Editor
19 Sep 2023Submission Checks Completed
19 Sep 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
08 Oct 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
18 Oct 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
26 Oct 20232nd Revision Received
26 Oct 2023Assigned to Editor
26 Oct 2023Submission Checks Completed
26 Oct 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
09 Nov 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned