申请人:Zelder Oskar
公开号:US20090281353A1
公开(公告)日:2009-11-12
The present invention features improved processes and organisms for the production of methionine. The invention demonstrates that a ΔmetF organism or a ΔmetE AmetH organism, for example, mutants of
C. glutamicum
or
E. coli
, can use a methyl capped sulfide source, e.g., dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), as a source of both sulfur and a methyl group, bypassing the need for MetH/MetE and MetF activity and the need to reduce sulfate, for the synthesis of methionine. Also described in this patent are data implicating MetY (also called MetZ) as an enzyme that incorporates a methyl capped sulfide source, e.g., DMDS, into methionine. A ΔmetF ΔmetB strain of
C. glutamicum
can use a methyl capped sulfide source, e.g., DMDS, as a source of both sulfide and a methyl group. Furthermore, methionine production by engineered prototrophic organisms that overproduce O-acetyl-homoserine was improved by the addition of a methyl capped sulfide source, e.g., DMDS.
本发明涉及改进的方法和生物体,用于甲硫氨酸的生产。该发明表明,例如C. glutamicum或E. coli的ΔmetF生物体或ΔmetE AmetH生物体,可以使用甲基硫醚源,例如二甲基二硫化物(DMDS),作为硫和甲基的来源,绕过对甲硫氨酸合成所需的MetH/MetE和MetF活性以及还原硫酸的需要。本专利还描述了数据,暗示MetY(也称为MetZ)是一种将甲基硫醚源,例如DMDS,嵌入到甲硫氨酸中的酶。C. glutamicum的ΔmetF ΔmetB菌株可以使用甲基硫醚源,例如DMDS,作为硫和甲基的来源。此外,通过添加甲基硫醚源,例如DMDS,改进了通过过度产生O-乙酰同型半胱氨酸的工程原核生物的甲硫氨酸产量。