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development of a microbial production platform in Escherichia coli to synthesize D-glyceric acid from D-galacturonate. The expression of uronate dehydrogenase (udh) from Pseudomonas syringae and galactarolactone isomerase (gli) from Agrobacterium fabrum, along with the inactivation of garK, encoding for glycerate kinase, enables D-glyceric acid accumulation by utilizing the endogenous expression of galactarate dehydratase (garD), 5-keto-4-deoxy-D-glucarate aldolase (garL), and 2-hydroxy-3-oxopropionate reductase (garR). Optimization of carbon flux through the elimination of competing metabolic pathways leads to the development of a DELTAgarKDELTAhyiDELTAglxKDELTAuxaC mutant strain that produces 4.8 g/l of D-glyceric acid from D-galacturonate, with an 83% molar yield. Cultivation in a minimal medium produces similar yields and demonstrates that galactose or glycerol serve as possible carbon co-feeds for industrial production, method overview |
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