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KMID : 1094720120170061205
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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
2012 Volume.17 No. 6 p.1205 ~ p.1212
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Effects of l-lysine and d-lysine on ?-Poly-l-lysine biosynthesis and their metabolites by Streptomyces ahygroscopicus GIM8
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Liu Shengrong
Wu Qingping
Zhang Jumei
Mo Shuping
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Abstract
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?-Poly-l-lysine (?-PL), produced by Streptomyces or Kitasatospora strains, is a homo-poly-amino acid of l-lysine, which is used as a safe food preservative. In this study, the effects of l-lysine and its isomer, d-lysine, on ?-PL biosynthesis and their metabolites by the ?-PL-producing strain Streptomyces ahygroscopicus GIM8 were determined. The results indicated that l-lysine added into the fermentation medium in the production phase mainly served as a precursor for ?-PL biosynthesis during the flask culture phase, leading to greater ?-PL production. At an optimum level of 3 mM l-lysine, a ?-PL yield of 1.16 g/L was attained, with a 41.4% increment relative to the control of 0.78 g/L. Regarding d-lysine, the production of ?-PL increased by increasing its concentrations up to 6 mM in the initial fermentation medium. Interestingly, ?-PL production (1.20 g/L) with the addition of 3 mM d-lysine into the initial fermentation medium in flasks was higher than that of the initial addition of 3 mM L-lysine (1.06 g/L). The mechanism by which d-lysine improves ?-PL biosynthesis involves its utilization that leads to greater biomass. After S. ahygroscopicus GIM8 was cultivated in the defined medium with L-lysine, several key metabolites, including 5-aminovalerate, pipecolate, and l-2-aminoadipate formed in the cells, whereas only l-2-aminoadipate was observed after d-lysine metabolism. This result indicates that l-lysine and d-lysine undergo different metabolic pathways in the cells. Undoubtedly, the results of this study are expected to aid the understanding of ?-PL biosynthesis and serve as reference for the formulation of an alternative approach to improve ?-PL productivity using l-lysine as an additional substrate in the fermentation medium.
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KEYWORD
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Streptomyces, ?-poly-l-lysine biosynthesis, l-lysine, d-lysine, metabolite
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