Electron availability in CO2 , CO and H2 mixtures constrains flux distribution, energy management and product formation in Clostridium ljungdahlii

Microbial Biotechnology
Maria HermannRalf Takors

Abstract

Acetogens such as Clostridium ljungdahlii can play a crucial role reducing the human CO2 footprint by converting industrial emissions containing CO2 , CO and H2 into valuable products such as organic acids or alcohols. The quantitative understanding of cellular metabolism is a prerequisite to exploit the bacterial endowments and to fine-tune the cells by applying metabolic engineering tools. Studying the three gas mixtures CO2  + H2 , CO and CO + CO2  + H2 (syngas) by continuously gassed batch cultivation experiments and applying flux balance analysis, we identified CO as the preferred carbon and electron source for growth and producing alcohols. However, the total yield of moles of carbon (mol-C) per electrons consumed was almost identical in all setups which underlines electron availability as the main factor influencing product formation. The Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) showed high flexibility by serving as the key NAD+ provider for CO2  + H2, whereas this function was strongly compensated by the transhydrogenase-like Nfn complex when CO was metabolized. Availability of reduced ferredoxin (Fdred ) can be considered as a key determinant of metabolic control. Oxidation of CO via carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) is the mai...Continue Reading

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