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Moraes, Eduardo C., Alvarez, Thabata M., Persinoti, Gabriela F., Tomazetto, Geizecler, Brenelli, Livia B., Paixão, Douglas A. A., Ematsu, Gabriela C., Aricetti, Juliana A., Caldana, Camila, Dixon, Neil, Bugg, Tim and Squina, Fabio M. (2018) Lignolytic-consortium omics analyses reveal novel genomes and pathways involved in lignin modification and valorization. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11 (75). doi:10.1186/s13068-018-1073-4 ISSN 1754-6834.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1073-4
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Lignin is a heterogeneous polymer representing a renewable source of aromatic and phenolic bio-derived products for the chemical industry. However, the inherent structural complexity and recalcitrance of lignin makes its conversion into valuable chemicals a challenge. Natural microbial communities produce biocatalysts derived from a large number of microorganisms, including those considered unculturable, which operate synergistically to perform a variety of bioconversion processes. Thus, metagenomic approaches are a powerful tool to reveal novel optimized metabolic pathways for lignin conversion and valorization.
RESULTS:
The lignin-degrading consortium (LigMet) was obtained from a sugarcane plantation soil sample. The LigMet taxonomical analyses (based on 16S rRNA) indicated prevalence of Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes members, including the Alcaligenaceae and Micrococcaceae families, which were enriched in the LigMet compared to sugarcane soil. Analysis of global DNA sequencing revealed around 240,000 gene models, and 65 draft bacterial genomes were predicted. Along with depicting several peroxidases, dye-decolorizing peroxidases, laccases, carbohydrate esterases, and lignocellulosic auxiliary (redox) activities, the major pathways related to aromatic degradation were identified, including benzoate (or methylbenzoate) degradation to catechol (or methylcatechol), catechol ortho-cleavage, catechol meta-cleavage, and phthalate degradation. A novel Paenarthrobacter strain harboring eight gene clusters related to aromatic degradation was isolated from LigMet and was able to grow on lignin as major carbon source. Furthermore, a recombinant pathway for vanillin production was designed based on novel gene sequences coding for a feruloyl-CoA synthetase and an enoyl-CoA hydratase/aldolase retrieved from the metagenomic data set.
CONCLUSION:
The enrichment protocol described in the present study was successful for a microbial consortium establishment towards the lignin and aromatic metabolism, providing pathways and enzyme sets for synthetic biology engineering approaches. This work represents a pioneering study on lignin conversion and valorization strategies based on metagenomics, revealing several novel lignin conversion enzymes, aromatic-degrading bacterial genomes, and a novel bacterial strain of potential biotechnological interest. The validation of a biosynthetic route for vanillin synthesis confirmed the applicability of the targeted metagenome discovery approach for lignin valorization strategies.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Polymers, Enzymes, Lignin -- Biodegradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Biotechnology for Biofuels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Biomed Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1754-6834 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official Date: | 22 March 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1186/s13068-018-1073-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 April 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 April 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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