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- Title
Disruption of the Zymomonas mobilis extracellular sucrase gene ( sacC) improves levan production.
- Authors
Senthilkumar, V.; Rameshkumar, N.; Busby, S.J.W.; Gunasekaran, P.
- Abstract
v. senthilkumar, n. rameshkumar, s.j.w. busby and p. gunasekaran. 2004. Disruption of the extracellular Zymomonas mobilis sucrase gene ( sacC) to improve levan production. A PCR-amplified tetracycline resistance cassette was inserted within the cloned sacC gene in pZS2811. The recombinant construct was transferred to Z. mobilis by electroporation. The Z. mobilis sacC gene, encoding an efficient extracellular sucrase, was inactivated. A sacC defective mutant of Z. mobilis, which resulted from homologous recombination, was selected and the sacC gene disruption was confirmed by PCR. Fermentation trials with this mutant were conducted, and levansucrase activity and levan production were measured. In sucrose medium, the sacC mutant strain produced threefold higher levansucrase (SacB) than the parent strain. This resulted in higher levels of levan production, whilst ethanol production was considerably decreased. Zymomonas mobilis sacC gene encoding an extracellular sucrase was inactivated by gene disruption. This sacC mutant strain produced higher level of levan in sucrose medium because of the improved levansucrase (SacB) than the parent strain. The Z. mobilis CT2, sacC mutant produces high level of levansucrase (SacB) and can be used for the production of levan.
- Subjects
MICROBIOLOGY; ZYMOMONAS; GRAM-negative bacteria; POLYMERASE chain reaction; ELECTROPORATION; MICROORGANISMS
- Publication
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2004, Vol 96, Issue 4, p671
- ISSN
1364-5072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2672.2003.02169.x