Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (한국미생물·생명공학회)
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Prediction of Maximum Yields of Metabolites and Optimal Pathways for Their Production by Metabolic Flux Analysis

  • Hong, Soon-Ho (Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BioProcess Engineeirng Research Center and Bioinformatics Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Moon, Soo-Yun (Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BioProcess Engineeirng Research Center and Bioinformatics Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Yup (Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BioProcess Engineeirng Research Center and Bioinformatics Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2003.08.01
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Abstract

The intracellular metabolic fluxes can be calculated by metabolic flux analysis, which uses a stoichiometric model for the intracellulal reactions along with mass balances around the intracellular metabolites. In this study, metabolic flux analyses were carried out to estimate flux distributions for the maximum in silico yields of various metabolites in Escherichia coli. The maximum in silico yields of acetic acid and lactic acid were identical to their theoretical yields. On the other hand, the in silico yields of succinic acid and ethanol were only 83% and 6.5% of their theoretical yields, respectively. The lower in silico yield of succinic acid was found to be due to the insufficient reducing power. but this lower yield could be increased to its theoretical yield by supplying more reducing power. The maximum theoretical yield of ethanol could be achieved, when a reaction catalyzed by pyruvate decarboxylase was added in the metabolic network. Futhermore, optimal metabolic pathways for the production of various metabolites could be proposed, based on the results of metabolic flux analyses. In the case of succinic acid production, it was found that the pyruvate carboxylation pathway should be used for its optimal production in E. coli rather than the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylation pathway.

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