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Production of ρ-Hydroxyacetophenone by Engineered Escherichia coli Heterologously Expressing 1-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-Ethanol Dehydrogenase

  • Wenmei Wu (Biological Engineering Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine) ;
  • Xiwei Yuan (Biological Engineering Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine) ;
  • Xin Gao (Biological Engineering Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine) ;
  • Chaoyang Tan (Biological Engineering Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine) ;
  • Shunxiang Li (Hunan Engineering Technology Research Center for Bioactive Substance Discovery of Chinese Medicine) ;
  • Dehong Xu (Biological Engineering Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine)
  • Received : 2023.10.13
  • Accepted : 2023.11.24
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

ρ-Hydroxyacetophenone is an important and versatile compound that has been widely used in medicine, cosmetics, new materials, and other fields. At present, there are two ways to obtain ρ-hydroxyacetophenone. One is to extract it from plants, such as Artemisia capillaris Thunb and Cynanchum otophyllum Schneid, and the other is to synthesize it by using chemical methods. Of these two methods, the second is the main one, although it has problems, such as flammable and explosive reagents, difficult separation of by-products, and harsh reaction conditions. To solve these issues, we adopted genetic engineering in this study to construct engineered Escherichia coli containing Hped gene or EbA309 gene. Whole-cell biotransformation was conducted under the same conditions to select the engineered E. coli with the higher activity. Orthogonal tests were conducted to determine the optimal biotransformation condition of the engineered E. coli. The results showed that the optimal condition was as follows: substrate concentration of 40 mmol/l, IPTG concentration of 0.1 mmol/l, an induction temperature of 25℃, and a transformation temperature of 35℃. Under this condition, the effects of transformation time on the ρ-hydroxyacetophenone concentration and cell growth were further studied. We found that as the transformation time extended, the ρ-hydroxyacetophenone concentration showed a gradually increasing trend. However, when the ρ-hydroxyacetophenone concentration increased to 1583.19 ± 44.34 mg/l in 24 h, cell growth was inhibited and then entered a plateau. In this research, we realized the synthesis of ρ-hydroxyacetophenone by biotransformation, and our findings lay a preliminary foundation for further improving and developing this method.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82104324), the Key Discipline of Biological Engineering in the Fourteenth Five-year Plan of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine [XiaoXingFaGuiZi-2023-No.2], and the School-level Postgraduates Innovative Project of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in 2023 (2023CX138).

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