Abstract

Photosynthetic generation of reducing power makes cyanobacteria an attractive host for biochemical reduction compared to cell-free and heterotrophic systems, which require burning of additional resources for the supply of reducing equivalent. Here, using xylitol synthesis as an example, efficient uptake and reduction of xylose photoautotrophically in Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 are demonstrated upon introduction of an effective xylose transporter from Escherichia coli (Ec-XylE) and the NADPH-dependent xylose reductase from Candida boidinii (Cb-XR). Simultaneous activation of xylose uptake and matching of cofactor specificity enabled an average xylitol yield of 0.9 g g-1 xylose and a maximum productivity of about 0.15 g L-1 day-1 OD-1 with increased level of xylose supply. While long-term cellular maintenance still appears challenging, high-density conversion of xylose to xylitol using concentrated resting cell further pushes the titer of xylitol formation to 33 g L-1 in six days with 85% of maximum theoretical yield. While the results show that the unknown dissipation of xylose can be minimized when coupled to a strong reaction outlet, it remains to be the major hurdle hampering the yield despite the reported inability of cyanobacteria to metabolize xylose.

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