Enzyme-altered metabolite activity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550979-B2
Application number	US-201313857375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2013
Priority date	Apr 5, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to mutant alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes, microorganisms comprising the mutant alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes, and methods for the production of products by microbial fermentation using the microorganisms.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An alcohol dehydrogenase comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36, with the exception of at least one amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of Gly198Ile, Gly198Val, Ser199Asp, Ser199Glu, Ser199Leu, Ser199Val, Arg200Glu, Pro201 Asp, Pro201Glu, Tyr218Ala, Tyr218Gly, Tyr218Ser, and Tyr218Val, wherein amino acid numbering is relative to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36, and wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase has alcohol dehydrogenase activity.

2. The alcohol dehydrogenase of claim 1 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase comprises:
a Ser199Asp amino acid substitution;
a Ser199Glu amino acid substitution;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, and Pro201Glu;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Ala;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Phe;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Val;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Gy; or
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Ser.

3. The alcohol dehydrogenase of claim 1 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase has increased specificity for at least one first substrate over at least one second substrate wherein:
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is methyl ethyl ketone (MEK);
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is acetoin;
said first substrate is MEK and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is MEK and said second substrate is acetoin;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is acetone;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is MEK;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is acetone;
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is acetoin; or
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is MEK.

4. The alcohol dehydrogenase of claim 1 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase uses NADH as a co-factor or has increased specificity for an NADH co-factor over an NADPH co-factor.

5. A microorganism comprising said alcohol dehydrogenase of claim 1 .

6. The microorganism of claim 5 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase comprises:
a Ser199Asp amino acid substitution;
a Ser199Glu amino acid substitution;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, and Pro201Glu;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Ala;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Phe;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Val;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Gy; or
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Ser.

7. The microorganism of claim 5 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase has increased specificity for at least one first substrate over at least one second substrate wherein:
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is methyl ethyl ketone (MEK);
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is acetoin;
said first substrate is MEK and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is MEK and said second substrate is acetoin;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is acetone;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is MEK;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is acetone;
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is acetoin; or
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is MEK.

8. The microorganism of claim 5 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase uses NADH as a co-factor or has increased specificity for an NADH co-factor over an NADH co-factor.

9. The microorganism of claim 5 , wherein said microorganism is selected from the group consisting of Acetobacterium woodii, Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium autoethanogenum, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium ragsdalei, Escherichia coli, Moorella thermoacetica , and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

10. The microorganism of claim 9 , wherein said microorganism is Clostridium autoethanogenum.

11. The microorganism of claim 5 , wherein said microorganism produces a product selected from the group consisting of isopropanol, ethanol, 2,3-butanediol, 2-butanol, acetoin, MEK, acetaldehyde, and acetone.

12. A method of producing a product comprising culturing a microorganism comprising the alcohol dehydrogenase of claim 1 , wherein said microorganism produces said product.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase comprises:
a Ser199Asp amino acid substitution;
a Ser199Glu amino acid substitution;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, and Pro201Glu;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Ala;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Phe;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Val;
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Gy; or
a combination of said amino acid substitutions Gly198Asp, Ser199Val, Pro201Glu, and Tyr218Ser.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase has increased specificity for at least one first substrate over at least one second substrate wherein:
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is methyl ethyl ketone (MEK);
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is acetone and said second substrate is acetoin;
said first substrate is MEK and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is MEK and said second substrate is acetoin;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is acetone;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is MEK;
said first substrate is acetoin and said second substrate is acetaldehyde;
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is acetone;
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is acetoin; or
said first substrate is acetaldehyde and said second substrate is MEK.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein said alcohol dehydrogenase uses NADH as a co-factor or has increased specificity for an NADH co-factor over an NADH co-factor.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein said microorganism is selected from the group consisting of Acetobacterium woodii, Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium autoethanogenum, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium ragsdalei, Escherichia coli, Moorella thermoacetica , and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

17. The microorganism of claim 12 , wherein said microorganism is Clostridium autoethanogenum.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein said product is selected from the group consisting of isopropanol, ethanol, 2,3-butanediol, 2-buta

Assignees

• Lanzatech New Zealand Ltd
• Lanza Tech New Zealand Ltd

Inventors

• Koepke Michael
• Patrick Wayne Michael
• Maddock Danielle Joan
• Gerth Monica

Classifications

• C12P7/28

  Acetone-containing products · CPC title

• C12N9/0006 Primary

  acting on CH-OH groups as donors (1.1) · CPC title

• C12P7/04

  acyclic · CPC title

• C12Y101/01002

  Alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+) (1.1.1.2), i.e. aldehyde reductase · CPC title

• C12Y101/01001

  Alcohol dehydrogenase (1.1.1.1) · CPC title