Improved bio-hydrogen production by overexpression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and FeFe hydrogenase in Clostridium acetobutylicum

Ye Seung Son, Jong Min Jeon, Do Hyung Kim, Yung Hun Yang, Yong Su Jin, Byung Kwan Cho, Sang Hyoun Kim, Sunil Kumar, Byung Don Lee, Jeong Jun Yoon

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Abstract

Clostridium acetobutylicum is an attractive industrial microorganism for biochemical production, but there have been few attempts for bio-hydrogen production based on metabolic engineering. In this study, metabolically engineered C. acetobutylicum carrying glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (zwf) and FeFe hydrogenase (hydA) were constructed as recombinant strains CA-zwf(pIMP-zwf) and CA-hydA(pMTL-hydA), respectively, to improve hydrogen productivity. The results showed that the engineered strains produced 1.15 and 1.39-fold higher hydrogen yield, respectively, than the wild type. Furthermore, when pH and glucose concentration were optimized for the CA-hydA strain, enhanced hydrogen productivity of 25.8% was achieved in 7 L jar scale fermentation. This result provides an insight into the future direction for metabolic engineering of C. acetobutylicum for improved hydrogen production.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)36687-36695
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume46
Issue number74
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2021

Keywords

  • Bio-hydrogen
  • Clostridium acetobutylicum
  • FeFe hydrogenase
  • Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Fuel Technology
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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