The mechanisms of citrate on regulating the distribution of carbon flux in the biosynthesis of uridine 5'-monophosphate by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Mar;86(1):75-81. doi: 10.1007/s00253-009-2287-y. Epub 2009 Oct 14.

Abstract

A whole cell biocatalytic process for uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP) production from orotic acid by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was developed. The concentration of UMP was increased by 23% when 1 g l(-1) sodium citrate was fed into the broth. Effects of citrate addition on UMP production were investigated. Glucose-6-phosphate pool was elevated by onefold, while FBP and pyruvate were decreased by 42% and 40%, respectively. Organic acid pools such as acetate and succinate were averagely decreased by 30% and 49%. The results demonstrated that manipulation of citrate levels could be used as a novel tool to regulate the metabolic fluxes distribution among glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, and TCA cycle.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biotechnology / methods*
  • Carbon / metabolism
  • Catalysis
  • Citric Acid / metabolism*
  • Citric Acid / pharmacology
  • Citric Acid Cycle / drug effects
  • Culture Media
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic*
  • Glucose / metabolism*
  • Glycolysis / drug effects
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Orotic Acid / chemistry
  • Orotic Acid / metabolism
  • Pentose Phosphate Pathway / drug effects
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / cytology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / growth & development
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism
  • Uridine Monophosphate / biosynthesis*
  • Uridine Monophosphate / metabolism

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Citric Acid
  • Orotic Acid
  • Carbon
  • Uridine Monophosphate
  • Glucose