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Series GSE59397 Query DataSets for GSE59397
Status Public on Jul 18, 2014
Title Aromatic inhibitors derived from ammonia-pretreated lignocellulose hinder bacterial ethanologenesis by activating regulatory circuits controlling inhibitor efflux and detoxification (V)
Organism Escherichia coli
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Efficient microbial conversion of lignocellulosic hydrolysates to biofuels is a key barrier to the economically viable deployment of lignocellulosic biofuels. A chief contributor to this barrier is the impact on microbial processes and energy metabolism of lignocellulose-derived inhibitors, including phenolic carboxylates, phenolic amides (for ammonia-pretreated biomass), phenolic aldehydes, and furfurals. To understand the bacterial pathways induced by inhibitors present in ammonia-pretreated biomass hydrolysates, which are less well studied than acid-pretreated biomass hydrolysates, we developed and exploited synthetic mimics of ammonia-pretreated corn stover hydrolysate (ACSH). To determine regulatory responses to the inhibitors normally present in ACSH, we measured transcript and protein levels in an Escherichia coli ethanologen using RNA-seq and quantitative proteomics during fermentation to ethanol of synthetic hydrolysates containing or lacking the inhibitors. Our study identified four major regulators mediating these responses, the MarA/SoxS/Rob network, AaeR, FrmR, and YqhC. Induction of these regulons was correlated with a reduced rate of ethanol production, buildup of pyruvate, depletion of ATP and NAD(P)H, and an inhibition of xylose conversion. The aromatic aldehyde inhibitor 5‑hydroxymethylfurfural appeared to be reduced to its alcohol form by the ethanologen during fermentation, whereas phenolic acid and amide inhibitors were not metabolized. Together, our findings establish that the major regulatory responses to lignocellulose-derived inhibitors are mediated by transcriptional rather than translational regulators, suggest that energy consumed for inhibitor efflux and detoxification may limit biofuel production, and identify a network of regulators for future synthetic biology efforts.
 
Overall design E.coli ethanologen strain GLBRCE1 was grown in 3 media, AFEX corn stover hydrolysate (ACSH), synthetic hydrolysate (SynH) and syntetic hydrolysate with added lignotoxins (SynH_LT). Fermentations were carried out in 3 L bioreactors (Applikon Biotechnology) containing 2.45 L of ACSH or SynH media, and cultures were diluted into ACSH or SynH with initial OD at 0.2, grown anaerobically overnight, and then inoculated into bioreactors to a starting OD600 of 0.2. 3 biological replicates (independent cultures) were grown in each medium. RNA samples were obtained at 4 time points, corresponding to exponential (Exp), transitional (Trans), stationary (Stat1) and late stationary (Stat2) growth phases.
 
Contributor(s) Keating DH, Zhang Y, Ong IM, McIlwain S, Morales E, Grass JA, Tremaine M, Bothfeld W, Higbee A, Ulbrich A, Balloon A, Westphall MS, Aldrich J, Lipton M, Kim J, Moskvin O, Bukhman YV, Coon J, Kiley PJ, Bates DM, Landick R
Citation David H. Keating, Yaoping Zhang, Irene M. Ong, Sean McIlwain, Eduardo H. Morales, Jeff A. Grass, Mary Tremaine, William Bothfeld, Alan Higbee, Arne Ulbrich, Allison Balloon, Michael S. Westphall, Joshua Aldrich, Mary S. Lipton, Joonhoon Kim, Oleg Moskvin, Yury V. Bukhman, Joshua Coon, Patricia J. Kiley, Donna M Bates and Robert Landick. Aromatic inhibitors derived from ammonia-pretreated lignocellulose hinder bacterial ethanologenesis by activating regulatory circuits controlling inhibitor efflux and detoxification. Front. Microbiol. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00402
Submission date Jul 14, 2014
Last update date May 15, 2019
Contact name Robert C Landick
E-mail(s) landick@bact.wisc.edu
Phone (608) 265-8475
Organization name University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Street address 1550 Linden Dr
City Madison
State/province WI
ZIP/Postal code 53706
Country USA
 
Platforms (2)
GPL14548 Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Escherichia coli)
GPL18945 Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx (Escherichia coli)
Samples (21)
GSM1436266 SynH_Exp_CBYS
GSM1436267 SynH_Exp_BXHU
GSM1436268 SynH_LT_Exp_CCOG
This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries:
GSE58927 Aromatic inhibitors derived from ammonia-pretreated lignocellulose hinder bacterial ethanologenesis by activating regulatory circuits controlling inhibitor efflux and detoxification
Relations
BioProject PRJNA255240
SRA SRP044306

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