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Escherichia coli W, a sucrose-positive strain, was engineered for the homofermentative production of d-lactic acid through chromosomal deletion of the competing fermentative pathway genes (adhE, frdABCD, pta, pflB, aldA) and the repressor gene (cscR) of the sucrose operon, and metabolic evolution for improved anaerobic cell growth. The resulting strain, HBUT-D, efficiently fermented 100 g sucrose l−1 into 85 g d-lactic acid l−1 in 72–84 h in mineral salts medium with a volumetric productivity of ~1 g l−1 h−1, a product yield of 85 % and d-lactic acid optical purity of 98.3 %, and with a minor by-product of 4 g acetate l−1. HBUT-D thus has great potential for production of d-lactic acid using an inexpensive substrate, such as sugar cane and/or beet molasses, which are primarily composed of sucrose.
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This research was supported by Hubei University of Technology and the Chutian Scholar Program of Hubei province, P. R. China, and the Northern Illinois University, USA.
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Wang, Y., Tian, T., Zhao, J. et al. Homofermentative production of d-lactic acid from sucrose by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli . Biotechnol Lett 34, 2069–2075 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-012-1003-7
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