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Cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis: functional characterization of the Bacillus megaterium cbi genes required to convert uroporphyrinogen III into cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide.

ABSTRACT: The function of individual genes of the Bacillus megaterium cobI operon genes in cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis was investigated by their ability to complement defined Salmonella typhimurium cob mutants. This strategy confirmed the role of cbiA, -D, -F, -J, -L and cysGA. Furthermore the operon as a whole was used to restore corrin biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, which, although closely related to S. typhimurium, does not possess the CobI pathway. When the B. megaterium cob operon was cloned into a plasmid and transformed into an E. coli strain containing the S. typhimurium cbiP, it conferred upon the host strain the ability to make the cobyric acid de novo. However, cobyric acid synthesis was observed only when the strain was grown anaerobically. Derivatives of the corrin-producing E. coli strain were constructed in which genes of the B. megaterium cob operon had been inactivated. These strains were used to demonstrate that, whereas B. megaterium cbiD, -G and -X are essential for cobyric acid synthesis, the cbiW and -Y genes could be deleted without detriment to cobyric acid production in E. coli.

SUBMITTER: Raux E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1219765 | biostudies-other | 1998 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 is a fascinating molecule which acts as a co-factor in the metabolism of many organisms, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, fatty acid synthesis and energy production. The synthesis of vitamin B12 is limited to a few of bacteria and archaea. Therefore, industrial microbial fermentation is used to meet annual demands worldwide of vitamin B12 and as an alternative method to the chemical synthesis which requires at least 60 steps that is uneconomical. Bacillus megaterium is one of vitamin B12 producers and an ideal host for many biotechnology applications and being one of the best tools for the industrial production of several enzymes. Therefore, a two-step optimization strategy was established to produce high yield of vitamin B12 by B. megaterium through the provision of the production requirements and the suitable conditions for the biosynthesis of vitamin B12. RESULTS: We achieved the optimum conditions for the fermentation process of B. megaterium to produce high yield of vitamin B12 in a practical way based on statistical design and analysis which allowed vitamin B12 production to increase up to 759-fold (204.46 ?g/l) as compared with control without parameters (0.26 ?g/L). High performance liquid chromatography coupled to variable wavelength detector and mass spectrometry has been used to identify vitamin B12 forms and confirm the results. CONCLUSIONS: We developed the fermentation process of B. megaterium to enhance the production of vitamin B12 by providing the required supplements for the synthesis of vitamin B12 (CoCl2, ?-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB)) and dividing the fermentation process into three stages. In addition, the optimum incubation times of the three fermentation stages were investigated and performed with reducing number of experimental and evaluated multiple parameters and their interactions by using statistical experimental design and analysis. All of these strategies has proven successful in enhancing the production of vitamin B12 up to 204.46 ?g/l and demonstrated that B. megaterium could be a good candidate for the industrial production of vitamin B12.

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Cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis: functional characterization of the Bacillus megaterium cbi genes required to convert uroporphyrinogen III into cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide.

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