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Table 4 Fermentation products of E. coli mutants in mineral medium with glucose as the carbon source

From: Engineering of Escherichia coli for Krebs cycle-dependent production of malic acid

Strain

Additional genotype modifications

Plasmid

Cells (g/g)

Malate (mol/mol)

Fumarate (mol/mol)

Pyruvate (mol/mol)

Acetate (mol/mol)

Sy502

pACT3w-ppcK620S

0.20 ± 0.06

0.40 ± 0.08

0.09 ± 0.03

0.00

0.56 ± 0.03

Sy504

ΔiclR

pACT3w-ppcK620S

0.19 ± 0.05

0.42 ± 0.05

0.10 ± 0.04

0.00

0.55 ± 0.06

Sy510

ΔiclR ΔackA

pACT3w-ppcK620S

0.21 ± 0.01

0.55 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

0.43 ± 0.00

Sy508

ΔiclR ΔpoxB

pACT3w-ppcK620S

0.16 ± 0.02

0.30 ± 0.07

0.07 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.02

0.29 ± 0.22

Sy512

ΔiclR ΔackA ΔpoxB

pACT3w-ppcK620S

0.22 ± 0.03

0.35 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.01

0.56 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.00

Sy729

ΔiclR ΔarcA

pACT3w-ppcK620S

0.15 ± 0.02

0.53 ± 0.03

0.06 ± 0.04

0.04 ± 0.03

0.38 ± 0.04

Sy731

ΔiclR ΔarcA

pACT3w-ppcK620S-gltAR164L

0.15 ± 0.02

0.82 ± 0.07

0.06 ± 0.02

0.02 ± 0.04

0.25 ± 0.09

  1. All strains are derived from Sy502 strain (MG1655 Δmdh Δmqo ΔmaeA ΔmaeB)
  2. Data is presented as means ± STDV of at least three replicate experiments