Effect of mufti-gene knockout of L-tryptophan transport system on L-tryptophan production in Escherichia coli
大肠杆菌色氨酸转运系统多基因敲除对色氨酸生产的影响

In Escherichia coli, uptake of L-ryptophan is done by three distinct permeases, encoded by mtr, tnaB, and aroP. Based on the mtr single-gene knockout, we constructed the mtr.tnaB and mtr.aroP double-gene knockout mutants and the mtr.tnaB.aroP triple-gene knockout mutant. The fermentation results showed that the mtr.tnaB and mtr.aroP knockout mutants produced 1.38 g/L and 1.27 g/L L-ryptophan, respectively, which was 17% and 9% higher than that of the mtr knockout mutant. However, the mtr.tnaB.aroP knockout mutant was significantly affected on cell growth and only produced 0.63 g/L L-ryptophan. During the fed-batch fermentation in a 3-L fermentor, the mtr.tnaB knockout mutant produced 12.2 g/L L-ryptophan, which was 27% higher than that of the mtr knockout mutant. This study demonstrates the effect of multi-gene knockouts of L-ryptophan transport system of Escherichia coli on the biosynthesis of L-ryptophan.