1
Return

AbrB knockout not positively affecting bacillomycin D production in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens fmbJ analyzed by metabolomics

delete2026-05-23
delete0
PRE
AI
J
Jing Sun
S
Shanshan Jin
Y
Yujuan Liu
X
Xiaojiao Luo
庞心怡 (Xinyi Pang)
李小雁 (X. Y. Li)
C
Chi Chen
L
Lu, Yingjian *
DOI:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2026.03.022delete
deleteOriginal
deleteOriginal request for help
deleteShare
deleteSave
Abstract

Abstract

En 中文
Bacillomycin D (BD) is a potent lipopeptide with broad application potential encoded by bmyDABC with amino acids as substrates. To clarify the influence of transcriptional repressor AbrB regulating the synthesis of BD, abrB gene in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens fmbJ was successfully deleted by marker free method. Compared with the wildtype strain, BD production initially increased and then decreased. Expression of BD synthesis genes (bmyA-D) and signaling genes (spo0A, spo0B, and spo0E) all showed a brief rise in the early stage and a collective decline in the later stage, with sustained depletion of precursor amino acids (Tyr, Pro, Glu, Thr) after 36 h. EMSA and DNase I footprinting demonstrated that AbrB does not directly bind BD regulatory regions, while metabolomics revealed the exhaustion of fatty acid and amino acid precursors. These results showed that abrB knockout does not positively affecting BD production, providing guidance for more effective engineering of BD overproducing strains.
Keywords:
AbrB
Bacillomycin D
Biosynthesis
Knock out
Metabolomic

Journal

Journal of Biotechnology cover
Journal of Biotechnology
IF:
3.9
Papers:
1.5W
Citations:
1.5W

Organization

N
nanjing university of finance & economics
Scholars:
145
Papers: 84
Citations: 0
Cited Papers

Cited Papers

Citing Papers

Citing Papers