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论文题目: Identification and Characterization of Two Functionally Unknown Genes Involved in Butanol Tolerance of Clostridium acetobutylicum
作者: Jia, KZ; Zhang, YP; Li, Y
联系作者: Jia, KZ
刊物名称: PLOS ONE
期: 6
卷: 7
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年份: 2012
影响因子: 4.092
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摘要: Solvents toxicity is a major limiting factor hampering the cost-effective biotechnological production of chemicals. In Clostridium acetobutylicum, a functionally unknown protein (encoded by SMB_G1518) with a hypothetical alcohol interacting domain was identified. Disruption of SMB_G1518 and/or its downstream gene SMB_G1519 resulted in increased butanol tolerance, while overexpression of SMB_G1518-1519 decreased butanol tolerance. In addition, SMB_G1518-1519 also influences the production of pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR) and flagellar protein hag, the maintenance of cell motility. We conclude that the system of SMB_G1518-1519 protein plays a role in the butanol sensitivity/tolerance phenotype of C. acetobutylicum, and can be considered as potential targets for engineering alcohol tolerance.