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Table 3 Production of 5-ALA via C5 pathway in E. coli

From: Challenges and opportunities of bioprocessing 5-aminolevulinic acid using genetic and metabolic engineering: a critical review

Year

Strain

Strategy

ALA titer (g/L)

ALA productivity (g/L/h)

Ref

2011

DH5a

Expressing hemA from S. Arizona and identify exporter RhtA for ALA

4.13

0.086

Kang et al. (2011a, b)

2014

DH5a

Using small RNA ryhB to enhance ALA production

1.5

0.047

Li et al. (2014)

2015

BL21(DE3)

Identify the relation of ALA production and genes on heme synthesis pathway, combinatorial over-express hemA, hemL, hemD, and hemF with different copy-number plasmids

3.25

0.108

Zhang et al. (2015)

2015

BL21(DE3)

Co-overexpression of the heme synthesis pathway genes hemA, hemL, hemF, and hemD with the addition of 7.5 mg/L iron

4.05

0.127

Zhang et al. (2016)

2017

W (ATCC9637)

Applying synthetic and strong promoter for hemA from S. typhimurium and hemL, deletion of sucA and fine-tune gltA and aceA level

3.4

0.189

Noh et al. (2017)

2019

BL21(DE3)

Optimize hemA and hemL level with RBS engineering, weaken hemB, and strengthen pdxH for PLP synthesis. Finally improve the production in 3-L fermenter

5.25

0.146

Zhang et al. (2019)

2019

DH5a

Fine-tuning hemB by CRISPRi system at various targeting sites and using fed-batch fermentation

1.99

0.046

Su et al. (2019)

2019

MG1655

Integrating multiple copies of hemA-hemL by CIChE in DrecA strain

4.55

0.063

Cui et al. (2019)

2019

Transetta(DE3)

Expressing hemA1 (GTR) and pgr7 (GBP) genes from Arabidopsis thaliana

7.64

0.159

Aiguo and Meizhi (2019)

2020

DH5α

A heme-responsive regulatory system containing a heme biosensor HrtR and CRISPRi was designed to regulate chemicals production while maintaining the intracellular heme homeostasis

5.35

0.111

Zhang et al. (2020a)