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Table 4 Biosynthesis of 5-ALA in micro-organisms other from E. coli

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

Year

Pathway

Strategy

ALA titer (g/L)

ALA productivity (g/L/h)

Capacity (L)

Ref

Corynebacterium glutamicum

 2015

C5

Expressing hemA from S. typhimurium with codon optimization of hemL and increase cell membrane permeability with penicillin G

2.2

0.046

2.0

Ramzi et al. (2015)

 2015

C5

Expressing hemA from S. arizona with mutation and hemL from E. coli. Added 0.01 mg/L ferrous ion in shaking flask

1.79

0.012

0.05

Yu et al. (2015)

 2016

C4

Expressing hemA from R. sphaeroides and ppc with deletion of penicillin-binding genes

7.53

0.209

5.0

Feng et al. (2016)

 2016

C4

Expressing ALAS from R. capsulatus and RhtA from E. coli in fed-batch fermentation

14.7

0.92

0.05

Yang et al. (2016)

 2017

C4

Expressing codon-optimized hemA from R. sphaeroides and glyA in shake flask with deregulation of L-serine operon

3.4

0.27

0.05

Zou et al. (2017)

 2018

C5

Expressing hemA from S. arizona with mutation, hemL from E. coli, and deleting glutamate transporter and using weaker RBS for hemB

0.895

0.012

0.025

Zhang and Ye (2018)

 2019

C5

Inhibit oxoglutarate dehydrogenase with mutation of OdhI, expressing hemA from S. arizona with mutation and RhtA from E. coli

2.9

0.06

0.02

Ko et al. (2019)

 2020

C5

Modulating the genes involved in 5 co-factor regeneration and control odhA expression using auto-inducible. Regulate the RhtA by the two-component system HrrSA in response to heme

3.16

0.049

0.045

Zhang et al. (2020b)

 2020

C4

Expressing ALAS from R. palustris, using cassava bagasse hydrolysate as carbon source and optimization of ppc expression

18.5

0.47

2.0

Chen et al. (2020)

Rhodobacter sphaeroides

 2015

C4

Optimizing metal ion to produce biomass and 5-ALA from R. sphaeroides in wastewater

1.15

0.032

0.5

Liu et al. (2015)

 2018

C4

Fe2+ effectively enhanced the biomass production and 5-ALA yield of R. sphaeroides

Fe2+ improved ATP production by up-regulating the nif gene which enhanced the biomass and ALA

4.02

0.112

0.5

Liu et al. (2018)

Streptomyces coelicolor

 2019

C5

Integrating hemA from R. sphaeroides into S. coelicolor and optimized in flask cultivation

0.137

0.005

0.05

Tran et al. (2019)

Bacillus subtilis

 2020

C5

Over-expression hemA and hemL from B. subtilis

0.0685

0.0011

N.D

Liu et al. (2020)

Shewanella oneidensis

 2020

C5

Showing that higher 5-ALA could be obtained from wild-type S. oneidensis than from E. coli. Over-expressing hemD and hemF under T7 promoter

N.D

N.D

0.05

Yi ang Ng (2020)

 2021

C4, C5

Applying CRISPRi system to concentrate carbon flux and over-expressing ALAS under T7 promoter

0.207

N.D

0.05

Yi ang Ng (2021)

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

 2018

C4, C5

Over-expressing hemL from S. cerevisiae, hemA from R. spheroids, hemA and hemL from E. coli with addition of glycine and succinate

0.526

N.D

N.D

Zhang et al. (2018a)

 2019

C5

Over-expressing HEM1, ACO1, and ACO2 from S. cerevisiae. Optimization of medium, precursor glycine, and inhibitor levulinic acid

0.004

8.3*10–5

0.05

Hara et al. (2019)

 2020

C5

Over-expressing HEM1 to produce 5-ALA by solid-state fermentation process. Reached 225.63 mg/kg 5-ALA dry materials after process optimization

0.063

0.0013

11

Mao et al. (2020)

  1. N.D. means not determined