Chapter title |
The Production of Coenzyme Q10 in Microorganisms
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Chapter number | 15 |
Book title |
Reprogramming Microbial Metabolic Pathways
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Published in |
Sub cellular biochemistry, January 2012
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DOI | 10.1007/978-94-007-5055-5_15 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-40-075054-8, 978-9-40-075055-5
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Authors |
Corinne P. Cluis, Dominic Pinel, Vincent J. Martin, Cluis, Corinne P., Pinel, Dominic, Martin, Vincent J. |
Abstract |
Coenzyme Q10 has emerged as a valuable molecule for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. Therefore, research into producing and optimizing coenzyme Q10 via microbial fermentation is ongoing. There are two major paths being explored for maximizing production of this molecule to commercially advantageous levels. The first entails using microbes that naturally produce coenzyme Q10 as fermentation biocatalysts and optimizing the fermentation parameters in order to reach industrial levels of production. However, the natural coenzyme Q10-producing microbes tend to be intractable for industrial fermentation settings. The second path to coenzyme Q10 production being explored is to engineer Escherichia coli with the ability to biosynthesize this molecule in order to take advantage of its more favourable fermentation characteristics and the well-understood array of genetic tools available for this bacteria. Although many studies have attempted to over-produce coenzyme Q10 in E. coli through genetic engineering, production titres still remain below those of the natural coenzyme Q10-producing microorganisms. Current research is providing the knowledge needed to alleviate the bottlenecks involved in producing coenzyme Q10 from an E. coli strain platform and the fermentation parameters that could dramatically increase production titres from natural microbial producers. Synthesizing the lessons learned from both approaches may be the key towards a more cost-effective coenzyme Q10 industry. |
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