摘要:Trans-2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (DHHA) is a cyclic β-amino acid used for the synthesis of non-natural peptides and chiral materials. And it is an intermediate product of phenazine production in
Pseudomonas spp. Lzh-T5 is a
P. chlororaphis strain isolated from tomato rhizosphere found in China. It can synthesize three antifungal phenazine compounds. Disruption the
phzF gene of
P. chlororaphis Lzh-T5 results in DHHA accumulation. Several strategies were used to improve production of DHHA: enhancing the shikimate pathway by overexpression, knocking out negative regulatory genes, and adding metal ions to the medium. In this study, three regulatory genes (
psrA,
pykF, and
rpeA) were disrupted in the genome of
P. chlororaphis Lzh-T5, yielding 5.52 g/L of DHHA. When six key genes selected from the shikimate, pentose phosphate, and gluconeogenesis pathways were overexpressed, the yield of DHHA increased to 7.89 g/L. Lastly, a different concentration of Fe
3+ was added to the medium for DHHA fermentation. This genetically engineered strain increased the DHHA production to 10.45 g/L. According to our result,
P. chlororaphis Lzh-T5 could be modified as a microbial factory to produce DHHA. This study laid a good foundation for the future industrial production and application of DHHA.