Enhanced Production of Erythritol from Glucose by the Newly Obtained UV Mutant Yarrowia lipolytica K1UV15

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 29; no. 10; p. 2187
• Main Authors: Rywińska, Anita, Tomaszewska-Hetman, Ludwika, Juszczyk, Piotr, Rakicka-Pustułka, Magdalena, Bogusz, Adam, Rymowicz, Waldemar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 08.05.2024
• Subjects: Acids; Bioreactors; Biosynthesis; Efficiency; erythritol; Erythritol - metabolism; fed-batch culture; Fermentation; Glucose; Glucose - metabolism; Glycerol; high biomass; Microorganisms; Mutagenesis; Mutation; Prices; Sucrose; Ultraviolet radiation; Ultraviolet Rays; Yarrowia - genetics; Yarrowia - growth & development; Yarrowia - metabolism; Yarrowia lipolytica; Yeast; United States > US; high biomass; glucose; erythritol; fed-batch culture; Yarrowia lipolytica
• ISSN: 1420-3049; 1420-3049
• DOI: 10.3390/molecules29102187

Erythritol is a polyol with a sweet taste but low energy value. Thanks to its valuable properties, as well as growing social awareness and nutritional trends, its popularity is growing rapidly. The aim of this study was to increase the effectiveness of erythritol production from glucose using new UV mutants of the yeast obtained in the Wratislavia K1 strain. The ability of the new strains to biosynthesize erythritol and utilize this polyol was examined in shake-flask cultures and fed-batch processes conducted in a stirred tank reactor with a total glucose concentration of 300 and 400 g/L. The Wratislavia K1 strain produced erythritol most efficiently (97.5 g/L; 192 h) at an initial glucose concentration of 250 g/L (total: 300 g/L). New strains were assessed under such conditions, and it was noted that the highest erythritol concentration (145 g/L; 183 h) was produced by the K1UV15 strain. A significant improvement in the erythritol biosynthesis efficiency (148 g/L; 150 h) was achieved upon the increase in (NH ) SO to 3.6 g/L. Further, in the culture with such a concentration of the nitrogen source and increased total glucose level (400 g/L), the K1UV15 strain produced 226 g/L of erythritol within 281 h.