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Biofuels beyond ethanolDr. Mislav Oreb
Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Lecture overview
• Introduction
Why do we need alternatives to ethanol (and biodiesel)?
Physicochemical parameters of biofuels
• Metabolic engineering for biofuel production
Example - isobutanol
• Summary/Outlook
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Requirements for advanced biofuels – the drop-in concept
• high energy density (energy per mass [MJoule/kg] or volume[MJoule/L])
• low hygroscopicity (to prevent corrosion; compatibility with currentinfrastructure and engines)
• miscibility with conventional fuels
• acceptable energy per CO2 ratio
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Biofuel Specific energy[MJ/kg]
Energy density[MJ/L]
Hygroscopicity Energy/CO2[MJ/kg]
Gasoline 45 – 48.3 32 – 34.8 no 13.64-14.64
Diesel 48.1 40.3 no 14.15
Jet fuel 46 37.4 no n.i.
Ethanol 23.4 –26.8 18.4 - 21.2 yes 12.25-14.03
Butanol 36.6 29.2 no 15.16
Biodiesel 37.8 33.3 – 35.7 no 13.26
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_content_of_biofuel
Physicochemical properties of fuels
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A current alternative to Diesel: 1st generation Biodiesel
• fatty acid-ethanol or –methanol esters (FAEE or FAME)
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Production of 1st generation Biodiesel
www.ufop.de
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Biodiesel has a low energy yield per hectare
Nelson in „Handbook of Bioenergy,Economics and Policy“, Springer (2010)
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Biodiesel has a low energy yield per hectare
Nelson in „Handbook of Bioenergy,Economics and Policy“, Springer (2010)
Alternatives for both ethanol and biodiesel are needed
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Advanced biofuels that can be obtained by metabolicengineering of microbes
Compound(Examples)
Chemicalclassification
Subsitutes for
Isobutanol Higher alcohols Gasoline
Nonane, Tridecane Alkanes/Alkenes Gasoline
Farnesene, Amorphadiene
Isoprenoids Jet Fuel,Diesel
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• high energy density (98% of gasoline)
•less miscible with water
• far less corrosive
• can be distributed through existing infrastructure
• can replace fossil fuels up to 100%
• can be blended with diesel
• can be used as a building block for other
compounds, e.g. PTA >plastics
Properties of isobutanol
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Principles of metabolicengineering
• exploring nature´s emzymerepertoire
• thermodynamicconstraints/driving forces
• redox cofactor balance
• rational enzyme engineering
• cellular compartmentalization(eukaryotes)
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2-ketoacid derivatives
Pyruvate
Acetaldehyde
Ethanol
CO2
e-
Decarboxylation
Reduction
O
OH
O
O
H
OH
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Isobutanol as a product of valine metabolism
Valine
Ketoisovalerate(KIV)
Dihidroxy-isovalerate
(DIV)
Acetolactate(ALAC)
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
Ehrlich pathway
Valine biosynthesis
2-oxoglutarate
L-glutamate
2 Pyruvate
Glucose
Acetolactatesynthase
(ALS)
Ketoacid-reductoisomerase
(KARI)
2 NADH
CO2 NADPH NADP
2-ketoacid-decarboxylase
(KDC)CO2
Alcohol-dehydrogenase
(ADH)
NAD(P)H
NAD(P)
Transaminase
Dihydroxyacid-dehydratase
(DHAD)
Glycolysis
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Metabolic engineering of E. coli for isobutanolproduction
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
NADPH NADP
NAD(P)H
NAD(P)
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
KDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
WT
g/L
Atsumi et al., 2008
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Metabolic engineering of E. coli for isobutanolproduction
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
NADPH NADP
NAD(P)H
NAD(P)
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
KDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
WT
g/L
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Metabolic engineering of E. coli for isobutanolproduction
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
Lactate Formiate Acetate
NADPH NADP
NAD(P)H
NAD(P)
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
KDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
WT
g/L
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Metabolic engineering of E. coli for isobutanolproduction
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
Lactate Formiate Acetate
up to 22 g/L, 86% of the theoretical yield, Atsumi et al., 2008
NADPH NADP
NAD(P)H
NAD(P)
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
KDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
WT
g/L
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Metabolic engineering of E. coli for isobutanolproduction
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
Lactate Formiate Acetate
up to 22 g/L, 86% of the theoretical yield, Atsumi et al., 2008
NADPH NADP
NAD(P)H
NAD(P)
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
KDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
ALSKARI
DHADKDCADH
WT
g/L
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NADPH NADH
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R162
S165
S167
R162
S165
S167
R162
S165
S167
negative charges of
the phosphate group
of NADPH are
stabilised via
electrostatical
interactions by highly
conserved arginine
and serine residues
Protein engineering for metabolic engineering
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KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
NADH NAD
NADH
NAD
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
Redox balanced pathway using engineered KARI
in E. coli, maximal theoretical yield was reachedwith NADH-dependent KARI under anaerobicconditions (Bastian et al., 2011)
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Yeast is a desirable host for biofuel production
• The main ethanol producer
• Good tolerance to alcohols and toxic by-products in lignocellulosichydrolysates
• Acid-tolerant (important in lignocellulosic hydrolysates)
• Not susceptible to phages
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…but more complicated (compartments!)
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
Valine biosynthesis
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
Mitochondria
Cytosol
ALS KARI DHAD
KDC
ADH
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Idea: Expressing the complete pathway in the cytosol
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Mitochondria
KIVDIVALAC
Cytosol
ALS KARI DHAD
KDC
ADH
ALS KARI DHAD
Sugar
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Principles of mitochondrial protein import
Deletion of N-terminal targeting sequences
Bioinfrmatic prediction of mt. Targeting sequences
ALS
KARI
DHAD
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ALSN1ALS DHADN1DHAD KARIN1KARI
Cytosolicmarker
merge
Truncated proteins are cytosolic
Brat et al. (2012)
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Als, kari, dhad triple deletion strain
Are they also functional?
Brat et al. (2012)
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Als, kari, dhad triple deletion strain
ALSN + KARIN + DHADN
ALSwt + KARIwt + DHADwt
+val -val
Empty vectors
mitochondrial
cytosolic.
Are they also functional?
Brat et al. (2012)
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Isobutanol production by the cytosolic pathway issuperior to the split pathway
0,65 g/L, 15 mg isoutanol per g Glucose, Brat et al., 2012
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Metabolite analysis identifes bottleneck steps
Isobutanolpathway
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
ButanediolAcetoin
NADPH NADP
NADH
NAD
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
g/L
Anaerobic conditions
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Metabolite analysis identifes bottleneck steps
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
ButanediolAcetoin
NADPH NADP
NADH
NAD
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADHDHAD activity is limiting
Isobutanolpathway
g/L
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Metabolite analysis identifes bottleneck steps
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
ButanediolAcetoin
NADPH NADP
NADH
NAD
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
2 EtOH
2 NADH
2 NAD
Ethanolic fermentation is the main competing pathway
Isobutanolpathway
g/L
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Metabolite analysis identifes bottleneck steps
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
ButanediolAcetoin
NADPH NADP
NADH
NAD
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADH
2 EtOH
2 NADH
2 NAD
Cofactor imbalance causes glycerol accumulation
Isobutanolpathway
g/L
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Current work / future prospect
KIVDIVALAC
Isobutanal
Isobutanol
2 Pyruvate
Sugar
NADH NAD
NADH
NAD
2 NADH
ALS KARI DHADKDC
ADHEthanol
2 NADH
2 NAD
In a pdc0 strain under anaerobic conditions, isobutanol production would bethe major NADH sink >> driving force >> directed evolution is possible!
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Summary
• Isobutanol (and other higher alcohols) have higher energy density and lower hygroscopicity than ethanol
• Isobutanol can be synthesized from the 2-ketoacid ketoisovalerate
• To produce isobutanol from sugars, valine biosynthesis and Ehrlich pathway must be short-circuited
• In E. coli, 100% of the theoretical yield could be reached
• ME of yeast is more challenging due to compartmentalization, but promising results could be obtained
• Industrial production of isobutanol is entering the commercial phase
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Acknowledgements
Wesley Cardoso GenerosoPhD student
Prof. Eckhard BolesGroup leader