1. A construct capable of highly efficient biosynthesis of ethanol, comprising a first gene and a second gene operably linked to a promoter active in cyanobacteria; wherein, the first gene is a pyruvate decarboxylase gene, the sequence of which is shown as SEQ ID NO.2, and the second gene is an NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase gene, the sequence of which is shown as SEQ ID NO. 3; the promoter with activity is a light intensity promoter Pcpc560, and the sequence of the promoter is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1.

2. The construct of claim 1, wherein phosphoenolpyruvate decarboxylase is knocked out in the construct.

3. The construct of claim 1, wherein the construct has an upstream fragment and a downstream fragment of the cyanobacterial gene at both ends, respectively, such that the construct can be integrated into the cyanobacterial genome at the location of the cyanobacterial gene by homologous recombination, the upstream and downstream fragments of the cyanobacterial gene being the N-terminal sequence and the C-terminal sequence of the slr0168 gene of synechocystis PCC 6803; or the N-terminal sequence and the C-terminal sequence of the slr0301 gene of Synechocystis PCC 6803; the N-terminal sequence of the slr0301 gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.4, and the C-terminal sequence of the slr0301 gene is shown as SEQ ID NO. 5.

4. A recombinant vector comprising the construct of any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. A strain comprising the construct of any one of claims 1 to 3 or the recombinant vector of claim 4.

6. A cyanobacterium, characterized in that it is Synechocystis PCC6803 comprising the construct according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or the recombinant vector according to claim 4.

7. The cyanobacterium of claim 6, wherein the cyanobacterium is genetically engineered to have a light intensity promoterPcpc560Driving pyruvate decarboxylase and NADPH dependentOne and/or more gene sites of aldehyde reductase.

8. The cyanobacterium of claim 7, wherein the cyanobacterium knocks out a phosphoenolpyruvate synthesis pathway.

9. A method for producing ethanol in cyanobacteria, characterized in that the construct according to any of claims 1 to 3 is introduced into Synechocystis PCC6803, genetically engineered cyanobacteria are obtained after cultivation, and ethanol is obtained from the culture.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein synechocystis PCC6803 further comprises a marker gene for selection of cyanobacterial transformants.

Background

With the depletion of fossil fuels, the development of renewable energy sources has received great attention. Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria) is a large unicellular prokaryotic organism capable of anaerobic photosynthesis, which uses water as an electronThe acceptor is subjected to oxygen evolution. The whole earth atmosphere is developed from an anaerobic state to an aerobic state, so that the evolution and development of all aerobic organisms are inoculated. Blue algae as carbon fixing place for fixing CO in atmosphere₂. At present, the renewable biofuel ethanol produced by utilizing the engineering blue algae receives more and more attention on the problem of renewable energy sources. Synechocystis PCC6803(Synechocystis sp) is a unicellular spherical cyanobacteria that can grow autotrophically with light energy and heterotropically with glucose. With the completion of genome complete sequence determination, its simple genetic background is gradually recognized and often used as a model organism for studying the physiological characteristics and gene regulation of cyanobacteria.

Synechocystis has been used as a microbial cell factory at present, and has been successfully synthesized into various high-value molecular products after genetic engineering modification, such as ethanol, ethylene, acetone, isoprene, isobutanol, medium-long chain fatty acids, fatty alcohols, aliphatic hydrocarbons, exopolysaccharides and other important substances. Since the first ethanol gene engineering reported by Deng and Coleman produced cyanobacteria PCC7942, pyruvate decarboxylase and ethanol Z.mobilis dehydrogenase were expressed under the control of rbcLS as promoter, and the ethanol accumulation reached about 5mM (0.23 g/L). Subsequently, Dexter and Fu demonstrated that bioethanol was produced in Synechocystis PCC6803 at a yield of 10mM (0.46 g/L). However, the actual yield obtained by using synechocystis to synthesize biologically active substances is currently far below the theoretical target yield from the biosynthetic yield point of view. Therefore, optimizing key enzymes or genes of the synechocystis anabolic pathway and improving the effective resource utilization rate of the blue-green algae become important bottlenecks of industrial production application, and the development technology of the synechocystis anabolic pathway needs to be further researched.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, in order to increase the ethanol production capacity, the present invention provides a construct for biosynthesis of ethanol, a strain and a method for producing ethanol.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

on one hand, the invention can improve the ethanol yield by efficiently starting pyruvate decarboxylase and NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase and improving the activity thereof, thereby realizing the purpose of efficiently synthesizing bioethanol by utilizing cyanobacteria.

In another aspect of the invention, a metabolic pathway for efficiently synthesizing bioethanol is constructed in synechocystis PCC6803, so that ethanol is synthesized in synechocystis PCC 6803.

The present invention provides a construct capable of efficiently producing ethanol, comprising a first gene and a second gene operably linked to a promoter active in cyanobacteria; wherein, the first gene is a pyruvate decarboxylase gene, the sequence of which is shown as SEQ ID NO.2, and the second gene is an NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase gene, the sequence of which is shown as SEQ ID NO. 3; the promoter with activity is a light intensity promoter Pcpc560, and the sequence of the promoter is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1.

Further, phosphoenolpyruvate decarboxylase was knocked out in the construct.

Still further, the construct has upstream and downstream fragments of a cyanobacterial gene at both ends, respectively, such that the construct can be integrated into the cyanobacterial genome at the location of the cyanobacterial gene by homologous recombination, the upstream and downstream fragments of the cyanobacterial gene being the N-terminal and C-terminal sequences of the slr0168 gene of synechocystis PCC6803, or the N-terminal and C-terminal sequences of the slr0301 gene of synechocystis PCC 6803; the N-terminal sequence of the slr0301 gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.4, and the C-terminal sequence of the slr0301 gene is shown as SEQ ID NO. 5.

Further, the construct further comprises a marker gene for screening cyanobacteria transformants; such marker genes include, but are not limited to, for example, kanamycin resistance gene (see, for example, NC _003239.1), erythromycin resistance gene (see, for example, NC _015291.1), and spectinomycin resistance gene whose sequence is shown in SEQ ID No. 7. Such marker genes are well known to those skilled in the art.

The invention also provides a recombinant vector comprising the above-described construct.

The invention also provides a strain containing the construct or the recombinant vector.

The invention also provides a cyanobacterium which is synechocystis PCC6803 comprising the above construct or recombinant vector.

Further, the cyanobacteria genetically enable a light intensity promoter Pcpcc 560 to drive expression of one and/or more gene sites of pyruvate decarboxylase and NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase. Further, the cyanobacterium knocks out a phosphoenolpyruvate synthesis pathway.

The invention also provides a method for producing ethanol in cyanobacteria, which is to introduce the construct into synechocystis PCC6803, obtain genetically engineered cyanobacteria after culture, and obtain ethanol from the culture. The synechocystis PCC6803 also comprises a marker gene for screening cyanobacteria transformants.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the invention uses gene engineering technology to introduce exogenous key functional genes synthesized by ethanol into synechocystis PCC6803 genome so as to improve the biosynthesis yield of the ethanol. The invention utilizes a super-strong startability light intensity promoter Pcpcc 560 to drive pyruvate decarboxylase (pdc) and NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase yqhd genes derived from zymomonas mobilis to express at one or more gene sites in cyanobacteria, and utilizes molecular technology to knock out endogenous pathways of the cyanobacteria with reverse pyruvate metabolism for the first time, including a phosphoenolpyruvate synthesis pathway, so as to construct and synthesize genetically engineered cyanobacteria with high ethanol yield. According to the invention, exogenous ethanol synthesis genes are introduced by homologous double-exchange, and a super-strong promoter Pcpc560 is selected to drive the expression of the exogenous ethanol synthesis genes, so that a metabolic pathway for efficiently synthesizing bioethanol is successfully constructed in synechocystis PCC6803 for the first time, the content of pyruvic acid of ethanol synthesis precursors can be improved, the efficient synthesis of ethanol in synechocystis PCC6803 is realized, and the feasibility is good.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of a metabolic pathway for the biosynthesis of ethanol;

FIG. 2 is a basic block diagram of the carrier PMD 0168;

FIG. 3 is a basic structural diagram of plasmid PET 406;

FIG. 4 is a basic structural diagram of plasmid PET 01;

FIG. 5 is a basic structural diagram of plasmid PET 02;

FIG. 6 is a basic structural diagram of plasmid PET 03;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the expression of a foreign ethanol synthesis gene;

FIG. 8 is an HPLC detection of ethanol;

FIG. 9 is a graph of ethanol production;

FIG. 10 is a graph comparing ethanol production by engineered strain SYN03 with strain SYN 02.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, which are provided for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Unless otherwise specified, the reagents or apparatus used in the present invention are not specified by the manufacturer, and are all conventional products commercially available.

Related terms:

in the present invention, unless otherwise specified, scientific and technical terms used herein have the meanings that are commonly understood by those skilled in the art. The procedures of strain culture, molecular biology, molecular genetics and the like referred to herein are all routine procedures in a wide range of corresponding fields. Also, for a better understanding of the present invention, the following definitions and explanations of related terms are provided.

As used herein, "cyanobacteria (cyanobacterium)" is a type of photo-and autotrophic prokaryotic microorganism that is capable of fixing carbon dioxide using solar energy. Cyanobacteria are also known as cyanobacteria, and in the present invention, cyanobacteria and cyanobacteria can be used interchangeably. The cyanobacterium used in the present invention was synechocystis PCC6803, purchased from the institute of aquatic life, department of chinese academy of sciences.

As used herein, a "Pyruvate decarboxylase" (Pyruvate decarbonylase pdc) is an enzyme capable of catalyzing the conversion of Pyruvate to acetaldehyde.

As used herein, "NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase" (NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase yqhd) is an enzyme that is capable of catalyzing the reaction of converting acetaldehyde to ethanol and consumes NADPH during the conversion process.

The Pcpc560 promoter as used in the present invention refers to the promoter of synechocystis PCC6803 genome encoding the operon of Ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Ribulose-1, 5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, Rubisco) which catalyzes the first reaction of the calvin cycle in photosynthesis, the sequence of which is shown in SEQ ID No.1, the Pcpc560 promoter being active in cyanobacteria.

The slr0168 gene (see NC 954899) as used in the present invention is a gene in the genome of synechocystis PCC6803 that encodes an unknown protein. A large number of researches prove that the deletion of the slr0168 gene has no influence on the growth activity of the blue algae. The gene is located at a neutral site.

The slr0301 gene (see NC 92236) as used in the present invention is the gene encoding phosphoenolpyruvate synthase in synechocystis PCC6803 genome, the deletion of which increases the accumulation of intermediate pyruvate.

A vector as used herein refers to a nucleic acid vehicle capable of inserting a DNA fragment (e.g., a gene of interest) therein, thereby allowing transfer of the DNA fragment into a recipient cell. A vector is also referred to as an expression vector when it is capable of providing expression of the protein encoded by the inserted DNA segment. The vector may be introduced into a host cell by transformation, transduction, or transfection, and the DNA fragment carried thereby may be expressed in the host cell. Vectors are well known to those skilled in the art and include, but are not limited to: plasmids, phages, cosmids, and the like.

"homologous recombination" as used in the present invention refers to recombination that occurs between or within non-sister chromatids (sister chromatins) or between or within DNA molecules containing homologous sequences on the same chromosome.

Without being bound by any theory, the invention believes that the mechanism of ethanol production by cyanobacteria is as follows: carbon fixation in blue algae generates intermediate pyruvate through Kelvin circulation, pyruvate is changed into acetaldehyde under the catalysis of pyruvate decarboxylase, and the acetaldehyde is converted into ethanol under the action of NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase. While the wild-type PCC6803 endogenously expresses the alcohol dehydrogenase, the expression level is extremely low. Meanwhile, wild type PCC6803 does not express pyruvate decarboxylase, so the invention provides a metabolic pathway for biosynthesis of ethanol; the metabolic pathway scheme is shown in FIG. 1. The invention introduces pyruvate decarboxylase and NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase (yqhd) to improve the yield of ethanol by genetic engineering. The NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase used in the present invention consumes NADPH in the catalysis of acetaldehyde to ethanol.

Example 1: construction of copper ion inducer PpetE plasmid PET01

A pMD18-T vector purchased by Sangon biotechnology company (Shanghai, China) is taken as a base, 600bp homology arms upstream and downstream of slr0168 are inserted into pMD18-T, a vector PMD0168 is constructed, and the basic structure of the vector PMD0168 is shown in FIG. 2. Using the extracted genomic DNA of Synechocystis PCC6803 as a template, the 600bp homology arms at the upstream and downstream of slr0168 were amplified with primers slr0168Up-F (5'-GGCATGCCGAGCGGCACCACGGGGCACCACCGC-3'), slr0168Up-R (5'-GACGCGTCGGCGCACAGCAGCGTGCGACGTGTG-3'), slr0168Dw-F (5'-CTCTAGAGTGCCACTACCTGGCGTGCCGCTACC-3') and slr0168Dw-R (5 '-GGGGITACCCCGCATGACCAGCTGCCGCCCCAGC-3') and cloned into the SphI/mLuI and XbaI/KpnI sites of pMD18-T, respectively. Cloning spectinomycin gene to plasmid pMD0168 to construct plasmid PET406, the basic structure of plasmid PET406 is shown in FIG. 3. The spectinomycin gene after the genetic optimization is used as a template, the SP-F (5'-CCACGCGTAAGCTTGGATCCGCTCACGCAACTGGTCCAGAA-3') and SP-R (5'-CGGGAGCTCGAATTCTAGAGTGCTTAGTGCATCTAACGC-3') primers are used for amplifying the spectinomycin gene and cloning the spectinomycin gene to an XhoI/XbaI site of a vector PMD0168, the genomic DNA of Synechocystis PCC6803 is used as a template, and primers PpetE-F (5'-GCTCTAGACAAGGATTCATAGCGGTTGCCCAATC-3') and PpetE-R (5'-GCTGCCTAGGATTCTGGCGAAAGGGGGATGTG-3'), Trbcl-F (5'-CGCGTCGACCGGTGTTTGGATTGTCGGAGT-3') and TrbcL-R (5'-CCGACGCGTAAGCTTCCGGTAATTGGTAAATTGCTGTC-3') are used for amplifying a promoter and a terminator gene and cloning the promoter and the terminator gene to a BamHI/SalI site and a SalI/HindIII site of PET406 respectively. According to the codon preference of Synechocystis PCC6803, the nucleotide sequences of the pyruvate carboxylase gene (pdc) of Z.mobilis and the NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase gene (yqhD) of E.coli were optimized using online software (http:// www.jcat.de /), and the optimized sequences were synthesized by Biotech, Inc. (Shanghai, China). The genes were amplified with primers Pdc-F (5'-CCGAGATCTCATATGTCCTACACCGTGGGCACCT-3') and Pdc-R (5'-CGCGGATCCTGCAGCTCGAGTCTAGATTACAACAATTTGTTCACGGGT-3'), YqhD-F (5'-CAAACTCGAGTCTAGATGAACAACTTTAACTTGCACACCCCCAC-3') and YqhD-R (5'-CGGGGTACCTGCAGTTAGCGGGCGGCTTCGTATATACGGC-3') using the optimized synthetic strains as templates, respectively, and inserted into NdeI/BamHI and XbaI/KpnI sites of PET407 to construct plasmid PET01, the basic structure of which is shown in FIG. 4 as plasmid PET 01.

Example 2: construction of a light-intensity super-strong promoter Pcpcc 560 plasmid PET02

Unlike plasmid PET01, plasmid PET02 was obtained by amplifying the promoter and terminator genes using genomic DNA of Synechocystis PCC6803 as a template with primers Pcpc-F (5'-CGTCTAGAGGATCCCCTGTAGAGAAGAGTCCCTG-3') and Pcpc-R (5'-TTTCTCCTCTTTTGAATTAATCTCCTACTTGACTTTATGAG-3'), TrbcL-F (5'-CGCGTCGACCGGTGTTTGGATTGTCGGAGT-3') and TrbcL-R (5'-CCGACGCGTAAGCTTCCGGTAATTGGTAAATTGCTGTC-3'), respectively, and cloning them into BamHI/SalI and SalI/HindIII sites of PET406 to obtain PET 408. The nucleotide sequences of the pyruvate carboxylase gene (pdc) of Z.mobilis and the NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase gene (yqhD) of E.coli were optimized according to the codon preference of Synechocystis PCC6803 using an on-line software (http:// www.jcat.de /). The optimized sequences were synthesized by Biotech corporation (Shanghai, China). The optimized synthetic strain is used as a template, the primers Pdc-F and Pdc-R, YqhD-F and YqhD-R are used as primers to amplify genes, and the genes are inserted into NdeI/BamHI and XbaI/KpnI sites of PET408 to construct a plasmid PET02, wherein the basic structure of the plasmid PET02 is shown in FIG. 5.

Example 3: construction of a plasmid PET03 knocking out the phosphoenolpyruvate Synthesis pathway

The extracted genomic DNA of synechocystis PCC6803 is taken as a template, and the 600bp homologous arms at the upstream and the downstream of slr0301 are respectively amplified by primers slr0301Up-F (5'-ACATGCATGCATTAACTCCCGCAGAAAGGGA-3'), slr0301Up-R (5'-CGACGCGTCGACATCATGGGTGCCCACCTCTTCA-3'), slr0301Dw-F (5'-CTAGTCTAGACGGCTTCTCCATTGGCTCCAAT-3') and slr0301Dw-R (5'-CGAGCTCGGTACCGCCCTCAACCTCTCCATTTCC-3') and cloned to the SphI/MluI and XbaI/KpnI sites of pMD 18-T. Cloning spectinomycin gene to plasmid pMD0301 to construct plasmid pMD-slr 0301-omega. The PET03 is constructed in the same way, the basic structure of the plasmid PET03 is shown in figure 6, and the nucleotide sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO. 8. The specific construction plasmids and primers are shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 plasmids and primers

Example 4: transformation of blue algae and screening of transformants

1. Transformed Synechocystis PCC6803 and resistant passage

Synechocystis PCC6803 has a natural DNA transformation system, can be transformed naturally, can be recombined in a homologous double-crossover manner and can be integrated into a genome, and the purpose of gene knockout can be realized by natural transformation in the embodiment. The specific transformation process and resistance passage flow are as follows:

fresh Synechocystis PCC6803 strain cultured for 2-3 days is used, at which OD of the strain₇₃₀nm is about 0.6; taking a certain amount of fresh bacterial liquid, centrifuging for 15min at 3500g to obtain thallus cell sediment, and removing supernatant to obtain cell sediment; suspending the thallus precipitate with proper amount of fresh culture medium, and packing into 1.5ml sterile centrifuge tube; adding the purified fusion PCR product into a centrifuge tube, uniformly mixing, culturing for 5 hours in an illumination incubator, and shaking once per hour; taking 200 mu L of the cultured cells, uniformly coating the cells on a corresponding resistant plate, and inverting the cells to culture the cells in an incubator for about 10 days to obtain transformed monoclonals; and in a sterile environment, selecting a single colony to streak and passage on a new resistant plate, and continuing streaking and passage for three to five generations after a new single colony grows out until a colony PCR method is adopted to verify to obtain a knockout mutant strain with a target gene completely replaced.

2. Strain (algal strain) and plasmid culture

Synechocystis PCC6803 is cultured in BG11 culture medium and is subjected to static culture at 28-30 ℃ under illumination (30 muE/m 2. s). BG11 broth additionally contained 10. mu.g/mL spectinomycin and 5mM glucose, all solutions were prepared with deionized water, and copper ions were added at different concentrations as needed. All the vessels are plastic vessels.

Coli DH 5. alpha. was cultured in LB medium at 37 ℃ and the corresponding antibiotics (50. mu.g/mL for spectinomycin, kanamycin sulfate and ampicillin) were added to the plasmid-containing E.coli strain.

The synechocystis PCC6803 is transformed through the steps to construct the following strains:

wild type synechocystis PCC6803 (glucose tolerant).

SYN 01: the plasmid PET01 is transformed into synechocystis PCC6803, and due to the fact that the plasmid PET01 contains a homologous sequence of 600bp upstream and downstream of slr0168, through the occurrence of homologous recombination, PpetE-SpR-pdc-yqhD-TrbcL between upstream and downstream fragments of slr0168 in PET01 is integrated into the site of the slr0168 gene in the synechocystis PCC6803 through double exchange. Subsequently, by resistance selection, transformants containing spectinomycin resistance were cultured and verified by PCR, and the strain which was verified to be correct was numbered as SYN 01.

SYN 02: the plasmid PET02 is transformed into synechocystis PCC6803, and Pcpcc 560-SpR-pdc-yqhD-TrbcL between upstream and downstream fragments of slr0168 in the plasmid PET02 is integrated into the site of the slr0168 gene in the synechocystis PCC6803, so that the correct strain is verified to be preserved and numbered as SYN 02. slr0168 homologous upstream and downstream replaces the genome, the spectinomycin resistance gene and the gene containing the pyruvate decarboxylase pdc derived from Zymomonas mobilis driven by the pcpc560 strong promoter and the NADPH dependent aldehyde reductase yqhd of E.coli. Finally, the TrbcL terminator controls the termination of the reaction.

SYN 03: the correct strain was identified as being deposited and numbered SYN03 by the transformation of plasmid PET03 into synechocystis PCC6803, with Pcpc560-SpR-pdc-yqhD-TrbcL integrated in PET03 between the upstream and downstream segments of slr0301 at the site of slr0301 gene in synechocystis PCC 6803.

Example 5: ethanol yield of genetically engineered cyanobacteria

1. The experimental steps are as follows:

(1) the culture mode is as follows: culturing with relatively closed plastic culture vessels (avoiding Cu)²⁺Influence). 50mL BG11 medium (containing the corresponding resistance described above and 5mM glucose) was placed in a static culture at 28-30 ℃ in light (30. mu.E/m 2. multidot.s) with an initial inoculation mutant concentration of OD730 at about 1.

(2) Detection of ethanol: 1mL of the culture medium (mixed well) was taken out of the culture vessel every day, and centrifuged at 10000g for 2 minutes to separate the supernatant from the precipitate. The supernatant was filtered through a 0.22 micron filter. The blue algae precipitate is crushed by a cell crusher (5min), washed by deionized water after crushing and filtered by a 0.22 micron filter membrane again. All the filtered products were subjected to high performance liquid chromatography (potential difference detector) to detect the ethanol content and to plot a curve.

2. Results of the experiment

(1) SYN001 and SYN002 reverse transcription quantitative PCR comparison

Total RNA was extracted from SYN01 and SYN02 and subjected to reverse transcription quantitative PCR analysis to determine the expression level of ethanol synthesis genes in SYN01 and SYN 02. Table 2 shows the results of reverse transcription quantitative PCR.

TABLE 2 results of reverse transcription quantitative PCR

As shown in Table 2, use 2^-△△CTThe calculation method can estimate the relative expression degree of different mRNA molecules; the higher the Δ CT value, the lower the corresponding mRNA expression level. In multiple parallel experiments, the average Δ CT values for pdc and yqhD of SYN01 were 0.1, 0.99. In SYN02, the average Δ CT values for pdc and yqhD were-1.25 and-0.22, respectively. By the corresponding algorithm, the difference of pdc gene RNA expression of strains SYN02 and SYN01 is 2^ A^-(-1.25-0.1). The difference of the yqhD gene RNA expression of strains SYN02 and SYN01 is 2^ A^{-(-0.22-0.99)}。

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the expression of a foreign ethanol synthesis gene; as can be seen in fig. 7, pdc and yqhD gene expression was increased 2.5-fold and 2.3-fold in the SYN02 strain compared to the SYN01 strain. Therefore, the expression of the ethanol-producing gene can be effectively improved by the superstrong promoter Pcpc 560.

(2) Comparison of ethanol yields

Growth status of wild-type PCC6803, SYN01 and SYN02 were observed, comparing ethanol production. Ethanol assay experiments were performed and wild type PCC6803 was observed to not produce any ethanol over the 14 day observation period. Standard samples were tested by HPLC, and fig. 8 is an HPLC assay of ethanol; as shown in fig. 8, there were no peaks other than the water peak in the HPLC image. The ethanol peak appeared at around 29 minutes. And determining the ethanol value according to the peak area. According to three parallel experiments, an average value is taken to draw an ethanol production curve. FIG. 9 is a graph of ethanol production; as shown in FIG. 9, at OD₇₃₀On day 14, which reached 1.12, the maximum ethanol yield of SYN01 was 389 mg/L. OD of SYN02 on day 14 according to three parallel experiments₇₃₀When the yield reaches 1.08, the ethanol yield reaches 591.7 mg/L. Thus, the ethanol yield of SYN02 was approximately 1.5 times that of SYN01, whereas the only difference between SYN02 and SYN01 was the promoter. Therefore, the strong promoter promotes the expression of the ethanol synthesis gene, thereby promoting the yield of ethanol.

(3) Analysis of SYN03 results

In the glycolytic pathway, phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) is converted to pyruvate by pyruvate kinase. Also reversibly, pyruvate can be catalytically converted to phosphoenolpyruvate by PEP synthetase (PpSA). In synechocystis PCC6803, PpsA is encoded by the slr0301 gene. This means that inactivation of PpsA is an attractive target for increasing ethanol production. However, to date, there has been no experimental evidence for the potential impact of PpsA disruption in synechocystis on ethanol production. To test whether there was an expectation, strain SYN03 was constructed by deleting the PEP synthetase coding site, slr 0301. The engineered strain SYN03(Δ slr0301/pdc-yqhD) was constructed by transforming plasmid pBE03, which contains a knockout cassette for slr0301 gene, into Synechocystis PCC 6803. The ethanol production of engineered strain SYN03 was compared to strain SYN02 by ethanol production testing. FIG. 10 is a graph comparing ethanol production by engineered strain SYN03 with strain SYN 02; as shown in fig. 10, ethanol production by SYN03 was significantly increased compared to ethanol production by SYN 02. In the light fromAfter 7 days of vegetative growth, the ethanol yield is increased to 600mg/L (OD)₇₃₀0.64), the ethanol yield of strain SYN03 was 1.3 times that of SYN02, respectively. This result indicates that the catalytic inactivation of phosphoenolpyruvate synthase leads to an increase in the level of precursor pyruvate, which in turn promotes the formation of ethanol.

According to the invention, by comparing the ethanol yield of three engineering blue-green algae strains of SYN01, SYN02 and SYN03, the light-intensity promoter Pcpc560 is used for replacing a copper ion inducer PpetE (the sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO. 6), and the ethanol yield finally obtained by knocking out the engineering strain SYN03 in the phosphoenolpyruvate synthesis way is the highest, so that the ethanol yield synthesized by the blue-green algae can be effectively improved.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, based upon a review of all of the teachings disclosed, various modifications and alternatives to those details could be developed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as broadly described. The full scope of the invention is given by the appended claims and any equivalents thereof.

Sequence listing

<110> university of Jiangsu

<120> a construct for biosynthesis of ethanol, strain and method for production of ethanol

<160> 8

<170> SIPOSequenceListing 1.0

<210> 1

<211> 560

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 1

acctgtagag aagagtccct gaatatcaaa atggtgggat aaaaagctca aaaaggaaag 60

taggctgtgg ttccctaggc aacagtcttc cctaccccac tggaaactaa aaaaacgaga 120

aaagttcgca ccgaacatca attgcataat tttagcccta aaacataagc tgaacgaaac 180

tggttgtctt cccttcccaa tccaggacaa tctgagaatc ccctgcaaca ttacttaaca 240

aaaaagcagg aataaaatta acaagatgta acagacataa gtcccatcac cgttgtataa 300

agttaactgt gggattgcaa aagcattcaa gcctaggcgc tgagctgttt gagcatcccg 360

gtggcccttg tcgctgcctc cgtgtttctc cctggattta tttaggtaat atctctcata 420

aatccccggg tagttaacga aagttaatgg agatcagtaa caataactct agggtcatta 480

ctttggactc cctcagttta tccgggggaa ttgtgtttaa gaaaatccca actcataaag 540

tcaagtagga gattaattca 560

<210> 2

<211> 872

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 2

atgagttata ccgtgggcac ctatttggcc gaacgcttgg tgcaaattgg cttgaaacat 60

cattttgccg tggccggcga ttataactta gtgttgttag ataatttatt gttgaataaa 120

aatatggaac aagtgtattg ttgtaatgaa ttgaattgtg gctttagtgc cgaaggctat 180

gcccgcgcca aaggcgccgc cgccgccgtg gtgacctatt ccgtgggcgc cttgtccgcc 240

tttgatgcca ttggcggtgc ttatgccgaa aatttgcccg tgattttgat tagtggcgcc 300

cccaataata atgatcatgc cgccggccat gtgttgcatc atgccttggg caaaaccgat 360

tatcactatc aattagaaat ggccaaaaat attaccgccg ccgccgaagc catttatacc 420

cccgaagaag cccccgccaa aattgatcat gtgattaaaa ccgccttgcg cgagaaaaaa 480

cccgtgtatt tggaaattgc ctgtaatatt gcctccatgc cctgtgccgc ccccggcccc 540

gcctccgcct tgtttaatga tgaagcctcc gatgaagcca gtctgaatgc cgccgtggaa 600

gaaaccttaa aatttattgc caatcgcgat aaagtggccg tgttggtggg ctccaaattg 660

cgggccgcgg gtgccgaaga agccgccgtg aaatttgccg atgccttagg cggcgccgtg 720

gccaccatgg ccgccgccaa atccttcttt cccgaagaaa atccccatta tattgggacc 780

tcctggggtg aagtgagtta tcccggcgtg gaaaaaacca tgaaagaagc cgatgccgtg 840

attgccttag cccccgtgtt taatgattat tc 872

<210> 3

<211> 1164

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 3

atgaacaact ttaatctgca caccccaacc cgcattctgt ttggtaaagg cgcaatcgct 60

ggtttacgcg aacaaattcc tcacgatgct cgcgtattga ttacctacgg cggcggcagc 120

gtgaaaaaaa ccggcgttct cgatcaagtt ctggatgccc tgaaaggcat ggacgtgctg 180

gaatttggcg gtattgagcc aaacccggct tatgaaacgc tgatgaacgc cgtgaaactg 240

gttcgcgaac agaaagtgac tttcctgctg gcggttggcg gcggttctgt actggacggc 300

accaaattta tcgccgcagc ggctaactat ccggaaaata tcgatccgtg gcacattctg 360

caaacgggcg gtaaagagat taaaagcgcc atcccgatgg gctgtgtgct gacgctgcca 420

gcaaccggtt cagaatccaa cgcaggcgcg gtgatctccc gtaaaaccac aggcgacaag 480

caggcgttcc attctgccca tgttcagccg gtatttgccg tgctcgatcc ggtttatacc 540

tacaccctgc cgccgcgtca ggtggctaac ggcgtagtgg acgcctttgt acacaccgtg 600

gaacagtatg ttaccaaacc ggttgatgcc aaaattcagg accgtttcgc agaaggcatt 660

ttgctgacgc taatcgaaga tggtccgaaa gccctgaaag agccagaaaa ctacgatgtg 720

cgcgccaacg tcatgtgggc ggcgactcag gcgctgaacg gtttgattgg cgctggcgta 780

ccgcaggact gggcaacgca tatgctgggc cacgaactga ctgcgatgca cggtctggat 840

cacgcgcaaa cactggctat cgtcctgcct gcactgtgga atgaaaaacg cgataccaag 900

cgcgctaagc tgctgcaata tgctgaacgc gtctggaaca tcactgaagg ttccgatgat 960

gagcgtattg acgccgcgat tgccgcaacc cgcaatttct ttgagcaatt aggcgtgccg 1020

acccacctct ccgactacgg tctggacggc agctccatcc cggctttgct gaaaaaactg 1080

gaagagcacg gcatgaccca actgggcgaa aatcatgaca ttacgttgga tgtcagccgc 1140

cgtatatacg aagccgcccg ctaa 1164

<210> 4

<211> 619

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 4

gcattaactc ccgcagaaag ggaaaagttt cccccgctct gtccagattt tgtgttggaa 60

ctactttccc ccagtgatgc cctagctgca actcaagcaa aaatgcgtga atatttaagc 120

tgtggaacgg agttaggctg gttaattaat ccgattgatc aacaagtgga aatatatcgc 180

cctgattccc cgatagaaat attaaacaaa ccccaaacac tcaatggcga tcgcctgttg 240

ccggacttgg aactcaatgt ggcttggtta tggggggcaa actaattcag aatctccatg 300

acacttcaaa gacttgccta ttaccttcat aagaaaatag ggatattaat aattgccgag 360

taacaaggca catatgggta tgatagcgcg aatttccacc ctaggacaat tttttaataa 420

ttaattaaca ctagatttaa gaaacctatc aatttataaa taattaccaa caaaataaag 480

tttactatat caacctcgat aaactgaagg tatcgattag gggtaaatag atatggtaag 540

ttcagtcgtc gaaaaaacct ctgtagccca taaagaaacg gctttaatcc tctggtttga 600

agaggtgggc acccatgat 619

<210> 5

<211> 622

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 5

cggcttctcc attggctcca atgatttaac ccaattaact ttaggtttag accgggattc 60

ttccctcgtt gcccatctgt ttgatgaacg caatctaggg gtcaaacgga tggtcaaaat 120

ggccattgaa acggcgaaag ctaacggtcg caaaatcggt atctgtggcc aagccccctc 180

ggattatcct gagtttgctg aatttttagt ggaattgggc attgattcca ttagcttaaa 240

ccctgattct gtgctgaaaa ctgttctacg cattgcagag gtggaaaaag ccctaggcta 300

ggaaatggtg tttattttgc cgactaaggc taaaccataa atacagcccc ttctttcccg 360

ctggttcaat tccaagggta aggaggggtt aaaatgcagt caatattaag agtggatggt 420

tcattttggg caagggttaa aaacctttaa attttggatg attgccaggg caagtctttg 480

acatcccgca gagaaaatta tgggaagtaa tggctacatc agttgattca aatcagttaa 540

aggggcttcg cccggcaaaa ccatgagcga tcgccacaaa accaaagctc aattactcca 600

ggaaatggag aggttgaggg cg 622

<210> 6

<211> 309

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 6

cggcgatcgc caaaaacaaa gaaaattcag caattaccgt gggtagcaaa aaatccccat 60

ctaaagttca gtaaatatag ctagaacaac caagcatttt cggcaaagta ctattcagat 120

agaacgagaa atgagcttgt tctatccgcc cggggctgag gctgtataat ctacgacggg 180

ctgtcaaaca ttgtgatacc atgggcagaa gaaaggaaaa acgtccctga tcgccttttt 240

gggcacggag tagggcgtta ccccggcccg ttcaaccaca agtccctata gatacaatcg 300

ccaagaagt 309

<210> 7

<211> 792

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 7

atgagggaag cggtgatcgc cgaagtatcg actcaactat cagaggtagt tggcgtcatc 60

gagcgccatc tcgaaccgac gttgctggcc gtacatttgt acggctccgc agtggatggc 120

ggcctgaagc cacacagtga tattgatttg ctggttacgg tgaccgtaag gcttgatgaa 180

acaacgcggc gagctttgat caacgacctt ttggaaactt cggcttcccc tggagagagc 240

gagattctcc gcgctgtaga agtcaccatt gttgtgcacg acgacatcat tccgtggcgt 300

tatccagcta agcgcgaact gcaatttgga gaatggcagc gcaatgacat tcttgcaggt 360

atcttcgagc cagccacgat cgacattgat ctggctatct tgctgacaaa agcaagagaa 420

catagcgttg ccttggtagg tccagcggcg gaggaactct ttgatccggt tcctgaacag 480

gatctatttg aggcgctaaa tgaaacctta acgctatgga actcgccgcc cgactgggct 540

ggcgatgagc gaaatgtagt gcttacgttg tcccgcattt ggtacagcgc agtaaccggc 600

aaaatcgcgc cgaaggatgt cgctgccgac tgggcaatgg agcgcctgcc ggcccagtat 660

cagcccgtca tacttgaagc tagacaggct tatcttggac aagaagaaga tcgcttggcc 720

tcgcgcgcag atcagttgga agaatttgtc cactacgtga aaggcgagat caccaaggta 780

gtcggcaaat aa 792

<210> 8

<211> 6180

<212> DNA

<213> Artificial Sequence (Artificial Sequence)

<400> 8

aggcgattaa gttgggtaac gccagggttt tcccagtcac gacgttgtaa aacgacggcc 60

agtgccaagc ttgcatgcat taactcccgc agaaagggaa aagtttcccc cgctctgtcc 120

agattttgtg ttggaactac tttcccccag tgatgcccta gctgcaactc aagcaaaaat 180

gcgtgaatat ttaagctgtg gaacggagtt aggctggtta attaatccga ttgatcaaca 240

agtggaaata tatcgccctg attccccgat agaaatatta aacaaacccc aaacactcaa 300

tggcgatcgc ctgttgccgg acttggaact caatgtggct tggttatggg gggcaaacta 360

attcagaatc tccatgacac ttcaaagact tgcctattac cttcataaga aaatagggat 420

attaataatt gccgagtaac aaggcacata tgggtatgat agcgcgaatt tccaccctag 480

gacaattttt taataattaa ttaacactag atttaagaaa cctatcaatt tataaataat 540

taccaacaaa ataaagttta ctatatcaac ctcgataaac tgaaggtatc gattaggggt 600

aaatagatat ggtaagttca gtcgtcgaaa aaacctctgt agcccataaa gaaacggctt 660

taatcctctg gtttgaagag gtgggcaccc atgatgtcga cacgcgtaag cttccggtaa 720

ttggtaaatt gctgtcgaag ttgaacatca gtaagcagtg ggttttggct gattaacaat 780

tttttgacaa ttgccaatga ctaactgtta gttaagccgc tgttaatggc taattagtta 840

gcagactcaa ccccgaagaa ctgttcatcc ttaacggacg agtacaactc cgacaatcca 900

aacaccggtc gactgcagtt agcgggcggc ttcgtatata cggcggctga catccaacgt 960

aatgtcatga ttttcgccca gttgggtcat gccgtgctct tccagttttt tcagcaaagc 1020

cgggatggag ctgccgtcca gaccgtagtc ggagaggtgg gtcggcacgc ctaattgctc 1080

aaagaaattg cgggttgcgg caatcgcggc gtcaatacgc tcatcatcgg aaccttcagt 1140

gatgttccag acgcgttcag catattgcag cagcttagcg cgcttggtat cgcgtttttc 1200

attccacagt gcaggcagga cgatagccag tgtttgcgcg tgatccagac cgtgcatcgc 1260

agtcagttcg tggcccagca tatgcgttgc ccagtcctgc ggtacgccag cgccaatcaa 1320

accgttcagc gcctgagtcg ccgcccacat gacgttggcg cgcacatcgt agttttctgg 1380

ctctttcagg gctttcggac catcttcgat tagcgtcagc aaaatgcctt ctgcgaaacg 1440

gtcctgaatt ttggcatcaa ccggtttggt aacatactgt tccacggtgt gtacaaaggc 1500

gtccactacg ccgttagcca cctgacgcgg cggcagggtg taggtataaa ccggatcgag 1560

cacggcaaat accggctgaa catgggcaga atggaacgcc tgcttgtcgc ctgtggtttt 1620

acgggagatc accgcgcctg cgttggattc tgaaccggtt gctggcagcg tcagcacaca 1680

gcccatcggg atggcgcttt taatctcttt accgcccgtt tgcagaatgt gccacggatc 1740

gatattttcc ggatagttag ccgctgcggc gataaatttg gtgccgtcca gtacagaacc 1800

gccgccaacc gccagcagga aagtcacttt ctgttcgcga accagtttca cggcgttcat 1860

cagcgtttca taagccgggt ttggctcaat accgccaaat tccagcacgt ccatgccttt 1920

cagggcatcc agaacttgat cgagaacgcc ggtttttttc acgctgccgc cgccgtaggt 1980

aatcaatacg cgagcatcgt gaggaatttg ttcgcgtaaa ccagcgattg cgcctttacc 2040

aaacagaatg cgggttgggg tgtgcagatt aaagttgttc atctagactc gagtctagat 2100

tacaacaatt tattcacggg tttacgggaa ttggcggcgg ccacgcgttt accccatttc 2160

accaattctt cggtgcaatc ttcccggcca ataaaacatt caattaaggt ggggccatcg 2220

gtattggcca aggccacttt aatggcttcg gctaattcgc cgccggtttt ggctttcaag 2280

cctttaccgg cgccggaatc atagccgcca ttaccattaa acacttccat caagccggca 2340

taatcccaat ttttaatatt attatagggc ccatcatgaa tcatcacttc aatggtataa 2400

ccataattat taatcaagaa aataatcacg ggcaatttta accgcaccat ttgggccact 2460

tcttgggcgg ttaattgaaa ggacccatcg cccaccatta aaatattgcg gcgttcgggg 2520

gcacccacgg catatccaaa agcggcgggc acggaccaac cgatatgccc ccactgcatt 2580

tcatattcca cgcgggcgcc attgggcaat ttcatgcgtt gggcattaaa ccaggaatca 2640

ccggtttcgg caatcacggt ggtattgggg gtcagcaagg cttccacttg ccgggcaatt 2700

tcggcattca ccaagggagc gctgggatcg gcgggggcgg cttttttcaa ttcgccggca 2760

ttcaaacttt taaagaaatc caaggcgccg gttttcttac taactttttg ggccaaccgg 2820

gtcaaataat ctttcaaatg cacactggga aaccgaatgc cattcaccac cacggaccgg 2880

ggttcggcta acactaattt tttgggatcg ggaatatcag tccagccggt ggtggaataa 2940

tcattaaaca cgggggctaa ggcaatcacg gcatcggctt ctttcatggt tttttccacg 3000

ccgggataac tcacttcacc ccaggaggtc ccaatataat ggggattttc ttcgggaaag 3060

aaggatttgg cggcggccat ggtggccacg gcgccgccta aggcatcggc aaatttcacg 3120

gcggcttctt cggcacccgc ggcccgcaat ttggagccca ccaacacggc cactttatcg 3180

cgattggcaa taaattttaa ggtttcttcc acggcggcat tcagactggc ttcatcggag 3240

gcttcatcat taaacaaggc ggaggcgggg ccgggggcgg cacagggcat ggaggcaata 3300

ttacaggcaa tttccaaata cacgggtttt ttctcgcgca aggcggtttt aatcacatga 3360

tcaattttgg cgggggcttc ttcgggggta taaatggctt cggcggcggc ggtaatattt 3420

ttggccattt ctaattgata gtgataatcg gttttgccca aggcatgatg caacacatgg 3480

ccggcggcat gatcattatt attgggggcg ccactaatca aaatcacggg caaattttcg 3540

gcataagcac cgccaatggc atcaaaggcg gacaaggcgc ccacggaata ggtcaccacg 3600

gcggcggcgg cgcctttggc gcgggcatag ccttcggcac taaagccaca attcaattca 3660

ttacaacaat acacttgttc catattttta ttcaacaata aattatctaa caacactaag 3720

ttataatcgc cggccacggc aaaatgatgt ttcaagccaa tttgcaccaa gcgttcggcc 3780

aaataggtgc ccacggtata actcatatga gatctttctc ctcttttgaa ttaatctcct 3840

acttgacttt atgagttggg attttcttaa acacaattcc cccggataaa ctgagggagt 3900

ccaaagtaat gaccctagag ttattgttac tgatctccat taactttcgt taactacccg 3960

gggatttatg agagatatta cctaaataaa tccagggaga aacacggagg cagcgacaag 4020

ggccaccggg atgctcaaac agctcagcgc ctaggcttga atgcttttgc aatcccacag 4080

ttaactttat acaacggtga tgggacttat gtctgttaca tcttgttaat tttattcctg 4140

cttttttgtt aagtaatgtt gcaggggatt ctcagattgt cctggattgg gaagggaaga 4200

caaccagttt cgttcagctt atgttttagg gctaaaatta tgcaattgat gttcggtgcg 4260

aacttttctc gtttttttag tttccagtgg ggtagggaag actgttgcct agggaaccac 4320

agcctacttt cctttttgag ctttttatcc caccattttg atattcaggg actcttctct 4380

acaggtggat ccgctcacgc aactggtcca gaaccttgac cgaacgcagc ggtggtaacg 4440

gcgcagtggc ggttttcatg gcttgttatg actgtttttt tggggtacag tctatgcctc 4500

gggcatccaa gcagcaagcg cgttacgccg tgggtcgatg tttgatgtta tggagcagca 4560

acgatgttac gcagcagggc agtcgcccta aaacaaagtt aaacatcatg agggaagcgg 4620

tgatcgccga agtatcgact caactatcag aggtagttgg cgtcatcgag cgccatctcg 4680

aaccgacgtt gctggccgta catttgtacg gctccgcagt ggatggcggc ctgaagccac 4740

acagtgatat tgatttgctg gttacggtga ccgtaaggct tgatgaaaca acgcggcgag 4800

ctttgatcaa cgaccttttg gaaacttcgg cttcccctgg agagagcgag attctccgcg 4860

ctgtagaagt caccattgtt gtgcacgacg acatcattcc gtggcgttat ccagctaagc 4920

gcgaactgca atttggagaa tggcagcgca atgacattct tgcaggtatc ttcgagccag 4980

ccacgatcga cattgatctg gctatcttgc tgacaaaagc aagagaacat agcgttgcct 5040

tggtaggtcc agcggcggag gaactctttg atccggttcc tgaacaggat ctatttgagg 5100

cgctaaatga aaccttaacg ctatggaact cgccgcccga ctgggctggc gatgagcgaa 5160

atgtagtgct tacgttgtcc cgcatttggt acagcgcagt aaccggcaaa atcgcgccga 5220

aggatgtcgc tgccgactgg gcaatggagc gcctgccggc ccagtatcag cccgtcatac 5280

ttgaagctag acaggcttat cttggacaag aagaagatcg cttggcctcg cgcgcagatc 5340

agttggaaga atttgtccac tacgtgaaag gcgagatcac caaggtagtc ggcaaataat 5400

gtctaacaat tcgttcaagc cgacgccgct tcgcggcgcg gcttaactca agcgttagat 5460

gcactaagca ctctagacgg cttctccatt ggctccaatg atttaaccca attaacttta 5520

ggtttagacc gggattcttc cctcgttgcc catctgtttg atgaacgcaa tctaggggtc 5580

aaacggatgg tcaaaatggc cattgaaacg gcgaaagcta acggtcgcaa aatcggtatc 5640

tgtggccaag ccccctcgga ttatcctgag tttgctgaat ttttagtgga attgggcatt 5700

gattccatta gcttaaaccc tgattctgtg ctgaaaactg ttctacgcat tgcagaggtg 5760

gaaaaagccc taggctagga aatggtgttt attttgccga ctaaggctaa accataaata 5820

cagccccttc tttcccgctg gttcaattcc aagggtaagg aggggttaaa atgcagtcaa 5880

tattaagagt ggatggttca ttttgggcaa gggttaaaaa cctttaaatt ttggatgatt 5940

gccagggcaa gtctttgaca tcccgcagag aaaattatgg gaagtaatgg ctacatcagt 6000

tgattcaaat cagttaaagg ggcttcgccc ggcaaaacca tgagcgatcg ccacaaaacc 6060

aaagctcaat tactccagga aatggagagg ttgagggcgg taccgagctc gaattcgtaa 6120

tcatggtcat agctgtttcc tgtgtgaaat tgttatccgc tcacaattcc acacaacata 6180