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Acetolactate synthase (AlsS) in Bacillus licheniformis WX-02: enzymatic properties and efficient functions for acetoin/butanediol and L-valine biosynthesis.

Acetolactate synthase catalyzes two molecules of pyruvates to form α-acetolactate, which is further converted to acetoin and 2,3-butanediol. In this study, by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, the enzymatic properties of acetolactate synthase (AlsS) from Bacillus licheniformis WX-02 were characterized. Its K m and k cat for pyruvate were 3.96 mM and 514/s, respectively. It has the optimal activity at pH 6.5, 37 °C and was feedback inhibited by L-valine, L-leucine and L-isoleucine. Furthermore, the alsS-deficient strain could not produce acetoin, 2,3-butanediol, and L-valine, while the complementary strain was able to restore these capacities. The alsS overexpressing strain produced higher amounts of acetoin/2,3-butanediol (57.06 g/L) and L-valine (2.68 mM), which were 10.90 and 92.80% higher than those of the control strain, respectively. This is the first report regarding the in-depth understanding of AlsS enzymatic properties and its functions in B. licheniformis, and overexpression of AlsS can effectively improve acetoin/2,3-butanediol and L-valine production in B. licheniformis. We envision that this AlsS can also be applied in the improvement of acetoin/2,3-butanediol and L-valine production in other microbes.

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