Wang, YipengSan, Ka-YiuBennett, George N.2013-04-172014-04-182013Wang, Yipeng, San, Ka-Yiu and Bennett, George N.. "Improvement of NADPH bioavailability in Escherichia coli through the use of phosphofructokinase deficient strains." <i>Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,</i> 97, no. 15 (2013) Springer-Verlag: 6883-6893. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-4859-0.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70938NADPH-dependent reactions play important roles in production of industrially valuable compounds. In this study, we used phosphofructokinase (PFK)-deficient strains to direct fructose-6-phosphate to be oxidized through the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) to increase NADPH generation. pfkA or pfkB single deletion and double-deletion strains were tested for their ability to produce lycopene. Since lycopene biosynthesis requires many NADPH, levels of lycopene were compared in a set of isogenic strains, with the pfkA single deletion strain showing the highest lycopene yield. Using another NADPH-requiring process, a one-step reduction reaction of 2-chloroacrylate to 2-chloropropionic acid by 2- haloacrylate reductase, the pfkA pfkB double-deletion strain showed the highest yield of 2-chloropropionic acid product. The combined effect of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase overexpression or lactate dehydrogenase deletion with PFK deficiency on NADPH bioavailability was also studied. The results indicated that the flux distribution of fructose-6- phosphate between glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway determines the amount of NAPDH available for reductive biosynthesis.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articlePFKNADPH bioavailabilitypfkApfkBG6PDHE. colihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-4859-0