关键词: 还原剂, 维生素C, 维生素E, Klebsiella pneumoniae, 3-丙二醇, 还原型二磷酸嘧啶核苷酸

Abstract: Glycerol could be transformed to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Since NADH was required in the process, reductants were considered to affect the formation of 1,3-propanediol. In this work, 40~150 mg/L VC or 20~100 mg/L VE was added into the culture medium to regulate the intracellular redox state (NADH/NAD) of Klebsiella pneumoniae, and the effects of these two reductants on the metabolism of Klebsiella pneumoniae were investigated. It was shown that the concentration of 1,3-propanediol increased by 20%~30% by addition of 150 mg/L VC or 30 mg/L VE into the culture medium. With the increasing 1,3-PD, some byproducts such as ethanol and 2,3-butanediol increased correspondingly, which resulted in an unconspicuous improvement of the yield of 1,3-PD. Rather than addition of these reductants, regulation of metabolic flux was considered to be a feasible attempt to improve the yield of 1,3-PD.

Key words: reductant, vitamin C, vitamin E, Klebsiella pneumoniae, 3-propanediol, NADH