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Functional plasticity of HCO3- uptake and CO2 fixation in Cupriavidus necator H16

ABSTRACT: Uptake and fixation of CO2 are central to strategies for CO2-based biomanufacturing. Cupriavidus necator H16 has emerged as a promising industrial host for this purpose. Despite its prominence, the ability to engineer C. necator inorganic carbon uptake and fixation is underexplored. Here, we test the role of endogenous and heterologous genes on C. necator inorganic carbon metabolism. Deletion of one of the four carbonic anhydrases in C. necator, β-carbonic anhydrase can, had the most deleterious effect on C. necator autotrophic growth. Replacement of this native uptake system with several classes of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) transporters from Cyanobacteria and chemolithoautotrophic bacteria recovered autotrophic growth and supported higher cell densities compared to wild-type (WT) C. necator in saturating CO2 in batch culture. Several heterologous strains with Halothiobacillus neopolitanus DAB2 (hnDAB2) expressed from the chromosome in combination with diverse rubisco homologs grew in CO2 equally or better than the wild-type strain. Our experiments suggest that the primary role of Can carbonic anhydrase during autotrophic growth is for bicarbonate accumulation to support anaplerotic metabolism, and an array of DIC transporters can complement this function. This work demonstrates flexibility in HCO3- uptake and CO2 fixation in C. necator, providing new pathways for CO2-based biomanufacturing.

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ORGANISM(S): Cupriavidus Necator

SUBMITTER: Christopher Petzold

LAB HEAD: Christopher J.Petzold

PROVIDER: PXD051976 | Pride | 2026-01-23

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Functional plasticity of HCO3- uptake and CO2 fixation in Cupriavidus necator H16.

Panich Justin J Toppari Emili E Tejedor-Sanz Sara S Fong Bonnie B Dugan Eli E Chen Yan Y Petzold Christopher J CJ Zhao Zhiying Z Yoshikuni Yasuo Y Savage David F DF Singer Steven W SW

Bioresource technology 20240809

Despite its prominence, the ability to engineer Cupriavidus necator H16 for inorganic carbon uptake and fixation is underexplored. We tested the roles of endogenous and heterologous genes on C. necator inorganic carbon metabolism. Deletion of β-carbonic anhydrase can had the most deleterious effect on C. necator autotrophic growth. Replacement of this native uptake system with several classes of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) transporters from Cyanobacteria and chemolithoautotrophic bacteria r ...[more]

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Functional plasticity of HCO3- uptake and CO2 fixation in Cupriavidus necator H16

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Functional plasticity of HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> uptake and CO<sub>2</sub> fixation in Cupriavidus necator H16.

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