Malonyl-CoA is an intermediary compound that is produced during fatty acid metabolism. Our study aimed to produce the commercially important platform chemical 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) from its immediate precursor malonyl-CoA by recombinant Escherichia coli strains heterologously expressing the mcr gene of Chloroflexus aurantiacus DSM 635, encoding an NADPH-dependent malonyl-CoA reductase (MCR). The recombinant E. coli overexpressing mcr under the T5 promoter showed MCR activity of 0.015 U mg⁻¹ protein in crude cell extract and produced 0.71 mmol/L of 3-HP in 24h in shake flask cultivation under aerobic conditions with glucose as the sole source of carbon. When acetyl-CoA carboxylase and biotinilase, encoded by the genes accADBCb (ACC) of E. coli K-12 were overexpressed along with MCR, the final 3-HP titer improved by 2-fold, which is 1.6 mM. Additional expression of the gene pntAB, encoding nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase that converts NADH to NADPH, increased 3-HP production to 2.14 mM. The strain was further developed by deleting the sucAB gene, encoding α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, or blocking lactate and acetate production pathways, and evaluated for the production of 3-HP. We report on the feasibility of producing 3-HP from glucose through the malonyl-CoA pathway.
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