HA molecular weight variation in Streptococcus zooepidemicus and two recombinant Lactococcus lactis strains were investigated by chemostat experiments and metabolic flux analysis (MFA). The study showed that intracellular flux ratio of UDP-GlcUA to UDP-GlcNAc correlated directly with HA molecular weight, for all the three strains. The ratio of intracellular concentration of these HA precursors also exhibited a similar trend. Phosphoglucoisomerase activity and glucose flux towards lactic acid formation were found to be the major bottlenecks for HA production in all the three strains. The study suggests that environmental conditions and genetic manipulations that balance the intracellular flux and HA precursors concentrations will result in increased molecular weight.
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