Journal: Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
Article Title: Multi-omics analyses of evolved Corynebacterium glutamicum mutants reveal the molecular responses to formaldehyde stress
doi: 10.1016/j.synbio.2026.01.020
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of Cgl1590 mutations on formaldehyde tolerance. (A) Amino acid sequence alignment between Cgl1590 and its derivatives. (B) Effects of cgl1590 truncation on formaldehyde tolerance. (C) Effects of cgl1590 knock-out on formaldehyde tolerance. (D) Effects of cgl1590 overexpression on formaldehyde tolerance. Cells were treated with 0.8 mM formaldehyde as stress condition. Values and error bars reflect the mean ± s.d. of three biological replicates (N = 3). Analysis of cell length and morphology of FM-1 without formaldehyde stress (E), FM-1 containing cgl1590 750insG mutation without formaldehyde stress (F), FM-1 with formaldehyde stress (G), and FM-1 strain containing cgl1590 750insG mutation with formaldehyde stress (H). All strains were grown in CGXII minimal medium supplemented with 10 g/L glucose, with or without 0.8 mM formaldehyde, and examined by SEM. Cell length was determined by measuring 70 cells of each strain and analyzed using ImageJ software. Statistical significance at 36 h between FM-1-△ cgl1590 and FM-1 was determined by two-tailed Student's t -test: ∗∗∗P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: To assess the toxicity of formaldehyde in C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 lacking the formaldehyde dissimilation pathway, we cultivated a previously developed C. glutamicum FM-1 strain ( C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 Δ adhE Δ ald ), which was referred to as MX-1 in our previous study [ ], in CGXII medium supplemented with various concentrations of formaldehyde ( A).
Techniques: Sequencing, Knock-Out, Over Expression, Mutagenesis, Software, Two Tailed Test