Green chemistry production of codlemone, the sex pheromone of the Codling Moth (C<i>ydia pomonella</i>), by metabolic engineering of the oilseed crop Camelina (<i>Camelina sativa</i>)

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Authors:
Xia, Yi Han ; Wang, Hong Lei ; Ding, Bao Jian ; Svensson, Glenn P. ; Jarl-Sunesson, Carin ; Cahoon, Edgar B. ; Hofvander, Per ; Löfstedt, Christer , et al.
Department:
Functional zoology
Pheromone Group
Molecular Cell Biology
Project:
OLEFINE: OLEaginous yeast platforms for FINE chemicals
Research Group:
Pheromone Group
Abstract:

Synthetic pheromones have been used for pest control over several decades. The conventional synthesis of di-unsaturated pheromone compounds is usually complex and costly. Camelina (Camelina sativa) has emerged as an ideal, non-food biotech oilseed platform for production of oils with modified fatty acid compositions. We used Camelina as a plant factory to produce mono- and di-unsaturated C12 chain length moth sex pheromone precursors, (E)-9-dodecenoic acid and (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienoic acid, by introducing a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase FatB gene UcTE from California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) and a bifunctional ∆9 desaturase gene Cpo_CPRQ from the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. Different transgene combinations were investigated for increasing pheromone precursor yield. The most productive Camelina line was engineered with a vector that contained one copy of UcTE and the viral suppressor protein encoding P19 transgenes and three copies of Cpo_CPRQ transgene. The T2 generation of this line produced 9.4% of (E)-9-dodecenoic acid and 5.5% of (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienoic acid of the total fatty acids, and seeds were selected to advance top-performing lines to homozygosity. In the T4 generation, production levels of (E)-9-dodecenoic acid and (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienoic acid remained stable. The diene acid together with other seed fatty acids were converted into corresponding alcohols, and the bioactivity of the plant-derived codlemone was confirmed by GC-EAD and a flight tunnel assay. Trapping in orchards and home gardens confirmed significant and specific attraction of C. pomonella males to the plant-derived codlemone.

Keywords:
Acyl-ACP thioesterase ; Agrobacterium-based floral-dip transformation ; Bioassay ; Conjugated double bonds ; Multi-gene copies ; P19 ; Plant factory ; ∆9 desaturase
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0098-0331
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