The invention relates to a methanophilic
genetically engineered bacterium for producing gamma-
polyglutamic acid (gamma-PGA) as well as a construction method and application of the methanophilic
genetically engineered bacterium, EQU2420670
gene is knocked out on a
host bacterium genome, and meanwhile, an exogenous gamma-PGA synthetase encoding
gene cluster pgsBCAE under the control of an inducible
arabinose promoter (Pbad) is introduced at the site. The construction method comprises the following steps: obtaining a multi-
cistron structure
DNA fragment pgsBCAE for coding gamma-PGA synthetase through artificial
gene synthesis in combination with a
codon optimization strategy, and constructing the expression module Pbad-pgsBCAE under the control of a Pbad
promoter. A suicide vector pK18mobsacB carrying a SacB
sucrose reverse
selection system is used for constructing a
gene replacement vector, upstream and downstream homologous arms of an EQU2420670 gene on a
genome of methanophilic
bacteria M. buryatase 5GB1 are designed on two sides, an EQU2420670 site is replaced by a Pbad-pgsBCAE expression module, the methanophilic
genetically engineered bacterium PGA is obtained, and the methanophilic genetically engineered bacterium PGA is applied to production of gamma-PGA and has important economic and
social significance; the gamma-PGA produced by the
engineering methanophilic
bacteria by using
methane as a
carbon source and an
energy source can be used as a cosmetic additive; the invention provides a novel low-carbon
biosynthesis approach for commercial production and application of gamma-PGA, and has a good industrial application prospect.