The invention belongs to the technical field of
biochemical engineering, and discloses a production method for improving the content of odd-chain
fatty acid in
grease by modifying
schizochytrium limacinum and optimizing a substrate and application of the method. According to the method,
schizochytrium limacinum HX-308 serves as a
receptor strain, high-yield odd-chain
fatty acid engineering bacteria are obtained through
gene overexpression and inhibition, and the high-yield odd-chain
fatty acid is obtained. Accumulation of a
propionyl CoA precursor
pool for synthesizing odd-chain fatty acid is improved, endogenous methylmalonyl-CoA
mutase coding
gene MUT is inhibited, so that a competitive pathway of the odd-chain fatty acid is inhibited, and then through substrate optimization, the content of fermented
grease and the content of the odd-chain fatty acid are obviously improved. The expression of related enzymes in
schizochytrium limacinum is adjusted through a
genetic engineering strategy to improve the odd-chain
fatty acid synthesis, the synthesis and utilization of the key intermediate propionyl
coenzyme A in the odd-chain
fatty acid synthesis process are increased, the
metabolic pathway of the propionyl
coenzyme A is inhibited, and substrate optimization is assisted to improve the odd-chain fatty acid yield.