CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF A LIMONENE DEGRADATION PATHWAY FROM BACILLUS-STEAROTHERMOPHILUS IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI

被引:28
作者
CHANG, HC [1 ]
GAGE, DA [1 ]
ORIEL, PJ [1 ]
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,DEPT BIOCHEM,E LANSING,MI 48824
关键词
CLONING; LIMONENE DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2621.1995.tb09824.x
中图分类号
TS2 [食品工业];
学科分类号
0832 ;
摘要
The pathway encoding limonene catabolism was cloned as a 9.6kb chromosomal fragment from Bacillus stearothermophilus strain BR388 into Escherichia coli. It conferred growth on limonene as a sole carbon source and bioproduction of alpha-terpineol, perillyl alcohol, and perillyl aldehyde. Incubation of the recombinant with perillyl alcohol resulted in formation of perillyl aldehyde and perillic acid. Catabolic pathways apparently affected the microbial toxicity of limonene.
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