Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) by recombinant Ralstonia eutropha and effects of PHA synthase activity on in vivo PHA biosynthesis

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作者
Kichise, T
Fukui, T
Yoshida, Y
Doi, Y
机构
[1] RIKEN, Inst Phys & Chem Res, Polymer Chem Lab, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[2] Toyo Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Appl Chem, Kawagoe, Saitama 3508585, Japan
关键词
recombinant Ralstonia eutropha; PHA synthase activity; PHA accumulation rate; molecular weights of PHA;
D O I
10.1016/S0141-8130(99)00017-3
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Recombinant strains of Ralstonia eutropha PHB(-)4, which harbored Aeromonas caviae polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) biosynthesis genes under the control of a promoter for R. eutropha phb operon, were examined for PHA production from various alkanoic acids. The recombinants produced poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HHx)] from hexanoate and octanoate, and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate-co-3-hydroxypentanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HV-co-3HHp)] from pentanoate and nonanoate. One of the recombinant strains, R. eutropha PHB(-)4/pJRDBB39d3 harboring ORF1 and PHA synthase gene of A. caviae (phaC(Ac)) accumulated copolyesters with much more 3HHx or 3HHp fraction than the other recombinant: strains. To investigate the relationship between PHA synthase activity and in vivo PHA biosynthesis in R. eutropha, the PHB(-)4 strains harboring pJRDBB39d13 or pJRDEE32d13 were used, in which the heterologous expression of phaC(Ac) was controlled by promoters for R. eutropha phb operon and A. caviae pha operon, respectively. The PHA contents and PHA accumulation rates were similar between the two recombinant strains in spite of the quite different levels of PHA synthase activity, indicating that the polymerization step is not the rate-determing one in PHA biosynthesis by R. eutropha. The molecular weights of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) produced by the recombinant strains were also independent of the levels of PHA synthase activity. It has been suggested that a chain-transfer agent is generated in R. eutopha cells to regulate the chain length of polymers. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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