Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis genes in Azotobacter sp strain FA8

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作者
Pettinari, MJ
Vázquez, GJ
Silberschmidt, D
Rehm, B
Steinbüchel, A
Méndez, BS [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Quim Biol, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Univ Munster, Inst Mikrobiol, D-48149 Munster, Germany
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.67.11.5331-5334.2001
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Genes responsible for the synthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) in Azotobacter sp. FAS were cloned and analyzed. A PHB polymerase gene (phbC) was found downstream from genes coding for beta -ketothiolase (phbA) and acetoacetyl-coenzyme A reductase (phbB). A PHB synthase mutant was obtained by gene inactivation and used for genetic studies. The phbC gene from this strain was introduced into Ralstonia eutropha PHB-4 (phbC-negative mutant), and the recombinant accumulated PHB when either glucose or octanoate was used as a source of carbon, indicating that this PHB synthase cannot incorporate medium-chain-length hydroxyalkanoates into PHB.
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页码:5331 / 5334
页数:4
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