FabG mediates polyhydroxyalkanoate production from both related and nonrelated carbon sources in recombinant Escherichia coli LS5218

Biotechnol Prog. 2008 Mar-Apr;24(2):342-51. doi: 10.1021/bp070303y. Epub 2008 Jan 24.

Abstract

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) composed of a mixture of short-chain-length-medium-chain-length (SCL-MCL) hydroxyacyl monomers are biologically produced polyesters that have properties ranging from thermoplastic to elastomeric, dependent on the molar ratio of SCL to MCL monomers incorporated into the copolymer. Because of the potential wide range of properties and applications for SCL-MCL PHA copolymers, it is important to develop and characterize novel metabolic pathways for SCL-MCL PHA production. The current study shows that coexpression of fabG genes from either E. coli or Pseudomonas sp. 61-3 with fabH(F87T) and PHA synthase genes enhances the production of SCL-MCL PHA copolymer from both related and nonrelated carbon sources in Escherichia coli LS5218, indicating the flexibility of FabG as a monomer-supplying enzyme for biological PHA production.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases / chemistry
  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases / physiology*
  • Carbon / metabolism
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry, Physical
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Culture Media
  • DNA, Bacterial / biosynthesis
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Plasmids
  • Polyhydroxyalkanoates / metabolism*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Polyhydroxyalkanoates
  • Carbon
  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases
  • acetoacetyl-CoA reductase