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Biosynthesis and Compositional Regulation of Poly[(3‐hydroxybutyrate)‐ co ‐(3‐hydroxyhexanoate)] in Recombinant Ralstonia eutropha Expressing Mutated Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase Genes

2004; Wiley; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/mabi.200300077

1616-5195

Takeharu Tsuge, Yu Saito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Tomohiro Hiraishi, Yoshiharu Doi,

Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization

A new strategy for bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production by recombinant Ralstonia eutropha PHB(-)4 harboring mutated PHA synthase genes (phaC(Ac)) from Aeromona caviae was investigated. The strain harboring wild-type phaC(Ac) gene produced a PHA copolymer consisting of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate and (R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate [P(3HB-co-3HHx)] with 3.5 mol-% of 3HHx fraction from soybean oil. When the mutants of phaC(Ac) gene were applied to this production system, 3HHx fraction in copolymers was varied in the range of 0-5.1 mol-%. Thus, the regulation of PHA copolymer compositions has been achieved by the use of mutated PHA synthase genes.