Title | Biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (P(HB-co-HHx)) from butyrate using engineered Ralstonia eutropha. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Jeon, J-M, Brigham, CJ, Kim, Y-H, Kim, H-J, Yi, D-H, Kim, H, Rha, CK, Sinskey, AJ, Yang, Y-H |
Journal | Appl Microbiol Biotechnol |
Volume | 98 |
Issue | 12 |
Pagination | 5461-9 |
Date Published | 2014 Jun |
ISSN | 1432-0614 |
Keywords | 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Acyltransferases, Bacterial Proteins, Butyrates, Caproates, Cupriavidus necator, Metabolic Engineering |
Abstract | Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a promising family of bio-based polymers, are considered to be alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics. Copolymers like poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (P(HB-co-HHx)) have been shown to exhibit favorable physical and mechanical properties, due to decreased crystallinity resulting from the presence of medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyhexanoate (3HHx) monomers. In this study, we produced P(HB-co-HHx) using engineered Ralstonia eutropha strains containing deletions of the acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (phaB) genes and replacing the native PHA synthase with phaC2 from Rhodococcus aetherivorans I24 and by using butyrate, a short-chain organic acid, as the carbon source. Although the wild-type R. eutropha did not produce P(HB-co-HHx) when grown on mixed acids or on butyrate as the sole carbon source, we are able to produce polymer containing up to 40 wt% 3HHx monomer with the aforementioned engineered R. eutropha strains using various concentrations of just butyrate as the sole carbon source. This is the first report for the production of P(HB-co-HHx) copolymer in R. eutropha using butyrate. |
DOI | 10.1007/s00253-014-5617-7 |
Alternate Journal | Appl Microbiol Biotechnol |
Citation Key | 117 |
PubMed ID | 24615385 |