Synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates from glucose that contain medium-chain-length monomers via the reversed fatty acid β-oxidation cycle in Escherichia coli.
Synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates from glucose that contain medium-chain-length monomers via the reversed fatty acid β-oxidation cycle in Escherichia coli.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ymben.2014.05.004
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发表时间:
2014-07
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8.4
通讯作者:
Q. Zhuang;Qian Wang;Quanfeng Liang;Q. Qi
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作者:
Q. Zhuang;Qian Wang;Quanfeng Liang;Q. Qi
Polyhydroxyalkanoates that contain the medium-chain-length monomers (mcl-PHAs) have a wide range of applications owing to their superior physical and mechanical properties. A challenge to synthesize such mcl-PHAs from unrelated and renewable sources is exploiting the efficient metabolic pathways that lead to the formation of precursor (R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA. Here, by engineering the reversed fatty acid β-oxidation cycle, we were able to synthesize mcl-PHAs inEscherichia colidirectly from glucose. After deletion of the major thioesterases, the engineeredE. coliproduced 6.62 wt% of cell dry weight mcl-PHA heteropolymers. Furthermore, when a low-substrate-specificity PHA synthase fromPseudomonas stutzeri1317 was employed, recombinantE. colisynthesized 12.10 wt% of cell dry weight scl–mcl PHA copolymers, of which 21.18 mol% was 3-hydroxybutyrate and 78.82 mol% was medium-chain-length monomers. The reversed fatty acid β-oxidation cycle offered an efficient metabolic pathway for mcl-PHA biosynthesis inE. coliand can be further optimized.