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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2012

Production of copolyesters of 3-hydroxybutyrate and medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoates by E. coli containing an optimized PHA synthase gene.

Xue Gao, Xiao-Xi Yuan, Zhen-Yu Shi, Ying-Ying Guo, Xiao-Wen Shen, Jin-Chun Chen, Qiong Wu, Guo-Qiang Chen

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xue GaoMOE Key Lab of Bioinformatics, Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Xiao-Xi Yuan
Zhen-Yu Shi
Ying-Ying Guo
Xiao-Wen Shen
Jin-Chun Chen
Qiong Wu
Guo-Qiang Chen
Center for Life Sciences · CNTsinghua University · CNReef Ecologic · AU

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Abstract

backgroundMicrobial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biopolyesters consisting of diverse monomers. PHA synthase PhaC2Ps cloned from Pseudomonas stutzeri 1317 is able to polymerize short-chain-length (scl) 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) monomers and medium-chain-length (mcl) 3-hydroxyalkanoates (3HA) with carbon chain lengths ranging from C6 to C12. However, the scl and mcl PHA production in Escherichia coli expressing PhaC2Ps is limited with very low PHA yield.

resultsTo improve the production of PHA with a wide range of monomer compositions in E. coli, a series of optimization strategies were applied on the PHA synthase PhaC2Ps. Codon optimization of the gene and mRNA stabilization with a hairpin structure were conducted and the function of the optimized PHA synthase was tested in E. coli. The transcript was more stable after the hairpin structure was introduced, and western blot analysis showed that both codon optimization and hairpin introduction increased the protein expression level. Compared with the wild type PhaC2Ps, the optimized PhaC2Ps increased poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by approximately 16-fold to 30% of the cell dry weight. When grown on dodecanoate, the recombinant E. coli harboring the optimized gene phaC2PsO with a hairpin structure in the 5' untranslated region was able to synthesize 4-fold more PHA consisting of 3HB and medium-chain-length 3HA compared to the recombinant harboring the wild type phaC2Ps.

conclusionsThe levels of both PHB and scl-mcl PHA in E. coli were significantly increased by series of optimization strategies applied on PHA synthase PhaC2Ps. These results indicate that strategies including codon optimization and mRNA stabilization are useful for heterologous PHA synthase expression and therefore enhance PHA production.

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3-Hydroxybutyric AcidAcyltransferasesBacterial ProteinsEscherichia coliHydroxybutyratesMutationPolyestersPolyhydroxyalkanoatesPolyhydroxybutyratesPseudomonas stutzeriRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Messenger3-Hydroxybutyric AcidAcyltransferasesBacterial ProteinsHydroxybutyratespoly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthasepoly-beta-hydroxybutyratePolyestersPolyhydroxyalkanoatesPolyhydroxybutyratesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID22978778
PMCPMC3503839
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