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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2013

Engineering of Ralstonia eutropha H16 for autotrophic and heterotrophic production of methyl ketones.

Jana Müller, Daniel MacEachran, Helcio Burd, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Changhao Bi, Yi-Chun Yeh, Taek Soon Lee, Nathan J Hillson, Swapnil R Chhabra, Steven W Singer and 1 more

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jana MüllerPhysical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
Daniel MacEachran
Helcio Burd
Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh
Changhao Bi
Yi-Chun Yeh
Taek Soon Lee
Nathan J Hillson
Swapnil R Chhabra
Steven W Singer
Harry R Beller
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USLogos Technologies (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ralstonia eutropha is a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic bacterium able to grow with organic substrates or H2 and CO2 under aerobic conditions. Under conditions of nutrient imbalance, R. eutropha produces copious amounts of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (PHB). Its ability to utilize CO2 as a sole carbon source renders it an interesting new candidate host for the production of renewable liquid transportation fuels. We engineered R. eutropha for the production of fatty acid-derived, diesel-range methyl ketones. Modifications engineered in R. eutropha included overexpression of a cytoplasmic version of the TesA thioesterase, which led to a substantial (>150-fold) increase in fatty acid titer under certain conditions. In addition, deletion of two putative β-oxidation operons and heterologous expression of three genes (the acyl coenzyme A oxidase gene from Micrococcus luteus and fadB and fadM from Escherichia coli) led to the production of 50 to 65 mg/liter of diesel-range methyl ketones under heterotrophic growth conditions and 50 to 180 mg/liter under chemolithoautotrophic growth conditions (with CO2 and H2 as the sole carbon source and electron donor, respectively). Induction of the methyl ketone pathway diverted substantial carbon flux away from PHB biosynthesis and appeared to enhance carbon flux through the pathway for biosynthesis of fatty acids, which are the precursors of methyl ketones.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCarbon DioxideChemoautotrophic GrowthCupriavidus necatorEscherichia coliFatty AcidsGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryGenetic EngineeringHeterotrophic ProcessesHydroxybutyratesKetonesMicrococcus luteusOxidation-ReductionPolyestersPolyhydroxybutyratesBacterial ProteinsCarbon DioxideFatty AcidsHydroxybutyratesKetonespoly-beta-hydroxybutyratePolyestersPolyhydroxybutyrates

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PMID23686271
PMCPMC3697500
OpenAlexW2155639255

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