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  • Title: Construction of pha-operon-defined knockout mutants of Pseudomonas putida KT2442 and their applications in poly(hydroxyalkanoate) production.
    Author: Ouyang SP, Liu Q, Fang L, Chen GQ.
    Journal: Macromol Biosci; 2007 Feb 12; 7(2):227-33. PubMed ID: 17295412.
    Abstract:
    Pseudomonas putida KT2442 could accumulate medium-chain-length poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHA) consisting of 3-hydroxyhexanoate, 3-hydroxyoctanoate, 3-hydroxydecanoate, and 3-hydroxydodecanoate from a wide range of carbon sources. In this study, the PHA synthase pha operon (phaC1-phaZ-phaC2) was knocked out and the vgb gene encoding vitreoscilla hemoglobin protein (VHb), which could enhance oxygen uptake rate especially at low oxygen concentration, was integrated into the P. putida KT2442 genome to replace the deleted fragment. The resulting mutant P. putida KTOY01 or gene-replaced mutant KTOY02 was used as the host to study PHA synthase properties and PHA production. Different PHA polymerase (PhaC) genes, phaC(Re) from Rastonia eutropha H16, phaC(Ac) from Aeromonas cavie, and phaC2(Ps) from Pseudomonas stutzeri 1317, were expressed in the mutant strains to test the PhaC enzyme substrate specificity. The result showed P. putida KTOY01 or KTOY02 could provide not only mcl PHA monomers but also 3-hydroxybutyrate from fatty acids, which may allow the production of copolyesters poly(3HB-co-mcl 3HA). Plasmid pCJY10 containing phaC2(Ps), phbA, and phbB genes encoding PHA polymerase, beta-ketothiolase, and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, respectively, were transformed into P. putida KTOY01 and KTOY02. Shake-flask culture showed P. putida KTOY01 or KTOY02 (pCJY10) could accumulate poly(3HB-co-mcl 3HA) from glucose. The above result showed pha operon knockout mutant of P. putida KT2442 was a very useful host of great potential not only for studying PhaC synthase, but also for microbial production of copolyesters poly(3HB-co-mcl 3HA), which is very difficult to obtain.
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