PHA production, from bacteria to plants.
The genes encoding the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthetic pathway in Ralstonia eutropha (3-ketothiolase, phaA or bktB; acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, phaB; and PHA synthase, phaC) were engineered for plant plastid targeting and expressed using leaf (e35S) or seed-specific (7s or lesquerella hydroxylase) promoters in Arabidopsis and Brassica. PHA yields in homozygous transformants were 12-13% of the dry mass in homozygous Arabidopsis plants and approximately 7% of the seed weight in seeds from heterozygous canola plants. When a threonine deaminase was expressed in addition to bktB, phaB and phaC, a copolyester of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate was produced in both Arabidopsis and Brassica.
Monsanto Company, Agricultural Sector, St. Louis, MO 63198, USA.
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D000102:Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020118:Cupriavidus necator / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D006720:Homozygote; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D018515:Plant Leaves; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011091:Polyesters / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012639:Seeds
D011091:Polyesters; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C023744:acetoacetyl-CoA reductase; D000217:Acyltransferases; C077225:poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase; D000102:Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase