title: Construction of recombinant Escherichia coli strains for polyhydroxybutyrate production using soy waste as nutrient.
abstract: Construction and comparison of recombinant Escherichia coli strains harboring the polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) operon from Ralstonia eutropha using vectors possessing different promotors, as well as the production of PHB from soy waste by the recombinant strain, are reported. The lac promotor was the most efficient on expression of the phb operon among the three promotors studied: i.e., lac promotor, T7 promotor and the normal sigma 70 promotor. The pKS/PHB was the most efficient plasmid for phb operon expression among the three plasmids used: i.e., pKS-, pAED4, and pJM9131. It was observed that isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside was not required for the induction of the expression of phb operon. The cell dry wt and polyhydroxyalkanoate content by E. coli XL-1 Blue (pKS/PHB) were 3.025 g/L and 27.83%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory of Chirotechnology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D020118:Cupriavidus necator / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009876:Operon; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013025:Glycine max; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007220:Industrial Waste