title: Cloning and molecular analysis of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthesis genes in Pseudomonas aureofaciens.
abstract: Pseudomonas aureofaciens grown on octanoate or gluconate synthesized medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs). To clone the PHA synthase gene(s) (phaC), the genomic library of P. aureofaciens was constructed using a cosmid vector. The recombinant cosmids that clone phaC were detected by the complementation with a PHA-negative mutant, P. putida GPp104. The resulting recombinant cosmid, named pVK6, contained a 13-kbp DNA insert. Genetic analysis of the pha locus in pVK6 revealed the presence of six ORFs, genes encoding two PHA synthases, 1 and 2 (phaC1 and phaC2), PHA depolymerase (phaZ), two PHA granule-associated proteins (phaF and phaI), and an unknown protein (phaD). The heterologous expression of pha genes from P. aureofaciens was confirmed. P. putida GPp104 regained the ability to accumulate PHA on introduction of pVK6. Wild-type strains P. oleovorans and P. fluorescens, which were unable to accumulate PHA when grown on gluconate, acquired the ability to accumulate PHA from gluconate when they possessed pVK6.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kohda
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhixiong
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
authors.forename: Fusako
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Kiyohito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015723:Gene Library; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011091:Polyesters / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters; D000217:Acyltransferases; C077225:poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase