title: Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for production of enantiomerically pure (R)-(--)-hydroxycarboxylic acids.
abstract: A heterologous metabolism of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthesis and degradation was established in Escherichia coli by introducing the Ralstonia eutropha PHA biosynthesis operon along with the R. eutropha intracellular PHA depolymerase gene. By with this metabolically engineered E. coli, enantiomerically pure (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (R3HB) could be efficiently produced from glucose. By employing a two-plasmid system, developed as the PHA biosynthesis operon on a medium-copy-number plasmid and the PHA depolymerase gene on a high-copy-number plasmid, R3HB could be produced with a yield of 49.5% (85.6% of the maximum theoretical yield) from glucose. By integration of the PHA biosynthesis genes into the chromosome of E. coli and by introducing a plasmid containing the PHA depolymerase gene, R3HB could be produced without plasmid instability in the absence of antibiotics. This strategy can be used for the production of various enantiomerically pure (R)-hydroxycarboxylic acids from renewable resources.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea. leesy@mail.kaist.ac.kr
authors.forename: Sang Yup
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020118:Cupriavidus necator / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates
chemical_list: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D011091:Polyesters; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C003182:poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates; C077226:poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) depolymerase