title: Inactivation of type I polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase in Aeromonas hydrophila resulted in discovery of another potential PHA synthase.
abstract: Aeromonas hydrophila CGMCC 0911 possessing type I polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase (PhaC) produced only PHBHHx from lauric acid but not from glucose. Medium-chain-length (mcl) PHA was produced from lauric acid or glucose only when PhaC of A. hydrophila was inactivated, indicating the existence of another PHA synthase in the wild type. Using PCR cloning strategy, the potential PHA synthase gene (phaC (mcl)) was obtained from genomic DNA of the wild type and exhibited strong homology to type II PHA synthase genes of Pseudomonas strains. The phaC (mcl) gene was PCR subcloned into plasmid pBBR1MCS2 and expressed in a PHA-negative mutant of Pseudomonas putida. Recombinant P. putida synthesized mcl PHA from gluconate or octanoate. This result proved that wild type A. hydrophila possessed another type II PHA synthase, which was responsible for the synthesis of mcl PHA, besides type I PHA synthase.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China. drhfqing@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fengqing
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000201:enzymology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000217:Acyltransferases; C077225:poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase