title: Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production via the coexpressed phaCAB and vgb genes controlled by arabinose P promoter in Escherichia coli.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop an approach to enhance polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production via the coexpressed phaCAB and vgb genes controlled by arabinose P(BAD) promoter in Escherichia coli.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) synthesis operon, (phaCAB), from Ralstonia eutropha was overexpressed under the regulation of the arabinose P(BAD) promoter in Escherichia coli, and the vgb gene encoding bacterial haemoglobin from Vitreoscilla stercoraria (VHb) was further cloned at downstream of phaCAB to form an artificial operon. The cell dry weight (CDW), PHB content and PHB concentration were enhanced around 1.23-, 1.57-, and 1.93-fold in the engineered cell harbouring phaCAB-vgb (SY-2) upon 1% arabinose induction compared with noninduction (0% arabinose). Furthermore, by using a recombinant strain harbouring P(BAD) promoter-vgb along with native promoter-phaCAB construction, the effect of vgb expression level on PHB biosynthesis was positive correlation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results exploit the possibility to improve the PHB production by fusing the genes phaCAB-vgb from different species under the arabinose regulation system in E. coli. It also demonstrates that increase in VHb level enhances the PHB production.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We were successful in providing a new coexpressed system for PHB synthesis in E. coli. This coexpressed system could be regulated by arabinose inducer, and is more stable and cheaper than other induced systems (e.g. IPTG). Furthermore, it could be applied in many biotechnology or fermentation processes.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors: Y-T
authors: YT
authors: Horng
authors: K-C
authors: KC
authors: Chang
authors: C-C
authors: CC
authors: Chien
authors: Y-H
authors: YH
authors: Wei
authors: Y-M
authors: YM
authors: Sun
authors: P-C
authors: PC
authors: Soo
mesh_terms: D001089:Arabinose; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020118:Cupriavidus necator / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009876:Operon / Q000502:physiology; D011091:Polyesters / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates
chemical_list: D001089:Arabinose; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006420:Hemeproteins; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D011091:Polyesters; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C100771:Vgb protein, Bacteria; C003182:poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates