title: The Escherichia coli highly expressed entD gene complements the pfaE deficiency in a pfa gene clone responsible for the biosynthesis of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
abstract: The Escherichia coli entD gene, which encodes an Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) that is involved in the biosynthesis of siderophore, is available as a high-expression ASKA clone (pCA24N::entD) constructed from the E. coli K-12 strain AG1. In E. coli DH5alpha, pCA24N::entD complemented a pfaE-deficient clone that comprised pfaA, pfaB, pfaC and pfaD, which are four of the five pfa genes that are responsible for the biosynthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid derived from Shewanella pneumatophori SCRC-2738. Sfp-type PPTases are classified into the EntD and PfaE groups, based on differences between their N-terminal-domain structures. Here, we showed that all Sfp-type PPTases may have the potential to promote the biosynthesis of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Yoshitake
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Orikasa
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuyama
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008025:Ligases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; C082662:phosphopantetheinyl transferase; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); D008025:Ligases; C061746:2,3-dihydroxybenzoate-AMP ligase, E coli