Modulation of talA gene in pentose phosphate pathway for overproduction of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate in transformant Escherichia coli harboring phbCAB operon
2006
Song, B.G.(Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu (Korea R.)) | Kim, T.K. | Jung, Y.M. | Lee, Y.H.
The talA gene encoding transaldolase, the key enzyme in the nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway, was amplified in a transformant Escherichia coli harboring the phbCAB operon to shift the metabolic flux of the hexose mono-phosphate shunt to the odd-ball biosynthesis pathway for poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate overproduction. The PHB content in the transformant E. coli coharboring the phbCAB operon and talA gene increased from 28.2% to 52.3%, and the retarded cell growth was overcome. This increase seems to be mainly due to the concomitant supplies of the intermediates NADPH and acetyl-CoA, which are from the activated pentose phosphate pathway through the modulation of the talA gene and from the Embden-Meyerhof pathway.
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