Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) incorporating 2-hydroxybutyrate by wild-type class I PHA synthase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ralstonia eutropha</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Xuerong Han Yasuharu Satoh Toshifumi Satoh Ken’ichiro Matsumoto Toyoji Kakuchi Seiichi Taguchi Tohru Dairi Masanobu Munekata Kenji Tajima |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060–8628, Japan; |
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Abstract: | A previously established improved two-phase reaction system has been applied to analyze the substrate specificities and polymerization
activities of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases. We first analyzed the substrate specificity of propionate coenzyme A (CoA)
transferase and found that 2-hydroxybutyrate (2HB) was converted into its CoA derivative. Then, the synthesis of PHA incorporating
2HB was achieved by a wild-type class I PHA synthase from Ralstonia eutropha. The PHA synthase stereoselectively polymerized (R)-2HB, and the maximal molar ratio of 2HB in the polymer was 9 mol%. The yields and the molecular weights of the products
were decreased with the increase of the (R)-2HB concentration in the reaction mixture. The weight-average molecular weight of the polymer incorporating 9 mol% 2HB was
1.00 × 105, and a unimodal peak with polydispersity of 3.1 was observed in the GPC chart. Thermal properties of the polymer incorporating
9 mol% 2HB were analyzed by DSC and TG-DTA. T
g, T
m, and T
d (10%) were observed at −1.1°C, 158.8°C, and 252.7°C, respectively. In general, major components of PHAs are 3-hydroxyalkanoates,
and only engineered class II PHA synthases have been reported as enzymes having the ability to polymerize HA with the hydroxyl
group at C2 position. Thus, this is the first report to demonstrate that wild-type class I PHA synthase was able to polymerize
2HB. |
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