Biosynthesis and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate block copolymer P3HB-b-P4HB |
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Authors: | Hu Die Chung Ah-Leum Wu Lin-Ping Zhang Xin Wu Qiong Chen Jin-Chun Chen Guo-Qiang |
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Institution: | MOE Key Lab of Protein Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. |
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Abstract: | Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) synthesis genes phbC and orfZ cloned from Ralstonia eutropha H16 were transformed into beta-oxidation weakened Pseudomonas putida KTOY08ΔGC, a mutant of P. putida KT2442. The recombinant P. putida strain termed KTHH06 was able to produce a short-chain-length PHA block copolymer consisting of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (P3HB) as one block and poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) (P4HB) as another block. One-dimensional and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) clearly indicated the polymer was a diblock copolymer consisting of 20 mol % P3HB as one block and 80 mol % P4HB as another one. Differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) showed that P3HB block melting temperatures (T(m)) in the block copolymer P3HB-b-P4HB was shift to low temperature compared with homopolymer P3HB and a blend of P3HB and P4HB. The block copolymer with a number average molecular weight of 50000 Da and a polydispersity of 3.1 demonstrated a better yield and tensile strength compared with that of its related random copolymer and blend of homopolymers of P3HB and P4HB. |
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