Poly-ß-hydroxybutyrate accumulation by Rhodobacter sphaeroides phase variants
| Autor: | N. V. Lebedeva, R. N. Ivanovskii, E. S. Mil’ko, E. N. Krasil’nikova, O. I. Keppen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Citrate (si)-Synthase
chemistry.chemical_classification biology Photosynthetic bacterium biology.organism_classification Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Citric acid cycle Rhodobacter sphaeroides Enzyme chemistry Biochemistry Darkness biology.protein Citrate synthase Photosynthetic bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Microbiology. 84:347-350 |
| ISSN: | 1608-3237 0026-2617 |
| DOI: | 10.1134/s002626171503011x |
| Popis: | The Rand M variants of a purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2R grown on a medium with acetate accumulate poly- β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB). Accumulation of this polymer occurs in the cells grown either anaerobically on the light or aerobically in the dark. On the medium with C/N imbalance (C/N = 4), PHB content during the stationary growth phase under aerobic conditions in the dark was 40 and 70% of the dry biomass of the R and M variant, respectively. The Rba. sphaeroides M variant is therefore a promising culture for large-scale PHB production. Investigation of activity of the TCA cycle enzymes revealed that decreased activity of citrate synthase, the key enzyme for acetate involvement in the reactions of the tricarboxylic acids cycle, was primarily responsible for enhanced PHB synthesis by Rba. sphaeroides. Moreover, the Rba. sphaeroides M variant grown under aerobic conditions in the dark exhibited considerably lower activity of NADH oxidase, which participates in the oxidation of reduced NADH produced in the TCA cycle during acetate oxidation. The combination of these two factors increases the possibilities for acetate assimilation via an alternative mechanism of PHB synthesis. |
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