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Biosynthesis of Novel Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) Containing Alkoxy Groups by Pseudomonas oleovorans

  • Kim, Do-Young;Nam, Jin-Sik;Rhee, Young-Ha;Kim, Young-Baek
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.632-635
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    • 2003
  • Novel poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates), PHAs, having either methoxy or ethoxy groups as the terminal hydrophilic moieties, were biosynthesized by Pseudolnons oleovorans. grown either solely with 11-alkoxyundecanoic acid or 8-alkoxyoctanoic acid, or grown with a mixture of 6-alkoxyhexanoic acid and nonanoic acid. The PHA synthesized from 11-methoxyundecanoic acid consisted of 88 mol% 3-hydroxy-7-methoxyheptanoate and 12 mol% 3-hydroxy-9-methoxynonanoate. However, the PHA produced from 11-ethoxyundecanoic acid consisted of 56 mol% 3-hydroxy-5-ethoxypentanoate and 44 mol% 3-hydroxy-7-ethoxyheptanoate. The high solubility of the PHAs in methanol and ethanol indicated that the alkoxy groups in the side chains resulted in the formation of PHAs with an enhanced hydrophilicity.

Culture Conditions Affecting the Molecular Weight Distribution of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Synthesized by Alcaligenaes sp. SH-69

  • Yoon, Joo Seok;Park, Sang Kyu;Kim Young Baek;Maeng, Hack Young;Rhee, Young Ha
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.279-283
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    • 1996
  • The weight average molecular weight of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) synthesized by Alcaligenes sp. SH-69 was altered between $3.2$\times$10^5$ and $1.1$\times$10^6$ depending upon various culture conditions. It appeared that culture conditions favorable for the efficient production of copolyesters promoted the formation of higher molecular weight copolyesters. Polydispersity indices of isolated copolyesters were in the range of 1.5 to 2.5.

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Cometabolic Production of Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoates) Containing Carbon-Carbon Double and Triple Bonds by Pseudomonas oleovorans

  • Kim, Do-Young;Kim, Young-Baek;Rhee, Young-Ha
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.518-521
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    • 2002
  • Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) copolyesters containing both carbon-carbon double and carbon-carbon triple bonds were produced by Pseudomonas oleovorans grown in mixtures of 10-undecynoic acid (10-UND($\equiv$)) and 10-undecenoic acid (10-UND(=)). The PHA content in the dry cells was usually 40 wt%. The bioconversion yield of ($10-UND({\equiv})$) to PHA by P. oleovorans was remarkably enhanced from 1% to over 24% as the fraction of 10-UND(=) in the carbon substrate mixtures increased from 0 to 50%. These values were higher than those obtained when P. oleovorans was grown in the same molar mixtures of ($10-UND({\equiv})$) and nonanoic acid (NA), indicating that 10-UND(=) was more efficient than NA as a cosubstrate in inducing cometabolic PHA production.

Production of Medium-chain-length Poly (3-hydroxyalkanoates) by Pseudomonas sp. EML8 from Waste Frying Oil (Pseudomonas sp. EML8 균주를 이용한 폐식용류로부터 medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) 생합성)

  • Kim, Tae-Gyeong;Kim, Jong-Sik;Chung, Chung-Wook
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.90-99
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    • 2021
  • In this study, to reduce the production cost of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (PHA), optimal cell growth and PHA biosynthesis conditions of the isolated strain Pseudomonas sp. EML8 were established using waste frying oil (WFO) as the cheap carbon source. Gas chromatography (GC) and GC mass spectrometry analysis of the medium-chain-length PHA (mcl-PHAWFO) obtained by Pseudomonas sp. EML8 of WFO indicated that it was composed of 7.28 mol% 3-hydrxoyhexanoate, 39.04 mol% 3-hydroxyoctanoate, 37.11 mol% 3-hydroxydecanoate, and 16.58 mol% 3-hydroxvdodecanoate monomers. When Pseudomonas sp. EML8 were culture in flask, the maximum dry cell weight (DCW) and the mcl-PHAWFO yield (g/l) were showed under WFO (20 g/l), (NH4)2SO4 (0.5 g/l), pH 7, and 25℃ culture conditions. Based on this, the highest DCW, mcl-PHAWFO content, and mcl-PHAWFO yield from 3-l-jar fermentation was obtained after 48 hr. Similar results were obtained using 20 g/l of fresh frying oil (FFO) as a control carbon source. In this case, the DCW, the mcl-PHAFFO content, and the mcl-PHAFFO yields were 2.7 g/l, 62 wt%, and 1.6 g/l, respectively. Gel permeation chromatography analysis confirmed the average molecular weight of the mcl-PHAWFO and mcl-PHAFFO to be between 165-175 kDa. Thermogravimetric analysis showed decomposition temperature values of 260℃ and 274.7℃ for mcl-PHAWFO and mcl-PHAFFO, respectively. In conclusion, Pseudomonas sp. EML8 and WFO could be suggested as a new candidate and substrate for the industrial production of PHA.

Biosynthesis of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains

  • Park, Si-Jae;Lee, Sang-Yeop
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.735-738
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    • 2001
  • Metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains harboring a plasmid containing a novel artificial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) operon consisting of the Aeromonas PHA biosynthesis related genes and Ralstonia eutropha reductase gene were developed for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HHx)] from dodecanoic acid. By applying stepwise reduction of dissolved oxygen concentration (DOC) during the fermentation, the final dry cell weight, PHA concentration, and PHA content of 79 g/L, 21.5 g/L, and 27.2 wt%, respectively, were obtained in 40.8 h, which resulted in the PHA productivity of 0.53 g/L/h. The 3HHx fraction slowly increased during the fed-batch culture to reach a final value of 10.8 mol%. The 3HHx fraction in the copolymer could be increased by three fold when the Aeromonas hydrophila orfl gene was co-expressed with the PHA biosynthesis genes.

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