Benzene containing polyhydroxyalkanoates homo- and copolymers synthesized by genome edited Pseudomonas entomophila

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  • Rui Shen
  • Longwei Cai
  • Dechuan Meng
  • Linping Wu
  • Kai Guo
  • Guoxing Dong
  • Lei Liu
  • Jinchun Chen
  • Qiong Wu
  • Guoqiang Chen

Microbial synthesis of functional polymers has become increasingly important for industrial biotechnology. For the first time, it became possible to synthesize controllable composition of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (P3HA) consisting of 3-hydroxydodecanoate (3HDD) and phenyl group on the side-chain when chromosome of Pseudomonas entomophila was edited to weaken its β-oxidation. Cultured in the presence of 5-phenylvaleric acid (PVA), the edited P. entomophila produced only homopolymer poly(3-hydroxy-5-phenylvalerate) or P(3HPhV). While copolyesters P(3HPhV-co-3HDD) of 3-hydroxy-5-phenylvalerate (3HPhV) and 3-hydroxydodecanoate (3HDD) were synthesized when the strain was grown on mixtures of PVA and dodecanoic acid (DDA). Compositions of 3HPhV in P(3HPhV-co-3HDD) were controllable ranging from 3% to 32% depending on DDDA/PVA ratios. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra clearly indicated that the polymers were homopolymer of P(3HPhV) and random copolymers of 3HPhV and 3HDD. Their mechanical and thermal properties varied dramatically depending on the monomer ratios. Our results demonstrated the possibility to produce tailor-made, novel functional PHA using the chromosome edited P. entomophila.

Original languageEnglish
JournalScience China Life Sciences
Volume57
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)4-10
Number of pages7
ISSN1674-7305
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2014

    Research areas

  • Benzene, Chromosomes, Bacterial, Culture Media, Genome, Bacterial, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Pseudomonas

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