Work

Construction of a Rhodobacter sphaeroides Strain That Efficiently Produces Hydrogen Gas from Acetate without Poly(β-Hydroxybutyrate) Accumulation: Insight into the Role of PhaR in Acetate Metabolism

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: production from acetate by purple nonsulfur phototrophic bacteria. This study further suggests that polyhydroxyalkanoate is not only a storage substance for carbon and energy in bacteria, but may also act as a signaling molecule that mediates bacterial metabolic adaptations to specific environments. This notion will be helpful for understanding the physiology of polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacteria, as well as for their metabolic engineering via synthetic biology.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.00507-22

Authors: Tetsu Shimizu, Haruhiko Teramoto, Masayuki Inui

Institutions: Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Awards: Analysis of metabolic regulation by polyhydroxybutyrate as a signal molecule in purple photosynthetic bacteria, G4334663274