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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 97, Issue 4, Pages 893-900Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21286
Keywords
polyketide; fermentation kinetics; metabolic engineering; 4 '-phosphopantetheinyl transferase
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Polyketides are a group of natural products that have gained much interest due to their use as antibiotics, cholesterol lowering agents, immunosuppressors, and as other drugs. Many organisms that naturally produce polyketides in small amounts. It is therefore of general interest to transfer polyketide synthase (PKS) genes from their natural sources into heterologous hosts that can over-produce the corresponding polyketides. In this study we demonstrate the heterologous expression of 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase (6-MSAS), naturally produced by Penicillium patulum, in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In order to activate the PKS a 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) is required. We therefore co-expressed PPTases encoded by either sfp from Bacillus subtilis or by npgA from Aspergillus nidulans. The different strains were grown in batch cultures. Growth and product concentration were measured and kinetic parameters were calculated. It was shown that both PPTases could be efficiently used for activation of PKS's in yeast as good yields of 6-MSA were obtained with both enzymes. (C) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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