Expression of poly-3-(R)-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymerase and acyl-CoA-transacylase in plastids of transgenic potato leads to the synthesis of a hydrophobic polymer, presumably medium-chain-length PHAs

Planta

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-464

  Romano, Andrea ^a,c   Van Der Plas, Linus H W ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^b   Eggink, Gerrit ^a   Mooibroek, Hans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACP CoA 3 (R) hydroxyalkanoate transacylase; Co transformation; Medium chain length poly 3 (R) hydroxyalkanoates; Pha C1 polymerase; Solanum tuberosun

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; POLYESTERS;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE-SETS; POLY-3-(R)-HYDROXYALKANOATE (PHA); TRANSGENIC CROPS;

CROPS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FARM CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; POLYESTERS; WATER REPELLENCE;

PROKARYOTA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; POTATO; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 14944386630     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1349-8     Document Type: Article

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