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[Organization and regulation of polyhydroxybutyrate/valerate biosynthesis in bacteria]
1Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290 Russia.
Mikrobiologiia
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
Recent data on the biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHB/V) and its regulation in bacteria are reviewed, with special emphasis on the properties and regulation of the relevant enzymes and their genes. Some conditions promoting the synthesis of PHB and PHB/V by natural, mutant, and recombinant producers are considered.