The ‘PHAome’

• Published in: Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 559 - 564
• Main Authors: Chen, Guo-Qiang, Hajnal, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acids; Bacteriology; Biomimetic Materials - chemical synthesis; block copolymer; E coli; Engineering; functional polymer; Genomes; Halomonas - metabolism; homopolymer; Infrastructure; Integrated approach; Internal Medicine; Laboratories; Materials Genome Initiative; Metabolism; Molecular Weight; Oxidation-Reduction; PHA; PHAome; PHAomics; PHB; Polyethylene glycol; Polyhydroxyalkanoates - biosynthesis; Polyhydroxyalkanoates - chemical synthesis; Polyhydroxyalkanoates - isolation & purification; Polymerization; Polymers; Pseudomonas - metabolism; R&D; random copolymer; Research & development; Sodium; block copolymer; homopolymer; PHAome; PHA; functional polymer; random copolymer; PHAomics; PHB; Materials Genome Initiative

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a family of polyesters synthesized by bacteria. Similarly to the genome, transcriptome, and proteome (the entire array of nucleic acids and proteins present in a cell or population of cells at a given time), the PHA spectrum exhibits diverse and dynamic modifications...