Animal degradation of microbial storage polyhydroxyalkanoates
Caroline Zeidler, Harald R Gruber-Vodicka, Dolma Michellod, Grace D’Angelo, Stefan Becker, Henry Berndt, Juliane Wippler, Marlene Violette, Manuel Kleiner, Alba Porta-Fidalgo, Rebekka S Janke, Kristina Weinert, Manuel Liebeke, Nicole Dubilier, Maggie Sogin · 2026
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Description
A wide range of microorganisms produce storage biopolymer polyhydroxyalkanoates (sPHAs) as carbon and energy reserves. However, only bacteria and fungi are known to degrade microbial sPHAs, using enzymes called polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases (PHADs). Here we show that some animals also have PHADs that can degrade sPHAs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Caroline Zeidler, Harald R Gruber-Vodicka, Dolma Michellod, Grace D’Angelo, Stefan Becker, Henry Berndt, Juliane Wippler, Marlene Violette, Manuel Kleiner, Alba Porta-Fidalgo, Rebekka S Janke, Kristina Weinert, Manuel Liebeke, Nicole Dubilier, Maggie Sogin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |