Abstract:
A method of manufacturing 1,4-butanediol by an enzyme reaction system via 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, crotonyl-CoA and 4-hydroxybutyryl CoA, in this order, using a microbe and/or a culture thereof, wherein the 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA is an optically active substance, and wherein the microbe includes (1) a gene that codes enoyl-CoA hydratase, (2) a gene that codes vinylacetyl-CoA delta-isomerase, (3) a gene that codes 4-hydroxybutyryl CoA dehydratase, and (4) a gene that codes acyl-CoA reductase whose substrate specificity has an optical selectivity opposite to that of the 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA.
Abstract:
A gene is selected from the group consisting of a gene (a) that has a base sequence of sequence number 1, a gene (b) that has a base sequence such that one or more bases are deleted, substituted, or added in a base sequence of sequence number 1, wherein the gene (b) has a base sequence with an identity greater than or equal to 90% with respect to the base sequence of sequence number 1, and a gene (c) that hybridizes with a gene that has a base sequence complimentary with a gene that has a base sequence of sequence number 1 on a stringent condition, wherein the selected gene in combination with a gene that codes enoyl-CoA hydratase is able to provide a microbe or a culture of the microbe with an ability to convert 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA into 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA or 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA into 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA.