A transformant produced by introducing a chorismate pyruvate-
lyase gene comprising
DNA (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) and a 4-
hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase gene comprising
DNA (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j) into a Hydrogenophilus bacterium can utilize
carbon dioxide as a sole
carbon source to produce
protocatechuic acid with high efficiency. (a)
DNA that comprises the
nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; (b) DNA that comprises a
nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity with SEQ ID NO:1 and encodes a polypeptide having a chorismate pyruvate-
lyase activity; (c) DNA that encodes a polypeptide comprising the
amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2; (d) DNA that encodes a polypeptide comprising an
amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity with SEQ ID NO:2 and having a chorismate pyruvate-
lyase activity; (e) DNA that encodes a polypeptide comprising an
amino acid sequence having the deletion, substitution,
insertion or addition of 1 to 10 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2 and having a chorismate pyruvate-lyase activity; (f) DNA that comprises the
nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:3; (g) DNA that comprises a nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity with SEQ ID NO:3 and encodes a polypeptide having a 4-
hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase activity; (h) DNA that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:4; (i) DNA that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity with SEQ ID NO:4 and having a chorismate pyruvate-lyase activity; and (j) DNA that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having the deletion, substitution,
insertion or addition of 1 to 30 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:4 and having a 4-
hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase activity.