Pathway analysis, engineering, and physiological considerations for redirecting central metabolism

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-140

  Liao, James C ^a   Hou, Shao Yi ^a   Chao, Yun Peng ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatic amino acid; central metabolism; Escherichia coli; pathway engineering; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; phosphoenolpyruvate synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOCHEMICALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYOXYLATE CYCLE; PATHWAY ENGINEERING; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE;

METABOLISM;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULON; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0030571222     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961005)52:1<129::AID-BIT13>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Conference Paper

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