The fruits of molecular physiology: Engineering the L-isoleucine biosynthesis pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-182

  Eggeling, Lothar ^a   Morbach, Susanne ^a   Sahm, Hermann ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid production; Flux increase; Isoleucine; Limiting reactions; Metabolite flux; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ISOLEUCINE; METABOLIC FLUX;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ISOLEUCINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 0343581287     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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