Engineering a new pathway for N-acetylglucosamine production: Coupling a catabolic enzyme, glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase, with a biosynthetic enzyme, glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 828-834

  Deng, Ming De ^a   Wassink, Sarah L ^a   Grund, Alan D ^a  

^a Bio Technical Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Glucosamine; Glucosamine deaminase; Glucosamine synthase; Glucosamine 6 phosphate N Acetyltransferase; Metabolic engineering; N Acetylglucosamine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PHOSPHATES;

GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE DEAMINASE; GLUCOSAMINE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSAMINE-6-PHOSPHATE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINOSUGAR; AMMONIA; ENZYME; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33745184918     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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