Methylglyoxal bypass identified as source of chiral contamination in L(+) and D(-)-lactate fermentations by recombinant Escherichia coli

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1527-1535

  Grabar, T B ^a   Zhou, S ^b   Shanmugam, K T ^a   Yomano, L P ^a   Ingram, L O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; E. coli; Lactate; Methylglyoxal; mgsA; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; LACTATE; METHYLGLYOXAL; MGSA; POLYLACTIC ACID;

CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GLUCOSE; SALTS;

FERMENTATION;

LACTIC ACID; LYASE; METHYLGLYOXAL; METHYLGLYOXAL SYNTHETASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GLYCOLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVALDEHYDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; PEDIOCOCCUS ACIDILACTICI;

EID: 33748100868     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9122-7     Document Type: Article

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