Role of energetic coenzyme pools in the production of l-carnitine by Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 603-618

  Canovas M ^a   Sevilla, A ^a   Bernal, V ^a   Leal, R ^a   Iborra, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Coenzyme level evolution; E. coli; l( ) Carnitine; Metabolite distribution; Primary and secondary

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; COENZYME LEVEL EVOLUTION; L(-)-CARNITINE; METABOLITE DISTRIBUTION;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCEROL; HYDRATION; METABOLITES;

ENZYMES;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; FUMARIC ACID; GLYCEROL; GLYOXYLIC ACID; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOCITRATE LYASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ACETATES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETAINE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARNITINE; COENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUMARATES; GLYCEROL; NAD; TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749500567     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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