Regulating expression of pyruvate kinase in Bacillus subtilis for control of growth rate and formation of acidic byproducts

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1451-1455

  Pan, Zhiwei ^a   Zhu, Tao ^b,c   Domagalski, Nathan ^b   Khan, Saleem ^d   Koepsel, Richard R ^a   Domach, Michael M ^b   Ataai, Mohammad M ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sanofi Pasteur   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE PYK MUTANT (IPYK); PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE (PEP) POOL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM (PTS);

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

GENE TRANSFER;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PH; PROMOTER REGION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRUVATE KINASE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750017570     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp060049u     Document Type: Article

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