Fermentative production of L-alanyl-L-glutamine by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strain expressing L-amino acid α-ligase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6378-6385

  Tabata, Kazuhiko ^a   Hashimoto, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDES; GLUTAMINE; METABOLIC MANIPULATIONS;

CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMINO ACIDS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; ALANYLGLUTAMINE; AMINO ACID ALPHA LIGASE; AMMONIA; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM;

ALD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; DPP GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH CULTURE; FERMENTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLNB GENE; GLNE GENE; LAL GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PEPA GENE; PEPB GENE; PEPD GENE; PEPN GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTA GENE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RPOH GENE; USPA GENE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; DIPEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35448968675     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01249-07     Document Type: Article

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