Engineering precursor flow for increased erythromycin production in Aeromicrobium erythreum

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 300-312

  Reeves, Andrew R ^a   Cernota, William H ^a   Brikun, Igor A ^a   Wesley, Roy K ^a   Mark Weber, J ^a  

^a Fermalogic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coenzyme B12; Erythromycin; Metabolic engineering; Methylmalonyl CoA mutase; mutB,cobA; Strain improvement

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLMALONYL-COENZYME A; METHYLMALONYLCOENZYME A; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UROPORPHYRIN III C METHYLTRANSFERASE; UROPORPHYRIN-III C-METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROMICROBIUM; AEROMICROBIUM ERYTHREUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4544297816     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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