Disruption of the acetoacetate decarboxylase gene in solvent-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum increases the butanol ratio

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 284-291

  Jiang, Yu ^a,b   Xu, Chongmao ^a,b   Dong, Feng ^a,b   Yang, Yunliu ^a   Jiang, Weihong ^a,b   Yang, Sheng ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Research and Development Center of Industrial Biotechnology   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Acetoacetic acid decarboxylase; Acetone; Butanol ratio; Clostridium acetobutylicum; Gene disruption

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID PRODUCTIONS; ACETOACETIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ACETONE-BUTANOL-ETHANOL FERMENTATION; BUTANOL RATIO; CARBON FLUXES; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CRITICAL FACTORS; DECARBOXYLASES; ELECTRON FLOW; GENE DISRUPTION; GENERAL METHOD; INDUSTRIAL POTENTIALS; INDUSTRIAL STRAIN; METHYL VIOLOGEN; PH CONTROL; SOLVENT PRODUCTION;

ACETONE; ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; ETHANOL; GROWTH KINETICS;

ALCOHOLS;

ACETOACETATE DECARBOXYLASE; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; BUTANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETONE; BUTANOLS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SOLVENTS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 68049142960     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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