Ethanol synthesis from glycerol by Escherichia coli redox mutants expressing adhE from Leuconostoc mesenteroides

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 492-504

  Nikel, P I ^a,b   Ramirez, M C ^a   Pettinari, M J ^b   Mendez B S ^b   Galvagno, Miguel A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acetyl CoA availability; alcohol acetaldehyde dehydrogenase; Escherichia coli; glycerol metabolism; heterologous gene expression; microaerobiosis; microbial physiology

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCEROL; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL-COENZYME A AVAILABILITY; ALCOHOL-ACETALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CONDITION; E. COLI; GLYCEROL METABOLISM; HETEROLOGOUS GENE EXPRESSIONS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MICROAEROBIOSIS; MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY;

METABOLISM;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACETALDEHYDE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MUTATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; VITAMIN; YEAST;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; NONHUMAN;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

EID: 77954467461     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04668.x     Document Type: Article

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