Protein engineering for bioenergy and biomass-based chemicals

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 527-532

  Clarke, Neil D ^a  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CELLULASE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COHESIN; DOCKERIN; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLYCINE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PROLINE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

EID: 77955980687     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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