Towards methionine overproduction in Corynebacterium glutamicum - methanethiol and dimethyldisulfide as reduced sulfur sources

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1196-1203

  Bolten, Christoph J ^a   Schröder, Hartwig ^b   Dickschat, Jeroen ^a   Wittmann, Christoph ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; MetY; NADPH; O acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; HOMOSERINE; LYASE; METHANE; METHANETHIOL; METHIONINE; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE SULFHYDRYLASE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREDICTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DISULFIDES; METHIONINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 77957051315     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1002.02018     Document Type: Article

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