Identification and overexpression of a bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase responsible for ethanol production in thermoanaerobacter mathranii

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-133

  Yao, Shuo ^a   Mikkelsen, Marie Just ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BioGasol ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bifunctional aldehyde alcohol dehydrogenase; Ethanol production; Thermoanaerobacter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER MATHRANII;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; COENZYMES; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER MATHRANII;

EID: 77957292723     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321498     Document Type: Article

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