Enzyme mechanism as a kinetic control element for designing synthetic biofuel pathways

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 222-227

  Bond Watts, Brooks B ^a   Bellerose, Robert J ^a   Chang, Michelle C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79952910616     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.537     Document Type: Article

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