Engineered reversal of the β-oxidation cycle for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7360, 2011, Pages 355-359

  Dellomonaco, Clementina ^a   Clomburg, James M ^a   Miller, Elliot N ^a   Gonzalez, Ramon ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; BUTANOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COENZYME A; FUEL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MALONYL COENZYME A; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; CONDENSATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; FUEL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOFUELS; BUTANOLS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80051941601     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10333     Document Type: Article

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