Analysis and manipulation of aspartate pathway genes for L-lysine overproduction from methanol by Bacillus methanolicus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6020-6026

  Nærdal, Ingemar ^a,c   Netzer, Roman ^a   Ellingsen, Trond E ^a,b   Brautaset, Trygve ^a  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Affitech AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATES; ASPARTOKINASE; CODING REGION; DECARBOXYLASES; DL-METHIONINE; FEEDBACK INHIBITION; GENE PRODUCTS; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GROWTH MEDIUM; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; L-LYSINE; L-LYSINE PRODUCTION; MUTANT STRAIN; OVER-EXPRESSION; PATHWAY GENES; PROMOTER REGION; SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; SHAKE FLASKS; SIX GENES; SYNTHASES; TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BOTTLES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; METHANOL;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ASPARTIC ACID; LYSINE; METHANOL;

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METHANOL; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACILLUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LYSINE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANOL; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS METHANOLICUS;

EID: 80052707251     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05093-11     Document Type: Article

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