Efficient free fatty acid production in Escherichia coli using plant acyl-ACP thioesterases

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 713-722

  Zhang, Xiujun ^a   Li, Mai ^a   Agrawal, Arpita ^a   San, Ka Yiu ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl ACP thioesterases; E. coli; Fatty acid composition; Fatty acid production

Indexed keywords

ACYL GROUP; ACYL-ACP; CARRIER PROTEINS; E. COLI; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID PRODUCTION; FREE FATTY ACID; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; J. CURCAS; JATROPHA CURCAS; MICROBIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL CELLS; OVER-EXPRESSION; RENEWABLE CARBON SOURCES; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOESTERASES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COTTON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; STRAIN;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN THIOESTERASE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN FATA; PROTEIN FATB; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOKNEMA BUTYRACEA; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; JATROPHA CURCAS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

DIPLOKNEMA BUTYRACEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; JATROPHA CURCAS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 80555149222     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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