Engineering Escherichia coli for biodiesel production utilizing a bacterial fatty acid methyltransferase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8052-8061

  Nawabi, Parwez ^a,b   Bauer, Stefan ^a   Kyrpides, Nikos ^a,b   Lykidis, Athanasios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXY FATTY ACIDS; ACYL CHAIN; ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL FATTY ACIDS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CO-EXPRESSION; ENERGY DEMANDS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; FREE ACIDS; FREE FATTY ACID; IN-VIVO; METHYL ESTERS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OVER-EXPRESSION; RENEWABLE FUELS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOESTERASES; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODIESEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GLYCEROL; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFUEL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHYL ETHERS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 83055180451     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05046-11     Document Type: Article

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