Studies on the production of branched-chain alcohols in engineered Ralstonia eutropha

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 283-297

  Lu, Jingnan ^a   Brigham, Christopher J ^a   Gai, Claudia S ^a   Sinskey, Anthony J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Methyl 1 butanol; Biofuel; Branched chain alcohol; Branched chain amino acid; Isobutanol; Ralstonia eutropha

Indexed keywords

3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL; BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON SINK; DECARBOXYLASES; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; FLASK CULTIVATION; FLASK CULTURE; GENES ENCODING; HIGHER ALCOHOLS; INTRACELLULAR CARBON; ISOBUTANOL; ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE; MUTANT STRAIN; NUTRIENT STRESS; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; WILD TYPES;

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOTTLES; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; FORESTRY; GENES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON; ISOBUTANOL; ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHORUS; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SINK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; FOSSIL FUEL; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMID; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; KETOISOVALERATE DECARBOXYLASE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BUTANOLS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PENTANOLS; PLASMIDS; POLYESTERS;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR;

EID: 84866037643     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4320-9     Document Type: Article

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