Outer membrane protein alkL boosts biocatalytic oxyfunctionalization of hydrophobic substrates in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5724-5733

  Julsing, Mattijs K ^a   Schrewe, Manfred ^a   Cornelissen, Sjef ^a   Hermann, Inna ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Bühler, Bruno ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL UPTAKE; BIOCONVERSION ACTIVITY; CO-EXPRESSION; COSOLVENTS; DODECANOIC ACID; E. COLI; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTRATE; METHYL ESTERS; MICROBIAL CELLS; MODEL REACTIONS; MONOOXYGENASES; OUTER MEMBRANE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYFUNCTIONALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS CHA0; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT E. COLI; RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBSTRATE SOLUBILIZATION; TWO-LIQUID-PHASE; WHOLE-CELL BIOTRANSFORMATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GENE ENCODING; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; PARAFFINS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SUBSTRATES;

FATTY ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84866153909     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00949-12     Document Type: Article

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