The redox-sensing protein Rex, a transcriptional regulator of solventogenesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 749-761

  Wietzke, Mandy ^a   Bahl, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABE fermentation; Biofuel; Butanol; ClosTron; Redox regulation

Indexed keywords

ABE FERMENTATIONS; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; BIFUNCTIONAL; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRON; DE-REPRESSION; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; IN-SILICO; IN-VITRO; MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAYS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; N-BUTANOL; REDOX REGULATION; SOLVENTOGENESIS; SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA; STATIONARY PHASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS; WILD TYPES;

ACETONE; BIOFUELS; BUTENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN; METABOLISM; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTANOL; HYDROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDOX SENSING TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR REX PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGANIC ACID; PROTEIN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOLVENTOGENESIS;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; BUTANOLS; BUTYRIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ETHANOL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84867579077     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4112-2     Document Type: Article

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