Recent advances in microbial production of δ-aminolevulinic acid and vitamin B12

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1533-1542

  Kang, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Junli ^a   Zhou, Jingwen ^a   Qi, Qingsheng ^b   Du, Guocheng ^a   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aminolevulinate; Biotransformation; C4 pathway; C5 pathway; Cobalamin; Escherichia coli; Metabolic engineering; Pseudomonas denitrificans

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; C4 PATHWAY; C5 PATHWAY; COBALAMIN; PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PORPHYRINS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANEMIA; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; MEDICINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; RESEARCH WORK; TRANSFORMATION; VITAMIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN B 12;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84867701461     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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