Synthetic pathway for production of five-carbon alcohols from isopentenyl diphosphate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7849-7855

  Chou, Howard H ^a,b,c   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYMES; BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS; CATALYZE REACTION; ENZYMATIC REACTION; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; METABOLIC FLUX; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; NOVEL PROCESS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS;

ENZYMES; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATES;

CELL ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; HEMITERPENE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ALCOHOLS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMITERPENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84868628420     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01175-12     Document Type: Article

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