Boosting the free fatty acid synthesis of Escherichia coli by expression of a cytosolic Acinetobacter baylyi thioesterase

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zheng, Yanning ^a,b   Li, Lingling ^a,c   Liu, Qiang ^a,c   Qin, Wen ^c   Yang, Jianming ^a,b   Cao, Yujin ^a   Jiang, Xinglin ^a,b   Zhao, Guang ^a   Xian, Mo ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baylyi; Active site residues; Escherichia coli; Free fatty acid; Substrate specificity; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTERS; ACTIVE-SITE RESIDUES; FREE FATTY ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOESTERASES;

ALCOHOLS; BIODIESEL; CLONING; FERMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAFFINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOFUEL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; LIPID; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871981323     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-76     Document Type: Article

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