A modified pathway for the production of acetone in Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 218-225

  May, Antje ^a   Fischer, Ralf Jörg ^a   Maria Thum, Simone ^b   Schaffer, Steffen ^c   Verseck, Stefan ^c   Dürre, Peter ^b   Bahl, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetone; E. coli; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

ACETYL-COA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DECARBOXYLASES; E. COLI; FED-BATCH CULTURES; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST STRAIN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; THIOESTERASES;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETONE;

ACETOACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH CULTURE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

ACETONE; ACYLTRANSFERASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 84872394631     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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