Bioengineering of bacterial polymer inclusions catalyzing the synthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3116-3121

  Hooks, David O ^a   Blatchford, Paul A ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYMERS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; SYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; SYNTHESIS REACTION;

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKALINITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; POLYMER; PURIFICATION; RECOMBINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; EPIMERASE; HEXOSAMINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYASE; MICROSPHERE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; N-ACETYLMANNOSAMINE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINATE LYASE; N-ACYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE 2-EPIMERASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; PYRUVIC ACID;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PH; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOENGINEERING; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEXOSAMINES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSPHERES; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OXO-ACID-LYASES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYMERS; PYRUVIC ACID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84876322623     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03947-12     Document Type: Article

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