Protein design in systems metabolic engineering for industrial strain development

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 523-533

  Chen, Zhen ^a   Zeng, An Ping ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic flux control; Protein design; Scaffold protein; Synthetic pathway; Systems metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

FLUX CONTROL; PROTEIN DESIGN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; SYSTEMS METABOLIC ENGINEERINGS;

DESIGN; ENZYMES; INDUSTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEINS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ACYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COHESIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA SYNTHASE; ENZYME; MEVALONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SACCHARIC ACID; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELL METABOLISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PH; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84877127500     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201200238     Document Type: Review

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