Activation of glyoxylate pathway without the activation of its related gene in succinate-producing engineered Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-19

  Zhu, Li Wen ^a   Li, Xiao Hong ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Li, Hong Mei ^a   Liu, Jian Hua ^b   Yuan, Zhan Peng ^c   Chen, Tao ^d   Tang, Ya Jie ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetate kinase and phosphotransacetylase (ackA pta); Activated glyoxylate pathway; Escherichia coli; Metabolic flux analysis; Succinate

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ENGINEERED ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED-BATCH FERMENTATION; GLYOXYLATE PATHWAY; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOTRANSACETYLASE; STOICHIOMETRIC MODELS; SUCCINATE;

GENES;

ACETATE KINASE; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH CULTURE; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETATE KINASE AND PHOSPHOTRANSACETYLASE (ACKA-PTA); ACTIVATED GLYOXYLATE PATHWAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; SUCCINATE;

BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYOXYLATES; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 84882769280     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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