Lycopene production in recombinant strains of Escherichia coli is improved by knockout of the central carbon metabolism gene coding for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2137-2145

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Nambou, Komi ^a   Wei, Liujing ^a   Cao, Jingjing ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a   Hua, Qiang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Lycopene; MEP pathway

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CARBON METABOLISMS; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE (IDI); LYCOPENES; MEP PATHWAYS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; TRANSCRIPT PROFILING;

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

GENES;

CAROTENOID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYCOPENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84887278671     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1317-0     Document Type: Article

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