Metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for butyric acid production with high butyric acid selectivity

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-174

  Jang, Yu Sin ^a   Im, Jung Ae ^a   Choi, So Young ^a   Lee, Jung Im ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BA AA ratio; Butyrate kinase; Butyric acid; Butyric acid selectivity; Clostridium acetobutylicum; Knockout

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PH;

ACID PRODUCING; ACID PRODUCTION; BATCH FERMENTATION; BUTYRATE KINASE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DRIVING FORCES; KNOCKOUT; METABOLIC PATHWAYS;

BUTYRIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTYRATE KINASE; BUTYRIC ACID; COENZYME A; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; THIAMPHENICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BATCH FERMENTATION; BUKII GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HYDA GENE; INTRON; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84898678879     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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