Reconstruction of an acetogenic 2,3-butanediol pathway involving a novel NADPH-dependent primary-secondary alcohol dehydrogenase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3394-3303

  Köpke, Michael ^a   Gerth, Monica L ^b   Maddock, Danielle J ^b   Mueller, Alexander P ^a   Liew, FungMin ^a   Simpson, Séan D ^a   Patrick, Wayne M ^b  

^a LanzaTech Limited   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

2 ,3-BUTANEDIOL DEHYDROGENASE; ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM AUTOETHANOGENUM; FERMENTATION PROCESS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; WHOLE CELL BIOCATALYSTS;

ACETONE;

2,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL; ACETOIN; ACETOLACTATE DECARBOXYLASE; ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); BUTANEDIOL; BUTANEDIOL DEHYDROGENASE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYLYASE; ISOPROPANOL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

ACETOIN; ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NADP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899893925     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00301-14     Document Type: Article

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