Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for efficient free fatty acid production from glycerol

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-91

  Wu, Hui ^a   Karanjikar, Mukund ^b   San, Ka Yiu ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Technology Holding LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fatty acid; Glycerol; Metabolic engineering; Redox bioavailability

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIODIESEL PLANTS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CARRIER PROTEINS; COFACTOR ENGINEERING; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; MICROBIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; REDOX BIOAVAILABILITY; TYPE II FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS;

GLYCEROL;

BIODIESEL; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE KINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NADK PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NADP TRANSHYDROGENASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84904576385     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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