An engineered pathway for the biosynthesis of renewable propane

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kallio, Pauli ^a   Pásztor, András ^a   Thiel, Kati ^a   Akhtar, M Kalim ^a,c   Jones, Patrik R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BUTANOL; BUTYRALDEHYDE; PROPANE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; ALDEHYDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOFUEL; CARBOXYLIC ACID REDUCTASE; CATALASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PALMITOYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE;

ALDEHYDE; BIOFUEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; PROPANE; PROTEIN;

ANAEROCOCCUS TETRADIUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TRANSGENE;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ALDEHYDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOFUELS; CATALASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PALMITOYL-COA HYDROLASE; PROPANE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84907300434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5731     Document Type: Article

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