Enhanced production of n-alkanes in escherichia coli by spatial organization of biosynthetic pathway enzymes

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 192, Issue Part A, 2014, Pages 187-191

  Rahman, Ziaur ^a   Sung, Bong Hyun ^b   Yi, Ji Yeun ^a,b   Bui, Le Minh ^a   Lee, Jun Hyoung ^a   Kim, Sun Chang ^a  

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

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Biofuel; Chimeric expression; DNA scaffold; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; BIOFUELS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CHIMERIC EXPRESSION; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ALKANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84909944947     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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