Single gene insertion drives bioalcohol production by a thermophilic archaeon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 17618-17623

  Basen, Mirko ^a   Schut, Gerrit J ^a   Nguyen, Diep M ^a   Lipscomb, Gina L ^a   Benn, Robert A ^a   Prybol, Cameron J ^a   Vaccaro, Brian J ^a   Poole, Farris L ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^b   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Archaea; Carbon monoxide; Hyperthermophile; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FERREDOXIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRUVIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE FERREDOXIN OXIDOREDUCTASE; BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; MALTOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

ACETATES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDES; BIOFUELS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; MALTOSE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84917691409     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413789111     Document Type: Article

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