Synthesis of medium-chain length (C6–C10) fuels and chemicals via β-oxidation reversal in Escherichia coli

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 465-475

  Kim, Seohyoung ^a   Clomburg, James M ^a   Gonzalez, Ramon ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuels and chemicals; Medium chain acids; Medium chain alcohols; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology; Oxidation reversal

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COENZYME A; FUEL; GLYCEROL; HYDROLYASE; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXADECANAL DEHYDROGENASE (ACYLATING);

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OPTICAL DENSITY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 84922429494     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1589-6     Document Type: Article

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