Biochemical, genetic, and metabolic engineering strategies to enhance coproduction of 1-propanol and ethanol in engineered Escherichia coli

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 9499-9515

  Srirangan, Kajan ^a   Liu, Xuejia ^a   Westbrook, Adam ^a   Akawi, Lamees ^a   Pyne, Michael E ^a   Moo Young, Murray ^a   Chou, C Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 Propanol; Biofuel; Escherichia coli; Genomic engineering; Glycerol; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; GENES; GLYCEROL; METABOLISM;

1-PROPANOL; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ENGINEERED ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED-BATCH CULTIVATION; GENOMIC ENGINEERINGS; HETEROLOGOUS PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; PROPANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH CULTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

1-PROPANOL; ANAEROBIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 84925541812     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6093-9     Document Type: Article

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