Metabolic engineering of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for n-butanol production from maltose and soluble starch by overexpressing α-glucosidase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 6155-6165

  Yu, Le ^a   Xu, Mengmeng ^a   Tang, I Ching ^b   Yang, Shang Tian ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Bioprocessing Innovative Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Butanol; Clostridium tyrobutyricum; Maltose; Metabolic engineering; Soluble starch; Glucosidase

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CLONING; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; MALTOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PRODUCTIVITY;

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BATCH FERMENTATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; CLOSTRIDIUM TYROBUTYRICUM; GLUCOSIDASE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PARENTAL STRAINS; SOLUBLE STARCH;

STARCH;

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BUTANOL; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; STARCH;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; SOLUBILIZATION;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BATCH FERMENTATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TYROBUTYRICUM; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; CLOSTRIDIUM TYROBUTYRICUM;

1-BUTANOL; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TYROBUTYRICUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MALTOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; STARCH;

EID: 84932194401     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6680-4     Document Type: Article

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