Metabolic engineering of microbes for branched-chain biodiesel production with low-temperature property

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tao, Hui ^a,b   Guo, Daoyi ^a   Zhang, Yuchen ^a,b   Deng, Zixin ^a,b,c   Liu, Tiangang ^a,b,d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^d Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Branched chain amino acid biosynthesis; Branched chain esters; E. coli; Metabolic engineering; Pichia pastoris; WS DGAT

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAINS; DIESEL FUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; YEAST;

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS; BRANCHED-CHAIN ESTER; E. COLI; PICHIA PASTORIS; WS/DGAT;

FATTY ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BIOFUEL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84933520010     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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