Systematically Engineering Escherichia coli for Enhanced Production of 1,2-Propanediol and 1-Propanol

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 746-756

  Jain, Rachit ^a   Sun, Xinxiao ^b   Yuan, Qipeng ^b   Yan, Yajun ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

1,2 propanediol; 1 propanol; biofuels; Escherichia coli; metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYASE; PROPANOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON; ENZYME; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PROPANEDIOL DEHYDRATASE;

ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

1-PROPANOL; BIOFUELS; CARBON; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NAD; PLASMIDS; PROPANEDIOL DEHYDRATASE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 84934999495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb500345t     Document Type: Article

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