Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of itaconate

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-165

  Otten, Andreas ^a   Brocker, Melanie ^a   Bott, Michael ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aconitase; Cis aconitate decarboxylase; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Isocitrate dehydrogenase; MalE fusion protein; Nitrogen limitation

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN; PROTEINS;

ACONITASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DECARBOXYLASES; FUSION PROTEINS; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN LIMITATION;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; ITACONIC ACID; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; ACONITATE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; VOLUMETRY; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ASPERGILLUS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEINS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SUCCINATES;

EID: 84942086056     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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