Engineering Biosynthesis Mechanisms for Diversifying Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 565-574

  Chen, Guo Qiang ^a,b   Hajnal, Ivan ^a   Wu, Hong ^a   Lv, Li ^a   Ye, Jianwen ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; PHA; PHB; Synthetic biology; oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPOLYMERS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COSTS; FATTY ACIDS;

BIOSYNTHESIS MECHANISM; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HIGH CELL DENSITY; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; REDUCED PRODUCTION; SYNTHESIS PATHWAYS;

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; ACETOACETYL COA; ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENOME; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CUPRIAVIDUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HALOMONAS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CUPRIAVIDUS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HALOMONAS; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA;

EID: 84942115924     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.07.007     Document Type: Review

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