Genetic and nutrient modulation of acetyl-CoA levels in Synechocystis for n-butanol production

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Anfelt, Josefine ^a   Kaczmarzyk, Danuta ^a   Shabestary, Kiyan ^a   Renberg, Björn ^a   Rockberg, Johan ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^b,c   Uhlén, Mathias ^a,b   Hudson, Elton P ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Butanol; Cyanobacteria; Metabolic engineering; Phosphoketolase; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; BUTANOL; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOKETOLASE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LYASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CALVIN BENSON BASSHAM PHOSPHOKETOLASE PATHWAY; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; METABOLITE PROFILING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN STARVATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNTHESIS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METABOLOME;

1-BUTANOL; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; BIOMASS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOME; NAD; NITROGEN; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84944474444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0355-9     Document Type: Article

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