Efficient utilization of pentoses for bioproduction of the renewable two-carbon compounds ethylene glycol and glycolate

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-87

  Pereira, Brian ^a   Li, Zheng Jun ^a,b   De Mey, Marjan ^a,c   Lim, Chin Giaw ^a,e   Zhang, Haoran ^a,f   Hoeltgen, Claude ^a,d   Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Manus Biosynthesis   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Glycolate; Hemicellulose; Metabolic engineering; Renewable; Xylose

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLENE; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYOLS; STRAIN; XYLOSE;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; ENGINEERED STRAINS; GLYCOLATES; HEMICELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE FRACTION; RENEWABLE; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ARABINOSE; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; DNA FRAGMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUCOSE; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSE; HYDROXY ACID OXIDASE A; LACTALDEHYDE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PENTOSE; RHAMNOSE; XYLOSE; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOENERGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PENTOSES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84953285830     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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