Engineering nonphosphorylative metabolism to generate lignocellulose-derived products

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 247-253

  Tai, Yi Shu ^a   Xiong, Mingyong ^a   Jambunathan, Pooja ^a   Wang, Jingyu ^a   Wang, Jilong ^a   Stapleton, Cole ^a   Zhang, Kechun ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 2 KETOACID DECARBOXYLASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARABINOSE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLYASE; GALACTURONIC ACID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE; 1,4-BUTANEDIOL; 2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; BUTANEDIOL; HEXURONIC ACID; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ARABINOSE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXURONIC ACIDS; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; XYLOSE;

EID: 84957622111     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2020     Document Type: Article

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