Decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetaldehyde for ethanol production by hyperthermophiles

Biomolecules

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 578-596

  Eram, Mohammad S ^a,b   Ma, Kesen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Alcohol fermentation; Ethanol; Hyperthermophiles; Pyruvate; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOFUEL; COCARBOXYLASE; FERREDOXIN; PROTEOME; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLOSTRIDIUM; DECARBOXYLATION; GEOBACILLUS; HANSENIASPORA; HYPERTHERMOPHILE; KLUYVEROMYCES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOCOCCUS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARCHAEA; CLOSTRIDIA; GEOBACILLUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 84981268921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom3030578     Document Type: Review

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