Acetate metabolism regulation in Escherichia coli: carbon overflow, pathogenicity, and beyond

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 8985-9001

  Bernal, Vicente ^a   Castaño Cerezo, Sara ^b   Cánovas, Manuel ^b  

^a REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetate overflow; Catabolite repression; Central metabolism; Pathogenic E. coli; Protein acetylation; Proteome reallocation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

ACETATE OVERFLOW; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CENTRAL METABOLISMS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

METABOLISM;

ACETATE COENZYME A LIGASE; ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; PYRUVIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACETATE; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MOTILITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STRESS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETATES; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84988358293     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7832-x     Document Type: Review

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