Engineering the biological conversion of methanol to specialty chemicals in Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2017, Pages 49-59

  Whitaker, W Brian ^d   Jones, J Andrew ^a,c   Bennett, R Kyle ^d   Gonzalez, Jacqueline E ^d   Vernacchio, Victoria R ^a   Collins, Shannon M ^a   Palmer, Michael A ^d   Schmidt, Samuel ^d   Antoniewicz, Maciek R ^d   Koffas, Mattheos A ^a,b   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Methanol; Methylotrophy; Pathway engineering for substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; METHANOL; SUBSTRATES;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; E. COLI; GLYCOLYTIC INTERMEDIATE; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLOTROPHY; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION;

METHANOL FUELS;

CARBON; METHANOL; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; NARINGENIN; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE (ACCEPTOR); ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS METHANOLICUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVANONES; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANOL;

EID: 84992321320     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.10.015     Document Type: Article

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