Engineering electron metabolism to increase ethanol production in Clostridium thermocellum

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2017, Pages 71-79

  Lo, Jonathan ^a,b   Olson, Daniel G ^a,b   Murphy, Sean Jean Loup ^a,b   Tian, Liang ^a,b   Hon, Shuen ^a,b   Lanahan, Anthony ^a,b   Guss, Adam M ^b   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium thermocellum; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; GENES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ETHANOL FORMATION; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; HYDROGENASE MATURATION; OVER-EXPRESSION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; FERREDOXIN; NICOTINAMIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 85006046049     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.10.018     Document Type: Article

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