Maximization of cell viability rather than biocatalyst activity improves whole-cell ω-oxyfunctionalization performance

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 874-884

  Kadisch, Marvin ^a   Julsing, Mattijs K ^b   Schrewe, Manfred ^a   Jehmlich, Nico ^a   Scheer, Benjamin ^a   von Bergen, Martin ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Bühler, Bruno ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

alkane monooxygenase; fatty acid methyl ester; industrial biotechnology; metabolic and reaction engineering; oxyfunctionalization; whole cell biotransformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCATALYSTS; CATALYSIS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM; STABILITY; SUBSTRATES;

FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; MONOOXYGENASES; OXYFUNCTIONALIZATION; REACTION ENGINEERING; WHOLE-CELL BIOTRANSFORMATIONS;

CELL ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; LAURIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN ALKBGT; PROTEIN ALKL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCATALYST; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; WHOLE CELL OXYFUNCTIONALIZATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LAURIC ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES;

EID: 85006067151     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.26213     Document Type: Article

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