Microbial synthesis of a novel terpolyester P(LA-co-3HB-co-3HP) from low-cost substrates

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 371-380

  Ren, Yilin ^a   Meng, Dechuan ^a   Wu, Linping ^b   Chen, Jinchun ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Chen, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRYL COENZYME A; 3 HYDROXYPROPIONYL COENZYME A; COENZYME A; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; POLY(LACTIC ACID CO 3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYPROPIONATE); POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3-HYDROXYBUTYRYL-COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; LACTOYL-COENZYME A; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POINT MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; COST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POINT MUTATION; POLYESTERS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85007487761     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12453     Document Type: Article

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