Bacterial microcompartment-directed polyphosphate kinase promotes stable polyphosphate accumulation in E. coli

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Liang, Mingzhi ^a,b   Frank, Stefanie ^c   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^d   Warren, Martin J ^b   Prentice, Michael B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biopolymers; Metabolic engineering; Microreactors; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

ARTIFICIAL OPERONS; BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-COMPARTMENTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; EXOPOLYPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE, E COLI; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85012190873     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600415     Document Type: Article

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