Beyond amino acids: Use of the Corynebacterium glutamicum cell factory for the secretion of heterologous proteins

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 258, Issue , 2017, Pages 101-109

  Freudl, Roland ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Expression platform organism; Heterologous protein secretion; Sec system; Signal peptide; Twin arginine translocation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL MEMBRANES; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; EXPRESSION PLATFORM ORGANISM; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN SECRETION; SEC SYSTEM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCATIONS;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETORY PATHWAY; BIOREACTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BIOREACTORS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MUTATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEC TRANSLOCATION CHANNELS; TWIN-ARGININE-TRANSLOCATION SYSTEM;

EID: 85014240106     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.02.023     Document Type: Article

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