A systematic optimization of medium chain fatty acid biosynthesis via the reverse beta-oxidation cycle in Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-124

  Wu, Junjun ^a   Zhang, Xia ^a   Xia, Xiudong ^b   Dong, Mingsheng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Biofuels; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology; oxidation reversal

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; CHAINS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION;

BIOCHEMICAL; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RATE-LIMITING ENZYMES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC OPTIMIZATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETATE COENZYME A LIGASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REPRESSION; HOST; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 85017449220     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.03.012     Document Type: Article

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