Eliminating acetate formation improves citramalate production by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Parimi, Naga Sirisha ^a   Durie, Ian A ^a   Wu, Xianghao ^a   Niyas, Afaq M M ^a   Eiteman, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Acetyl CoA; Citramalate; Escherichia coli; Fed batch; Glucose; Pyruvate

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; CITRAMALATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL COENZYME A; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOREACTOR; CELL GROWTH; CIMA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BATCH CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ACETATES; ACETYL COENZYME A; AEROBIOSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 85021100473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0729-2     Document Type: Article

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