Engineering microbial fatty acid metabolism for biofuels and biochemicals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2018, Pages 39-46

  Marella, Eko Roy ^a   Holkenbrink, Carina ^a   Siewers, Verena ^b   Borodina, Irina ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OILS AND FATS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC COATINGS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; BIOFUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CENTRAL CARBON METABOLISMS; ENGINEERING OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CATALYSIS; OLEOCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE TYPE 1; MALONYL COENZYME A; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL OLEOCHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON METABOLISM; CENTRAL CARBON METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDOX METABOLISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOMASS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 85032821844     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.10.002     Document Type: Review

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