Metabolome analysis-based design and engineering of a metabolic pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum to match rates of simultaneous utilization of d-glucose and l-arabinose

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kawaguchi, Hideo ^a   Yoshihara, Kumiko ^a   Hara, Kiyotaka Y ^a,b   Hasunuma, Tomohisa ^a   Ogino, Chiaki ^a   Kondo, Akihiko ^a,c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; l Arabinose; Metabolic engineering; Metabolome analysis; Simultaneous utilization

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ARABINOSE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; PENTOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARAR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ARABINOSE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOME;

EID: 85047063076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0927-6     Document Type: Article

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