Anaerobic production of medium-chain fatty alcohols via a β-reduction pathway

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2018, Pages 63-71

  Mehrer, Christopher R ^a   Incha, Matthew R ^a   Politz, Mark C ^a   Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA reductase; Anaerobic; Beta reduction; E. coli; Fatty alcohol; Medium chain alcohol; Oleochemical; Reverse beta oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION;

ACYL-COA; ANAEROBIC; BETA OXIDATION; BETA-REDUCTION; E. COLI; FATTY ALCOHOLS; MEDIUM-CHAIN ALCOHOLS; OLEOCHEMICAL;

CHAINS;

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; TRANS 2 ENOYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN PROTEIN, VITREOSCILLA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); VITREOSCILLA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBINS; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 85047869653     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.05.011     Document Type: Article

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