Metabolic engineering for the production of isoprene and isopentenol by Escherichia coli

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 102, Issue 18, 2018, Pages 7725-7738

  Li, Meijie ^a,b   Nian, Rui ^a   Xian, Mo ^a   Zhang, Haibo ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Isopentenol; Isoprene; MEP; Metabolic engineering; MVA

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAGRANCES; ISOPRENE; METABOLISM; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ISOPENTENOL; OIL ADDITIVE; PLATFORM CHEMICALS; RUBBER PRODUCTION; SYNTHESIS PROCESS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BIOFUEL; ISOPENTENOL; ISOPRENE; MEVALONIC ACID; OIL; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BUTADIENE; HEMITERPENE; PENTANOL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMBUSTION; ISOPRENE; METABOLISM;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISPS GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BUTADIENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMITERPENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PENTANOLS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 85049857785     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9200-5     Document Type: Review

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