Modular Pathway Engineering of Bacillus subtilis to Promote de Novo Biosynthesis of Menaquinone-7

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 70-81

  Yang, Shaomei ^a   Cao, Yingxiu ^a   Sun, Liming ^b   Li, Congfa ^c   Lin, Xue ^c   Cai, Zhigang ^d   Zhang, Guoyin ^d   Song, Hao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

^c HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chifeng   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis 168; glycerol metabolism pathway; menaquinone 7; methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway; MK 7 biosynthesis pathway; modular pathway engineering; shikimate (SA) pathway

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; MENAQUINONE; MENAQUINONE 7; PHOSPHATE; SHIKIMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FARNOQUINONE; VITAMIN MK 7;

AROA GENE; AROD GENE; AROE GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHBB GENE; DXR GENE; DXS GENE; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLPD GENE; MENA GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YACM GENE; YACN GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SHIKIMIC ACID; VITAMIN K 2;

EID: 85060135976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00258     Document Type: Article

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