Investigation of the methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway for microbial terpenoid production through metabolic control analysis

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Volke, Daniel Christoph ^a,b   Rohwer, Johann ^c   Fischer, Rainer ^a,d   Jennewein, Stefan ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Isoprene; MEP pathway; Metabolic control analysis; Recombineering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; METHYLERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; MEVALONIC ACID; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BUTADIENE; 2-C-METHYLERYTHRITOL 4-PHOSPHATE; ERYTHRITOL; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ISPS GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BUTADIENES; ERYTHRITOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMITERPENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONIC ACID; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TERPENES;

EID: 85074614631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1235-5     Document Type: Article

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