Pentanol isomer synthesis in engineered microorganisms. Export

@article{citeulike:6044865, abstract = {Pentanol isomers such as 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol are a useful class of chemicals with a potential application as biofuels. They are found as natural by-products of microbial fermentations from amino acid substrates. However, the production titer and yield of the natural processes are too low to be considered for practical applications. Through metabolic engineering, microbial strains for the production of these isomers have been developed, as well as that for 1-pentanol and pentenol. Although the current production levels are still too low for immediate industrial applications, the approach holds significant promise for major breakthroughs in production efficiency.}, author = {Cann, Anthony F. and Liao, James C.}, citeulike-article-id = {6044865}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-009-2262-7}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19859707}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19859707}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/12j0h28815366852}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1007/s00253-009-2262-7}, issn = {1432-0614}, journal = {Applied microbiology and biotechnology}, keywords = {engineering, isomer, metabolic, microorganism, pentanol, review, synthesis}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 09:03:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Pentanol isomer synthesis in engineered microorganisms.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-009-2262-7}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6044865 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6044865 N2 - Pentanol isomers such as 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol are a useful class of chemicals with a potential application as biofuels. They are found as natural by-products of microbial fermentations from amino acid substrates. However, the production titer and yield of the natural processes are too low to be considered for practical applications. Through metabolic engineering, microbial strains for the production of these isomers have been developed, as well as that for 1-pentanol and pentenol. Although the current production levels are still too low for immediate industrial applications, the approach holds significant promise for major breakthroughs in production efficiency. JF - Applied microbiology and biotechnology SN - 1432-0614 TI - Pentanol isomer synthesis in engineered microorganisms. KW - engineering KW - isomer KW - metabolic KW - microorganism KW - pentanol KW - review KW - synthesis AU - Cann, Anthony AU - Liao, James PY - 2009/10/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-009-2262-7 ER -