Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6487668 | Current Opinion in Biotechnology | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
- Advances in metabolic engineering have enabled design of microbial cell factories.
- Carbon efficiency of microbial biocatalysts is limited by metabolic CO2 losses.
- Phosphoketolase pathway engineering can facilitate enhanced carbon efficiency.
- Recent advances and prospects for phosphoketolase pathway engineering are examined.
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Authors
Calvin Andrew Henard, Emily Frances Freed, Michael Thomas Guarnieri,