Expression of plasmid-encoded aad in Clostridium acetobutylicum M5 restores vigorous butanol production.

doi:10.1128/jb.176.18.5843-5846.1994

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Expression of plasmid-encoded aad in Clostridium acetobutylicum M5 restores vigorous butanol production.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1994

Nair R V, Papoutsakis E T

Abstract excerpt

Mutant M5 of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824, which produces neither butanol nor acetone and is deficient in butyraldehyde dehydrogenase (BYDH), acetoacetate decarboxylase, and acetoacetyl-coenzyme A:acetate/butyrate:coenzyme A-transferase activities, was transformed with plasmid pCAAD, which...

Topics

Alcohol Oxidoreductases
Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
Bacterial Proteins
Butanols
Clostridium
Fermentation
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Complementation Test
Molecular Weight
Multienzyme Complexes
Mutation
Plasmids

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