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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2018

Metabolic Engineering of the Shikimate Pathway for Production of Aromatics and Derived Compounds-Present and Future Strain Construction Strategies.

Nils J H Averesch, Jens O Krömer

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Nils J H AvereschUniversities Space Research Association at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States.
Jens O KrömerDepartment of Solar Materials, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aromatic nature of shikimate pathway intermediates gives rise to a wealth of potential bio-replacements for commonly fossil fuel-derived aromatics, as well as naturally produced secondary metabolites. Through metabolic engineering, the abundance of certain intermediates may be increased, while draining flux from other branches off the pathway. Often targets for genetic engineering lie beyond the shikimate pathway, altering flux deep in central metabolism. This has been extensively used to develop microbial production systems for a variety of compounds valuable in chemical industry, including aromatic and non-aromatic acids like muconic acid,

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aromaticsmetabolic engineeringmetabolic modellingShikimate pathwaystrain construction

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PMID29632862
PMCPMC5879953

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