Boosting the free fatty acid synthesis of <it>Escherichia coli</it> by expression of a cytosolic <it>Acinetobacter baylyi</it> thioesterase
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Thioesterases remove the fatty acyl moiety from the fatty acyl-acyl carrier proteins (ACPs), releasing them as free fatty acids (FFAs), which can be further used to produce a variety of fatty acid-based biofuels, such as biodiesel, f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/5/1/76 |