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Erratum to Production of isobutanol from crude glycerol by a genetically-engineered Klebsiella pneumoniae strain

  • Baek Rock Oh
  • , Sun Yeon Heo
  • , Sung Mok Lee
  • , Won Kyung Hong
  • , Jang Min Park
  • , You Ree Jung
  • , Dae Hyuk Kim
  • , Jung Hoon Sohn
  • , Jeong Woo Seo
  • , Chul Ho Kim
  • Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

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Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae was engineered to produce isobutanol from crude glycerol as a sole carbon source by expressing acetolactate synthase (ilvIH), keto-acid reducto-isomerase (ilvC) and dihydroxy-acid dehydratase (ilvD) from K. pneumoniae, and α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase (kivd) and alcohol dehydrogenase (adhA) from Lactococcus lactis. Engineered K. pneumonia, {increment}ldhA/pBR-iBO (ilvIH-ilvC-ilvD-kivd-adhA), produced isobutanol (160 mg l-1) from crude glycerol. To increase the yield of isobutanol, we eliminated the 2,3-butanediol pathway from the recombinant strain by inactivating α-acetolactate decarboxylase (adc). This further engineering step improved the yield of isobutanol from 160 to 320 mg l-1. This represents the first successful attempt to produce isobutanol from crude glycerol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)397-402
Number of pages6
JournalBiotechnology Letters
Volume36
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014.02

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Crude glycerol
  • Genetic engineering
  • Isobutanol
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Biological Sciences

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