Fig. 1From: Eliminating acetate formation improves citramalate production by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli Metabolic pathways for citramalate synthesis in Escherichia coli expressing cimA coding citramalate synthase (blue). Key enzymes (and corresponding genes) are: citrate synthase (gltA), 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase (leuC), acetate kinase (ackA), phosphotransacetylase (pta), acetyl-CoA synthetase (acs), pyruvate oxidase (poxB), phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (ppsA). All strains examined in this study had deletions in the gltA, leuC and ackA genes as indicated in red Back to article page