Fatty Acid and Alcohol Metabolism in Pseudomonas putida: Functional Analysis Using Random Barcode Transposon Sequencing
Mitchell G. Thompson, Matthew R. Incha, Allison N. Pearson, Matthias Schmidt, William A. Sharpless, Christopher B. Eiben, Pablo Cruz‐Morales, Jacquelyn M. Blake-Hedges, Yuzhong Liu, Catharine A. Adams, Robert W. Haushalter, Rohith N. Krishna, Patrick Lichtner, Lars M. Blank, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Adam M. Deutschbauer, Patrick M. Shih, Jay D. Keasling
Abstract
, a comprehensive understanding of the genetic basis of its versatile metabolism is essential. Here, we provide functional evidence for the putative roles of hundreds of genes involved in the fatty acid and alcohol metabolism of the bacterium. These data provide a framework facilitating precise genetic changes to prevent product degradation and to channel the flux of specific pathway intermediates as desired.