• From Eat to trEat : engineering the mitochondrial Eat1 enzyme for enhanced ethyl acetate production in Escherichia coli 

      Kruis, Aleksander J.; Bohnenkamp, Anna C.; Nap, Bram; Nielsen, Jochem; Mars, Astrid E.; Wijffels, Rene Hubertus; van der Oost, John; Kengen, Servé W. M.; Weusthuis, Ruud A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Genetic engineering of microorganisms has become a common practice to establish microbial cell factories for a wide range of compounds. Ethyl acetate is an industrial solvent that is used in several applications, mainly ...
    • Multilevel optimisation of anaerobic ethyl acetate production in engineered Escherichia coli 

      Bohnenkamp, Anna C.; Kruis, Aleksander J.; Mars, Astrid E.; Wijffels, Rene Hubertus; van der Oost, John; Kengen, Servé W. M.; Weusthuis, Ruud A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Ethyl acetate is a widely used industrial solvent that is currently produced by chemical conversions from fossil resources. Several yeast species are able to convert sugars to ethyl acetate under aerobic ...