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. 2023 Sep 15;21:4634–4646. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.09.015

Tablee 3.

Knockout strategies for overproduction of Ethanol, Lactate and 2,3 Butanediol on syngas predicted by OptKnock with 1, 2, and 3 deletions, compared to wild type. In parenthesis is reported the % variation with respect to the wild type.

Desired product Target reactions Growth rate (h-1) Product flux (mmol/gCDW/h) CO2 emission flux (mmol/gCDW/h)
Ethanol Wild type 0.068 4.83 17.48
KAS15 0.052 (−23.5%) 5.07 (+5.0%) 17.62 (+0.8%)
KAS15, RNDR1 0.050 (−26.5%) 5.13 (+6.2%) 17.65 (+1.0%)
ACALD, PTAr, LDH 0.047 (−30.9%) 5.67 (+17.4%) 19.61 (+12.2%)
Lactate Wild type 0.068 0 17.48
ACALD, ACKr 0.048 (- 29.4%) 5.77 14.31 (−18.1%)
ACALD, ACKr, GLUDy 0.045 (−33.8%) 5.91 14.59 (−16.5%)
2,3 Butanediol Wild type 0.068 0 17.48
LDH, ACKr, ALCD2x 0.036 (−47.1%) 3.50 20.82 (+19.1%)