Team:SDU-Denmark/Tour31

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Specifications

Rewiring of the E. coli machinery

MEP pathway The biosynthesis of isoprenoids in bacteria works through the methylerythritol phosphate pathway (MEP pathway). The pathway is initiated with a condensation reaction between D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and pyruvate to produce DXP 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate and CO2 catalysed by Dxs. 1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase