Glucaric acid is a type of organic acid found naturally in some fruits and vegetables. It has properties that can help promote a healthy balance in your body. Full definition
However, they had to carefully time the shutdown so that the cell population would be large enough to produce a substantial amount of glucaric acid. (sciencedaily.com)
«The idea is to autonomously stop the cells from growing, midway through the production run, so that they can really focus all the available glucose sugars into glucaric acid production,» Gupta says. (sciencedaily.com)
Prather's lab has previously engineered E. coli to produce glucaric acid by adding three genes — one each from yeast, mice, and a strain of bacteria called Pseudomonas syringae. (sciencedaily.com)