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Science 21 June 1991:
Vol. 252. no. 5013, pp. 1675 - 1681
DOI: 10.1126/science.1904627
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Science, Vol 252, Issue 5013, 1675-1681
Copyright © 1991 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Network rigidity and metabolic engineering in metabolite overproduction

G Stephanopoulos and JJ Vallino

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.

In order to enhance the yield and productivity of metabolite production, researchers have focused almost exclusively on enzyme amplification or other modifications of the product pathway. However, overproduction of many metabolites requires significant redirection of flux distributions in the primary metabolism, which may not readily occur following product deregulation because metabolic pathways have evolved to exhibit control architectures that resist flux alterations at branch points. This problem can be addressed through the use of some general concepts of metabolic rigidity, which include a means for identifying and removing rigid branch points within an experimental framework.


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