| abstract |
REFERS TO A RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM CHARACTERIZED BY: A) HAVING PHOSPHOCETOLASE ACTIVITY; B) (i) HAVE AN EMBDEN-MEYERHOF-PARNAS (EMPP) ROUTE, ii) HAVE NO PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE ACTIVITY; C) i) HAVE A REDUCED OR INACTIVATED OXIDATIVE BRANCH OF THE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY, ii) DO NOT HAVE GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; D) HAVE ACTIVITY OF FRUCTOSE-1,6-BISPHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; E) IT IS ABLE TO CONVERT ACETYL-COA INTO ACETONE; F) IT IS ABLE TO CONVERT ACETONE INTO ISOBUTENE; G) IT IS ABLE TO CONVERT ACETONE INTO PROPENE. IT ALSO REFERS TO A METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACETONE, ISOBUTENE, PPROPENE FROM GLUCOSE. |