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From: An improved kinetic model for the acetone-butanol-ethanol pathway of Clostridium acetobutylicum and model-based perturbation analysis

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The acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) pathway of C. acetobutylicum . Reactions are represented by bold arrows and denoted by symbols from R1 to R21. The acidogenic reactions are R9 and R18 (catalyzed by PTA-AK and PTB-BK, respectively), generating acetate and butyrate respectively. The two acids are reassimilated through R7 and R17 (the reverse paths of R9 and R18), or directly converted to acetyl-CoA and butyryl-CoA through R8 and R15 (catalyzed by CoAT). The solventogenic reactions are R11, R16 and R19 (catalyzed by AAD, AADC and BDH, respectively), generating ethanol, acetate and butanol respectively. And R14 is a lumped reaction consisted of reactions catalyzed by BHBD, CRO and BCD [14]

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