Biochemical characterization of a mutant of the yeast Pichia anomala derepressed for melic acid utilization in the presence of glucose

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Amador, Paula ^a   Borges, Francisco ^a   Côrte Real, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Derepressed mutant; Glucose utilization; Malic acid utilization; Metabolic regulation; Pichia anomala; Yeast

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ENDOMYCETALES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GROWTH; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MELICA; PICHIA ANOMALA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0030221997     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00226-1     Document Type: Article

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