Pyruvate decarboxylase catalyzes decarboxylation of branched-chain 2- oxo acids but is not essential for fusel alcohol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1303-1307

  Ter Schure, Eelko G ^a,b   Flikweert, Marcel T ^c   Van Dijken, Johannes P ^c   Pronk, Jack T ^c,d   Theo Verrips, C ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; OXOACID; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BEER; CATALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOME; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031977975     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1303-1307.1998     Document Type: Article

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