Impaired growth on glucose of a pyruvate dehydrogenase-negative mutant of Kluyveromyces lactis is due to a limitation in mitochondrial acetyl-coenzyme A uptake

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Zeeman, Anne Marie ^a,b   Luttik, Marijke A H ^b   Pronk, Jack T ^b   Van Dijken, Johannes P ^b   Yde Steensma, H ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetyl coenzyme A transport; Crabtree effect; Kluyveromyces lactis; Pyruvate dehydrogenase; Trichloroacetic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARNITINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; KLUYVEROMYCES; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; KLUYVEROMYCES; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0032774716     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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