Pyruvate decarboxylase encoded by the PDC1 gene contributes, at least partially, to the decarboxylation of α-ketoisocaproate for isoamyl alcohol formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-85

  Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukushige, Tomoyuki ^b   Yonezawa, Toshihiko ^b   Sakai, Yoshiko ^a   Okawa, Katsuya ^a   Iwamatsu, Akihiro ^a   Sone, Hidetaka ^a   Tamai, Yukio ^a  

^a KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Kirin Seagram Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decarboxylase; Isoamyl alcohol; PDC1 gene; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; ketoisocaproate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; FERMENTATION; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; YEAST;

DECARBOXYLATION;

ENZYMES;

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; FLAVORING AGENT; GENE PRODUCT; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034883338     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.92.83     Document Type: Article

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