Metabolic engineering of ammonium assimilation in xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae improves ethanol production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4732-4736

  Roca, Christophe ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a   Olsson, Lisbeth ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; METABOLISM;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AMMONIUM ASSIMILATION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DILUTION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS CULTURE; GDH1 GENE; GDH2 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLN1 GENE; GLT1 GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMMONIA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NAD; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLOSE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0041528246     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4732-4736.2003     Document Type: Article

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