Cloning and Characterization of the xyl1 Gene, Encoding an NADH-Preferring Xylose Reductase from Candida parapsilosis, and Its Functional Expression in Candida tropicalis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6179-6188

  Lee, Jung Kul ^a   Koo, Bong Seong ^a   Kim, Sang Yong ^b  

^a BioNgene Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Bolak Company Limited   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYLITOLS;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; GENES; METABOLISM; POLYPEPTIDES; XYLOSE; YEAST;

ENZYMES;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; POLYPEPTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLITOL; XYLOSE; XYLOSE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS KFCC 10875; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS KFCC 10960; COENZYME; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; XYL1 GENE;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0142124355     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6179-6188.2003     Document Type: Article

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