Flavour formation in fungi: Characterisation of KlAtf, the Kluyveromyces lactis orthologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol acetyltransferases Atf1 and Atf2

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 783-792

  Van Laere, Stijn D M ^a,c   Saerens, Sofie M G ^a,c   Verstrepen, Kevin J ^a,b   Van Dijck, Patrick ^a,c   Thevelein, Johan M ^a,c   Delvaux, Freddy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aroma formation; Esters; Fermentation; Isoamyl acetate; Kluyveromyces lactis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AROMA FORMATION; FUNGAL GENOMES; ISOAMYL ACETATE; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

BEVERAGES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; ESTERS; FERMENTATION; GENES;

YEAST;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE ATF1; ALCOHOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE ATF2; PROTEIN K1ATF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETATE; ALCOHOL; CLONE; ENZYME; ESTER; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; YEAST;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEER; BIOINFORMATICS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FERMENTATION; FLAVOR; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES WALTII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CASTELII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WINE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; ESTERS; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; KLUYVEROMYCES WALTII; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 41049103976     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1366-9     Document Type: Article

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