Construction of a thiamine pyrophosphate high-producing strain of Aspergillus oryzae by overexpression of three genes involved in thiamine biosynthesis

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-390

  Tokui, Misato ^a   Kubodera, Takafumi ^a   Gomi, Katsuya ^b   Yamashita, Nobuo ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a  

^a Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; Thiamine biosynthesis; Thiamine production; Thiamine pyrophosphate; Thiamine pyrophosphokinase

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; THIAMINE BIOSYNTHESIS; THIAMINE PRODUCTION; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE ENCODING;

ASPERGILLUS;

COCARBOXYLASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN NMTA; PROTEIN THIA; PROTEIN THIP; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOSWITCH;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; GENES, FUNGAL; RIBOSWITCH; THIAMIN PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; THIA;

EID: 79953324324     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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