Functional characterization of the oxaloacetase encoding gene and elimination of oxalate formation in the β-lactam producer Penicillium chrysogenum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 831-839

  Gombert, A K ^a,b,c   Veiga, T ^a,b   Puig Martinez, M ^a,b   Lamboo, F ^a,b   Nijland, J G ^b,d   Driessen, A J M ^b,d   Pronk, J T ^a,b   Daran, J M ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Kluyver Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactams; Chemostat based transcriptomics; Metabolic engineering; Oxalate; Oxaloacetate hydrolase; Penicillium chrysogenum

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID; ADIPOYL 6 AMINOPENICILLINIC ACID; BETA LACTAM; CARBON; FUNGAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE; OXALIC ACID; OXALOACETASE; OXALOACETASE HYDROLASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OAHA GENE; ORTHOLOGY; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BETA-LACTAMS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLASES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXALATES; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79959541913     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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