Isolation of a novel C18-Δ9 polyunsaturated fatty acid specific elongase gene from DHA-producing Isochrysis galbana H29 and its use for the reconstitution of the alternative Δ8 pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1823-1830

  Li, Ming ^a,b   Ou, Xiuyuan ^a   Yang, Xiangdong ^c   Guo, Dongquan ^c   Qian, Xueyan ^c   Xing, Laijun ^a   Li, Mingchun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Jilin Academy of Agriculture Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

8 desaturase; 9 elongase; Isochrysis galbana; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; The alternative 8 pathway

Indexed keywords

CO-EXPRESSION; DESATURASE; ELONGASE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; LINOLENIC; LINOLENIC ACIDS; MICROALGA; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; LINOLEIC ACID; YEAST;

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HAPTOPHYTA; LINOLEIC ACID; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 80051473471     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0626-4     Document Type: Article

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