Production of cyanophycin in Rhizopus oryzae through the expression of a cyanophycin synthetase encoding gene

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1167-1174

  Meussen, Bas J ^a   Weusthuis, Ruud A ^a   Sanders, Johan P M ^a   De Graaff, Leo H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanophycin; Heterologous protein expression; Rhizopus oryzae; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; ANABAENA SP; ASPARTIC ACIDS; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANTS; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CYANOPHYCIN; DRY WEIGHT; ENCODING GENES; EQUIMOLAR AMOUNT; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; POLYACRYLIC ACIDS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP; SYNTHETASES; TRACE AMOUNTS; TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSFORMATION; WATER SOLUBLE FRACTION; WATER-SOLUBLE FORM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ENCODING; PROTEINS; UREA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYANOPHYCIN; CYANOPHYCIN SYNTHETASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; SERINE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMATION;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CODON; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC CODE; MYCELIUM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ORYZA SATIVA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOPUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84856395674     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3604-9     Document Type: Article

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