Functional expression and characterization of five wax ester synthases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their utility for biodiesel production

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shi, Shuobo ^a   Valle Rodríguez, Juan Octavio ^a   Khoomrung, Sakda ^a   Siewers, Verena ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; fatty acid ethyl esters; metabolic engineering; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; wax ester synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACINETOBACTERS; ACYL-COENZYMES; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; S.CEREVISIAE; SYNTHASES; THIOESTERS; WAX ESTER SYNTHASE; WAX ESTERS; YEAST CELL;

BIODIESEL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; YEAST;

SUBSTRATES;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; ESTER; ETHANOL; FATTY ACID; SUBSTRATE; WAX;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PSYCHROBACTER ARCTICUS 273-4; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84857243863     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-7     Document Type: Article

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