Variation of the by-product spectrum during a-ketoglutaric acid production from raw glycerol by overexpression of fumarase and pyruvate carboxylase genes in Yarrowia lipolytica

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 905-917

  Otto, Christina ^a   Yovkova, Venelina ^a   Aurich, Andreas ^b   Mauersberger, Stephan ^a   Barth, Gerold ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

A Ketoglutaric acid; Fumarase; Product selectivity; Pyruvate carboxylase; Raw glycerol; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

FUMARASE; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; RAW GLYCEROL; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

CARBON; GENES; GLYCEROL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; YEAST;

BYPRODUCTS;

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCEROL; MALIC ACID; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ALCOHOL; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACID; RECOMBINATION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCEROL; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; YARROWIA;

YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 84864584224     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4085-1     Document Type: Article

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