A vacuolar membrane protein affects drastically the biosynthesis of the ACV tripeptide and the beta-lactam pathway of Penicillium chrysogenum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 795-808

  Fernández Aguado, Marta ^b   Teijeira, Fernando ^a   Martín, Juan F ^b   Ullán, Ricardo V ^a  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

MFS transporter; Penicillin biosynthetic pathway; Penicillium chrysogenum; Vacuolar membrane protein

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; BETA-LACTAMS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUSION PROTEINS; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; MAJOR FACILITATOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MFS TRANSPORTER; MULTIPLE GENES; NORTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRODUCTION OF; SYNTHETASES; TRANSMEMBRANES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRANSPORTER PROTEINS; TRIPEPTIDE; VACUOLAR MEMBRANES;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION;

PROTEINS;

DELTA (LEVO ALPHA AMINO ADIPYL LEVO CYSTEINY DEXTRO VALINE); FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOPENICILLIN N; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PCBAB PROTEIN; PCBC PROTEIN; PENDE PROTEIN; PENV PROTEIN; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE CLUSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TONOPLAST;

BETA-LACTAMS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 84873990550     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4256-0     Document Type: Article

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