Malic enzyme activity is not the only bottleneck for lipid accumulation in the oleaginous fungus Mucor circinelloides

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3063-3072

  Rodríguez Frómeta, Rosa Amarilis ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Adrián ^a   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Garre, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Leucine metabolism; Oleaginous fungi

Indexed keywords

AUXOTROPHIC STRAINS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; OLEAGINOUS FUNGI; RATE-LIMITING STEPS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS;

LEUCINE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NUCLEIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LIPID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION SITE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LEUCINE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUCOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84876684046     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4432-2     Document Type: Article

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