Role of the phenylalanine-hydroxylating system in aromatic substance degradation and lipid metabolism in the oleaginous fungus mortierella alpina

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3225-3233

  Wang, Hongchao ^a   Chen, Haiqin ^a   Hao, Guangfei ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Feng, Yun ^b   Wang, Yu ^a   Feng, Lu ^b   Zhao, Jianxin ^a   Song, Yuanda ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Chen, Yong Q ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SUBSTANCES; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; FUNGAL DEGRADATION; GENES ENCODING ENZYMES; LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS;

5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENCLONINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROLYASE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; PTERIN 4A CARBINOLAMINE DEHYDRATASE; PTERIN-4A-CARBINOLAMINE DEHYDRATASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITOR; LIPID; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HYDROXYLATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MORTIERELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOPTERIN; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FENCLONINE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDRO-LYASES; HYDROXYLATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MORTIERELLA; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877157927     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00238-13     Document Type: Article

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