Overexpression of malic enzyme (ME) of Mucor circinelloides improved lipid accumulation in engineered Rhodotorula glutinis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4927-4936

  Li, Zhi ^a   Sun, Hanxiao ^a   Mo, Xuemei ^a   Li, Xiuying ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Tian, Peng ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatty acid synthesis; Heterologous expression; Malic enzyme; Oleaginous yeast; Rhodotorula glutinis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MALIC ENZYMES; OLEAGINOUS YEASTS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION;

DNA 26S; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE 1; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STABLE EXPRESSION; YEAST CELL;

COENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; NADP; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOTORULA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 84878011874     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4571-5     Document Type: Article

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