Metabolic engineering of Kluyveromyces lactis for L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) biosynthesis

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rosa, Júlio César Câmara ^a   Colombo, Lívia Tavares ^a   Alvim, Mariana Caroline Tocantins ^a   Avonce, Nelson ^b,c   Van Dijck, Patrick ^b,c   Passos, Flávia Maria Lopes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Institute of Botany and Microbiology   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kluyveromyces lactis; L ascorbic acid; L galactose; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; ASCORBIC ACID; EPIMERASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; GDP GALACTOSE PHOSPHORYLASE; GDP MANNOSE 3,5 EPIMERASE; GPD1 PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; LACTOSE; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GDP-L-GALACTOSE PHOSPHORYLASE, ARABIDOPSIS; PHOSPHATASE; VTC4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST; YEAST CELL; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KLUYVEROMYCES; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASCORBIC ACID; KLUYVEROMYCES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84879073792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-59     Document Type: Article

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