Fatty alcohols for wax esters in Marinobacter aquaeolei VT8: Two optional routes in the wax biosynthesis pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 7055-7062

  Lenneman, Eric M ^a   Ohlert, Janet M ^a   Palani, Nagendra P ^a   Barney, Brett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL-COENZYMES; BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENE DELETION; MARINOBACTER; REACTION UNDER; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS; WAX ESTERS;

ALCOHOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION;

ESTERS;

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; SUBSTRATE;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; ESTER; FATTY ALCOHOL; WAX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MARINOBACTER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MARINOBACTER; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WAXES;

EID: 84886663126     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02420-13     Document Type: Article

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