Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the synthesis of short chain fatty acids

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 347-358

  Leber, Christopher ^a   Da Silva, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorenewable chemicals; Homo sapiens fatty acid synthase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Short chain fatty acids; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

BIORENEWABLE; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SHORT-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; THIOESTERASES;

BIODIVERSITY; CHAINS; CHEMICALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDSTOCKS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

YEAST;

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FASN PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLUCOSE; PALMITOYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPHEA; CUPHEA PALUSTRIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; RAT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CUPHEA PALUSTRIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMO SAPIENS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE, TYPE I; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PALMITOYL-COA HYDROLASE; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84890806590     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25021     Document Type: Article

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