Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of fatty acid-derived biofuels and chemicals

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-113

  Runguphan, Weerawat ^a,b   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesels; Fatty acids; Fatty alcohols; Metabolic engineering; Triacylglycerols; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; CHEMICALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SUGARS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; YEAST;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FATTY ACID ESTER; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE 1; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE 2; FATTY ALCOHOL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

BIODIESELS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; YEAST;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BIOFUELS; FATTY ACID SYNTHASES; FATTY ACIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84891829362     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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