Overexpression of NgAUREO1, the gene coding for aurechrome 1 from Nannochloropsis gaditana, into Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to a 1.6-fold increase in lipid accumulation

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 575-579

  Huang, Yi jiang ^a   Wang, Ling ^b   Zheng, Ming gang ^c   Zheng, Li ^c   Tong, Yan li ^c   Li, Yan ^b  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA carboxylase; Acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyl transferase; Aureochrome 1; Lipid; Long chain acyl CoA synthetase; Nannochloropsis gaditana; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CLONING; GENES; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ACYL-COA; AUREOCHROME-1; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; SYNTHETASES;

YEAST;

NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VAUCHERIA FRIGIDA;

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAMENOPILE;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; COENZYME A LIGASES; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAMENOPILES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84897085300     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1386-0     Document Type: Article

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