Point mutation of the xylose reductase (XR) gene reduces xylitol accumulation and increases citric acid production in Aspergillus carbonarius

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 733-739

  Weyda, István ^a   Lübeck, Mette ^a   Ahring, Birgitte K ^a,b   Lübeck, Peter S ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Citric acid; Pentose catabolic pathway; Xylitol; Xylose fermentation; Xylose reductase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRIC ACID; LYSINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUGAR INTAKE; XYLOSE REDUCTASE GENE;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CITRIC ACID; D-XYLULOSE REDUCTASE; FERMENTATION; NAD; NADP; POINT MUTATION; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

EID: 84897108287     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1415-6     Document Type: Article

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