Role of malic enzyme during fatty acid synthesis in the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2672-2678

  Hao, Guangfei ^a   Chen, Haiqin ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^c   Gu, Zhennan ^a,b   Song, Yuanda ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Yong Q ^a,b,d  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING;

FATTY ACID CONTENTS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MALIC ENZYMES; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; OLEAGINOUS FUNGI; OVER-EXPRESSION; RATE-LIMITING ENZYMES; RATE-LIMITING STEPS;

ENZYMES;

FATTY ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORTIERELLA;

FATTY ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORTIERELLA;

EID: 84898652689     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00140-14     Document Type: Article

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