Aspergillus niger RhaR, a regulator involved in L-rhamnose release and catabolism

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5531-5540

  Gruben, Birgit S ^a   Zhou, Miaomiao ^b   Wiebenga, Ad ^b   Ballering, Joost ^a   Overkamp, Karin M ^c   Punt, Peter J ^c   De Vries, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; L rhamnose catabolism; L rhamnose release; Pectin degradation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DOWN-REGULATION; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; L-RHAMNOSE; REGULATORY GENES; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN-I; SMALL REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

GENE ENCODING;

GALACTURONIC ACID; PECTIN; PECTIN LYASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; RHAMNOSE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; RHAR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHAMNOSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84903821559     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5607-9     Document Type: Article

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