Increased fatty acid unsaturation and production of arachidonic acid by homologous over-expression of the mitochondrial malic enzyme in Mortierella alpina

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1827-1834

  Hao, Guangfei ^a   Chen, Haiqin ^a,b   Du, Kai ^a   Huang, Xiaoyun ^a   Song, Yuanda ^a   Gu, Zhennan ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^c   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

Arachidonic acid; Fatty acid desaturation; Fatty acid synthesis; Mitochondrial malic enzyme; Mortierella alpina

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MALIC ENZYMES; MORTIERELLA ALPINA;

ENZYMES;

ARA; MORTIERELLA ALPINA;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MORTIERELLA;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATES; MITOCHONDRIA; MORTIERELLA; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 84905271905     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1546-x     Document Type: Article

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