Metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce omega-3 very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-35

  Gong, Yangmin ^a   Wan, Xia ^a   Jiang, Mulan ^a   Hu, Chuanjiong ^a   Hu, Hanhua ^b   Huang, Fenghong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desaturases; Elongases; Metabolic engineering; Microorganisms; Omega 3 fatty acids; Polyketide synthase like pathway

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AURANTIOCHYTRIUM LIMACINUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; MICROBIAL GENE; MICROMONAS PUSILLA; MICROORGANISM; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; NONHUMAN; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPROLEGNIA DICLINA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FUNGI; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84906719421     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: 18732194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2014.07.001     Document Type: Review

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