Enhancing fatty acid ethyl ester production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through metabolic engineering and medium optimization

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2200-2208

  Thompson, R Adam ^a   Trinh, Cong T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Fatty acid ethyl ester; Metabolic engineering; Nitrogen limitation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; INCREASING PRODUCTION; LIPID ACCUMULATIONS; MEDIUM OPTIMIZATION; NITROGEN LIMITATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; BIODIESEL; FATTY ACID ESTER; BIOFUEL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESTER; FATTY ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPORATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FED BATCH CULTURE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPID STORAGE; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOFUELS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84925235492     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25292     Document Type: Article

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