Harnessing biodiesel-producing microbes: from genetic engineering of lipase to metabolic engineering of fatty acid biosynthetic pathway

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 26-36

  Yan, Jinyong ^a   Yan, Yunjun ^a   Madzak, Catherine ^b,c   Han, Bingnan ^d  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c Université Paris Saclay   (France)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; biosynthesis; genetic engineering; lipase; metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; IMMOBILIZED LIPASE; MICROBIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALCOHOL; BIODIESEL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LIGNOCELLULOSE; OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; XYLOSE; BIOFUEL;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELL SURFACE DISPLAY; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KOMAGATAELLA PASTORIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RICE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAW; WASTE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; YEAST;

BIOFUELS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPASE; YEASTS;

EID: 84946423424     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2015.1104531     Document Type: Review

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