Ustilago maydis produces itaconic acid via the unusual intermediate trans-aconitate

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 116-126

  Geiser, Elena ^a   Przybilla, Sandra K ^b   Friedrich, Alexandra ^b   Buckel, Wolfgang ^b   Wierckx, Nick ^a   Blank, Lars M ^a   Bölker, Michael ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CARBOXY MUCONATE LACTONIZING ENZYME; ACONITATE DECARBOXYLASE; ACONITIC ACID; CARBOXYLYASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; ITACONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; USTILAGO MAYDIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; USTILAGO;

ACONITIC ACID; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ISOMERISM; SUCCINATES; USTILAGO;

EID: 84953231041     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12329     Document Type: Article

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