Characterizing MttA as a mitochondrial cis-aconitic acid transporter by metabolic engineering

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-104

  Steiger, Matthias G ^a,b,c   Punt, Peter J ^c,d   Ram, Arthur F J ^c   Mattanovich, Diethard ^a,b   Sauer, Michael ^a,b,e  

^a AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch DNA Biotech   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aconitate; Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus terreus; Doxycycline; Itaconate; Itaconic acid; Mitochondrial carrier protein; Trans aconitic acid

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

ACONITATE; ACONITIC ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; DOXYCYCLINE; ITACONATE; ITACONIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER PROTEINS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ACONITIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; ITACONIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MTTA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ACONITIC ACID; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84959222878     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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