Dynamic regulation of fatty acid pools for improved production of fatty alcohols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Teixeira, Paulo Gonçalves ^a   Ferreira, Raphael ^a   Zhou, Yongjin J ^a   Siewers, Verena ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dynamic control; FAA1; Fatty acid activation; Fatty alcohols; Metabolic engineering; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; CARBOXYLIC ACID REDUCTASE; COENZYME A LIGASE; FAA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FAA1 GENE; FAA4 GENE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MARINOBACTER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COENZYME A LIGASES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MARINOBACTER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 85015199381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0663-3     Document Type: Article

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