Functional screening of aldehyde decarbonylases for long-chain alkane production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kang, Min Kyoung ^a   Zhou, Yongjin J ^a,d   Buijs, Nicolaas A ^a,e   Nielsen, Jens ^a,b,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^e 4 Evolva A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aldehyde decarbonylase; Alkane biosynthesis; Biofuels; Metabolic engineering; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DECARBONYLASE; ALDEHYDE DEFORMYLATING OXYGENASE; ALKANE; ALKENE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE; BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; FATTY ALDEHYDE; LYASE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ALDEHYDES; ALKANES; ALKENES; BIOFUELS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXYGENASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 85019099241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0683-z     Document Type: Article

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