A pyruvate decarboxylase gene from Aspergillus parasiticus.

نویسندگان

  • V Sanchis
  • I Vinas
  • I N Roberts
  • D J Jeenes
  • A J Watson
  • D B Archer
چکیده

A gene encoding a putative pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) was isolated from a genomic library of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus parasiticus strain SU-1. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 37% homology to PDC1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although A. parasiticus has an obligate growth requirement for oxygen, it produced ethanol in shake flask cultures indicating a response to anoxic conditions mediated by pyruvate decarboxylase.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • FEMS microbiology letters

دوره 117 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994