Metabolic engineering of an acid-tolerant yeast strain Pichia kudriavzevii for itaconic acid production

Itaconic acid (IA), or 2-methylenesuccinic acid, has a broad spectrum of applications in the biopolymer industry owing to the presence of one vinyl bond and two acid groups in the structure. Its polymerization can follow a similar mechanism as acrylic acid but additional functionality can be incorpo...

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Main Authors: Wan Sun, Ana Vila-Santa, Na Liu, Tanya Prozorov, Dongming Xie, Nuno Torres Faria, Frederico Castelo Ferreira, Nuno Pereira Mira, Zengyi Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Metabolic Engineering Communications
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030119300422