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- 3Triacylglycerol
- 2DGAT
- 2Yeast
- 1Adenosine triphosphatase
- 1Arabidopsis-thaliana
- 1Agustin, Roman, V
- 1Greer, Michael S
- 1Jewison, Timothy
- 1Nourbakhsh, Mahra
- 1Ord, Robin Wynne.
- 1Ou, Qixing
- 3Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 1Department of Biochemistry
- 1Department of Biological Sciences
- 1Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 1Department of Computing Science
- 1Department of Genetics
- 1Douglas, Donna (Department of Surgery)
- 1Gänzle, Michael (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Kneteman, Norman (Department of Surgery)
- 1Ozga, Jocelyn (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Sauvageau, Dominic (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Weselake, Randall (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Spring 2014
Metabolomics involves the high throughput characterization of small molecules or metabolites in cells, tissues and organisms. To interpret, store and exchange metabolomic data it is necessary to have comprehensive, electronically accessible databases that can be used to handle both the...
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Engineering Enhanced Performance in Plant Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase and Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase
DownloadSpring 2018
Triacylglycerol (TAG) is the major storage lipid in higher plants and has great nutritional and industrial value. Plant storage lipid biosynthesis involves different subcellular compartments and a complex network of enzymes and proteins. Among them, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound diacylglycerol...
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Inactivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida humilis in Potassium Phosphate Buffer by Pulsed Electric Fields
DownloadSpring 2016
Pulsed electric field (PEF) is a promising athermal food preservation technology, having the potential to provide a better balance between food safety and food quality. But the high cost of PEF treatment has limited the commercial application of this technology. The aim of this MSc thesis...
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Role of TG Lipases, Arylacetamide Deacetylase and Triacylglycerol Hydrolase, in Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle
DownloadSpring 2013
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease, including liver steatosis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It has become apparent that the targeting of lipid droplets (LDs) by the HCV core protein and the Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL) secretory pathway...
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The Impact of Self-Cycling Fermentation on the Production of Shikimic Acid in Populations of Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Shikimic acid is an intermediary metabolite in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids in plants and microorganisms. It is also a precursor for the production of specialty chemical ingredients used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and healthcare products. However, the current commercial method of...
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Type-1 Brassica napus Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases: Enzyme Characterization and Molecular Tools for Increasing Storage Lipid Production in Yeast
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Diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) catalyzes the final step in the acyl-CoA- dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). The level of DGAT activity may have a substantial effect on the flow of carbon into TAG in many organisms. In plants, yeast, and animals, two families of...