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Organisms for Biofuel Production: Natural Bioresources and Methodologies for Improving Their Biosynthetic Potentials

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Abbreviations

ACCase:

acetyl-CoA carboxylase

ACP:

acyl carrier

CoA:

coenzyme A

DGAT:

diacylglycerol acyltransferase

DHAP:

dihydroxyacetone phosphate

ENR:

enoyl-ACP reductase

FAT:

fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase

G3PDH:

gycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

GPAT:

glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase

HD:

3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase

KAR:

3-ketoacyl-ACP reductase

KAS:

3-ketoacyl-ACP synthase

LPAAT:

lyso-phosphatidic acid acyltransferase

LPAT:

lyso-phosphatidylcholine acyltransferase

MAT:

malonyl-CoA:ACP transacylase

PDH:

pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB707404), the National Key Technology R&D Research Programs (2011BAD22B02-01, 2009AA10Z101), the Natural Science Foundation of China (U1232126), and the Key Research Program of Shandong Province (2012GGF01023).

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Hu, G., Ji, S., Yu, Y., Wang, S., Zhou, G., Li, F. (2013). Organisms for Biofuel Production: Natural Bioresources and Methodologies for Improving Their Biosynthetic Potentials. In: Mukherjee, J. (eds) Biotechnological Applications of Biodiversity. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 147. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2013_245

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