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Identification and characterization of a novel biotin biosynthesis gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2005
Wu Hong, Ito Kiyoshi, Shimoi Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells generally cannot synthesize biotin, a vitamin required for many carboxylation reactions. Although sake yeasts, which are used for Japanese sake brewing, are classified as S. cerevisiae, they do not require biotin for their growth. In this study, we identified a novel open reading frame (ORF) in the genome of one strain of sake yeast that we speculated to be involved in biotin...
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