Engineered isoprenoid pathway enhances astaxanthin production in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Wang, Chia Wei ^a   Oh, Min Kyu ^a   Liao, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Geranylgeranyl diphosphate; Isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase; Isoprenoids; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; ENZYME KINETICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ISOMERIZATION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASTAXANTHIN PRODUCTION; ISOPRENOID PATHWAY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ASTAXANTHIN; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOMERISM; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND ISOMERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0033585443     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990120)62:2<235::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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