Escherichia coli engineered to synthesize isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate from mevalonate: A novel system for the genetic analysis of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-67

  Campos, N ^a   Rodriguez Concepcion M ^a   Sauret Gueto S ^a   Gallego, F ^a   Lois, L M ^a   Boronat, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; ychB; ygbB; ygbP

Indexed keywords

2 C METHYL DEXTRO ERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; 5 DIPHOSPHOMEVALONATE DECARBOXYLASE; 5 PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMETHYLALLYL DIPHOSPHATE; GENE PRODUCT; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONATE KINASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN YCHB; PROTEIN YGBB; PROTEIN YGBP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LETHAL MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035154356     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3530059     Document Type: Article

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