Heterologous production of flavanones in Escherichia coli: Potential for combinatorial biosynthesis of flavonoids in bacteria

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 456-461

  Kaneko, Masafumi ^a   Hwang, Eui Il ^a   Ohnishi, Yasuo ^a   Horinouchi, Sueharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Coumarate cinnamate:CoA ligase; Chalcone; Combinatorial biosynthesis; Flavonoid Flavanone; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CINNAMIC ACID; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; ISOMERASE; NARINGENIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PINOCEMBRINE; TYROSINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GLYCYRRHIZA; NONHUMAN; RHODOTORULA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVANONES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA; HELICHRYSUM PETIOLARE; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCT; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141594681     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-003-0061-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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