Diversifying carotenoid biosynthetic pathways by directed evolution

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-78

  Umeno, Daisuke ^a,c   Tobias, Alexander V ^a   Arnold, Frances H ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYECHINENONE; ADONIXANTHIN; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; BIXIN; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID C 30; CAROTENOID C 40; CAROTENOID SYNTHETASE; DECAPRENOXANTHIN; ECHINENONE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; FLAVUXANTHIN; GAMMA CAROTENE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYSPHEROIDENE; ISORENIERATENE; LYCOPENE; NEUROSPORAXANTHIN; NEUROSPORENE; PHOENICOXANTHIN; PHYTOENE; RETINAL; STAPHYLOXANTHIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN BETA DEXTRO DIGLUCOSIDE; ZETA CAROTENE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYCLIZATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ERWINIA; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LIBRARY; HELIOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; PARACOCCUS; PHYCOMYCETES; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; CAROTENOIDS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS;

EID: 14844342448     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.1.51-78.2005     Document Type: Review

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