Production of coenzyme Q10 by recombinant E. coli harboring the decaprenyl diphosphate synthase gene from Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 933-938

  Seo, Myung Ji ^a   Im, Eun Mi ^a   Hur, Jin Haeng ^a   Nam, Jung Yeon ^a   Hyun, Chang Gu ^a,c   Pyun, Yu Ryang ^b   Kim, Soon Ok ^a  

^a Central Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Jeju Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10; Decaprenyl diphosphate synthase; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33745601375     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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