Enhanced lycopene production in Escherichia coli engineered to synthesize isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate from mevalonate

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1025-1032

  Yoon, Sang Hwal ^a   Lee, Young Mi ^a   Kim, Ju Eun ^a   Lee, Sook Hee ^a   Lee, Joo Hee ^a   Kim, Jae Yean ^a   Jung, Kyung Hwa ^b   Shin, Yong Chul ^a,b   Keasling, Jay D ^c   Kim, Seon Won ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Amicogen Inc   (South Korea)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Lycopene; Metabolic engineering; Mevalonate pathway

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GLYCEROL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LYCOPENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONATE PATHWAY;

OLEFINS;

ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LYCOPENE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; POLYSORBATE 80; PROTEIN DIMETHYLALLYLDIPHOSPHATE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CAROTENOIDS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HEMITERPENES; MEVALONIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33747127865     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20912     Document Type: Article

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