Metabolic Engineering of Pseudomonas putida for Methylmalonyl-CoA Biosynthesis to Enable Complex Heterologous Secondary Metabolite Formation

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1253-1264

  Gross, Frank ^a,b,d   Ring, Michael W ^a   Perlova, Olena ^a,b   Fu, Jun ^c,d   Schneider, Susan ^c   Gerth, Klaus ^b   Kuhlmann, Silvia ^a   Stewart, A Francis ^c   Zhang, Youming ^d   Müller, Rolf ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Gene Bridges GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MICROBES

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYLMALONYL-COENZYME A; METHYLMALONYLCOENZYME A; MYXOTHIAZOL; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOCOCCALES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHACRYLATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCALES; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THIAZOLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 33845496065     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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