Perspectives of biotechnological production of L-tyrosine and its applications

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 751-762

  Lütke Eversloh, Tina ^a,b   Santos, Christine Nicole S ^a   Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acids; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Escherichia coli; Metabolic engineering; Tyrosine; Tyrosine phenol lyase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCATALYSTS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLITES;

AROMATIC AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TYROSINE; TYROSINE PHENOL LYASE;

AMINO ACIDS;

CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA; PHENOL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; SERINE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE PHENOL LYASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCATALYST; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SHORT SURVEY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TYROSINE; TYROSINE PHENOL-LYASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36349029157     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1243-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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