Engineering the spatial organization of metabolic enzymes: mimicking nature's synergy

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 492-499

  Conrado, Robert J ^a   Varner, Jeffrey D ^a   DeLisa, Matthew P ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSTS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; TECHNOLOGY;

CELLULAR REACTIONS; CO LOCALIZATIONS; ENZYME SYSTEMS; ENZYME-ACTIVE SITES; GENETIC STUDIES; LIVING CELLS; MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; METABOLIC ENZYMES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NATURAL ENZYMES; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPATIAL ORGANIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ENZYMES;

ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

CHIMERA; COMPLEX FORMATION; INDUSTRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 53049107187     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.07.006     Document Type: Review

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