Systematic engineering of phytochelatin synthesis and arsenic transport for enhanced arsenic accumulation in E. coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 780-785

  Singh, Shailendra ^a,b,c   Kang, Seung Hyun ^a   Lee, Wonkyu ^a,d   Mulchandani, Ashok ^a   Chen, Wilfred ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioremediation; Glutathione; Heavy metals; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; CONTROL STRAIN; E. COLI; GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONES; HIGH AFFINITY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHELATINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SYNTHETASES; SYSTEMATIC ENGINEERING;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; THIOL; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; CHELATING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; CHELATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHELATING AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYTOCHELATINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 77449106166     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22585     Document Type: Article

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