Production of tranilast [N-(3′,4′-dimethoxycinnamoyl)- anthranilic acid] and its analogs in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 989-1000

  Eudes, Aymerick ^a   Baidoo, Edward E K ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Burd, Helcio ^a   Hadi, Masood Z ^a   Collins, F William ^b   Keasling, Jay D ^a   Loqué, Dominique ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avenanthramides; Cinnamoyl anthranilate; HCBT; Recombinant yeast; Tranilast

Indexed keywords

AVENANTHRAMIDES; CINNAMOYL ANTHRANILATE; HCBT; RECOMBINANT YEAST; TRANILAST;

AMIDES; PHENOLS; YEAST;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMYL ANTHRANILATE; TRANILAST;

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALYST; GRASS; HERB; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RECOMBINATION; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARNATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SYNTHESIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIANTHUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AVENA; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79952539027     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2939-y     Document Type: Article

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