The imminent role of protein engineering in synthetic biology

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-549

  Foo, Jee Loon ^a   Ching, Chi Bun ^a   Chang, Matthew Wook ^a   Leong, Susanna Su Jan ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Metabolic engineering; Protein engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TARGET MOLECULE;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; ENZYMES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ENZYME;

BIOENGINEERING; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN;

BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84857503105     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.09.008     Document Type: Review

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