Production of 7-O-Methyl aromadendrin, a medicinally valuable flavonoid, in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-694

  Malla, Sailesh ^a   Koffas, Mattheos A G ^b   Kazlauskas, Romas J ^c   Kim, Byung Gee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL-COA; ACYL-COA; AGLYCONES; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CHALCONES; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; ISOMERASES; MALONYL-COA; MEDICAGO; MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS; MODIFICATION PATHWAY; NOCARDIA; OVER-EXPRESSION; P-COUMARIC ACID; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; POPULUS; SAKURANETIN; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYNTHETASES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; SUGARS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

4-COUMARIC ACID; AROMADEDRIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COUMARIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PARA COUMARIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ANTIOXIDANT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ALFALFA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NOCARDIA; PETROSELINUM; PETUNIA; STREPTOMYCES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COUMARIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NOCARDIA; PETROSELINUM; PETUNIA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOMYCES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS MACULATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA; POPULUS ALBA; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS;

EID: 84862940870     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06274-11     Document Type: Article

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