Heterologous expression of pentalenene synthase (PSS) from Streptomyces UC5319 in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-307

  Melillo, Elena ^a   Muntendam, Remco ^a,b   Quax, Wim J ^a   Kayser, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterologous expression; Pentalenene synthase; Terpenes; Xanthophyllomyces; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; CYCLASES; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; KNOCK OUTS; MUTANT STRAIN; SESQUITERPENES; SYNTHASES; TERPENES; WILD-TYPE STRAIN; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BACTERIA; OLEFINS; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CAROTENOID; PENTALENENE; PENTALENENE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SESQUITERPENE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRTE GENE; CRTYB GENE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSS GENE; STREPTOMYCES; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYCLOPENTANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SESQUITERPENES; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

STREPTOMYCES; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 84864570606     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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