Combinatorial biosynthesis of legume natural and rare triterpenoids in engineered yeast

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 740-749

  Fukushima, Ery O ^a,b,c   Seki, Hikaru ^a,b,c   Sawai, Satoru ^c   Suzuki, Munenori ^a,b,c   Ohyama, Kiyoshi ^c,d   Saito, Kazuki ^c,e   Muranaka, Toshiya ^a,b,c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 epi hederagenin; Combinatorial biosynthesis; CYP72A; Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; Gypsogenic acid; Medicago truncatula; Soyasapogenol B

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 OXYGENASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GYPSOGENIC ACID; HEDERAGENIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; SAPONIN; SOYASAPOGENOL B; TRITERPENE;

4-EPI-HEDERAGENIN; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; CYP72A; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

4-EPI-HEDERAGENIN; COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; CYP72A; CYTOCHROME P450 MONOOXYGENASE; GYPSOGENIC ACID; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SOYASAPOGENOL B;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84877983328     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct015     Document Type: Article

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