Putting bugs to the blush: Metabolic engineering for phenylpropanoid-derived products in microorganisms

Bioengineered

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  van Summeren Wesenhagen, Philana V ^a   Marienhagen, Jan ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Combinatorial biosynthesis; Coumarins; Flavonoids; Lignans; Metabolic engineering; Phenylpropanoids; Plant natural products; Stilbenes; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIOXYGENASE; FLAVONOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLPROPANOID; RESVERATROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ANTHOCYANIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENYLPROPANOIDS; PLANT; PLANT NATURAL PRODUCTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANTHOCYANINS; COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; COUMARINS; FLAVONOIDS; LIGNANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHENYLPROPANOIDS; PLANT NATURAL PRODUCTS; STILBENES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANTHOCYANINS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHENOLS; PLANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STILBENES;

EID: 84887533280     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bioe.23885     Document Type: Note

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