Genetic engineering of the complete carotenoid pathway towards enhanced astaxanthin formation in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous starting from a high-yield mutant

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 345-350

  Gassel, Sören ^a   Breitenbach, Jürgen ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid pathway; Pathway engineering; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITES;

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOGENESIS; CAROTENOID PATHWAY; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PRECURSOR SUPPLY; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

PIGMENTS;

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE;

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PIGMENT; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRECURSOR; VITAMIN METABOLISM; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST;

HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84891857645     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5358-z     Document Type: Article

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