Synthesis of flavonoid O-pentosides by Escherichia coli through engineering of nucleotide sugar pathways and glycosyltransferase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2754-2762

  Han, So Hyun ^a   Kim, Bong Gyu ^a   Yoon, Jeong A ^a   Chong, Youhoon ^a   Ahn, Joong Hoon ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLAVONOIDS; GENE ENCODING; PHENOLS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NUCLEOTIDE SUGAR; UDP-GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; UDP-GLUCURONIC ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARABINOSE; CARBOXYLYASE; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UDPGLUCURONATE DECARBOXYLASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE ARABINOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR; XYLOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARABINOSE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOXY-LYASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; XYLOSE;

EID: 84898637544     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03797-13     Document Type: Article

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