Metabolic engineering for the microbial production of carotenoids and related products with a focus on the rare C50 carotenoids

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4355-4368

  Heider, Sabine A E ^a   Peters Wendisch, Petra ^a   Wendisch, Volker F ^a   Beekwilder, Jules ^b   Brautaset, Trygve ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

C50 carotenoid cyclase; C50 carotenoid glucosyltransferase; C50 carotenoids; Lycopene elongase; Metabolic engineering of carotenoids

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); FREE RADICALS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; C50 CAROTENOIDS; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; CYCLASES; ELONGASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LYCOPENE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION;

PIGMENTS;

BETA CAROTENE; C30 CAROTENOID; C50 CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID; CYCLASE; ELONGASE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LYCOPENE; NORISOPRENOID; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; CAROTENOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREE RADICAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TERPENE;

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; CYCLIZATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FOOD COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HELIOBACTERIUM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UPREGULATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; BACTERIA; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

BACTERIA; CAROTENOIDS; FUNGI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANTS;

EID: 84900795390     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5693-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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