Expanding the chemical diversity of natural esters by engineering a polyketide-derived pathway into Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-106

  Menendez Bravo, Simón ^a   Comba, Santiago ^a   Sabatini, Martín ^a   Arabolaza, Ana ^a   Gramajo, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Branched fatty acid; Lipid metabolism; Metabolic engineering; Mycocerosic acid; Polyketide derived molecules

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CHEMICAL DIVERSITY; FOSSIL HYDROCARBONS; LIPID METABOLISMS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PETROLEUM-BASED CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

ESTERS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER; FADD28 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; FATTY ACID; LIGASE; PAPA5 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYKETIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CARBON-SULFUR LIGASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYKETIDES;

EID: 84901346017     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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