Natural and engineered production of taxadiene with taxadiene synthase

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-235

  Soliman, Sameh ^a   Tang, Yi ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic regulation; Protein engineering; Taxadiene synthase; Taxus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGELS; METABOLISM; OLEFINS;

ANTICANCER COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS; METABOLIC REGULATIONS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RATE-LIMITING ENZYMES; TAXADIENE SYNTHASE; TAXUS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALKENE; DITERPENE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; TAXA-4(5),11(12)-DIENE SYNTHASE; TAXA-4(5),11(12)DIENE;

CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TAXUS;

ALKENES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DITERPENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ISOMERASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TAXUS;

EID: 84920077579     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25468     Document Type: Review

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