Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli to produce zeaxanthin

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 627-636

  Li, Xi Ran ^a   Tian, Gui Qiao ^a   Shen, Hong Jie ^a   Liu, Jian Zhong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Library of tunable intergenic regions; Metabolic engineering; Substrate channeling; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYCOPENE; SPACER DNA; ZEAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CRTY GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS CRTZ; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA ANANATIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOP CODON; SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PANTOEA;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PANTOEA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 84925511388     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1565-6     Document Type: Article

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