A highly selective biosynthetic pathway to non-natural C 50 carotenoids assembled from moderately selective enzymes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Furubayashi, Maiko ^a,g   Ikezumi, Mayu ^a   Takaichi, Shinichi ^b   Maoka, Takashi ^c   Hemmi, Hisashi ^d   Ogawa, Takuya ^d   Saito, Kyoichi ^a   Tobias, Alexander V ^e   Umeno, Daisuke ^a,f  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID SYNTHASE; ENZYME VARIANT; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; CRTM PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ENZYME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84937045641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8534     Document Type: Article

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