Highly efficient biosynthesis of astaxanthin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by integration and tuning of algal crtZ and bkt

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 8419-8428

  Zhou, Pingping ^a   Ye, Lidan ^a,b   Xie, Wenping ^a   Lv, Xiaomei ^a   Yu, Hongwei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Haematococcus pluvialis; Metabolic engineering; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Carotenoid hydroxylase; Carotenoid ketolase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PIGMENTS;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ASTAXANTHIN; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; HYDROXYLASES; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

YEAST;

ALGAL PROTEIN; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENOID HYDROXYLASE; CANTHAXANTHIN; ECHINENONE; KETOLASE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA-CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOID; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INOCULATION; OPTIMIZATION; YEAST;

ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BKT GENE; CODON; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRTZ GENE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; MICROBIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFORMED CELL; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ALGAE; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXYGENASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VOLVOCIDA; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84941993122     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6791-y     Document Type: Article

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