Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase: The application of a plant secondary metabolite enzyme in biocatalytic chemical synthesis

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-48

  Lange, Kerstin ^a,b   Schmid, Andreas ^b   Julsing, Mattijs K ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Cannabinoids; Natural product synthesis; Oxidase; Two liquid phase setup

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; HEMP; METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

BIOCATALYSIS; CANNABINOIDS; NATURAL PRODUCT SYNTHESIS; OXIDASE; TWO-LIQUID-PHASE;

LIQUIDS;

CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; DELTA(1)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID SYNTHASE; DELTA(9)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; DRONABINOL; ISOMERASE; PLANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COVALENT BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED BATCH FERMENTATION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOLUBILIZATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PICHIA;

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; PICHIA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84978794729     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.06.022     Document Type: Article

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