Engineering of the carotenoid pathway in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous leading to the synthesis of zeaxanthin

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 103-111

  Pollmann, Hendrik ^a   Breitenbach, Jürgen ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Pathway engineering; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOTTLES; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; STABILIZATION;

CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON OPTIMIZATION; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; SHAKING-FLASK CULTURE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; ZEAXANTHIN;

PIGMENTS;

BETA CAROTENE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAROTENOID; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; SPORE; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BASIDIOSPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRTE GENE; CRTYB GENE; CRTZ GENE; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; ISOMER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST; YEAST CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 84982166189     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7769-0     Document Type: Article

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