Microbial production of next-generation stevia sweeteners

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Olsson, Kim ^a,b   Carlsen, Simon ^a   Semmler, Angelika ^a   Simón, Ernesto ^a   Mikkelsen, Michael Dalgaard ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^b  

^a Evolva A/S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE UGT76G1; REBAUDIOSIDE D; REBAUDIOSIDE M; STEVIOL; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; STEVIOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEVIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; STEVIA; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85002057627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-016-0609-1     Document Type: Article

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