Overexpression of the primary sigma factor gene sigA improved carotenoid production by Corynebacterium glutamicum: Application to production of β-carotene and the non-native linear C50 carotenoid bisanhydrobacterioruberin

Metabolic Engineering Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-11

  Taniguchi, Hironori ^a,b   Henke, Nadja A ^a   Heider, Sabine A E ^c   Wendisch, Volker F ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bisanhydrobacterioruberin (PubChem CID: 10930540); Decaprenoxanthin (PubChem CID: 6443309); Lycopene (PubChem CID: 446925); Protocatecuic acid (PubChem CID: 72); Thiamine (PubChem CID: 1130); carotene (PubChem CID: 5280489)

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; BISANHYDROBACTERIORUBERIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 85009882064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22140301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meteno.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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