Biosynthesis of (-)-5-Hydroxy-equol and 5-Hydroxy-dehydroequol from Soy Isoflavone, Genistein Using Microbial Whole Cell Bioconversion

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2883-2890

  Lee, Pyung Gang ^a   Kim, Joonwon ^a   Kim, Eun Jung ^a   Lee, Sang Hyuk ^a   Choi, Kwon Young ^b   Kazlauskas, Romas J ^c   Kim, Byung Gee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYDEHYDROEQUOL; 5 HYDROXYEQUOL; DAIDZEIN REDUCTASE; DIHIDRODAIDZEIN REDUCTASE; DIHYDRODAIDZEIN RACEMASE; EQUOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVAN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; RACEMASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TETRAHYDRODAIDZEIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IDRONOXIL; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENANTIOMER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE FLORA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTUM YIELD; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SLACKIA ISOFLAVONICONVERTENS; WHOLE CELL; ACTINOBACTERIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EQUOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYTOESTROGENS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85034656529     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00624     Document Type: Article

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