Prospects and progress in the production of valuable carotenoids: Insights from metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and computational approaches

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 266, Issue , 2018, Pages 89-101

  Sankari, Mohan ^a   Rao, Priya Rajendra ^a   Hemachandran, Hridya ^a   Pullela, Phani Kumar ^b   Doss C, George Priya ^a   Tayubi, Iftikhar Aslam ^c   Subramanian, Babu ^a   Gothandam, K M ^a   Singh, Pooja ^d   Ramamoorthy, Siva ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesis; Carotenoids; Metabolic engineering; Omics technology; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; CAROTENOGENESIS; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOIDS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; OMICS TECHNOLOGIES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

CAROTENOID; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LYCOPENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARROT; CYCLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

CAROTENOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85038872611     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.12.010     Document Type: Review

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