Genetically engineered biosynthetic pathways for nonnatural C 60 carotenoids using C 5 -elongases and C 50 -cyclases in Escherichia coli

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Li, Ling ^a   Furubayashi, Maiko ^a   Wang, Shifei ^a   Maoka, Takashi ^b   Kawai Noma, Shigeko ^a   Saito, Kyoichi ^a   Umeno, Daisuke ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DECAPRENOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; SARCINAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYNTHESIS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; LYCOPENE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 85062233897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39289-w     Document Type: Article

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