Positioning Bacillus subtilis as terpenoid cell factory

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 1839-1856

  Pramastya, H ^a,b   Song, Y ^a   Elfahmi, E Y ^b   Sukrasno, S ^b   Quax, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; cell factory; MEP pathway; metabolic engineering; terpenoids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ISOPRENE; LIPIDS; METABOLISM;

B.SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CELL FACTORY; ISOMERISATION; METHYLERYTHRITOL PHOSPHATE PATHWAYS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SYNTHASES; TERPENOIDS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

2 C METHYL ERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; AMORPHADIENE; CARBON; CAROTENOID; FARNOQUINONE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; TAXADIENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BUTADIENE; 2-C-METHYLERYTHRITOL 4-PHOSPHATE; ERYTHRITOL; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE;

BIOENGINEERING; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; KNOWLEDGE; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; MONOTERPENE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TERPENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ISOMERIZATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BUTADIENES; ERYTHRITOL; HEMITERPENES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TERPENES;

EID: 85096707856     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.14904     Document Type: Review

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