Metabolic engineering for the synthesis of steviol glycosides: current status and future prospects

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2021, Pages 5367-5381

  Zhou, Xuan ^a   Gong, Mengyue ^a   Lv, Xueqin ^a   Liu, Yanfeng ^a   Li, Jianghua ^a   Du, Guocheng ^a   Liu, Long ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathways; Enzyme Engineering; Metabolic engineering; Steviol glycosides; Uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferases

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FOOD ADDITIVES; LIPIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SUGARS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES; SENSORY PROPERTIES;

GLYCOSIDES;

GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KAURENOIC ACID; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE; UDP DEPENDENT GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; STEVIOSIDE;

BIOENGINEERING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENE EXPRESSION; PROCESSING;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; STEVIA;

DITERPENES, KAURANE; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT LEAVES; STEVIA;

EID: 85110817654     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11419-3     Document Type: Review

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