mBio
(Jun 2021)
ATP Drives Efficient Terpene Biosynthesis in Marine Thraustochytrids
Aiqing Zhang,
Kaya Mernitz,
Chao Wu,
Wei Xiong,
Yaodong He,
Guangyi Wang,
Xin Wang
Affiliations
Aiqing Zhang
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Kaya Mernitz
Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
Chao Wu
Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Wei Xiong
Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Yaodong He
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Guangyi Wang
ORCiD
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Xin Wang
ORCiD
Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00881-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 3
Abstract
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Terpenoids are a large class of lipid molecules with important biological functions and diverse industrial and medicinal applications. Metabolic engineering for terpene production has been hindered by the low-flux distribution to its biosynthesis pathway.
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