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Protein engineering strategies for microbial production of isoprenoids
Metabolic Engineering Communications, 2020 Isoprenoids comprise one of the most chemically diverse family of natural products with high commercial interest. The structural diversity of isoprenoids is mainly due to the modular activity of three distinct classes of enzymes, including prenyl ...
Georgios Daletos +1 more
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Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2017 Isoprenoids are the most abundant and highly diverse group of natural products. Many isoprenoids have been used for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, flavors, cosmetics, food additives and biofuels.
Fu-Xing Niu +3 more
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Harnessing sub-organelle metabolism for biosynthesis of isoprenoids in yeast
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2020 Current yeast metabolic engineering in isoprenoids production mainly focuses on rewiring of cytosolic metabolic pathway. However, the precursors, cofactors and the enzymes are distributed in various sub-cellular compartments, which may hamper isoprenoid ...
Chunyang Cao, Yongjin J Zhou
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Soil uptake of isoprenoids in a Eucalyptus urophylla plantation forest in subtropical China
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023 The exchange of isoprenoids, which includes isoprene, monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes, between ecosystem soils and the atmosphere plays a significant role in soil ecology and atmospheric chemistry. However, research on flux exchange rates in subtropical
Zhaobin Mu +23 more
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From flavors and pharmaceuticals to advanced biofuels: Production of isoprenoids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PDF]
Biotechnology Journal, 2013 Isoprenoids denote the largest group of chemicals in the plant kingdom and are employed for a wide range of applications in the food and pharmaceutical industry.
Yun Chen +2 more
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Leaf volatile isoprenoids: an important defensive armament in forest tree species
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2012 Current knowledge on the ecological impact of the emission of volatile isoprenoids by plants is reviewed. This trait is common to many terrestrial species but is scattered across different taxonomic groups; it appears to be related to other ecological ...
Fineschi S, Loreto F
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Microbial production of isoprenoids enabled by synthetic biology
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 Microorganisms transform inexpensive carbon sources into highly functionalized compounds without toxic by-product generation or significant energy consumption.
Cheryl M. Immethun +3 more
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Isoprenoids and Alzheimer's disease: A complex relationship
Neurobiology of Disease, 2006 Cholesterol metabolism has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neuropathology, which is characterized by amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and neuroinflammation. Indeed, the use of statins, which inhibit cholesterol and isoprenoid biosynthesis,
Robert Vassar
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Isoprenoid Metabolism and Engineering in Glandular Trichomes of Lamiaceae
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The isoprenoids play important ecological and physiological roles in plants. They also have a tremendous impact on human lives as food additives, medicines, and industrial raw materials, among others. Though some isoprenoids are highly abundant in nature,
Soheil S. Mahmoud +2 more
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Antioxidants, 2023 Plants are exposed to a variety of abiotic and biotic stresses leading to increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plant cells. ROS are capable of oxidizing proteins, pigments, lipids, nucleic acids, and other cell molecules, disrupting ...
Natalia N. Rudenko +3 more
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