title: Engineering of secondary metabolite pathways.
abstract: Nature produces an astonishing wealth of secondary metabolites with important biological functions. To access this diversity of structurally complex chemical compounds for industrial and biomedical applications, cells have been engineered to produce higher levels and/or novel compounds that were previously inaccessible. Recent examples of metabolic and combinatorial engineering illustrate different strategies for the production of secondary metabolites in microbial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 140 Gortner Laboratory, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mijts
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Dannert
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D008954:Models, Biological; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D002338:Carotenoids