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Production of squalene by squalene synthases and their truncated mutants in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering - 1 Feb 2015
Katabami Akinori, Li Ling, Iwasaki Miki, Furubayashi Maiko, Saito Kyoichi, Umeno Daisuke
Abstract excerpt
Squalene is a precursor of thousands of bioactive triterpenoids and also has industrial value as a lubricant, health-promoting agent, and/or drop-in biofuel. To establish an efficient Escherichia coli-based system for squalene production, we tested two different squalene synthases and their mutants in combination with precursor pathways. By co-expressing a chimeric mevalonate pathway with human or...
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