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Cytochromes P450 for Terpene Functionalisation and Metabolic Engineering

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Biotechnology of Isoprenoids

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Abbreviations

P450:

Cytochrome P450 dependent mono-oxygenase

POR:

NADPH dependent cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase

CYP71A1 to CYP71 clan:

Example of classification of P450s into subfamilies to clans

EST:

Expressed sequence tag

Fsp3 :

Fraction of carbon atoms in compound with sp3 hybridisation

ER:

Endoplasmatic reticulum

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Financial support was provided by the UNIK [Universitetsforskningens Investeringskapital (Investment Capital for University Research)] Center for Synthetic Biology “bioSYNergy” at the University of Copenhagen, funded by the Research Initiative of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (BH), and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (BH). Additional support was provided by a personal postdoctoral stipend awarded by the FP7 PEOPLE MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Intra-European Fellowships (IP).

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Table 2 P450s involved in terpenoid biosynthesis identified during 2013–2014
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Pateraki, I., Heskes, A.M., Hamberger, B. (2015). Cytochromes P450 for Terpene Functionalisation and Metabolic Engineering. In: Schrader, J., Bohlmann, J. (eds) Biotechnology of Isoprenoids. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 148. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2014_301

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