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Plant Cell Environ

Title:		Metabolic engineering of volatile isoprenoids in plants and microbes
Author(s):		Vickers CE; Bongers M; Liu Q; Delatte T; Bouwmeester H;
Address:		"Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia"
Journal Title:		Plant Cell Environ
Year:		2014
Volume:		20140506
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1753 - 1775
DOI:		10.1111/pce.12316
ISSN/ISBN:		1365-3040 (Electronic) 0140-7791 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The chemical properties and diversity of volatile isoprenoids lends them to a broad variety of biological roles. It also lends them to a host of biotechnological applications, both by taking advantage of their natural functions and by using them as industrial chemicals/chemical feedstocks. Natural functions include roles as insect attractants and repellents, abiotic stress protectants in pathogen defense, etc. Industrial applications include use as pharmaceuticals, flavours, fragrances, fuels, fuel additives, etc. Here we will examine the ways in which researchers have so far found to exploit volatile isoprenoids using biotechnology. Production and/or modification of volatiles using metabolic engineering in both plants and microorganisms are reviewed, including engineering through both mevalonate and methylerythritol diphosphate pathways. Recent advances are illustrated using several case studies (herbivores and bodyguards, isoprene, and monoterpene production in microbes). Systems and synthetic biology tools with particular utility for metabolic engineering are also reviewed. Finally, we discuss the practical realities of various applications in modern biotechnology, explore possible future applications, and examine the challenges of moving these technologies forward so that they can deliver tangible benefits. While this review focuses on volatile isoprenoids, many of the engineering approaches described here are also applicable to non-isoprenoid volatiles and to non-volatile isoprenoids"
Keywords:		Biotechnology Butadienes/chemistry Escherichia coli/chemistry Hemiterpenes/chemistry *Metabolic Engineering Metabolic Networks and Pathways Monoterpenes/chemistry Pentanes/chemistry Plants/*chemistry Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry Synthetic Biology Sy;
Notes:		"MedlineVickers, Claudia E Bongers, Mareike Liu, Qing Delatte, Thierry Bouwmeester, Harro eng Review 2014/03/05 Plant Cell Environ. 2014 Aug; 37(8):1753-75. doi: 10.1111/pce.12316. Epub 2014 May 6"