Paclitaxel: biosynthesis, production and future prospects

被引:144
作者
Howat, Susan [1 ]
Park, Bora [1 ,2 ]
Oh, Il Suk [2 ]
Jin, Young-Woo [2 ]
Lee, Eun-Kyong [2 ]
Loake, Gary J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Mol Plant Sci, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Unhwa Corp, Jeonju, South Korea
基金
英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会;
关键词
PLANT-CELL CULTURE; 1ST TOTAL-SYNTHESIS; NATURAL-PRODUCT; ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; TAXOL; TAXUS; TAXADIENE; TAXA-4(5); 11(12)-DIENE; RING;
D O I
10.1016/j.nbt.2014.02.010
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Plants are capable of producing a wide variety of secondary metabolites which have a diverse range of functions that can be exploited for medicinal purposes; for example, paclitaxel is a major anti-cancer drug found in the bark of Taxus spp. There are however supply issues as the compound is only found at low concentrations (0.05%) within the plant. The complex paclitaxel biosynthetic pathway makes chemical synthesis non-commercially viable; therefore alternative biotechnological sources have been explored for production including heterologous expression systems and plant cell culture.
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