IGEM:IMPERIAL/2009/Sun cream

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Phase 1 - Compounds/threshold/detection
Tocochromanols are only synthesised in photosynthetic organisms; they are powerful antioxidants that protect the organism against reactive oxygen species (ROS). There has been successful reproduction of the biosynthetic pathway in E.coli through characterisation of the genes involved by knock-out and mutant studies. E.coli would be the chassis of choice.

Table from Ref #1 :

'Table 1. Strains and plasmids used in this work.' [a] Commercial strain. [b] Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ). [c] A kind gift from Prof. Forchhammer, Universität-Gießen (Germany). 