Chinese Herbal Plant Genome Database

Compound: Quercetin

MF

C₁₅H₁₀O₇

MW

302.24

Function

anti-cancer, cardio-protective ,cardiovascular protection and anti-inflammatory effects

Basic Organisms

universal

Precursor

kaempferol

Host

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Synthesis Type

Complete biosynthesis

Downstream Gene

FMO, CPR

Reference

1. Rodriguez A, Strucko T, Stahlhut S G, et al. Metabolic engineering of yeast for fermentative production of flavonoids[J]. Bioresource Technology, 2017, 245: 1645-1654.
2. Stahlhut S G, Siedler S, Malla S, et al. Assembly of a novel biosynthetic pathway for production of the plant flavonoid fisetin in Escherichia coli[J]. Metabolic engineering, 2015, 31: 84-93.