Strategies for Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for β-Carotene Biosynthesis [PDF]
Moleculesβ-Carotene has extensive applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. Traditional chemical synthesis methods face challenges such as byproduct residues and high costs, whereas natural extraction is constrained by low yields and ...
Jiali Liu +6 more
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Bioconversion of carotenoids into high-value crocins using a marine sponge carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary Carotenoids and apocarotenoids are widespread specialized metabolites, yet animals, including sponges, lack the ability to synthesize carotenoids de novo and must obtain them from dietary or microbial sources. The roles of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) in marine animals remain largely unexplored. A CCD from the marine sponge Suberites
Moreno-Giménez E +11 more
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Beyond pigments and perfumes: engineering in the carotenoid and apocarotenoid spectrum, novel enzymes, and synthetic biology strategies [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyCarotenoids and apocarotenoids constitute a structurally and functionally sundry class of isoprenoids whose significance extends from photosynthetic light capture and photoprotection to phytohormone signaling, flavor and aroma formation, and emerging ...
Baradwaj Ravi Gopal, Zhen Q. Wang
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An evolutionarily diverged CCD4 enzyme negatively regulates mesocotyl elongation in rice. [PDF]
New PhytolNew Phytologist, Volume 249, Issue 4, Page 1569-1579, February 2026.
Zhang Y +10 more
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Occurrence and Chemical Synthesis of Apocarotenoids from Mucorales: A Review
Natural Product Communications, 2017 Apocarotenoids are metabolites originated by degradation of carotenes through the loss of carbon atoms placed at the side chain of their structure as consequence of oxydative reactions.
Alejandro F Barrero +2 more
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Plants, 2021 Carotenoids and apocarotenoids are diverse classes of compounds found in nature and are important natural pigments, nutraceuticals and flavour/aroma molecules. Improving the quality of crops is important for providing micronutrients to remote communities
Andrew J Simkin, Simkin Andrew J
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Co-regulatory network analysis of the main secondary metabolite (SM) biosynthesis in Crocus sativus L. [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSaffron (Crocus sativus L.) is being embraced as the most important medicinal plant and the commercial source of saffron spice. Despite the beneficial economic and medicinal properties of saffron, the regulatory mechanism of the correlation of TFs and ...
Mahsa Eshaghi, Sajad Rashidi-Monfared
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Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo: An Outstanding Scientist and Mentor. [PDF]
Microb BiotechnolMicrobial Biotechnology, Volume 19, Issue 4, April 2026.
Avalos J, Corrochano LM.
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Elucidation of the interaction of apocarotenoids with calf thymus DNA by biophysical techniques and in vitro study in MCF-7 cells to explore their potential in cancer therapy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2023 Objective(s): DNA is one of the targets of cancer-therapeutic small molecules. Cisplatin, a DNA intercalator, is one of the first-line drugs in the cancer chemo regimen which comes with health-compromising side effects during chemotherapy.
Jill Mathew, Siva Ramamoorthy
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Fortification and bioaccessibility of saffron apocarotenoids in potato tubers
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Carotenoids are C40 isoprenoids with well-established roles in photosynthesis, pollination, photoprotection, and hormone biosynthesis. The enzymatic or ROS-induced cleavage of carotenoids generates a group of compounds named apocarotenoids, with an ...
Lourdes Gómez Gómez +20 more
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