Regulating Root Fungal Community Using Mortierella alpina for Fusarium oxysporum Resistance in Panax ginseng [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Plant-associated microbes play important roles in plant health and disease. Mortierella is often found in the plant rhizosphere, and its possible functions are not well known, especially in medical plants.
Yan Wang +13 more
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Applications of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase for Triacylglycerol Production in Mortierella alpina [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Triacylglycerol (TG) with high-value long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids is beneficial to human health; consequently, there is an urgent need to broaden its sources due to the current growing demand.
Ruilin Yu +5 more
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Molecular characterization and genetic diversity of four undescribed novel oleaginous Mortierella alpina strains from Libya [version 1; peer review: 3 approved] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2021 Background: A large number of undiscovered fungal species still exist on earth, which can be useful for bioprospecting, particularly for single cell oil (SCO) production.
Fuzia Elfituri Muftah Eltariki +2 more
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Regulation of the Leucine Metabolism in Mortierella alpina [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 The oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina is a safe source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in industrial food and feed production. Besides PUFA production, pharmaceutically relevant surface-active and antimicrobial oligopeptides were isolated from ...
Robin Sonnabend +2 more
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Characterization of NAD+/NADP+-Specific Isocitrate Dehydrogenases From Oleaginous Fungus Mortierella alpina Involved in Lipid Accumulation [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Mortierella alpina has a strong capacity for lipid accumulation. Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) plays an important role in affecting the flow of intracellular carbon sources and reducing power NADPH for lipid biosynthesis.
Xin Tang +21 more
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Autophagy Improves ARA-Rich TAG Accumulation in Mortierella alpina by Regulating Resource Allocation [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 The present study was designed to explore the possibility of improving lipid production in oleaginous filamentous fungus Mortierella alpina based on an autophagy regulation strategy.
Hengqian Lu +6 more
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Investigation on Cell Disruption Techniques and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Mortierella alpina Lipid [PDF]
Foods, 2022 Mortierella alpina, an oleaginous fungus, has been shown to be a potential source for arachidonic acid (ARA) production. The recovery of intracellular lipids from M.
Chang Chng Ong, Yen-Hui Chen
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Arachidonic acid production by the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4: A review [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Research, 2018 The filamentous fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4 is capable of accumulating a large amount of triacylglycerol containing C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Indeed, triacylglycerol production by M.
Hiroshi Kikukawa +4 more
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Expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin enhances production of arachidonic acid and lipids in Mortierella alpina [PDF]
BMC Biotechnology, 2017 Background Arachidonic acid (ARA, C20:4, n-6), which belongs to the omega-6 series of polyunsaturated fatty acids and has a variety of biological activities, is commercially produced in Mortierella alpina.
Huidan Zhang +3 more
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NADPH–Cytochrome P450 Reductase Mediates the Fatty Acid Desaturation of ω3 and ω6 Desaturases from Mortierella alpina [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2022 Fatty acid desaturases play an important role in maintaining the appropriate structure and function of biological membranes. The biochemical characterization of integral membrane desaturases, particularly ω3 and ω6 desaturases, has been limited by ...
Mingxuan Wang +3 more
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