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Engineering Haloferax mediterranei as an Efficient Platform for High Level Production of Lycopene

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Lycopene attracts increasing interests in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries due to its anti-oxidative and anti-cancer properties. Compared with other lycopene production methods, such as chemical synthesis or direct extraction from plants,
Zhen-Qiang Zuo, Zhen-Qiang Zuo, Qiong Xue, Qiong Xue, Jian Zhou, Da-He Zhao, Jing Han, Jing Han, Hua Xiang, Hua Xiang   +9 more
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A New Era for Using Natural Pigments: The Case of the C50 Carotenoid Called Bacterioruberin

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Haloarchaea are extremophilic microorganisms belonging to the Archaea domain that require high salt concentrations to live, thus inhabiting ecosystems like salty ponds, salty marshes, or extremely salty lagoons. They are more abundant and widely distributed worldwide than initially expected.
Micaela Giani, Elena Valdés, José María Miralles‐Robledillo, Guillermo Martínez, Carmen Pire, Rosa María Martínez‐Espinosa   +5 more
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Isolation and functional characterisation of banana phytoene synthase genes as potential cisgenes [PDF]

Planta, 2012
Carotenoids occur in all photosynthetic organisms where they protect photosystems from auto-oxidation, participate in photosynthetic energy transfer and are secondary metabolites. Of the more than 600 known plant carotenoids, few can be converted into vitamin A by humans and so these pro-vitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) are important in human nutrition ...
Mlalazi, Bulukani, Welsch, Ralf, Namanya, Priver, Khanna, Harjeet, Geijskes, Jason, Harrison, Mark, Harding, Rob, Dale, James, Bateson, Marion   +8 more
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Combining systems and synthetic biology for in vivo enzymology

The EMBO Journal
Enzymatic parameters are classically determined in vitro, under conditions that are far from those encountered in cells, casting doubt on their physiological relevance. We developed a generic approach combining tools from synthetic and systems biology to
Sara Castaño-Cerezo, Alexandre Chamas, Hanna Kulyk, Christian Treitz, Floriant Bellvert, Andreas Tholey, Virginie Galéote, Carole Camarasa, Stéphanie Heux, Luis F Garcia-Alles, Pierre Millard, Gilles Truan   +11 more
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cDNA cloning and expression analyses of phytoene synthase 1, phytoene desaturase and ζ-carotene desaturase genes from Solanum lycopersicum KKU-T34003 [PDF]

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2013
We report on the cloning of Psy1, Pds and Zds cDNAs encoding the enzymes responsible for lycopene biosynthesis,namely phytoene synthase 1 (PSY1), phytoene desaturase (PDS) and -carotene desaturase (ZDS), respectively, from high-lycopene tomato cultivar,
Krittaya Supathaweewat, Preekamol Klanrit   +1 more
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Analysis of al-2 mutations in Neurospora.

PLoS ONE, 2011
The orange pigmentation of the fungus Neurospora crassa is due to the accumulation of the xanthophyll neurosporaxanthin and precursor carotenoids.
Violeta Díaz-Sánchez, Alejandro F Estrada, Danika Trautmann, M Carmen Limón, Salim Al-Babili, Javier Avalos   +5 more
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Genetic stability developed for β-carotene synthesis in BR29 rice line using dihaploid homozygosity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Obtaining transgenic crop lines with stable levels of carotenoids is highly desirable. We addressed this issue by employing the anther culture technique to develop dihaploid lines containing genes involved in β-carotene metabolism.
Karabi Datta, Gayetri Sahoo, Sellappan Krishnan, Moumita Ganguly, Swapan K Datta   +4 more
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A C35 Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway [PDF]

, 2003
Upon coexpression with Erwinia geranylgeranyldiphosphate (GGDP) synthase in Escherichia coli, C30 carotenoid synthase CrtM from Staphylococcus aureus produces novel carotenoids with the asymmetrical C35 backbone.
Arnold, Frances H., Umeno, Daisuke
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A Comprehensive Review on Nutrition, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Food Application Perspectives of Bioactive Rich Superfruits

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The review critically evaluated and compared the selected superfruit phytochemistry, their bioactive composition and the key health benefits majorly emphasizing the antioxidant potential. It has highlighted the translational challenges in formulating functional foods by addressing the issues related to delivery system, bioavailability mechanism and the
Sharath Kumar Nagaraja, Javid Iqbal Mir, Mahendra Kumar Verma, Aamir Hussain Dar   +3 more
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In silico identification and analysis of phytoene synthase genes in plants

Genetics and Molecular Research, 2015
In this study, we examined phytoene synthetase (PSY), the first key limiting enzyme in the synthesis of carotenoids and catalyzing the formation of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate in terpenoid biosynthesis. We used known amino acid sequences of the PSY gene in tomato plants to conduct a genome-wide search and identify putative candidates in 34 sequenced ...
Y, Han, Q S, Zheng, Y P, Wei, J, Chen, R, Liu, H J, Wan   +5 more
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