References
- Anand, S. N., Y. Veeranagouda., K. Lee, and T. B. Karegoudar. 2009. Metabolism of acenaphthylene via 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene and catechol by Stenotrophomonas sp. RMSK. Biodegradation 20: 837-843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-009-9271-1
- Arnow, L. E. 1937. Colorimetric determination of the components of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-tyrosine mixtures. J. Biol. Chem. 118: 531-537.
- Bell, A. A. and M. H. Wheeler. 1986. Biosynthesis and functions of fungal melanins. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 24: 411-451. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.py.24.090186.002211
- Bridelli, M. G. 1998. Self-assembly of melanin studied by laser light scattering. Biophys. Chem. 73: 227-239.
- Butler, M. and A. W. Day. 1998. Fungal melanins: A review. Can. J. Microbiol. 44: 1115-1136. https://doi.org/10.1139/w98-119
- Carlos, P. T., B. D. Marecelo, D. N. Joshua, and R. T. Luiz. 2008. Melanin as a virulence factor of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and other dimorphic pathogenic fungi: A minireview. Mycopathologia 165: 331-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-007-9061-4
- Cheng, J., S. C. Moss, M. Eisner, and P. Zschack. 1994. X-ray characterization of melanins - I. Pigment Cell Res. 7: 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0749.1994.tb00060.x
- Christine, N., S. Santos, and S. Gregory. 2008. Melanin-based high-throughput screen for L-tyrosine production in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 1190-1197.
- Crippa, P. R., V. Horak, G. Prota, P. Svoronos, and L. Wolfram. 1989. Chemistry of Melanins: The Alkaloids. Vol. 36, pp. 234- 323. Academic Press, New York.
- Eisenman, H. C., M. Mues, S. E. Weber, S. Frases, S. Chaskes, G. Gerfen, and A. Casadevall. 2007. Cryptococcus neoformans laccase catalyses melanin synthesis from both D- and L-DOPA. Microbiology 153: 3954-3962. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/011049-0
- Enochs, W. S., M. J. Nilges, and H. M. Swartz. 1993. A standard test for the identification and characterization of melanins using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Pigment Cell Res. 6: 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0749.1993.tb00587.x
- Fava, F., D. D. Gioia, and L. Merchetti. 1993. Characterization of a pigment produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens during 3- chlorobenzoate co-metabolism. Chemosphere 27: 825-835. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(93)90014-V
- Gibello, A., E. Ferrer, J. Sanz, and M. Martin. 1995. Polymer production by Klebsiella pneumoniae 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid hydroxylase genes cloned in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61: 4167-4171.
- Gibello, A., M. Suarez, A. J. Luis, and M. Martin. 1997. Molecular cloning and analysis of the genes encoding the 4- hydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Arch. Microbiol. 167: 160-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002030050429
- Hoti, L. and K. Balaraman. 1993. Formation of melanin pigment by a mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis H-14. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 2365-2369. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-139-10-2365
- Huang, Y., X. Lai, X. He, L. Cao, Z. Zeng, J. Zhang, and S. Zhou. 2009. Characterization of a deep-sea sediment metagenomic clone that produces water-soluble melanin in Escherichia coli. Mar. Biotechnol. 11: 124-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-008-9128-3
- Lagunas-Mu oz, V. H., N. Cabera-Valladares, F. Bolivar, G. Gosset, and A. Martinez. 2006. Optimum melanin production using recombinant Escherichia coli. J. Appl. Microbiol. 101: 1002-1008. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03013.x
- Lewis, F. G. and M. G. Antony. 1998. Melanin and novel melanin precursors from Aeromonas media. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 169: 261-268.
- Liu, Y. T., M. J. Sui, D. D. Ji, I. H. Wu, C. Chou, and C. C. Chen. 1993. Protection from UV irradiation by melanin of mosquitocidal activity of Bt. var. israeliensis. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 62: 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1993.1088
- Lowry, O. H., N. J. Rosebrough, A. L. Farr, and R. J. Randall. 1951. Protein measurement with the Folin phenol reagent. J. Biol. Chem. 193: 265-275.
- Nicolaus, R. A. 1968. In E. Lederer (ed.). Chemistry of Natural Products, 2nd ed., pp. 9-12. Hermann, Paris.
- Nicolaus, R. A., M. Piattelli, and E. Fattorusso. 1964. The structure of melanins and melanogenesis - IV: On some natural melanins. Tetrahedron 20: 1163-1172. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)98983-5
- Piattelli, M., E. Fattorusso, R. A. Nicolaus, and S. Magno. 1965. The structure of melanins and melanogenesis. V. Ustilago melanin. Tetrahedron 21: 3229-3236. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)96941-8
- Pierce, J. A. and D. M. Rast. 1995. A comparison of native and synthetic mushroom melanins by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Phytochemistry 39: 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00837-J
- Przemyslaw, M. P. and G. Maja. 2006. Melanin synthesis in microorganisms: Biotechnological and medical aspects. Acta Biochem. Pol. 53: 429-443.
- Ravishankar, J. P., V. Muruganandam, and T. S. Suryanarayanan. 1995. Isolation and characterization of melanin from a marine fungus. Botanica Marina 38: 413-416. https://doi.org/10.1515/botm.1995.38.1-6.413
- Rosas, A. L., J. D. Nosanchuk, B. L. Gomez, W. A. Edens, J. M. Henson, and A. Casadevall. 2000. Isolation and serological analysis of fungal melanins. J. Immunol. Methods 244: 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00255-6
- Schaeffer, P. 1953. A black mutant of Neurospora crassa: Mode of action of the mutant allele and action of light on melanogenesis. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 47: 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(53)90473-1
- Selvakumar, P., S. Rajasekar, K. Periasamy, and N Raaman. 2008. Isolation and characterization of melanin pigment from Pleurotus cystidios (telomorph of Antromyocopsis macrocapa). World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 24: 2125-2131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-008-9718-2
- Susana, F., C. Stuart, D. Ekaterina, and C. Arturo. 2006. Induction by Klebsiella aerogenes of a melanin-like pigment in Cryptococcus neoformans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 1542- 1550. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.72.2.1542-1550.2006
- Tamura, K., J. Dudley, M. Nei, and S. Kumar. 2007. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24: 1596-1599. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msm092
- Turick, C. E., L. S. Tisa, and J. F. Caccavo. 2002. Melanin production and use as a soluble electron shuttle for Fe(III) oxide reduction and as a terminal electron acceptor by Schewanella algae BrY. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 2436-2444. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.68.5.2436-2444.2002
- Usha, A., M. Vincent, and C. S. Vaidyanathan. 1992. PHydroxyphenylacetate- 3-hydroxylase: A two-protein component enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 267: 25848-25855.
- Vernon, E. C. and A. Lena. 1992. Induction of melanin biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2861-2865.
- Wan, X., H. M. Liu, Y. Liao, Y. Su, J. Geng, M. Y. Yang, X. D. Chen, and P. Shen. 2007. Isolation of a novel strain of Aeromonas media producing high levels of DOPA-melanin and assessment of the photoprotective role of the melanin in bioinsecticide applications. J. Appl. Microbiol. 103: 2533-2541. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03502.x
- Wenlin. Y., H. B. Stephen, and O. D. Jeffrey. 2007. Melanin biosynthesis by Frankia strain CeI5. Physiol. Plant. 131: 180- 190.
- Wheeler, M. and A. A. Bell. 1988. Melanins and their importance in pathogenic fungi. Curr. Top. Med. Mycol. 2: 338-387.
- Wood, J. M., K. Jimbow, R. E. Boissy, A. Slominski, P. M. Plonka, J. Slawinski, J. Wortsman, and J. Tosk. 1999. What is the use of generating melanin? Exp. Dermatol. 8: 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0625.1999.tb00365.x
- Zajac, G., J. M. Gallas, J. Cheng, M. Eisner, S. C. Moss, and E. Alvarado-Swaisgood. 1994. The fundamental unit of synthetic melanin: A verification by tunneling microscopy of X-ray scattering results. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1199: 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4165(94)90006-X
Cited by
- Binding affinity of amlodipine, atorvastatin and telmisartan drugs to purified bacterial melanin pigment: a kinetic study vol.43, pp.4, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40005-013-0071-6
- Production of melanin pigment from Pseudomonas stutzeri isolated from red seaweed Hypnea musciformis vol.57, pp.4, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12111
- 3, 4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine-derived melanin from Yarrowia lipolytica mediates the synthesis of silver and gold nanostructures vol.11, pp.None, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-3155-11-2
- Properties and Functions of Melanin Pigment from Klebsiella sp. GSK vol.41, pp.1, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4014/kjmb.1210.10002
- Optimization of melanin production by Brevundimonas sp. SGJ using response surface methodology vol.3, pp.3, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-012-0082-4
- Pyomelanin production: a rare phenotype in Acinetobacter baumannii vol.63, pp.1, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.064089-0
- Production and Cytotoxicity of Extracellular Insoluble and Droplets of Soluble Melanin by Streptomyces lusitanus DMZ-3 vol.2014, pp.None, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/306895
- Detection of DOPA-Melanin in the Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Penicillium marneffei and Its Effect on Macrophage Phagocytosis In Vitro vol.9, pp.3, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092610
- Melanin: a photoprotection for Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides vol.37, pp.3, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-014-1726-8
- One-pot green synthesis of eumelanin: process optimization and its characterization vol.5, pp.59, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra01962a
- Melanin-Like Pigment Synthesis by Soil Bacillus weihenstephanensis Isolates from Northeastern Poland vol.10, pp.4, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125428
- Improved production of melanin from Aspergillus fumigatus AFGRD105 by optimization of media factors vol.5, pp.1, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-015-0161-0
- Novel insights on the physicochemical properties of eumelanins and their DMSO derivatives vol.65, pp.11, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.5167
- Sulfitolytic and keratinolytic potential of Chryseobacterium sp. RBT revealed hydrolysis of melanin containing feathers vol.6, pp.2, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0464-0
- Response Surface Methodology Optimization of Melanin Production by Streptomyces cyaneus and Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Gamma Radiation vol.28, pp.3, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-016-1101-0
- Relationship between salt tolerance and nanoparticle synthesis by Williopsis saturnus NCIM 3298 vol.33, pp.9, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-017-2329-z
- Melanin extract from Gallus gallus domesticus promotes proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic MG-63 cells via bone morphogenetic protein-2 signaling vol.11, pp.3, 2017, https://doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2017.11.3.190
- Synthesis of Nm-PHB (nanomelanin-polyhydroxy butyrate) nanocomposite film and its protective effect against biofilm-forming multi drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus vol.7, pp.None, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08816-y
- Bioproduction, characterization, anticancer and antioxidant activities of extracellular melanin pigment produced by newly isolated microbial cell factories Streptomyces glaucescens NEAE-H vol.7, pp.None, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep42129
- Melanin-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Affinity Towards Tyrosinase vol.54, pp.2, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1134/s0003683818020096
- Food, cosmetic and biological applications of characterized DOPA-melanin from Vibrio alginolyticus strain BTKKS3 vol.61, pp.2, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13765-018-0343-y
- An Organic Bipolar Resistive Switching Memory Device Based on Natural Melanin Synthesized From Aeromonas sp. SNS vol.215, pp.24, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800550
- Melanin nano-pigments for heavy metal remediation from water vol.54, pp.2, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2018.1443132
- Optimization of Bacillus licheniformis MAL tyrosinase: in vitro anticancer activity for brown and black eumelanin vol.5, pp.5, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01657
- Melanin biosynthesis in bacteria, regulation and production perspectives vol.104, pp.4, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-10245-y
- Determination of differences in Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype II, sequevar 1 forms as related to their colony characteristics on Kelman medium and pathogenesis vol.102, pp.1, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00372-w
- Ultra-small pyomelanin nanogranules abiotically derived from bacteria-secreted homogentisic acid show potential applications in inflammation and cancer vol.10, pp.1, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-019-00689-x
- Natural Melanin Produced by the Endophytic Bacillus subtilis 4NP-BL Associated with the Halophyte Salicornia brachiata vol.68, pp.25, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01997
- Synergy of melanin and vitamin-D may play a fundamental role in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections and halt COVID-19 by inactivating furin protease vol.5, pp.1, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1186/s41231-020-00073-y
- Bioprocess of Microbial Melanin Production and Isolation vol.9, pp.None, 2010, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.765110
- The Ground-Based BIOMEX Experiment Verification Tests for Life Detection on Mars vol.11, pp.11, 2021, https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111212