• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1622-1631
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• 2022

Carotenoids, which are natural pigments found abundantly in wide-ranging species, have diverse functions and high industrial potential. The carotenoid biosynthesis pathway is very complex and has multiple branches, while the accumulation of certain metabolites often affects other metabolites in this pathway. The DsLCYB gene that encodes lycopene cyclase was selected in this study to evaluate β-carotene production and the accumulation of β-carotene in the alga Dunaliella salina. Compared with the wild type, the transgenic algal species overexpressed the DsLCYB gene, resulting in a significant enhancement of the total carotenoid content, with the total amount reaching 8.46 mg/g for an increase of up to 1.26-fold. Interestingly, the production of α-carotene in the transformant was not significantly reduced. This result indicated that the regulation of DsLCYB on the metabolic flux distribution of carotenoid biosynthesis is directional. Moreover, the effects of different light-quality conditions on β-carotene production in D. salina strains were investigated. The results showed that the carotenoid components of β-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin were 1.8-fold and 1.23-fold higher than that in the wild type under red light stress, respectively. This suggests that the accumulation of β-carotene under red light conditions is potentially more profitable.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.263-274
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• 2000

Carotenoids are widely distributed natural pigments which are in an increasing demand by the market, due to their applicatins in the human food, animal feed, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. Although more than 600 carotenoids have been identified in nature, only a few are industrially important (${\beta}$-carotene, astaxanthin, lutein or lycopene). To date chemical processes manufacture most of the carotenoid production, but the interest for carotenoids of biological origin is growing since theire is an increased public concern over the safety of artificial food colorants. Although much interest and effort has been devoted to the use of biological sources for industrially important carotenoids, only the production of biological ${\beta}$-carotene and astaxanthin has been reported. Among fungi, several Mucorales strains, particularly Blakeslea trispora, have been used to develop fermentation processes for the production of ${\beta}$-carotene on almost competitive cost-price levels. Similarly, the basidiomycetous yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (the perfect state of Phaffia rhodozyma), has been proposed as a promising source of astaxanthin. This paper focuses on recent findings on the fungal pathways for carotenoid production, especially the structure and function of the genes involved in the biosynthesis of carotenoids in the Mucorales. An outlook of the possibilities of an increased industrial production of carotenoids, based on metabolic engineering of fungi for carotenoid content and composition, is also discussed.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2004년도 Annual Meeting BioExibition International Symposium
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• pp.292-296
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• 2004

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2003

Citrus phytoene synthase (CitPsy) and ${\beta}$-carotene hydroxylase (CitChx), which are involved in caroteinoid biosynthesis, are distantly related to the corresponding bacterial enzymes from the point of view of amino acid sequence similarity. We investigated these enzyme activities using Pantoea ananatis carotenoid biosynthetic genes and Escherichia coli as a host cell. The genes were cloned into two vector systems controlled by the T7 promoter. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that CitPsy and CitChx proteins are normally expressed in E. coli in both soluble and insoluble forms. In vivo complementation using the Pantoea ananatis enzymes and HPLC analysis showed that ${\beta}$-carotene and zeaxanthin were produced in recombinant E. coli, which indicated that the citrus enzymes were functionally expressed in E. coli and assembled into a functional multi-enzyme complex with Pantoea ananatis enzymes. These observed activities well matched the results of other researchers on tomato phytoene synthase and Arabidopsis and pepper ${\beta}$-carotene hydroxylases. Thus, our results suggest that plant carotenoid biosynthetic enzymes can generally complement the bacterial enzymes and could be a means of carotenoid production by molecular breeding and fermentation in bacterial and plant systems.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.292-297
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• 2007

H. pluviails는 고광도와 질소 결핍 배지 조건에서 ketocarotenoid의 일종인 astaxanthin을 다량 축적하는 녹조류이다. 스트레스가 없는 조건에서 키운 green cell과 astaxanthin이 합성된 red cell을 HPLC를 통해 비교해 본 결과 각 색소의 양이 변화하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 여러 ester 형태의 astaxanthin이 생합성 되고, zeaxanthin이 늘어난 반면, lutein과 ${\beta}$-carotene은 감소하였다. 또한 total chlorophyll 양이 줄어드는 대신 total carotenoid의 양이 늘어남을 보였다. H. pluvilalis에서 찾아낸 astaxanthin 생합성 경로에 있는 carotenoid hydroxylase, phytoene desaturase, isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase, ${\beta}$-carotene ketolase 유전자는 음성대조군인 chloroplast chlorophyll a-b binding protein와는 달리cell이 성장하기 좋은 조건의 상태보다 astaxanthin을 생합성하기 위해 고광도의 스트레스를 받았을 때 더 높은 발현양상을 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.75-78
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• 1991

The carotenoid biosynthesis of a red oleaginous yeast, Rhodotorula glutinis was significantly changed when the yeast was grown on different carbon substrates. The highest carotenoid production was obtained on culture medium containing glucose when the carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio) was adjusted to 25.7. Galactose stimulated the biosynthetic rate of torularhodin, a xanthophyll component of the yeast. With decreasing C/N ratio of the medium, significant changes of $\gamma$-carotene and torularhodin were observed such that increase in the torularhodin concentration was nearly equal to the decrease in $\gamma$-carotene. It was speculated that the nature of carbon substrate affected the metabolic rate of the cell, and accompanied by the different pattern of carotenoid accumulation in the cell.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2002년도 춘계 수산관련학회 공둥학술발표회
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• pp.179-180
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• 2002

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.507-517
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• 2019

Rhodotorula is a group of pigment-producing yeasts well known for its intracellular biosynthesis of carotenoids such as ${\beta}-carotene$, ${\gamma}-carotene$, torulene and torularhodin. The great potential of carotenoids in applications in food and feed as well as in health products and cosmetics has generated a market value expected to reach over $2.0 billion by 2022. Due to growing public concern over food safety, the demand for natural carotenoids is rising, and this trend significantly encourages the use of microbial fermentation for natural carotenoid production. This review covers the biological properties of carotenoids and the most recent findings on the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway, as well as strategies for the metabolic engineering methods for the enhancement of carotenoid production by Rhodotorula. The practical approaches to improving carotenoid yields, which have been facilitated by advancements in strain work as well as the optimization of media and fermentation conditions, were summarized respectively.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.81-93
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• 1994

새로 합성된 KC6361 유도체는 기존 디페닐에테르계 화합물에서 보였던 증상(회백색)과는 달리 식물체의 백화를 유기시킨다. 따라서 이들 화합물의 구조상 특징이 무엇이며 식물체에서 어떠한 작용기작을 갖는지를 알기 위하여 본 실험을 수행하였다. 1) 백화를 유기시키기에 비교적 적당한 구조는 B환의 para 위치에 nitro기가 있고 A환의 meta 위치에 탄소수가 3개 이하의 alkyl 또는 allyl기를 가지는 carbamoyl이 치환되는 것이었다. 벼 등은 2kg/ha 수준에서 미미한 약해를 보여 비교적 좋은 선태성을 가졌고 바랭이, 피, 참방동산이, 비름 등은 0.25~0.5kg/ha에서 기타는 0.5~1.0kg/ha에서 거의 방제되었다. 2) 암조건에서 KC6361은 carotenoid 생성을 억제시켰으나 엽록소는 오히려 촉진시켰다. 명조건의 경우 높은 광도에서는 낮은 광도에서 보다, 엽록소보다는 carotenoid가 더욱 저해되었고 $^{4}C$-acetate의 지방성분으로의 혼입 저해정도는 미약하였다. 3) 단은방주의 생장에 미치는 영향이 norflurazon과 동일한 양상을 보였고, KC6361이 처리된 오이, 식용피에 있어서 carotenoid 성분변화를 볼 때 phytoene 및 phytofluene 함량은 증가된 반면 그 이후의 ${\beta}$-carotene은 감소되어 norflurazon과 같은 경향이었다. 따라서 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 KC6361의 작용점은 norflurazon과 같이 phytoene or/and phytofluene dehydrogenase를 저해하는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.230-237
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• 1989

Bleaching herbicides(oxyfluorfen, oxadiazon, paraquat)의 작용발현에 영향을 미치는 온도 및 광의 효과를 조사한 결과 oxyfluorfen 과 oxadiazon의 제초활성은 $10-35^{\circ}C$에서 온도가 증가될수록 높았으며 온도의 효과는 제초작용 발현단계(photooxidation) 보다는 그 이전 단계에서 더욱 큰 영향이었다. 처리약제 모두 광도가 높을수록 활성이 강하였으며 paraquat 는 광질간의 활성차이가 없었으나 oxyfluorfen 및 oxadiazon 은 챙색광에서 높은 활성을 보였고 이들 두 약제에 대한 광의 효과는 광합성 및 호흡의 전자전달계나 carotenoid 생합성 보다는 chlorophyll 생합성 과정과 일정한 관련이 있다.