• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 1996

Yellow mutants of the astaxanthin producing red yeast Phaffia rhodozyma were obtained by nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. The carotenoid composition of the yelow mutants, Yan-1 and Ny-1, was mainly $\beta$ -carotene (> 95$%$) and torulene (< 5$$). Therefore, the yellow mutants are carotene oxygenation deficient mutants (CODMs). CODMs produced decreased quantities of carotenoids compared to their red parents and this indicated that carotene may regulate its synthesis. CODMs, Yan-1 and Ny-4, on plates containing 50 $\mu$ M antimycin, showed highly pigmented vertical papillae. Antimycin-induced mutants purified from the papillae showed increases in carotenoid content (up to 1 mg $\beta$-carotene/g yeast). CODMs, Yan-1 and Ay-1, were more sensitive to antimycin than red strains, Ant-1 and 67-385. This was probably due to lower antioxidant activity of $\beta$-carotene than that of astaxanthin. Light increased torulene and light+antimycin further increased the torulene. Yan-1 and Ny-4 could grow with succinate, though their red parents, Ant-1 and Anf-1p, could not. However, antimycin induced mutation of Yan-1 or Ny-4 destroyed the ability to grow with succinate.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.310-314
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• 1980

무당개구리의 복피색소로부터 lutein monoester, torulene, $\gamma$-carotene 및 5,6-monoepoxy-$\alpha$-carotene 유사물을 분리 및 정제하여 BIS-UV 및 IR 스펙트럼 특성, 크로마토그래피적 성질 및 물리화학적 성질을 이용하여 그들의 구조를 확인하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.44-48
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• 2002

Rhodotorula giutinis KCTC 7989내에 존재하는 카로티노이드를 효율적으로 추출하기 위한 방법에 대해 연구하였다. R. glutinis에 의해 생합성되는 카로티노이드의 조성은 torularhodin 61.7%, $\beta$-carotene 28.8%, torulene 9.5%이었다. 세포 내에 존재하는 카로티노이드를 추출하기 위해 HCI로 세포를 전처리할 경우 열처리의 병행이 중요한 인자였지만, DMSO를 사용한 경우는 열처리 유무에 큰 영향을 받지 않았다. 추출용매에 따라 추출되는 카로티노이드의 조성이 영향을 받았다. 특히 벤젠과 클로로포름은 torularhodin의 추출에 효과적이었으며, 디에틸에테르를 사용했을 때 카로티노이드의 전체 추출농도가 가장 높았다. 건조된 세포나 습한 세포에 비해 냉동 건조된 세포에서 카로티노이드의 추출효율이 높게 나타났다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.243-247
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• 1976

토양(土壤)으로부터 분리동정(分離同定)된 우수(優秀)한 세포내(細胞內) 지질생성균주(脂質生成菌株)인 Rhodotorula glutinis var. glutinis sw-17에 대(對)하여 carotenoid생성능(生成能)을 검토(檢討)하고서 이 균주(菌株)를 $25^{\circ}C$에서 8일간(日間) 진환배양(振還培養)하여 caroteneid 색소(色素)를 추출분리(抽出分離)하여 column에 흡착(吸着)된 색소층(色素層)의 순서(順序)와 용출(溶出)하여 정제(精製)한 각색소(各色素)의 흡수곡선(吸收曲線)에 의하여 각각(各各)의 carotenoid를 확인(確認)했으며 이들의 흡광도(吸光度)를 측정(測定)하여 Beer의 법칙(法則)에 따라 참고문헌(參考文獻)의 흡광계수(吸光係數)를 사용(使用)하여 정량(定量)한 결과(結果) torularhodin 25.52%, torulene 38.16%, neuroporene 1.49%, ${\gamma}-carotene$ 9.88%, ${\beta}-zeacarotene$ 2.0%, ${\beta}-carotene$ 19.95%이었으며 ${\delta}-carotene$은 거의 흔적(痕蹟)에 가까웠다. 따라서 Rhodotonula glutinis var. glutinis sw-17의 주색소(主色素)는 torularhodin, torulene이었다.

• 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.