Biotechnology biosynthesis

Keywords Biotechnology / Biosynthesis / Biosilica / Silicatein / Protein / Gene /... 

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Carotenoid Biosynthesis Examples of Biotechnology FOR Food Coeorants... 

We have chosen carotenoid biosynthesis as the example system for demonstrating the prospects of biotechnology of food colorants for several reasons. Carotenoid biosynthesis is the second most understood system. Multiple examples of valuable food colorant engineering in fungi, bacteria, and plants have been reported. Finally, carotenogenesis in cereal crops such as maize and rice is the primary focus of our research efforts. Hopefully, we provide the food technologist with a template with which to examine other industrially important pigment systems. 

Winkel, B.S.J., Flavonoid biosynthesis a colorful model for genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, and biotechnology. Plant Physiol. 126, 485, 2001. 

Sandmann, G., Carotenoid biosynthesis and biotechnological application, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 385, 4, 2001. 

In this section, the latest developments and recent publications on the biosynthesis of A9-THC and related cannabinoids as precursors are discussed. Special points of interests are the genetic aspects, enzyme regulation, and the environmental factors that have an influence on the cannabinoid content in the plant. Because of new and innovative developments in biotechnology we will give a short overview of new strategies for cannabinoid production in plant cell cultures and in heterologous organisms. 

Negishi, O., Ozzawa.T., and Imagawa, H., Biosynthesis of caffeine from purine nucleotides in tea plant, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 56,499,1992... 

Jha, A.K., Prasad, K., Kumar, V. and Prasad, K. (2009) Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Eclipta leaf. Biotechnology Progress, 25, 1476-1479. 

Khosla, C.Z.R. (1996) Generation of polyketide libraries via combinatorial biosynthesis. Trends in Biotechnology, 14, 335-341. 

Menzella, H.G., Reid, R., Carney, J.R. et al. (2005) Combinatorial polyketide biosynthesis by de novo design and rearrangement of modular polyketide synthase genes. Nature Biotechnology, 23, 1171-1176. 

Ward, S.L., Desai, R.P., Hu, Z. et al. (2007) Precursor-directed biosynthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B analogues is improved by removal of the initial catalytic sites of the polyketide synthase. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 34, 9-15. 

Demain, A.L. and Vaishnav, P. (2006) Involvement of nitrogen-containing compounds in /3-lactam biosynthesis and its control. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 26, 67—82. 

Withers, S.T. and Keasling, J.D. (2007) Biosynthesis and engineering of isoprenoid small molecules. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 73, 980-990. 

Klein-Marcuschamera, D., Ajikumara, P.K. and Stephanopoulos, G. (2007) Engineering microbial cell factories for biosynthesis of isoprenoid molecules beyond lycopene. Trends in Biotechnology, 25, 417-424. 

Leadlay, P.F., Staunton, J., Oliynyk, M. et al. (2001) Engineering of complex polyketide biosynthesis — insights from sequencing of the monensin biosynthetic gene cluster. Journal of Industrial Microbiology Biotechnology, 27 (6), 360-367. 

Manzoni, M. and Rolhni, M., Biosynthesis and biotechnological production of statins by filamentous fungi and apphcation of these cholesterol-lowering drugs. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 2002, 58, 555-564. 

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