Abstract：
:An astaxanthin-overproducing (∼1000 μg g(-1)) strain of Phaffia rhodozyma, termed MK19, was established through 1-methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine and Co60 mutagenesis from wild-type JCM9042 (merely 35-67 μg g(-1)). The total fatty acid content of MK19 was much lower than that of the wild type. Possible causes of the astaxanthin increase were studied at the gene expression level. The expression of the carotenogenic genes crtE, crtI, pbs, and ast, which are responsible for astaxanthin biosynthesis from geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, was highly induced at the mRNA level, leading to excessive astaxanthin accumulation. In contrast, transcription levels of the genes (hmgs, hmgr, idi, mvk, mpd, fps), responsible for the initial steps in the terpenoid pathway, were essentially the same in wild type and MK19. Although fatty acid and total ergosterol content were reduced by 40-70 mg g(-1) and 760.3 μg g(-1) , respectively, in MK19 as compared with the wild type, but the transcription levels of rate-limiting genes in fatty acid and ergosterol pathways such as acc and sqs were similar. Because fatty acids and ergosterol are two branch pathways of astaxanthin biosynthesis in P. rhodozyma, our findings indicate that enhancement of astaxanthin in MK19 results from decreased fatty acid and ergosterol biosynthesis, leading to precursor accumulation, and transfer to the astaxanthin pathway. Strengthening of the mevalonate pathway is suggested as a promising metabolic engineering approach for further astaxanthin enhancement in MK19.
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FEMS Yeast Resjournal_title
FEMS yeast researchauthors
Miao L,Chi S,Tang Y,Su Z,Yin T,Guan G,Li Ydoi
10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00705.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-03-01 00:00:00pages
192-201issue
2eissn
1567-1356issn
1567-1364journal_volume
11pub_type
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