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Macular pigment-enriched oil production from genome-edited microalgae.
Microbial cell factories - 19 Feb 2022
Song Inhwa, Kim Sunbin, Kim Jongrae, Oh Hyeonjun, Jang Junhwan, Jeong Su Jin, Baek Kwangryul, Shin Weon-Sun, Sim Sang Jun, Jin EonSeon
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BACKGROUND: The photosynthetic microorganism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been approved as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) recently, this can excessively produce carotenoid pigments and fatty acids. Zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), which converts zeaxanthin to violaxanthin, and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGP). These are key regulating genes for the xanthophyll and starch pathways in C. reinhardtii...
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