Biosynthesis of Astaxanthin as a Main Carotenoid in the Heterobasidiomycetous Yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

• Published in: Journal of fungi (Basel) Vol. 3; no. 3; p. 44
• Main Authors: Barredo, Jose, García-Estrada, Carlos, Kosalkova, Katarina, Barreiro, Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 30.07.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Antioxidants; Astaxanthin; Biosynthesis; Biotechnology; Carbon; carotenes; Carotenoids; Fish; Fungi; Gene expression; Isoprene; Lipophilic; Metabolites; Phaffia rhodozyma; Pigments; Review; Secondary metabolites; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous; Xanthophylls; Yeast; United States > US; Spain; Phaffia rhodozyma; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous; carotenes; carotenoids; xanthophylls; astaxanthin

Carotenoids are organic lipophilic yellow to orange and reddish pigments of terpenoid nature that are usually composed of eight isoprene units. This group of secondary metabolites includes carotenes and xanthophylls, which can be naturally obtained from photosynthetic organisms, some fungi, and bact...