Metabolic engineering for high yield synthesis of astaxanthin in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous
Abstract Astaxanthin is a carotenoid with a number of assets useful for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Nowadays, it is mainly produced by chemical synthesis. However, the process leads to an enantiomeric mixture where the biologically assimilable forms (3R, 3′R or 3S, 3′S) are a m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Microbial Cell Factories |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-021-01664-6 |