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Recent breakthroughs in the biology of astaxanthin accumulation by microalgal cell.
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- Management of growth and astaxanthin accumulation in the green microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis: effect of photosynthesis-related nutrients and light stress.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2025Article
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- Tapping the microalgal potential: genetic precision and stress-induction for enhanced astaxanthin and biofuel production.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2025Review
- Effects of high light exposure and heterologous expression of β-carotene ketolase on the metabolism of carotenoids inFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Harnessing systems biology approach for characterization of carotenoid biosynthesis pathways in microalgae.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2024Review
- Monitoring the photosynthetic activity at single-cell level inPhotosynthetica · 2023Article
- Quantitative Proteomics ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Optimization of microbial cell factories for astaxanthin production: Biosynthesis and regulations, engineering strategies and fermentation optimization strategies.Synthetic and systems biotechnology · 2022Review
- Characterization of the Wave Phenomenon in Flash-Induced Fluorescence Relaxation and Its Application to Study Cyclic Electron Pathways in Microalgae.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Role of Autophagy inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Astaxanthin as a Potential Antioxidant to Improve Health and Production Performance of Broiler Chicken.Veterinary medicine international · 2022Review
- Influence of Light Conditions on Microalgae Growth and Content of Lipids, Carotenoids, and Fatty Acid Composition.Biology · 2021Review
- Are biosynthesized nanomaterials toxic for the environment? Effects of perlite and CuO/perlite nanoparticles on unicellular algae Haematococcus pluvialis.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2021Article
- E/Z isomerization of astaxanthin and its monoesters in vitro under the exposure to light or heat and in overilluminated Haematococcus pluvialis cells.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2021Article
- Characterization of type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferases in Haematococcus lacustris reveals their functions and engineering potential in triacylglycerol biosynthesis.BMC plant biology · 2021Article
- Defining the biosynthesis of ketocarotenoids inPlant diversity · 2020Article
- A streamlined and predominantly diploid genome in the tiny marine green alga Chloropicon primus.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Deesterification of astaxanthin and intermediate esters fromBiotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Massive accumulation of the secondary ketokarotenoid astaxanthin is a characteristic stress response of certain microalgal species with Haematococcus pluvialis as an illustrious example. The carotenogenic response confers these organisms a remarkable ability to survive in extremely unfavorable environments and makes them the richest source of natural astaxanthin. Exerting a plethora of beneficial effects on human and animal health, astaxanthin is among the most important bioproducts from microalgae. Though our understanding of astaxanthin biosynthesis, induction, and regulation is far from complete, this gap is filling rapidly with new knowledge generated predominantly by application of advanced "omics" approaches. This review focuses on the most recent progress in the biology of astaxanthin accumulation in microalgae including the genomic, proteomic, and metabolomics insights into the induction and regulation of secondary carotenogenesis and its role in stress tolerance of the photosynthetic microorganisms. Special attention is paid to the coupling of the carotenoid and lipid biosynthesis as well as deposition of astaxanthin in the algal cell. The place of the carotenogenic response among the stress tolerance mechanisms is revisited, and possible implications of the new findings for biotechnological production of astaxanthin from microalgae are considered. The potential use of the carotenogenic microalgae as a source not only of value-added carotenoids, but also of biofuel precursors is discussed.
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