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ArticleAMB Express2017

Metabolism and secretion of yellow pigment under high glucose stress with Monascus ruber.

Tao Huang, Meihua Wang, Kan Shi, Gong Chen, Xiaofei Tian, Zhenqiang Wu

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Article in AMB Express, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tao HuangSchool of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
Meihua WangSchool of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
Kan ShiSchool of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
Gong ChenSchool of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
Xiaofei TianSchool of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
Zhenqiang WuSchool of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China. btzhqwu@scut.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-4898
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biosynthesis of microbial secondary metabolites is induced by a wide range of environmental stresses. In this study, submerged fermentation of Monascus yellow pigments by Monascus ruber CGMCC 10910 under high glucose stress was investigated. The increase of lipid content was the major contributor to the increase of dry cell weight (DCW), and the lipid-free DCW was only slightly changed under high glucose stress, which benefited the accumulation of intracellular hydrophobic pigments. The fatty acid composition analysis in Monascus cell membranes showed that high glucose stress significantly increased the ratio of unsaturated/saturated fatty acid and the index of unsaturated fatty acid (IUFA) value, which would improve the fluidity and permeability of the cell membrane. As a consequence, high glucose stress increased extracellular yellow pigments production by enhancing secretion and trans-membrane conversion of intracellular pigments to the broth. The total yield of extracellular and intracellular yellow pigments per unit of lipid-free DCW increased by 94.86 and 26.31% under high glucose stress compared to conventional fermentation, respectively. A real-time quantitative PCR analysis revealed that the expression of the pigment biosynthetic gene cluster was up-regulated under high glucose stress. The gene mppE, which is associated with yellow pigment biosynthesis, was significantly up-regulated. These results  indicated that high glucose stress can shift the Monascus pigment biosynthesis pathway to accumulate yellow pigments and lead to a high yield of both extracellular and intracellular yellow pigments. These findings have potential application in commercial Monascus yellow pigment production.

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Gene expressionHigh glucose stressLipidsMonascus ruberPigments secretionYellow pigments

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