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Article: Stress-related differential expression of multiple β-carotene ketolase genes in the unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis

TitleStress-related differential expression of multiple β-carotene ketolase genes in the unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis
Authors
Keywordsβ-Carotene ketolase
Astaxanthin
Haematococcus pluvialis
Physiological conditions
Real-time PCR
Issue Date2006
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jbiotec
Citation
Journal Of Biotechnology, 2006, v. 122 n. 2, p. 176-185 How to Cite?
AbstractThe unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis is used as a biological production system for astaxanthin. It accumulates large amounts of this commercially interesting ketocarotenoid under a variety of environmental stresses. Here we report the identification and expression of three different β-carotene ketolase genes (bkt) that are involved in the biosynthesis of astaxanthin in a single strain of the alga. Bkt1 and bkt2 proved to be the crtO and bkt previously isolated from two different strains of H. pluvialis. Bkt3 is a novel third gene, which shared 95% identical nucleotide sequence with bkt2. Nitrogen deficiency alone could not induce the alga cells to produce astaxanthin in 3 days even though it enhances the expression of the bkt genes to three times of that in normal growing cells within 16 h. High light irradiation (125 μmol m -2 s -1) or 45 mM sodium acetate greatly increased the expression of bkt genes to 18 or 52 times of that in normal growing cells, resulting in an accumulation of substantial astaxanthin (about 6 mg g -1 dry biomass) in 3 days. It is suggested that the existence of the multiple bkt genes and their strong up-regulation by different stress conditions is one of the reasons that H. pluvialis accumulates large amounts of astaxanthin in an instant response to stress environments. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/48501
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dc.contributor.authorHuang, JCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChen, Fen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSandmann, Gen_HK
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dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Biotechnology, 2006, v. 122 n. 2, p. 176-185en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0168-1656en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/48501-
dc.description.abstractThe unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis is used as a biological production system for astaxanthin. It accumulates large amounts of this commercially interesting ketocarotenoid under a variety of environmental stresses. Here we report the identification and expression of three different β-carotene ketolase genes (bkt) that are involved in the biosynthesis of astaxanthin in a single strain of the alga. Bkt1 and bkt2 proved to be the crtO and bkt previously isolated from two different strains of H. pluvialis. Bkt3 is a novel third gene, which shared 95% identical nucleotide sequence with bkt2. Nitrogen deficiency alone could not induce the alga cells to produce astaxanthin in 3 days even though it enhances the expression of the bkt genes to three times of that in normal growing cells within 16 h. High light irradiation (125 μmol m -2 s -1) or 45 mM sodium acetate greatly increased the expression of bkt genes to 18 or 52 times of that in normal growing cells, resulting in an accumulation of substantial astaxanthin (about 6 mg g -1 dry biomass) in 3 days. It is suggested that the existence of the multiple bkt genes and their strong up-regulation by different stress conditions is one of the reasons that H. pluvialis accumulates large amounts of astaxanthin in an instant response to stress environments. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_HK
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dc.rightsJournal of Biotechnology. Copyright © Elsevier BV.en_HK
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectβ-Carotene ketolaseen_HK
dc.subjectAstaxanthinen_HK
dc.subjectHaematococcus pluvialisen_HK
dc.subjectPhysiological conditionsen_HK
dc.subjectReal-time PCRen_HK
dc.titleStress-related differential expression of multiple β-carotene ketolase genes in the unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialisen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailHuang, JC: huangjc@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.09.002en_HK
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