62 results about "Carotene synthesis" patented technology

The invention discloses a method for positioning and synthesizing terpenoids by means of the Yarrowia lipolytica way. The method comprises the steps that an acetoacetyl coenzyme A thiolase, HMG-CoA synthetase and HMG-CoA reductase in the synthetic route of mevalonic acid in Yarrowia lipolytica are over-expressed and positioned to the peroxisome, and engineering bacteria MP1 are obtained; on the basis of the engineering bacteria MP1, the alpha-farnesene synthesis way is expressed, and engineering bacteria FP1 are obtained; or, the beta-carotene synthesis way is expressed, and engineering bacteria CP1 are obtained; or, the linalool synthesis way is expressed, engineering bacteria LP1 are obtained; the bacteria FP1 or CP1 or LP1 can synthesize the terpenoids under the aerobatic condition by means of a culture medium containing fatty acid or grease, and the yield of the synthesized terpenoids is higher compared with a traditional method. According to the method, fatty acid, grease and cheap food waste oil can be used for generating mevalonic acid downstream terpenoids, and the considerable application prospect and the economic value are achieved.

A method for synthesizing intermediates for use in the synthesis of carotenoid synthetic intermediates, carotenoid analogs, and/or carotenoid derivatives. The carotenoid analog, derivative, or intermediate may be administered to a subject for the inhibition and/or amelioration of any disease that involves production of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, radicals and/or non-radicals. In some embodiments, the invention may include methods for synthesizing chemical compounds including an analog or derivative of a carotenoid. Carotenoid analogs or derivatives may include acyclic end groups. In some embodiments, a carotenoid analog or derivative may include at least one substituent. The substituent may enhance the solubility of the carotenoid analog or derivative such that the carotenoid analog or derivative at least partially dissolves in water.

A cultivation method of oil plant, which contains rich vitamin A and is anti-aging, disease resistant and oxidation resistant relates to the oil plant breeding technology. The method is that the spectrophotometer is used for selecting large amounts of seed resource or the gene engineering technology is used for over-expressing the crucial genes of synthesizing the carotenoid; the basic germ plasm of seeds selected contain the carotenoid which is higher than 60Mu ggFW^-1; the basic germ plasm with high carotenoid content is taken as the donor and the high-quality seeds are taken as the acceptor; the conventional breeding technology is used for hybridizing to obtain high-quality breeds with high carotenoid; the HPLC method is used for detecting the carotenoid content of the breeding seeds to control the content in the range of 60-300Mu ggFW^-1. The selecting method of the present invention is simple with high efficiency, accurate results, low cost and reliable resources. The plant oil squeezed from the oil plant cultivated with the method of the present invention contains rich vitamin A and is characterized by high nutrition and anti-aging, disease resistant and deterioration resistant functions.

The invention discloses genetic engineering bacteria producing beta- carotene and a construction method of the genetic engineering bacteria. The construction method comprises the following steps of firstly knocking out alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase gut2 genes in a glycolysis way in a beta-carotene synthetizing pathway in yarrowia lipolytica, then performing free expression on beta-hydroxyl-beta-methylglutaric acid erg13 genes having two endogenous copy numbers of the yarrowia lipolytica, and then performing integrant expression on the erg13 genes having two endogenous copy numbers of the yarrowia lipolytica at the position where the gut2 genes are knocked out; and performing free expression on endogenous hexokinase Hxk genes of the yarrowia lipolytica, and screening positive transformants to obtain the engineering bacterial strains producing beta-carotene yarrowia lipolytica. The bacterial strains are subjected to fermentation, culturing, extraction and separation, the beta-carotene is purified, and the content of the beta-carotene can reach 26.6mg/g cell dry weight.

The invention provides a mutant chlorella strain capable of realizing high yield of zeaxanthine and other carotenoids essential to the human body, and a culturing method thereof. The culturing method comprises the following steps: subjecting Chlorella zofingiensis ATCC 30412 to nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis; then coating a Kuhl solid medium containing DPA with treated chlorella cells for culture; selecting a single chlorella colony from the Kuhl solid medium and culturing the single chlorella colony on a Kuhl liquid medium; adding glucose in the middle and later periods of logarithm for induction of carotenoid synthesis; and detecting the variety changes and content of carotenoids in the obtained chlorella body so as to obtain the strain which can realize high yield of zeaxanthine, xanthophyll and beta-carotene and is named as CZ-ZEA1. Under the induction condition that the concentration of glucose is 30 g/L, the biomass of the CZ-ZEA1 is 12.95 g/L, and the contents of zeaxanthine, xanthophyll and beta-carotene reach 2.176 mg/g, 1.10 mg/g and 1.211 mg/g, respecitively. The mutant chlorella strain is an edible alga species and contains high-content optimally-proportioned carotenoids essential to the human body, especially zeaxanthine rare in nature; so the mutant chlorella strain is an ideal new-resource functional foodstuff for preventing deterioration and lesion of the eyes of middle aged and old people and has good development and application prospects.

Described herein is a novel three domain gene from Schizochytrium, denoted carotene synthase, that encodes a protein with three different enzymatic activities: phytoene dehydrogenase (PD), phytoene synthase (PS), and lycopene cyclase (LC). Also described is the isolated gene encoding the carotene synthase, homologues thereof, the enzyme encoded by such gene, biologically active portions and homologues thereof, recombinant nucleic acid molecules, microorganisms and plants that have been genetically modified to increase or decrease the action of such gene, and methods of producing carotenoids and derivatives thereof or methods of producing microorganisms and lipid products lacking pigmentation using the knowledge of the carotene synthase described herein.

The invention provides a [beta]-carotenoid ketolase mutant, which is obtained through a directed evolution means, nucleotide sequences for encoding the mutant, a recombinant expression vector containing a mutant gene, expression in saccharomyces cerevisiae and application of a genetic engineering bacterium in the synthesis of keto-carotenoids. According to the invention, a mutant strain with catalytic activity on [beta]-carotenoid enhanced is screened by virtue of a high-throughput screening method, and through gene sequencing analysis, mutant sites are subjected to combined mutation, so that the catalytic activity is further enhanced; and the screened mutant strain is applied to the production of saccharomyces cerevisiae keto-carotenoids.

The invention discloses a fermentation medium beneficial to synthesis of saccharomyces cerevisiae carotenoid. The culture medium comprises a saccharomyces cerevisiae basic culture medium and copper ions. The fermentation medium provided by the invention significantly improves the accumulation of recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae carotenoid (by 10 times). According to the invention, transcriptomics reveals that the addition of zinc ions and copper ions in the culture medium can significantly promote the synthesis of the carotenoid, and the zinc ions, copper ions and the carotenoid have a synergistic enhancement effect.

This invention exposed a kind of synthase gene lycB of medlar carotenoids as well as the plasmid that includes this gene. The synthase gene lycB of medlar carotenoids has the nucleotide sequence indicated in the SEQ ID No. 1 sequence listing. The synthase gene lycB of medlar carotenoids in this invention can help to control the metabolism and accumulation of carotenoids in plant by the gene engineering approach, create the strains with higher carotenoids content, improve the nutrition of fruit and vegetable and realize the production of natual carotenoids in factory.

The invention discloses a research method for the synthetic process of haematococcus pluvialis astaxanthin based on an infrared spectroscopy microscopic imaging technology. The method comprises the following steps that inoculation and culture are carried out on haematococcus pluvialis; an inhibitor performs treatment on haematococcus pluvialis strains; the infrared spectroscopy of the astaxanthin,beta-carotene and lycopene are collected; the infrared microscopic spectroscopy of haematococcus pluvialis cells are detected; and comparison and analysis of imaging of the microscopic infrared spectroscopy are carried out. According to the method, the infrared microscopic spectroscopy imaging technology is utilized, the haematococcus pluvialis cells are treated by combining the inhibitor synthesized by carotenoid, and high-spatial-resolution in-situ observation is carried out on the contents of various components of the haematococcus pluvialis cells in the astaxanthi accumulation process, sothat the effects of the components in the synthesis path of the astaxanthin can be conveniently analyzed. The method has important significance in research of the synthesis path of the carotenoid inthe haematococcus pluvialis cells and large-scale breeding of the haematococcus pluvialis for production of the astaxanthin.

The invention discloses a method for finding and removing MEP route rate-limiting step and an application thereof in production of terpene compound. The invention provides a method for constructing recombinant bacteria. The expression and/or activity of (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butenyl-pyrophosphoric acid synthetase gene ispG and (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butenyl-pyrophosphoric acid reductase gene ispH for producing beta-carotene escherichia coli are promoted, so as to obtain the recombinant bacteria. An experiment proves that the cytotoxicity is caused by the intracellular accumulation of MEP route intermediate HMBPP in the recombinant escherichia coli having a certain beta-carotene compounding capacity and the coordinative expression for ispG and ispH genes can effectively increase the capacity of the recombinant escherichia coli for compounding the terpene compound.

This invention exposed a kind of synthase gene PSY of medlar carotenoids as well as the plasmid that includes this gene. The synthase gene PSY of medlar carotenoids has the nucleotide sequence indicated in the SEQ ID No. 1 sequence listing. The synthase genes PSY of medlar carotenoids in this invention can help to control the metabolism and accumulation of carotenoids in plant by the gene engineering approach, create the strains with higher carotenoids content, improve the nutrition of fruit and vegetable and realize the production of natual carotenoids in factory.

The invention discloses recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae for producing astaxanthin, and application of the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae. According to the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae disclosed by the invention, a [beta]-carotene ketolase gene CrtW is subjected to constitutive expression, a [beta]-carotene hydroxylase gene CrtZ is subjected to inducible expression, an intermediate product [beta]-carotene is synthesized into the astaxanthin, and the copy number ratio of the [beta]-carotene ketolase gene CrtW to the [beta]-carotene hydroxylase gene CrtZ is (3: 1)-(3: 2). When the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae provided by the invention is used for producing the astaxanthin, the shake flask fermentation yield of the astaxanthin can reach 14.70 mg/g DCW, and the purity of the astaxanthin can reach 96.69%.

The invention relates to a synthetase gene relative to carotene synthesis, a coded protein and an application thereof. The synthetase gene DvGGPS relative to carotene synthesis performs the function of geranyl synthetase in E.coli and provides a needed precursor GGPP for carotene synthesis for a downstream gene in a carotene synthesis way. Meanwhile, the pronucleus bacterial strain containing theDvGGPS gene of the invention has great potential on the aspect of using gene engineering to produce carotene.

A method for synthesizing intermediates for use in the synthesis of carotenoid synthetic intermediates, carotenoid analogs, and/or carotenoid derivatives. The carotenoid analog, derivative, or intermediate may be administered to a subject for the inhibition and/or amelioration of any disease that involves production of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, radicals and/or non-radicals. In some embodiments, the invention may include methods for synthesizing chemical compounds including an analog or derivative of a carotenoid. Carotenoid analogs or derivatives may include acyclic end groups. In some embodiments, a carotenoid analog or derivative may include at least one substituent. The substituent may enhance the solubility of the carotenoid analog or derivative such that the carotenoid analog or derivative at least partially dissolves in water.

The invention discloses a wheat carotenoid synthesis route key gene Lcye mutant and an application thereof. The invention provides the following proteins: a protein obtained by replacing the 253th-site serine of a Lcye-D1 protein with phenylalanine, or a derived protein which is obtained through replacement and/or deletion and/or addition of one or several amino acid residues on the Lcye-D1 protein and has the same capacity as the Lcye-D1 protein, or a protein which as 99% or above, 95% or above, 90% or above, 85% or above or 80% or above of homology with an amino acid sequence restricted by the Lcye-D1 protein and has the same functions as the Lcye-D1 protein, or a fusion protein which is obtained through connecting a label with an N end and/or a C end of the Lcye-D1 protein. According tothe wheat carotenoid synthesis route key gene Lcye mutant disclosed by the invention, the functions of a Lcye gene are verified, and a theory basis and germplasm resources are also provided for colorproperty improvement of flour and products thereof.

The invention discloses recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae for producing astaxanthin, and application of the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae. According to the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae disclosed by the invention, a [beta]-carotene ketolase gene CrtW is subjected to constitutive expression, a [beta]-carotene hydroxylase gene CrtZ is subjected to inducible expression, and an intermediate product [beta]-carotene is synthesized into the astaxanthin. According to the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae, a constitutive promoter is used for regulating and controlling the CrtW gene to be firstly expressed, the inducible promoter is used for regulating and controlling the CrtZ gene to be expressed subsequently, so that the metabolic flux of the synthesis path of the astaxanthin of the saccharomyces cerevisiae is obviously improved, the yield of the astaxanthin reaches 464.90 mg/L, and the recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae has a good industrial development prospect.

A PSY2 gene is a key gene participating in carotenoid synthesis. A new PSY gene DcPSY2 is cloned from carrots. The open reading frame length of the gene is 1317bp, and 438 amino acids are encoded. Theprotein encoded by DcPSY2 belongs to hydrophilic protein. The protein is closest to the evolutionary relationship of leguminous rosewood PSY and has high conservative property. Fluorescent quantitative expression analysis shows that the relative expression level of the DcPSY2 gene reaches a peak value after treatment for 2h under high temperature and high salt stress, and the relative expressionlevel is significantly different from that of a control group (P is less than 0.05). Under low temperature and drought stress, the expression level of the DcPSY2 gene of the carrots is increased mostobviously after treatment for 1h. The DcPSY2 gene of the carrots is cloned from the carrots by using a polymerase amplification technology, and the DcPSY2 gene of the carrots responds to the adversitystress of carrot plants.

The invention discloses a method for increasing the content of zeaxanthin or/and lutein stearate or/and antheraxanthin in millet. The method comprises the following steps of inhibiting or reducing the expression quantity of a protein coding gene in the millet, and/or inhibiting or reducing the activity and/or content of the protein in the millet, so as to increase the content of the zeaxanthin or/and the lutein stearate or/and the antheraxanthin in the millet, wherein the protein is SiLCYE protein. SiLCYE is cloned through a homologous cloning technology. An amino acid sequence of the SiLCYE is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1, and a coding sequence of the SiLCYE is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2. An edited strain of SiLCYE genes is obtained through a CRISPR-Cas9 editing technology, and the regulation and control effects of the two genes in the metabolic reaction of the millet carotenoids are determined through metabonomics analysis. An experimental basis and gene resources are provided for revealing a metabolic pathway regulation and control mechanism of the millet carotenoids and cultivating new germplasm of the millet which is rich in carotenoid and high in nutritional quality.

The invention discloses a construction method and application of a strain for efficiently synthesizing beta-carotene, and belongs to the field of metabolic engineering. According to the construction method, related genes synthesized from acetyl coenzyme A to mevalonic acid in a beta-carotene synthesis route are expressed in yeast cytoplasm, and related genes synthesized from IPP and DMAPP to beta-carotene are overexpressed in yeast peroxisome. Related genes synthesized from mevalonic acid to IPP and DMAPP are over-expressed in cytoplasm or peroxisome. The yield of beta-carotene in the engineering strain constructed by the method is obviously improved. After the genetic engineering strain constructed by the invention is fermented for 9 days, the dry weight of thalli in fermentation liquor can reach 213g/L, and the yield of beta-carotene can reach 6.5 g.L <-1 >. The engineering strain constructed by the invention can efficiently synthesize beta-carotene, and has a good application prospect.

The invention belongs to the technical field of tobacco gene engineering, and particularly relates to patent application matters of a directional mutant protein GGPPS. 154, 161 and 218 sites of an existing GGPPS protein are positioned in a catalytic pocket of an enzyme, and 209 and 233 sites are positioned on an enzyme molecule surface; based on the five sites, the invention provides a GGPPS-series directional mutant protein, which comprises a series of single-site mutant proteins, a double-site mutant protein, a three-site mutant protein, a four-site mutant protein and a five-site mutant protein. The inventor constructs a 'small and fine' mutant library by using a CAST technology, and performs detailed analysis on the amino acid mutation type of a specific site through further screening on the basis of directed evolution requirements. Preliminary experiment results show that after amino acid mutation at the specific site, the synthesis amount of beta-carotene is obviously increased, and a certain technical foundation is laid for further cultivation of new crop varieties.