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- Title
- Stimulation of β-carotene synthesis by hydrogen peroxide in Blakeslea trispora
- Author(s)
- Jae Cheol Jeong; In Young Lee; Seon Won Kim; Young Hoon Park
- Bibliographic Citation
- Biotechnology Letters, vol. 21, pp. 683-686
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Abstract
- β-Carotene synthesis was increased from a negligible amount to 152 mg (g-dry cells)-1 and H2O2 was accumulated up to 16.7 μM during 2.5 day-culture of Blakeslea trispora. When cells were cultivated in 250 ml flasks containing various volumes (25-150 ml) of the medium, not only H2O2 accumulation but also β-carotene synthesis increased as culture volume decreased. Addition of H2O2 (10 μM) to the 1.5-day old cultures of B. trispora resulted in 46% higher β-carotene synthesis than that without addition. All these results indicate that β-carotene biosynthesis is stimulated by H2O2 in B. trispora.
- Keyword
- β-caroteneBlakeslea trisporahydrogen peroxideoxidative stress
- ISSN
- 0141-5492
- Publisher
- Springer
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005507630470
- Type
- Article
- Appears in Collections:
- 1. Journal Articles > Journal Articles
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