Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 99, Issue 18, Pages 8667-8673Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.04.013
Keywords
Astaxanthin; Haematococcus pluvialis; Mutants; Ethyl methane sulphonate; 1-Methyl 3-nitro 1-nitrosoguanidine
Funding
- CFTRI
- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
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Growing culture of green alga Haematococcus was exposed to mutagens such as UV, ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) and 1-methyl 3-nitro 1-nitrosoguanidine (NTG), and further screened over herbicide glufosinate. The survival rate of cells decreased with increasing concentration of mutagens and herbicides. The mutants exhibited 23-59% increase in total carotenoid and astaxanthin contents The NTG. treated glufosinate resistant mutant showed increased (2.2% to 3.8% w/w) astaxanthin content. The transcript levels of phytoene synthase, phytoene desaturase, lycopene cyclase, beta-carotene ketolase and p-carotene hydroxylase enzymes in the mutant cultures were found to be 13-18, 14-17, 3, 3-22 and 6-20 fold higher respectively compared to wild type. The mutant obtained by UV irradiation showed highest lycopene cyclase activity (458 nmole beta-carotene formed/mg protein/h) followed by NTG mutant (315 nmole P-carotene formed/mg protein/h) when compared to that of parent strain (105 nmole beta-carotene formed/mg protein/h). Expression analysis of carotenoid biosynthetic genes in the mutants exhibited increase in transcript levels compared to wild type. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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