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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 31, Issue 11, Pages 1789-1793Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0082-6
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Bacillus subtilis; Carotenoid; crtN; Diapolycopene; Diaponeurosporene; MALDI-TOF-MS
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- Industrial Technology Research Program in 2005 of NEDO Japan [05A22703a]
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The carotenoid synthetic genes, crtM and crtN, derived from Staphylococcus aureus, were introduced into B. subtilis, resulting in yellow pigmentation. Absorption maxima of pigments and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry demonstrated that the pigmented strain accumulated two C-30 carotenoids, 4,4'-diapolycopene and 4,4'-diaponeurosporene. A survival test using H2O2 revealed that the pigmented strain was more resistant to oxidative stress than the strain harboring an empty-vector. These findings indicate that B. subtilis can produce carotenoids, and the strain accumulating the carotenoids, CarotenoBacillus, will become a basal host for production of C-30 carotenoids and evaluation of their antioxidative effects.
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