Microalgae for the production of lipid and carotenoids: a review with focus on stress regulation and adaptation

XM Sun, LJ Ren, QY Zhao, XJ Ji, H Huang - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018 - Springer
Microalgae have drawn great attention as promising sustainable source of lipids and
carotenoids. Their lipid and carotenoids accumulation machinery can be trigged by the …

The lipid biochemistry of eukaryotic algae

Y Li-Beisson, JJ Thelen, E Fedosejevs… - Progress in Lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Algal lipid metabolism fascinates both scientists and entrepreneurs due to the large diversity
of fatty acyl structures that algae produce. Algae have therefore long been studied as …

Genetic engineering of microalgae for enhanced lipid production

CF Muñoz, C Südfeld, MIS Naduthodi… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae have the potential to become microbial cell factories for lipid production. Their
ability to convert sunlight and CO 2 into valuable lipid compounds has attracted interest from …

[HTML][HTML] Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control

G Chen, JL Harwood, MJ Lemieux, SJ Stone… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

Lipid production in Nannochloropsis gaditana is doubled by decreasing expression of a single transcriptional regulator

I Ajjawi, J Verruto, M Aqui, LB Soriaga… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Lipid production in the industrial microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana exceeds that of model
algal species and can be maximized by nutrient starvation in batch culture. However …

Genetic engineering of microalgae for enhanced biorefinery capabilities

M Fayyaz, KW Chew, PL Show, TC Ling, IS Ng… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae-based bioproducts are in limelight because of their promising future, novel
characteristics, the current situation of population needs, and rising prices of rapidly …

Emerging trends in genetic engineering of microalgae for commercial applications

SB Grama, Z Liu, J Li - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, microalgal biotechnology has received increasing interests in producing valuable,
sustainable and environmentally friendly bioproducts. The development of economically …

A review on the progress, challenges and prospects in commercializing microalgal fucoxanthin

S Wang, S Wu, G Yang, K Pan, L Wang, Z Hu - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Fucoxanthin, the most abundant but nearly untapped carotenoid resource, is in the spotlight
in the last decade from various perspectives due to a wide range of bioactivities and healthy …

The Chlamydomonas Genome Project, version 6: Reference assemblies for mating-type plus and minus strains reveal extensive structural mutation in the laboratory

RJ Craig, SD Gallaher, S Shu, PA Salomé… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Five versions of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reference genome have been produced
over the last two decades. Here we present version 6, bringing significant advances in …

Integrative analysis of reference epigenomes in 20 rice varieties

L Zhao, L Xie, Q Zhang, W Ouyang, L Deng… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Epigenomic modifications are instrumental for transcriptional regulation, but comprehensive
reference epigenomes remain unexplored in rice. Here, we develop an enhanced chromatin …