Production and potential applications of bioconversion of chitin and protein-containing fishery byproducts into prodigiosin: A review

SL Wang, VB Nguyen, CT Doan, TN Tran, MT Nguyen… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The technology of microbial conversion provides a potential way to exploit compounds of
biotechnological potential. The red pigment prodigiosin (PG) and other PG-like pigments …

Condensing Enzymes from Pseudoalteromonadaceae for Prodiginine Synthesis

HUC Brass, AS Klein, S Nyholt… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Prodiginines are natural products that are produced by various microorganisms. As the
biological activity of prodiginines varies depending on their structure, prodiginine derivatives …

Substrate flexibility of the flavin‐dependent dihydropyrrole oxidases PigB and HapB involved in antibiotic prodigiosin biosynthesis

M Couturier, HD Bhalara, SR Chawrai… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the biosynthesis of the tripyrrolic pigment prodigiosin, PigB is a predicted flavin‐
dependent oxidase responsible for the formation of 2‐methyl‐3‐amylpyrrole (MAP) from a …

Development and validation of a robust analytical method to quantify both etoposide and prodigiosin in polymeric nanoparticles by reverse-phase high-performance …

MM Agwa, FM Elessawy, A Hussein… - Analytical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The objective of this work was to develop and validate a rapid reversed-phase high-
performance liquid chromatography method for the quantification of etoposide (ETP) and …

Photo-induced anticancer activity and singlet oxygen production of prodigiosenes

H Savoie, C Figliola, E Marchal, BW Crabbe… - Photochemical & …, 2018 - Springer
The photo-induced cytotoxicity of prodigiosenes is reported. One prodigiosene represents a
synthetic analogue of the natural product prodigiosin, and two are conjugated to molecules …

RedH and PigC Catalyze the Biosynthesis of Hybrubins via Phosphorylation of 4′-Methoxy-2, 2′-Bipyrrole-5′-Carbaldehyde

Q Long, DE Jeffries, S Lin, X Chen, W He… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hybrubins are “unnatural” alkaloids with the same 4′-methoxy-2, 2′-bipyrrole-5′-
methine moiety found in prodiginines and a different ring derived from tetramic acids. Here …