Synthetic biology: a new frontier in food production

S Shi, Z Wang, L Shen, H Xiao - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Concerns regarding food security arise from population growth, global warming, and
reduction in arable land. With advances in synthetic biology, food production by microbes is …

Selenium-enriched foods and their ingredients: As intervention for the vicious cycle between autophagy and overloaded stress responses in Alzheimer's disease

M Chen, Q Wu, Z Zhu, AH Huang, J Zhang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Dysfunctional autophagy induced by excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) load and
inflammation accelerates the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, there has …

ARTP mutagenesis promotes selenium accumulation in Saccharomyces boulardii

X Nie, Y Xing, Q Li, F Gao, S Wang, P Liu, X Li, Z Tan… - LWT, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) is a rapid method for strain to obtain
desirable mutants. In this study, Saccharomyces boulardii was used for mutagenesis …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro digestion and characterization of selenized Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia fermentans and probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii

I Hyrslova, A Kana, V Nesporova, I Mrvikova… - Journal of Trace …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and objective Yeasts have the remarkable capability to transform and integrate
inorganic selenium into their cellular structures, thereby enhancing its bioavailability and …

Integrated analysis of transcriptome, proteome and non-targeted metabolome for exploring the mechanism of selenium biotransformation in Pichia kudriavzevii

H Wang, Y Chen, Z Wang, Y Yuan, T Yue - Food Bioscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Pichia kudriavzevii could resist high concentrations of sodium selenite and efficiently
biotransform over 80% of the absorbed selenium. However, the specific molecular …

Biogenic production of seleno-amino acids and seleno-nanoparticles by Saccharomyces boulardii

L González-Salitre, A Castañeda-Ovando… - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Selenium is an essential element for humans as it involves different metabolic mechanisms.
More bioavailable and bioaccessible selenium species are produced by microorganisms …

New biotechnological opportunities for C5 sugars from lignocellulosic materials

D Farias, AHF de Mélo, MF da Silva… - Bioresource Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The transition to sustainable development with the replacement of gasoline and petroleum-
based products with biofuels and green chemicals is a common goal for current concepts of …

Alterations in the multilevel structure and depolymerization behavior of gluten induced by selenium in fermented dough

C Du, S Zhu, Y Li, R Yu, T Yang, D Huang - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate the alterations of multilevel structure of gluten induced
by selenium (Se) and their relationship with the properties of the fermented dough. The …

Accumulation and metabolism of selenium in the rare yeast Kazachstania unispora during the selenium enrichment process

F Wang, X Li, X Wang, I Kurtovic, M Yan, J Wei… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Selenium (Se)-enriched yeast is a good nutritional source for human being. Kazachstania
unispora (K. unispora) has shown the positive physiological functionality for human health …

Selenium accumulation characteristics and biotransformation potentiality in Pichia kudriavzevii

H Wang, D Shi, Y Chen, K Chen, Z Wang, Y Yuan… - Food Bioscience, 2024 - Elsevier
This study researched a Se-enriched dominant Pichia kudriavzevii 1845 for its potential as a
selenium (Se) supplement. The results showed that under optimal conditions, the total Se …