Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for natural product biosynthesis

D Yang, SY Park, YS Park, H Eun, SY Lee - Trends in Biotechnology, 2020 - cell.com
Natural products are widely employed in our daily lives as food additives, pharmaceuticals,
nutraceuticals, and cosmetic ingredients, among others. However, their supply has often …

Bio-synthesis of food additives and colorants-a growing trend in future food

L Sun, F Xin, HS Alper - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Food additives and colorants are extensively used in the food industry to improve food
quality and safety during processing, storage and packing. Sourcing of these molecules is …

Microbial synthesis of violacein pigment and its potential applications

HA Park, SA Park, YH Yang, KY Choi - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Violacein is a pigment synthesized by Gram-negative bacteria such as Chromobacterium
violaceum. It has garnered significant interest owing to its unique physiological and …

Expanding the application of tryptophan: Industrial biomanufacturing of tryptophan derivatives

S Xiao, Z Wang, B Wang, B Hou, J Cheng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tryptophan derivatives are various aromatic compounds produced in the tryptophan
metabolic pathway, such as 5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine, melatonin, 7-chloro …

Multi-target drug with potential applications: violacein in the spotlight

N Durán, G Nakazato, M Durán, IR Berti… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of the current review is to address updated research on a natural pigment called
violacein, with emphasis on its production, biological activity and applications. New …

Next-generation genetic and fermentation technologies for safe and sustainable production of food ingredients: Colors and flavorings

SO Seo, YS Jin - Annual Review of Food Science and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
A growing human population is a significant issue in food security owing to the limited land
and resources available for agricultural food production. To solve these problems …

Research progress of engineering microbial cell factories for pigment production

S Xu, S Gao, Y An - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Pigments are widely used in people's daily life, such as food additives, cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals, textiles, etc. In recent years, the natural pigments produced by …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in synthetic, industrial and biological applications of violacein and its heterologous production

A Ahmed, A Ahmad, R Li, ALA Waleed… - … of Microbiology and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Violacein, a purple pigment first isolated from a gram-negative coccobacillus
Chromobacterium violaceum, has gained extensive research interest in recent years due to …

Recent advances in metabolically engineered microorganisms for the production of aromatic chemicals derived from aromatic amino acids

YP Shen, FX Niu, ZB Yan, LS Fong… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aromatic compounds derived from aromatic amino acids are an important class of diverse
chemicals with a wide range of industrial and commercial applications. They are currently …

Improvement in Violacein Production by Utilizing Formic Acid to Induce Quorum Sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum

KC Cheng, HC Hsiao, YC Hou, CW Hsieh, HY Hsu… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Violacein has attracted increasing attention due to its various biological activities, such as
antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidative, and antitumor effects. To improve violacein …