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A team from Peking University, CAS Kunming Institute of Botany and Frankfurt University introduced and overexpressed two algal enzymes which efficiently convert β-carotene to astaxanthin in tomato leading to hyperproduction of astaxanthin in the fruits. Junchuao HUANG et al., Metabolic Engineering 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2013.02.005
A group around Dr XIANG Hua working for years on the archaea Haloferax mediterranei detected, using a combination of –omics and bioinformatics data, that this organism uses at least 4 pathways for the synthesis of PHBV precursors, including the condensation of CO2 with 3-hydroxyacrylic acyl-CoA. Using flux analysis, they found that this pathway contributes by […]
Professor YU Qiang and coworkers have detected NPP, methyl 3-(4-nitrophenyl) propiolate, to be a preferential tumor cell death inducer. NPP induces apoptosis by cytochrome P450-catalyzed reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. CAS press release, April 15, 2013