Melanin biosynthesis in bacteria, regulation and production perspectives

Evaluation of dye sensitized solar cells based on a pigment obtained from Antarctic Streptomyces fildesensis

(2019) Camila Silva et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Bioreduction of toxicity influenced by bioactive molecules secreted under metal stress by Azotobacter chroococcum

(2019) Asfa Rizvi et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Aptitude of Oxidative Enzymes for Treatment of Wastewater Pollutants: A Laccase Perspective

(2019) John O. Unuofin et al.   MOLECULES

Bacterial melanin production by heterologous expression of 4‑hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2019) Fabrizio Bolognese et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Isolation and characterization of a novel tyrosinase produced by Sahara soil actinobacteria and immobilization on nylon nanofiber membranes

(2018) Mohammed Harir et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

SawR a new regulator controlling pyomelanin synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2018) Yossi Ben-David et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Melanin nano-pigments for heavy metal remediation from water

(2018) Harsha Thaira et al.   SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Isolation of pyomelanin from bacteria and evidences showing its synthesis by 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase enzyme encoded by hppD gene

(2018) Divya Singh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Glycerol inhibition of melanin biosynthesis in the environmental Aeromonas salmonicida 34melT

(2018) María Elisa Pavan et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metal ions driven production, characterization and bioactivity of extracellular melanin from Streptomyces sp. ZL-24

(2018) Longwei Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Pyomelanin production: Insights into the incomplete aerobic l-phenylalanine catabolism of a photosynthetic bacterium, Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus JA2

(2018) Lakshmi Prasuna Mekala et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Melanins in fungi: Types, localization and putative biological roles

(2017) Andrea Vanesa Toledo et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Bioproduction, characterization, anticancer and antioxidant activities of extracellular melanin pigment produced by newly isolated microbial cell factories Streptomyces glaucescens NEAE-H

(2017) Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar et al.   Scientific Reports

Biofilm Formation and Heat Stress Induce Pyomelanin Production in Deep-Sea Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM9913

(2017) Zhenshun Zeng et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial laccase: recent update on production, properties and industrial applications

(2017) Prakram Singh Chauhan et al.   3 Biotech

Bacterial laccase: recent update on production, properties and industrial applications

(2017) Prakram Singh Chauhan et al.   3 Biotech

Pyomelanin from Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica reduces biofouling

(2017) Zhenshun Zeng et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Synthesis of Nm-PHB (nanomelanin-polyhydroxy butyrate) nanocomposite film and its protective effect against biofilm-forming multi drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2017) George Seghal Kiran et al.   Scientific Reports

Pyomelanin-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa selected during chronic infections have a large chromosomal deletion which confers resistance to pyocins

(2016) Didier Hocquet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic Determinants for Pyomelanin Production and Its Protective Effect against Oxidative Stress in Ralstonia solanacearum

(2016) Shabir Ahmad et al.   PLoS One

Biocatalysis on the surface of Escherichia coli: melanin pigmentation of the cell exterior

(2016) Martin Gustavsson et al.   Scientific Reports

Living in an Extremely Polluted Environment: Clues from the Genome of Melanin-Producing Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. pectinolytica 34melT

(2015) María Elisa Pavan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of water-soluble dark-brown pigment from Antarctic bacterium, Lysobacter oligotrophicus

(2015) Tomomi Kimura et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Pigments influence the tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 to photodynamically induced oxidative stress

(2015) Viviana T. Orlandi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Loss of Homogentisate 1,2-Dioxygenase Activity in Bacillus anthracis Results in Accumulation of Protective Pigment

(2015) Hesong Han et al.   PLoS One

Identification and Molecular Characterization of the Homogentisate Pathway Responsible for Pyomelanin Production, the Major Melanin Constituents in Aeromonas media WS

(2015) He Wang et al.   PLoS One

Melanin-Like Pigment Synthesis by Soil Bacillus weihenstephanensis Isolates from Northeastern Poland

(2015) Justyna M. Drewnowska et al.   PLoS One

High-level production of melanin by a novel isolate ofStreptomyces kathirae

(2014) Jing Guo et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Melanin from the Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum: A Spectroscopic Characterization

(2014) Aulie Banerjee et al.   PLoS One

Single amino acid substitution in homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase is responsible for pigmentation in a subset ofBurkholderia cepaciacomplex isolates

(2014) Laura A. Gonyar et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Biosynthesis and display of diverse metal nanoparticles by recombinant Escherichia coli

(2014) Yi-Jung Tsai et al.   RSC Advances

Production and Cytotoxicity of Extracellular Insoluble and Droplets of Soluble Melanin byStreptomyces lusitanusDMZ-3

(2014) D. N. Madhusudhan et al.   Biomed Research International

Melanin-templated rapid synthesis of silver nanostructures

(2014) George Kiran et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

Secreted Pyomelanin of Legionella pneumophila Promotes Bacterial Iron Uptake and Growth under Iron-Limiting Conditions

(2013) Huaixin Zheng et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Isolation and characterization of biologically active melanin from Actinoalloteichus sp. MA-32

(2013) Panchanathan Manivasagan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Comparative genomics of pathogenic lineages of Vibrio nigripulchritudo identifies virulence-associated traits

(2013) David Goudenège et al.   ISME Journal

Production of melanin pigment fromPseudomonas stutzeriisolated from red seaweedHypnea musciformis

(2013) C. Ganesh Kumar et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli to optimize melanin synthesis from glucose

(2013) María I Chávez-Béjar et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

A Bacillus thuringiensis host strain with high melanin production for preparation of light-stable biopesticides

(2012) Fengxia Liu et al.   ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial tyrosinases and their applications

(2012) Greta Faccio et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Optimization of melanin production by Brevundimonas sp. SGJ using response surface methodology

(2012) Shripad N. Surwase et al.   3 Biotech

A new phenol oxidase produced during melanogenesis and encystment stage in the nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum

(2011) Susanne Herter et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bacillus pumilus laccase: a heat stable enzyme with a wide substrate spectrum

(2011) Renate Reiss et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characters of homogentisate oxygenase gene mutation and high clonality of the natural pigment-producing Vibrio cholerae strains

(2011) Ruibai Wang et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial tyrosinases: old enzymes with new relevance to biotechnology

(2011) Michael Fairhead et al.   New Biotechnology

Laccase from prokaryotes: a new source for an old enzyme

(2011) Gursharan Singh et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Transcriptional Response to Phenylalanine and Tyrosine

(2010) G. C. Palmer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Putative ABC Transporter, HatABCDE, Is among Molecular Determinants of Pyomelanin Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2010) R. C. Hunter et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Purification and Physiochemical Characterization of Melanin Pigment from Klebsiella sp. GSK

(2010) Shrishailnath Sajjan   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Thermal and mass spectroscopic characterization of a sulphur-containing bacterial melanin from Bacillus subtilis

(2010) Ana M. Gómez-Marín et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Finding New Enzymes from Bacterial Physiology: A Successful Approach Illustrated by the Detection of Novel Oxidases in Marinomonas mediterranea

(2010) Antonio Sanchez-Amat et al.   Marine Drugs

We two alone will sing: the two-substrate α-keto acid-dependent oxygenases

(2009) Panqing He et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

The role of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase in enhancement of solid-phase electron transfer by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

(2009) Charles E. Turick et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

PhhR Binds to Target Sequences at Different Distances with Respect to RNA Polymerase in Order to Activate Transcription

(2009) M. Carmen Herrera et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Isolation, Cloning and Characterization of a Tyrosinase with Improved Activity in Organic Solvents from Bacillus megaterium

(2009) Vered Shuster et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Inactivation of the hmgA gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to pyomelanin hyperproduction, stress resistance and increased persistence in chronic lung infection

(2009) A. Rodriguez-Rojas et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Role of Melanin Pigment in Expression of Vibrio cholerae Virulence Factors

(2008) S. P. Valeru et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

In situ uranium stabilization by microbial metabolites

(2008) Charles E. Turick et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY