Orange, red, yellow: biosynthesis of azaphilone pigments in Monascus fungi

Identification and role analysis of an intermediate produced by a polygenic mutant of Monascus pigments cluster in Monascus ruber M7

(2016) Jiao Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A reductase gene mppE controls yellow component production in azaphilone polyketide pathway of Monascus

(2016) Bijinu Balakrishnan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Diversity-Oriented Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Hybrid Polyketide Scaffolds from Azaphilone and Benzenediol Lactone Biosynthons

(2016) Jing Bai et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Combinatorial Generation of Chemical Diversity by Redox Enzymes in Chaetoviridin Biosynthesis

(2016) Michio Sato et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

The molecular steps of citrinin biosynthesis in fungi

(2016) Yi He et al.   Chemical Science

Monascus: a Reality on the Production and Application of Microbial Pigments

(2015) Francielo Vendruscolo et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A New Protein Factor in the Product Formation of Non-Reducing Fungal Polyketide Synthase with a C-Terminus Reductive Domain

(2015) Bijinu Balakrishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Complete genome sequence and transcriptomics analyses reveal pigment biosynthesis and regulatory mechanisms in an industrial strain, Monascus purpureus YY-1

(2015) Yue Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Characterization of QmnD3/QmnD4 for Double Bond Formation in Quartromicin Biosynthesis

(2014) Long-Fei Wu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Mpp7 controls regioselective Knoevenagel condensation during the biosynthesis of Monascus azaphilone pigments

(2014) Bijinu Balakrishnan et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Delineating Monascus azaphilone pigment biosynthesis: oxidoreductive modifications determine the ring cyclization pattern in azaphilone biosynthesis

(2014) Balakrishnan Bijinu et al.   RSC Advances

MpigE, a gene involved in pigment biosynthesis in Monascus ruber M7

(2013) Qingpei Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genetic localization and in vivo characterization of a Monascus azaphilone pigment biosynthetic gene cluster

(2013) Bijinu Balakrishnan et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Deletion of pigR gene in Monascus ruber leads to loss of pigment production

(2013) Nana Xie et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Monascus pigments

(2012) Yanli Feng et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of a Silent Azaphilone Gene Cluster from Aspergillus niger ATCC 1015 Reveals a Hydroxylation-Mediated Pyran-Ring Formation

(2012) Angelica O. Zabala et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Genetic, molecular, and biochemical basis of fungal tropolone biosynthesis

(2012) J. Davison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Current Understanding on Aflatoxin Biosynthesis and Future Perspective in Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination

(2012) Jiujiang Yu   Toxins

Fungal polyketide azaphilone pigments as future natural food colorants?

(2010) Sameer A.S. Mapari et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Natural pigment extraction from five filamentous fungi for industrial applications and dyeing of leather

(2009) Palanivel Velmurugan et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Complete Reconstitution of a Highly Reducing Iterative Polyketide Synthase

(2009) S. M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE