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    Biosynthesis of high value-added carotenoids by engineered microorganisms
    (Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2024) Arslansoy, Nuriye; AGÜ, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Biyomühendislik Ana Bilim Dalı
    Carotenoids are pigment molecules that play an important role in coloring plants, algae, and other organisms. These molecules exhibit various biological activities such as anticancer, antiviral and antioxidant activities. They have a huge market size and are mainly used in the food, feed, and cosmetic industries. The current supply chain for carotenoids is mostly relied on the extraction from plants and/or chemical synthesis for certain carotenoids. However, these strategies have various bottlenecks and disadvantages such as being affected by climate change, more difficult and costly extraction processes, and environmental issues. These can be overcome with microbial biosynthesis, which not only addresses the previous problems but also provides advantages of producing in a short time and scale-up for industrial production. In this research, we aimed to biosynthesize the high value-added carotenoids by engineered microorganisms. The genome of a native producer of zeaxanthin diglucoside, identified as endophytic Pseudomonas sp. 102515, was first edited by CRISPR-Cas9 to knock out zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase (CrtX), lycopene β-cyclase (CrtY) and beta-carotene hydroxylase (CrtZ). This led to ΔcrtX, ΔcrtY and ΔcrtZ mutant strains of Pseudomonas sp. 102515. On the other hand, overexpression plasmids carrying crtW, CaZEP and CaZEP-CaCCSm40 genes were constructed and transformed to ΔcrtX mutant to synthesize astaxanthin, violaxanthin and capsanthin/capsorubin. HPLC analysis of extracts from mutant strains and overexpression strains revealed that all the engineered strains produced the corresponding carotenoids such as zeaxanthin, β-carotene, and lycopene. Thus, this study paved the way for the biosynthesis of valuable carotenoids in the engineered endophytic bacteria