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

Wanping Chen, Runfa Chen, Qingpei Liu, Yi He, Kun He, Xiaoli Ding, Lijing Kang, Xiaoxiao Guo, Nana Xie, Youxiang Zhou,

Chemical Science · 2017 · 315 citations · 34 references

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chemical and enzymatic reactions. This study describes the first rational engineering of MonAzPs biosynthesis and provides a roadmap for future pathway engineering efforts directed towards the selective production of the most valuable pigments and serves as a model for the biosynthesis of fungal azaphilones in general.

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