Plant BiologybioRxiv
Turning a green alga red: engineering astaxanthin biosynthesis by intragenic pseudogene revival in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
F. Perozeni, S. Cazzaniga, T. Baier…·M. Ballottari
This paper engineers Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to overexpress a modified β-carotene ketolase, enabling astaxanthin biosynthesis and achieving competitive pigment productivity.
DOI 10.1111/pbi.13364