SBIR Phase I: Enabling High Output Carotenogenesis in Plant Cells

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将展示通过甲戊酸途径添加到真核模型的质体中来促进类异戊二烯生物合成的技术可行性。异戊二烯类化合物作为类胡萝卜素，在植物产品中作为天然着色剂，作为人类膳食补充剂也有市场。增加栽培植物和微藻中类胡萝卜素的产量是相当有兴趣的，因为这是一种从可再生来源而不是从化学合成中提供这些异戊二烯类天然产品的方法。该项目的商业应用将在水产养殖和观赏园艺行业。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will demonstrate the technical feasibility of enhancing isoprenoid biosynthesis by mevalonate pathway addition to plastids of a eukaryotic model. Isoprenoids, as carotenoids, serve as natural colorants in plant products and also have a market as human dietary supplement. Increasing the output of carotenoids in cultivated plants and microalgae is of considerable interest as a way to provide these isoprenoids as natural products from renewable sources rather than from chemical synthesis. The commercial application of this project will be on the aquaculture and the ornamental horticulture industries.