Jasmonic acid biosynthesis by microorganisms: Derivatives, first evidences on biochemical pathways and culture conditions for production
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- Subject Areas
- Agricultural Science, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Microbiology
- Keywords
- oxylipin, fungi, submerged fermentation, jasmonic acid, culture medium, metabolic pathway
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- © 2018 Eng et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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- 2018. Jasmonic acid biosynthesis by microorganisms: Derivatives, first evidences on biochemical pathways and culture conditions for production. PeerJ Preprints 6:e26655v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26655v1
Abstract
Jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivatives (called jasmonates) are lipid-derived signalling molecules that are produced by certain bacteria, fungi and plants. Beside this function, jasmonates have a great variety of applications in the flavour and fragrances production. In addition, they may have a high potential in agriculture. JAs protect plant against infections and may suppress the growth of cancer cells in humans and animals. Although a lot of information on the biosynthesis and function of JA exists from plants, knowledge on these aspects is still scarce for microorganisms. Taking into account the practical importance of JA, the objective of this review is to summarize knowledge on the occurrence of jasmonates from microbial culture media, their biosynthetic pathways and the culture conditions for optimal JA production as an alternative source for the production of these valuable metabolites
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This is a submission to PeerJ for review.