Coordinated Synthesis of Pigments Differing in Side Chain Length in <i>Monascus purpureus</i> and Investigation of Pigments and Citrinin Relation.

ABSTRACT: The Monascus fungi have traditionally been used in Asia for food coloring. Unfortunately, the most well-known species, Monascus purpureus, very often produce mycotoxin citrinin in addition to pigments, which poses a significant problem for the use of pigments in foods. There is a step in pigment biosynthesis where a side chain of five or seven carbons is attached to the tetraketide, the product of polyketide synthase, resulting in the formation of pigments in pairs. Further, it is still unclear whether pigment and citrinin biosyntheses are related or independent. Therefore, this study is focused on the relationship between pigment and citrinin production and pigment analogues that differ in side chain length, all evaluated by the Spearman correlation test. To generate suffici

SUBMITTER: Husakova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11760163 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature