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    • Villarreal, Pablo; Carrasco, Mario; Barahona, Salvador; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo (BMC, 2018-07-05)
      Background: Microorganisms have evolved a number of mechanisms to thrive in cold environments, including the production of antifreeze proteins, high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids, and ergosterol. In this work, ...
    • Fernández, Kiara; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Medel Contreras, Rodrigo (BMC, 2020)
      Bombus terrestris is a European bumblebee extensively commercialized worldwide for crop pollination. In Chile, this species was introduced in 1997 and after confinement escape, it has spread and established in several ...
    • Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Springer, 2014)
    • Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Springer, 2016)
      Carotenoids are naturally occurring red, orange and yellow pigments that are synthesized by plants and some microorganisms and fulfill many important physiological functions. This chapter describes the distribution of ...
    • Yuivar, Yassef; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes, Victor; Baeza, Marcelo (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2019)
      In the present study, 20 psychrotolerant yeast species isolated from the soils of King George Island in the sub-Antarctic region were evaluated for the production of extracellular gelatinase, an enzyme with high potential ...
    • Córdova, Pamela; González, Ana María; Nelson, David R.; Gutiérrez, María Soledad; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2017)
      Background: The cytochromes P450 (P450s) are a large superfamily of heme-containing monooxygenases involved in the oxidative metabolism of an enormous diversity of substrates. These enzymes require electrons for their ...
    • Martínez Moya, Pilar; Campusano, Sebastián; Córdova Vargas, Pamela; Paradela, Alberto; Sepúlveda Lillo, Dionisia; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (American Society for Microbiology, 2020)
      Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a carotenogenic yeast with a singular metabolic capacity to produce astaxanthin, a valuable antioxidant pigment. This yeast can assimilate several carbon sources and sustain fermentation ...
    • Werner, Nicole; Gómez Luna, Melissa; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: The basidiomycetous yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous has been described as a potential biofactory for terpenoid-derived compounds due to its ability to synthesize astaxanthin. Functional knowledge of the ...
    • Baeza, Marcelo; Fernández Lobato, María; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes, Víctor (Humana Press, 2018)
      Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules are widely found in yeasts and filamentous fungi. It has been suggested that these molecules may play an important role in the evolution of eukaryote genomes and could be a valuable ...
    • Gómez, Melissa; Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, María Soledad; González, Ana; Gárate Castro, Carla; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Barahona, Salvador; Baeza, Marcelo; Cifuentes, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2020)
      Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycete yeast known as a natural producer of astaxanthin, a carotenoid of commercial interest because of its antioxidant properties. Recent studies indicated that X. dendrorhous has ...
    • Carrasco, Mario; Rozas, Juan Manuel; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes, Víctor; Baeza, Marcelo (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)
      Background: Pectinolytic enzymes, which are used in several industries, especially in the clarification process during wine and fruit juice production, represent approximately 10% of the global enzyme market. To prevent ...
    • Venegas, Maximiliano; Barahona, Salvador; González, Ana María; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Zúñiga, Gustavo E.; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhoussynthesizes astaxanthin, a carotenoid used in aquaculture. Astaxanthin is synthesized from metabolites of the mevalonate pathway, which are also precursors for sterols biosynthesis. The ...
    • Córdova, Pamela; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Urrutia Bravo, Natalia Agnetta; Barahona, Salvador; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Fernández Lobato, María; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Biomed Central, 2016)
      Background: The yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous produces carotenoids of commercial interest, including astaxanthin and beta-carotene. Although carotenogenesis in this yeast and the expression profiles of the genes ...
    • Gutiérrez, María Soledad; Campusano, Sebastián; González, Ana María; Gómez, Melissa; Barahona, Salvador; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Espenshade, Peter J.; Fernández-Lobato, María; Baeza, Marcelo; Cifuentes, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)
      Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycete yeast that synthesizes carotenoids, mainly astaxanthin, which are of great commercial interest. Currently, there are many unknown aspects related to regulatory mechanisms ...
    • Gómez, Melissa; Salinas Campusano, Sebastián Alejandro; Gutiérrez, María Soledad; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Barahona, Salvador; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology, 2020)
      Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycete yeast that produces carotenoids, mainly astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is an organic pigment of commercial interest due to its antioxidant and coloring properties. X. dendrorhous ...