Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Carotenoid cleavage products

Editor list: Winterhalter, P; Ebeler, SE

Publication year: 2013

Pages: 157-168

ISBN: 978-0-8412-2778-1

eISBN: 978-0-8412-2779-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2013-1134.ch013

Title of series: ACS symposium series

Number in series: 1134

Abstract: 

Norisoprenoid aroma compounds such as β-ionone and β-damascenone often represent highly attractive flavor-active organic molecules. In plants, they are formed by an enzyme catalyzed, regio-specific oxidative cleavage of carotenoid precursors. As the natural occurrence of norisoprenoids is limited to trace amounts, it is an alluring idea to copy the plant biosynthetic pathways in biotechnological systems. The best investigated approaches include the co-oxidation of carotenoids with the lipoxygenase/linoleic acid system, the release of bound precursors by means of glycosidases, and the use of recombinant carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases. In an alternative approach, fungal peroxidases secreted by basidiomycetes have been shown to efficiently degrade various carotenes and xanthophylls, and carbon-13 and carbon-10 norisoprenoids represented the main volatile degradation products in each case. The carotenoid degrading enzymes were purified from submerged cultures and characterized on a molecular level.

Harvard Citation style: Schmidt, K., Kunkel, K., Szweda, R., Portz, A., Fraatz, M. and Zorn, H. (2013) Biotechnological production of norisoprenoid aroma compounds, in Winterhalter, P. and Ebeler, S. (eds.) Carotenoid cleavage products. Washington: American Chemical Society, pp. 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2013-1134.ch013

APA Citation style: Schmidt, K., Kunkel, K., Szweda, R., Portz, A., Fraatz, M., & Zorn, H. (2013). Biotechnological production of norisoprenoid aroma compounds. In Winterhalter, P., & Ebeler, S. (Eds.), Carotenoid cleavage products (pp. 157-168). American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2013-1134.ch013