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Biosynthesis of agar in red seaweeds: A review

Lee, Wei-Kang, Lim, Yi-Yi, Leow, Adam Thean-Chor, Namasivayam, Parameswari, Ong Abdullah, Janna, Ho, Chai-Ling·2017·Carbohydrate Polymers

DOI 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.01.078

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Agar is a jelly-like biopolymer synthesized by many red seaweeds as their major cell wall component. Due to its excellent rheological properties, it has been exploited commercially for applications in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, biomedical and biotechnology industries. Despite its multiple uses, the biosynthesis of this phycocolloid is not fully understood. The current knowledge on agar biosynthesis is inferred from plant biochemistry and putative pathways for ulvan and alginate biosynthesis in green and brown seaweeds, respectively. In this review, the gaps in our current knowledge on agar biosynthetic pathway are discussed, focusing on the biosynthesis of agar precursors, elongation of agar polysaccharide chain and side chain modification. The development of molecular markers for the screening of desired seaweeds for industrial exploitation is also discussed.

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Authors: Lee, W.-K., Lim, Y.-Y., Leow, A. T.-C., Namasivayam, P., Ong Abdullah, J., & Ho, C.-L.
Affiliations: Universiti Putra Malaysia (MY)
Corresponding author: Ho, Chai-Ling
ORCID: Lee, Wei-Kang
Lim, Yi-Yi
Namasivayam, Parameswari
Ho, Chai-Ling
Venue: Carbohydrate Polymers
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-05
Volume: 164
Pages: 23-30
ISSN: 0144-8617 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.01.078
OpenAlex: W2580382502
Cited by: 236
References: 110
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 4
FWCI: 1.47
Type: journal article
Language: en
Update notices: erratum (2017-08-01)
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Carbohydrate Polymers (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia) (acceptedVersion)
Funders: Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi (02-01-04-SF1282)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (GP-IPS/2016/9487700)
Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
Keywords: red seaweed, phycocolloids, side chain modification, alginate biosynthesis, seaweed cell wall, molecular markers
MeSH terms: Agar, Seaweed, Biosynthetic Pathways

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