{"title":"Influence of melanocortin-4 receptor (mc4r) genome editing on taste and odor components of red sea bream Pagrus major.","authors":"Hisako Fujiwara, Qiqi Wang, Tomoya Yoshino, Kasumi Kawanishi, Akane Matsumoto, Ayumi Furuta, Ryota Mabuchi, Youhei Washio, Keitaro Kato, Masato Kinoshita, Shota Tanimoto","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbag080","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate the influence of genome editing on the taste and odor of fish meat, we conducted a comparative analysis of taste components, odor components, and lipid oxidation index in the dorsal muscle of mc4r-deficient red sea bream compared to the unedited control. In terms of taste components, only some free amino acids were significantly different in the mc4r-deficient group compared with the unedited control group. Differences were also noted in nonprotein nitrogen, equivalent umami concentration, and some taste-active value between the mc4r-deficient and unedited control groups. Regarding odor components, some volatile organic compounds were significantly different in the mc4r-deficient group. However, no differences were observed in other taste and odor components or the lipid oxidation index between these groups. These findings suggest that the effect of mc4r deficiency on taste and odor-related components and lipid oxidation in red sea bream muscle is minor.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1187-1196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbag080","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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To investigate the influence of genome editing on the taste and odor of fish meat, we conducted a comparative analysis of taste components, odor components, and lipid oxidation index in the dorsal muscle of mc4r-deficient red sea bream compared to the unedited control. In terms of taste components, only some free amino acids were significantly different in the mc4r-deficient group compared with the unedited control group. Differences were also noted in nonprotein nitrogen, equivalent umami concentration, and some taste-active value between the mc4r-deficient and unedited control groups. Regarding odor components, some volatile organic compounds were significantly different in the mc4r-deficient group. However, no differences were observed in other taste and odor components or the lipid oxidation index between these groups. These findings suggest that the effect of mc4r deficiency on taste and odor-related components and lipid oxidation in red sea bream muscle is minor.
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Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry publishes high-quality papers providing chemical and biological analyses of vital phenomena exhibited by animals, plants, and microorganisms, the chemical structures and functions of their products, and related matters. The Journal plays a major role in communicating to a global audience outstanding basic and applied research in all fields subsumed by the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (JSBBA).