Purification and biochemical characterization of a hydroxyneurosporene desaturase involved in the biosynthetic pathway of the carotenoid spheroidene in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7462-7467

  Albrecht, Manuela ^a   Ruther, Andrea ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0030691901     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7462-7467.1997     Document Type: Article

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