Two Arabidopsis thaliana carotene desaturases, phytoene desaturase and ζ-carotene desaturase, expressed in Escherichia coli, catalyze a poly-cis pathway to yield pro-lycopene

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 396-403

  Bartley, Glenn E ^a   Scolnik, Pablo A ^a   Beyer, Peter ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Phytoene desaturase; Plastid; Poly cis carotenes; Pro lycopene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE; CAROTENE DESATURASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; LYCOPENE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND ISOMERASES; CAROTENOIDS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII;

EID: 0033555264     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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