Substrate specificity of the expressed carotenoid 3,4-desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus reveals the detailed reaction sequence to spheroidene and spirilloxanthin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 635-640

  Steiger, Sabine ^a   Astier, Chantal ^b   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Acyclic 1 hydroxy carotenoid 3,4 desaturase; crtD gene; Enzyme kinetics; In vitro assay; Spirilloxanthin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CAROTENOID; DESATURASE; RHODOVIOLASCIN; SPHEROIDENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0034661861     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3490635     Document Type: Article

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