Identification of a gene required for cis-to-trans carotene isomerization in carotenogenesis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1398-1402

  Masamoto, Kazumori ^a   Wada, Hajime ^b   Kaneko, Takakazu ^c   Takaichi, Shinichi ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotene isomerase; cis Lycopene; CrtH; Cyanobacteria; Photoisomerization; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; CIS TRANS ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIS-TRANS-ISOMERASES; CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MUTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0035544126     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce167     Document Type: Article

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