Identification of a lycopene β-cyclase required for bacteriorhodopsin biogenesis in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2889-2897

  Peck, Ronald F ^a   Johnson, Eric A ^a   Krebs, Mark P ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; LYCOPENE BETA CYCLASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OPSIN; PROTON PUMP; RETINAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VECTORS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETINALDEHYDE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036094210     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.11.2889-2897.2002     Document Type: Article

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