A novel type of lycopene ε-cyclase in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus MED4

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 409-415

  Stickforth, Per ^a   Steiger, Sabine ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^b,c   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Ocean Genome Legacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Lycopene cyclase; Lycopene cyclase; Phytoplankton; Protein pigment complexes; Carotene; Carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA CAROTENOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENOID; BETA LYCOPENE CYCLASE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL B; DELTA CAROTENE; EPSILON CAROTENE; EPSILON LYCOPENE CYCLSAE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRTL B GENE; CRTL E GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREEN ALGA; MED4 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS SP.; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0037524332     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0545-4     Document Type: Article

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