Fusion-type lycopene β-cyclase from a thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 305, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 586-591

  Hemmi, Hisashi ^a   Ikejiri, Satoru ^a   Nakayama, Toru ^a   Nishino, Tokuzo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Carotenoid; Cyclase; Evolution; Lycopene; Lycopene cyclase; Phylogeny; Sulfolobus; Zeaxanthin; Carotene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE; LYCOPENE BETA CYCLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0037564354     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00798-8     Document Type: Article

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