Novel β-carotene ketolases from non-photosynthetic bacteria for canthaxanthin synthesis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 272, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 530-537

  Tao, L ^a   Cheng, Q ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid ketolase; Carotenoids; Ketocarotenoids; Phytoene dehydrogenase; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 13244249755     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1083-8     Document Type: Article

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